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Bahrain is an Arabic word meaning “Two Seas” and refers to the two sources of water surrounding the islands, fresh water springs and the surrounding seas. Bahrain is an archipelago of 33 small islands and enjoys a strategic location in the Arabian Gulf midway between the Qatar peninsula and Saudi Arabia. It is connected to Saudi Arabia by a 25km causeway. Bahrain is divided into five governates: Capital, Central, Muharraq, Northern and Southern.

Apart from its booming financial services sector, Bahrain main products are aluminum, crude and refined oil, petrochemicals and gas. Around 5000 years ago Bahrain was home to the Bronze Age civilization of Dilmun, which lasted some two millennia. Dilmun was an important trade and commerce center, connecting business between Arabia and India, a tradition Bahrain still holds as a financial hub of the Middle East.

Argentina, located in the southern part of South America, is one of the largest countries in the world, with an amazing variety of landscapes and a very rich biodiversity, that goes from Amazon jungle, to canyons, snowed pick mountains, endless wetlands and plains, glaciers, and beaches. The passion of tango and the smell of sizzling steaks go hand in hand with mighty glaciers, ice-blue lakes and thundering waterfalls. During your trip to Argentina, you will experience stunning natural wonders and Latin American hospitality. The Argentines are known for their passionate souls but also their relaxed lifestyle – a mixture that is contrary and unique as the country itself.

No other country in South America is so influenced by Europeans as Argentina. Since the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, the continent has been a popular destination for European emigrants and Argentina has long played an important role in the continent’s history. Following three centuries of Spanish colonization, Argentina declared independence in 1816, and Argentine nationalists were instrumental in revolutionary movements elsewhere, a fact that prompted 20th-century writer Jorge Luis Borges to observe, “South America’s independence was, to a great extent, an Argentine enterprise.”

Unexpectedly amazing land of Armenia – here is the most common definition by the tourists when describing Armenia. Armenia is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia and borders by Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Iran. It’s located at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and is a country of mountainous terrain centered on the Mt. Ararat Valley-the heart and the symbol of the Armenian nation since biblical times.

Many different cultures and nations have been referring to the Armenian Highlands as the Holy Land because Noah’s ark came to rest on the Ararat mountain. It was mostly defined also “Mountainous Island” or the “Rooftop of Asia Minor” as the average altitude of the country is at about 1800 MSL. In the 1st century BC the Kingdom of Armenia reached its height enlarging its territory to about 300 000 km2 stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Black and Mediterranean Seas, but today it’s a landlocked country with no navigable waterways.

Even without sea access Armenia’s landscapes offer boundless beauty. In only 29,743 km2 (about the size of Belgium) all 7 main landscape types are represented and the landscapes are changed every 30 km: white and high mountain peaks, fertile green valleys, picturesque rock sculptures, rapid rivers, waterfalls, canyons, mineral springs and the fascinating lake Sevan which is the second highest and largest alpine freshwater lake in the world.

Botswana is well known for having some of the best wilderness and wildlife areas on the African continent. With a full 38 % of its total land area devoted to national parks, reserves and wildlife management areas, traveling through many parts of the country gives off the feeling of moving through an immense nature wonderland. For the most parts, the parks are unfenced, allowing animals to roam wild and free.

Experience the stunning beauty of the world’s largest intact inland Delta – the Okavango; the unimaginable vastness of the world’s second largest game reserve – the Central Kalahari Game Reserve; the isolation and other-worldliness of the Makgadikgadi – uninhabited pans the size of Portugal; and the astoundingly prolific wildlife of the Chobe National Park.

Botswana is the last stronghold for a number of endangered bird and mammal species, including Wild Dog, Cheetah, Brown Hyena, Cape Vulture, Wattled Crane, Kori Bustard, and Pel’s Fishing Owl. This makes your safari experience even more memorable to be surrounded by a rich variety of wild animals.

The first – and most lasting impressions – will be of vast expanses of uninhabited wilderness stretching from horizon to horizon, the sensation of limitless space, astoundingly rich wildlife and bird viewing, night skies littered with stars and heavenly bodies of an unimaginable brilliance, and stunning sunsets of unearthly beauty.

As more and more cultural tourism options are offered, you will be charmed by the people of Botswana, visiting their villages and experiencing first-hand their rich cultural heritage. But perhaps most of all, Botswana’s greatest gift is its ability to put us in touch with our natural selves.