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Advantages: Beautiful, pure nature, great day out, a must see in crete! Disadvantages: not suitable for the very young or disabled, little shade in some areas
During our holiday in Crete we heard a lot of people talking about the 'Samaria gorge' so we decided to find out abit about it. Our Thomson holiday rep told us that they did two different excursions to the gorge. One where you were dropped off at the beginning and then picked up at the other end but this is a very long and difficult walk so there is an alternative where you are able to walk as far into the gorge as you wish and then turn back when you have had enough. We decided that seeing as we had my grandparents and my 6 year old brother with us it would be impossible to do the long walk and so we signed up for the latter excursion.
The Samaria gorge is situated in the Nationalpark of Samaria, in the White Mountains which are in West Crete. The gorge is 13km long although you have to walk a little bit further to get to ...
Advantages: Beatiful scenery, unspoilt and outback Disadvantages: Very hot, very wet at certain times of the year, not easily accesible without transport
THE KATHERINE GORGE AND NITMILUK NATIONALPARK
KATHERINE:
Katherine is a mining town in the Northern Territory of Australia there is not alot in the actual town but the reason for coming here is to experience the surrounding area and the Nitmiluk NationalPark.
FRUIT BATS:
We were in to the coach for 7.30 and off to Katherine Gorge for our gorge boat ride. The area where you board the boat is set up for picnics with BBQs and tables with chairs and there were nice clean toilets areas too which we made good use of. There was no reception area to speak of or any gift shop so you just had to wait around out in the open. We were entertained by the flying foxes hanging in the trees; every now and then one would fly across to another tree then fold himself up and hang from a branch again. They are really quite large bats but they d not seem ...
New Zealand's highest mountain is a set of three icy peaks, the highest being 3754m above sea level, dominant in the tussocky McKenzie Country in the South Island.
Mount Cook is the central point of the Aoraki Mount Cook NationalPark and it's also prominent in the Southern Alps, grand to view when you drive along the Tekapo to Twizel long straight roads, or alongside the hydro canal which takes water to the Upper Waitaki district network of lakes, canals, rivers and hydro dams.
Whether you fly over this natural wonderland in fixed wing or helicopter aircraft, or view it from a tour bus window, your own vehicle or a hired automobile you will never drive the length of the huge valley without stopping in awe and wonder.
You leave the main highway near Pukaki Dam, it is clearly signposted and once you drive alongside Lake ...
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