National Geographic: Destinations in Namibia and Mozambique among the top 25 destinations for 2022!

National Geographic's editorial teams around the world have picked the top 25 destinations to visit in 2022. The magazine outlined five different categories for its "Best of World 2022" list: nature, adventure, sustainability, culture and history. In the nature category, the Caprivi Strip in Namibia is one of top destinations to visit in the coming year, while in the sustainability category, the Chimanimani National Park in Mozambique has been selected by the editors of National Geographic as one of the must-see places in 2022. Congratulations!

Discover the next great safari. Namibia evokes images of deserts, immense dunes, and parched mountains. But the Caprivi Strip, a narrow finger of land that juts out toward the east in the extreme north of the country, is a green, wildlife-rich territory. The presence of the Okavango, Kwando, Chobe, and Zambezi Rivers creates an ideal habitat for numerous animal species. [src.]

Witness a conservation success. “Chimanimani is a timeless place, where local rainmakers still climb peaks to summon rain,” says National Geographic Explorer and photojournalist Jen Guyton, of one of Mozambique’s newest national parks. Located on the country’s mountainous border with Zimbabwe, Chimanimani National Park, established in October 2020, is home to Mozambique's highest peak, Mount Binga (elevation: 7,992 feet). It was once flush with elephants, lions, and other large animals whose images appear in ancient rock art created by the ancestral San people. [src.]

National Geographic's 'Best of the World 2022' list:

Culture:

• Jingmai Mountain, Yunnan, China
• Tin Pan Alley, London
• Hokkaido, Japan
• Procida, Italy
• Atlanta, Georgia

Sustainability:

• Ruhr Valley, Germany
• Parque Nacional Yasuni, Ecuador
• Lódz, Poland
• National Columbia Gorge Scenic Area, Oregon/Washington
• Chimanimani National Park, Mozambique

Nature:

• Caprivi Strip, Namibia
• Northern Minnesota
• Lake Baikal, Russia
• Belize Maya Forest Reserve
• Victoria, Australia

Adventure:

• Seine River Bike Trail, France
• Costa Rica
• Nepisiguit Mi'gmaq Trail, New Brunswick, Canada
• Palau
• Arapahoe Basin, Colorado

Family:

• Danube River Cruise
• Lycia, Turkey
• Granada, Spain
• Bonaire
• Eastern Shore, Maryland

Six destinations in Southern & East Africa made it to list of the "World's 100 Greatest Places 2021"!

The famous Time Magazine, an American weekly news magazine and news website, has released its third annual list of the "World's 100 Greatest Places". To compile this list, the magazine solicited nominations of places - including countries, regions, cities and towns - from its international network of correspondents and contributors, with an eye toward those offering new and exciting experiences. Six destinations in Southern Africa and East Africa have been selected by Time Magazine to be featured on the list of the "World's Greatest Places 2021". These are the Bazaruto Archipelago and the Chimanimani National Park in Mozambique, Kruger National Park and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Botswana's Okavango Delta as well as Lake Kivu in Rwanda. Congratulations!

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Mozambique has inaugurated a new national park in the Manica Province!

Mozambique has transformed the Chimanimani National Reserve, located in Manica Province in the west of the country, into a National Park as part of the Government's efforts to protect the ecosystem, biodiversity, flora and water resources of the Chimanimani mountain range. The new Chimanimani National Park (PNC) covers an area of 2,300km² and is the only habitat in the world for at least 73 species of plants and a number of rare mammals. According to a statement by Mozambique's Ministry of Land Environment and Rural Development, the new National Park is one of the few areas in the world where mountain elephants are found. Chimanimani National Park (PNC) forms part of the Trans-Frontier Chimanimani Conservation Area (Mozambique/Zimbabwe) and is considered as a historical landmark.