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Prekestolen, also known as Preacher’s Pulpit or Pulpit Rock,  is a 604-meter high mountain cliff above Lysefjorden. These valleys were created by icebergs that fell as they melted - it’s one of most spectacular fjords in Norway.
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The “Red Lizard train” - passenger train of the 19th century, runs through the red and pink rocks, split by canyons of the Sahara Atlas mountains, Tunisia. This is one of the most spectacular train trips one can take. The scenery is wonderful. This old fashioned train travels through stony desert landscapes, mountains tunnels, steel bridges, water springs, deep gorges, but also stops at green oases.
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Tortilis Camp is located just outside the Amboseli National Park in the shade of a dense natural forest of Acacia Tortilis, from which it takes its name. The camp is one of the top luxury tented camps in East Africa, offering  unmatched views over the game filled Amboseli plain at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Early European explorers met derision and disbelief when they reported a snow-capped mountain close to the equator - Mount Kilimanjaro. Views from the camp seem endless across these plains of Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru in Tanzania.

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Popeye Village, also known as Sweethaven Village is located at Anchor Bay in the north-west corner of the Mediterranean island of Malta. It is a group of rustic, ramshackle wooden buildings, fun park and the film set from the 1980 film “Popeye” starring Robin Williams. Popeye Village is open to the public seven days a week and, apart from the film set itself, has a number of family attractions for the visitor to experience. There are shows, rides and museums, as well as play houses where children can climb and explore the village.
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Alcantara Gorges and the Alcantara River are the most interesting natural monuments in Sicily, Italy, as a lot of tourists say. The gorges are accessible for a stretch when the waters are low, at a depth of between 50 and 200 cm. Long ago during the eruption of one of the small craters Mogo lava flows made the river-bed on the northern slope of the mount Etna. The magma, cooling off, formed prism basaltic high walls and the erosion of the river  transformed it in a canyon. The tourists will have an opportunity to see the river in all its beauty: its numerous shallows, water falls and vertical basalt cliffs of whimsical forms.
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