Africa

Africa is the second largest continent on earth and boasts 53 individual countries. It's breathtaking beauty includes the world's longest river, the Nile and the world's largest desert, the Sahara Desert. The continent's highest point is Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, and the lowest point is Lac' Assal in the small country of Djibouti. By most estimates, well over a thousand languages are spoken in Africa contains well over a thousand languages. Africa boasts perhaps the world's largest combination of density and wild animal populations and diversity, with wild populations of large carnivores (such as lions, hyenas, and cheetahs) and herbivores (such as buffalo, deer, elephants, camels, and giraffes) ranging freely on primarily open non-private plains. It is also home to a variety of jungle creatures (including snakes and primates) and aquatic life (including crocodiles and amphibians).