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Quiçama National Park

Quiçama National Park, also known as Kissama National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Quiçama or Parque Nacional da Quissama), is a national park in northwestern Angola.
The park is approximately 70 km from Luanda, the Angolan capital. The park covers 3 million acres (12,000 km²), more than twice the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

Kalandula Falls

Kalandula Falls are waterfalls in the municipality of Kalandula, Malanje Province, Angola. On the Lucala River, the falls are 105 meters (344 feet) high and 400 meters (1,300 feet) wide. They are one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Africa. The distance from Luanda is 360 km. Gallery[edit]. A visit to the Kalandula Falls
Kalandula Falls belong to the largest waterfalls of Africa. This waterfall is 410 m wide and (possibly) up to 105 m tall.
Falls have formed on Lucala river, the largest tributary of Kwanza.
The stream of this horseshoe shaped waterfall is divided into countless smaller trickles by the crevices and boulders at the rim of falls. As a result Kalandula Falls have their own, very special beauty, they differ from any other large waterfall of the world. The stream is eroding the cliff, large boulders and smaller rubble often falls down together with water.

Iona National Park

Iona National Park is the largest national park in Angola. It is situated in the Southwestern-most part of the country, in Namibe Province. It is roughly bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the West, an escarpment to the East that marks the beginning of the interior plateau.

Cameia National Park

Cameia National Park is a national park in the Moxico province of Angola, located at about 1100 m above sea level. It shares its name with the nearby municipality of Cameia. The Cameia–Luacano road forms the northern boundary of the park with the Chifumage River forming the southern portion of the eastern boundary
The park occupies an estimated 1445sq km and was established in 1938 as a game reserve. Later in 1957, Cameia was proclaimed a national park. The park's eco-system is defined by the different rivers that cross and border the park. The Zambezi River marks the northern boundary of the park.

Museu Nacional de Antropologia

The Museu Nacional de Antropologia (National Museum of Anthropology) is an anthropological museum in the Coqueiros neighborhood of the city of Luanda, Angola. Founded on 13 November 1976.
it is a cultural and scientific institution, dedicated to the collection, research, conservation, presentation and dissemination of the Angolan cultural heritage.

Bicauri National Park

Bicuari National Park is a national park in Angola. It is located in the south-west region of the country on the Huila Plateau, about 120 km SE of Lubango. The park is an area of sandy hills and shrub thicket character. The climate is tropical semi-arid.
angandala National Park is located in Malanje Province of Angola between the Cuije River and the territories of the Cuanza. It is the smallest national park in Angola covering a total area of 232 square miles. Cangandala National Park was created in 1963 to protect the Giant Sable Antelope but was upgraded to a national park in 1970. It consists of undulating sandlime with an open mosaic miombo bushveld and savanna. The park is drained by waterlanes covered by grass. The number of Giant Sable Antelopes in Cangandala National Park has significantly reduced with no actual statistics about the remaining number. Some of the birds found in the park include Pale-billed hornbill, Angola Babble, and Red-capped crombec among other species.

National Museum of Slavery

The museum was founded in 1977 by the National Institute of Cultural Patrimony, with the objective of depicting the history of slavery in Angola. The museum adjoins the Capela da Casa Grande, a 17th-century structure where slaves were baptised before being put on slave ships for transport to the Americas.

Mupa National Park

Mupa National Park is a national park in Angola's Cunene province. It was proclaimed a national park on 26 December 1964 while Angola was a Portuguese territory. It is significant for its expected wide variety of avifauna.

Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola

The Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola (National Museum of Natural History of Angola) is located in Largo do Kinaxixe, in the city of Luanda, Angola. It was established in 1938 as the Museu de Angola,[1] and was originally housed in the Fortress of São Miguel, initially with departments of Ethnography, History, Zoology, Botany, Geology, Economics and Art. A library and colonial history archive was added. In 1956 it moved to its current 3-storey building, and it today features a large collection related to the country's natural history and rich and varied fauna.[2] The museum features spacious lounges, which contains stuffed specimens of mammals, fish, whales, insects, reptiles and birds.

Cangandala National Park

Cangandala National Park is a national park in Malanje Province, Angola. It is situated between the Cuije river and 2 unnamed territories of the Cuanza, with the towns of Culamagia and Techongolola on the edges of the park. It is the smallest national park in Angola.
The park, which covers an area of 600 km², consists of undulating sandlime hills with lowerlying drainage lines. The area receives about 1 350 mm rainfall per year with an average temperature of 21,5 °C. No perennial rivers occur and drainage takes place via grass covered waterlanes. A mosaic of open miombo bushveld and savanna occur. Brachystegia-bushveld are found on the water partitions and open grasslands in the lower-lying drainage lanes.

Museu da Moeda

The Coin Museum presents the history of money from the Zimbo to the Kwanza. Unique in its vocation, this museum exposes the collections of numismatics and notafilia of the National Bank of Angola, there are available some objects of framing and audiovisual devices that better illuminate visitors about our past. This brief script is intended to support the interpretation of the themes that make up the museum's narrative. The museography is based on thematic nuclei that focus on pre-monetary and other means of payment, singular coin stories, the iconography of money, the evolution of the bank, illustrations of banknotes, security elements and personal testimonies about the role of money in life of the Angolan citizen.
Talking about the Kwanza trajectory is an authentic journey through time, with important and obligatory stops. We start at Nzimbu, a small shell or shell, extracted from the beaches of Luanda Island. Most of them were mostly caught by women, and those of gray color were considered of greater value. We arrived at Libongo, a small piece of fabric of various dimensions and qualities, made from fibers of the palm tree. Salt was also one of our coins. This well derived from the mines or salt mines of Quiama, was shaped into pieces of various shapes like stones and bars. We are in the late 16th century, where we begin to use the Ivory. This new means of payment proves to be the main source of income of foreign trade. After this period, Copper appears. This exchange currency became a reference in commercial transactions, being the metal most used for the manufacture of everyday utensils such as knives, hoes, arrows, daggers, cups, shackles, collars and wires.
We approach the Cauri, just before our voyage ends, presenting itself as a white shell of rare beauty, which has been claimed for many centuries as the currency in various regions of the world. Finally, the beads, ornamental objects made of seeds, aromatic roots, cylinders, ivory, pieces of bones, teeth, nails and other adornments. It is for all this, and more, that the History of our Currency is considered rich. Come and visit our Museum of the Currency, bulwark of our History.

Museum of the Armed Forces

 The Museum of Armed Forces in Angola is a historic building overlooking the city from a high plateau offering a great view of Luanda Bay and the island (Ilha de Luanda) beyond the Port, which houses the records of Angola's fight for independence.
It is with a heavy heart we announce that the Armed Forces History Museum is now permanently closed. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Piazza Family we would like to thank everyone who worked effortlessly and supported the Armed Forces History Museum

Luiana National Park

Luiana National Park is a national park in Angola governed by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.
We assessed the status and distribution of lions, other large carnivores and key herbivores, in both Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga National Parks. The survey was conducted as part of a. Cooperation Agreement signed between Panthera and INBAC of the Angolan Ministry

Cristo Rei, Lubango

The Christ the King statue (Portuguese: Cristo Rei) is a Catholic monument and shrine overlooking the city of Lubango in the South of Angola. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), as one of only four in the world. This 30-metre-high (98 ft) white marble statue was built in 1957.
It is a huge statue dedicated to Jesus Christ, with open arms, raised to 2,100 meters of height on the top of the mountain of the Chela. From its viewpoint, one can embrace the beautiful capital of the province of Huíla and contemplate probably the most beautiful sunset of Angola.
The King of Lubango is a monument designed in the 1950s by the Portuguese engineer of the Madeira Island Frazão Sardinha, inspired by similar statues that stand in the cities of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Lisbon (Portugal). It is imminent to be part of the list of World Cultural Heritage.
The statue integrates a wide range of works done by men's hands that frame the city that was already called Sá da Bandeira until 1975, such as the Cathedral, dating back to the 1930s, the splendid area of ??Nossa Senhora do Monte and the serpenteada road from the Leba mountain range. And what about the works of nature? According to historical records, the founding of the city of Sá da Bandeira dates back to 1885 by settlers from the Portuguese island of Madeira, from the neighboring region of Mossâmedes, who became intoxicated with one of the most beautiful regions of Angola.

Zambezi

he Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The area of its basin is 1,390,000 square kilometres, slightly less than half of the Nile's.  From its source in Zambia the river flows through Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe (along its border with Zambia), and then across Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
With a total catchment basically covering 1 390 000km² and a length of approximately 2700km, the Zambezi River is ranked fourth when it comes to largest rivers on the African continent. It follows The Nile, The Congo/Zaire, and the Niger. En-route to the Indian Ocean, the Zambezi flows through a grand total of six countries in total: Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. It spends the most amount of time in Zambia, and the least in Botswana. Interestingly, the river forms the border of Zambia and Namibia, Zambia and Botswana, and Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The Zambezi River originates in the Mwinilunga District in north-west Zambia, 1500m above sea level. More specifically, the source is a marshy black wetland, known as a dambo, in the centre of the iconic Miombo Woodlands.
By far the most notable feature of the Zambezi River is the mighty Victoria Falls – one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and World Heritage Site. Not to be disregarded, other well-known falls over which the river cascades are the Chavuma Falls in north-west Zambia, and widely inaccessible Ngonye Falls in western Zambia.
Despite its impressive length, bridges crossing the Zambezi are few and far between. Notable crossings include the Otto Beit Bridge at Chirundu in Zimbabwe, the historic Victoria Falls Bridge, the Katima Mulilo Bridge between Namibia and Sesheke in Zambia, and the Tete Suspension Bridge in Mozambique.
The Kariba Dam (or Lake Kariba) in Zimbabwe, and the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique are both man-made dams constructed to provide hydroelectic power to Zambia and Zimbabwe, and Mozambique and South Africa respectively. 200km from Victoria Falls, Kariba is the world largest man-made lake – 226km long and up to 40km in several places. Cahora Bassa, on the other hand, is an arch dam with a length of 171m and a maximum width of 303m.
Described as having the head of a fish and the body of a snake, the Nyami Nyami is the guardian and God of the Zambezi River Valley, and one of the most important deities of the Tsonga people.
Over two million years ago, the Upper Zambezi used to flow through what is now the Makgadikgadi Pan in Botswana. However, as a result of tectonic uplift, a vast lake was formed, and the river shifted eastwards.
Due to the fact that the Zambezi River runs through many game reserves and national parks, it provides sustenance to a diverse array of game, birdlife and fish species. Wildlife to be spotted on a game drive along its banks, or a cruise within its waters include elephant, hippos, crocodiles, water buck, buffalo, zebras, and even lion.

Ruacana Falls

Ruacana Falls are waterfalls located near Ruacana on the Kunene River in Northern Namibia. The waterfall is 120 meters (390 ft) high and 700 meters (2,300 ft) wide in full flood. It is among the largest waterfalls in Africa, both by volume and width.
At one time, Ruacana Falls was a guaranteed wonder, though all that changed thanks to Angola’s Calueque Dam, 20km upstream, and NamPower’s Ruacana power plant. On the rare occasion when there’s a surfeit of water, Ruacana returns to its former glory. In wetter years, it’s no exaggeration to say it rivals Victoria Falls – if you hear that it’s flowing, you certainly won’t regret a trip to see it (and it may be the closest you ever get to Angola).
At all other times, the little water that makes it past the first barrage is collected by an intake weir, 1km above the falls, which ushers it into the hydroelectric plant to turn the turbines.
To reach the falls, turn north 15km west of Ruacana and follow the signs towards the border crossing. To visit the gorge, visitors must temporarily exit Namibia by signing the immigration register. From the Namibian border crossing, bear left (to the right lies the decrepit Angolan border crossing) to the end of the road. There you can look around the ruins of the old power station, which was destroyed by Namibian liberation forces. The buildings are pockmarked with scars from mortar rounds and gunfire, providing a stark contrast to the otherwise peaceful scene.

Serra da Leba

Located near the city of Lubango, Serra da Leba is famous for its altitude, for its beauty and also for the Serra da Leba pass.
Serra da Leba pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 1.845m (6,053ft) above the sea level, located in the province of Huíla, in Angola. The road to the top is asphalted and pretty steep. The most challenging part of the climb is a short section of 1.7km, with 7 hairpin turns. It's one of the famous hairpinned roads.

Miradouro da Lua (Luanda)

The Miradouro da Lua Viewpoint is a set of cliffs 40 km south of Luanda , in the municipality of Samba in Angola .
Over time, erosion caused by wind and rain has created the lunar -type landscape we find today. The Miradouro da Lua is a must stop for those traveling from Luanda to Barra do Cuanza or to the beaches of Cabo Ledo .
This was the setting for the film "The Moon Lookout" the Portuguese director Jorge António , the first Portuguese-Angolan co-production film , shot in 1993 and got the special prize Realization in Gramado Festival , Brazil . The feature film , of the genre fiction , has the participation of Angolan and Portuguese actors and technicians . It tells the story of a young Lisbon who comes to Angola in search of his father who does not know, and who at the end of the film, in the grandiose setting of Miradouro da Lua, decides to remain in Angola.
The Miradouro da Lua is considered the most visited tourist attraction in Angola.

Mussulo

It is part of the municipality of Belas, province of Luanda. It is actually a spit created by sediments from the Cuanza River, moved north by the Benguela Current. It is about 30 km long, at most 3 km wide, and at the narrowest parts in the south of the peninsula, less than 100 metres.
Mussulo is linked to land at the Ponta das Palmeirinhas, the westernmost point of Luanda province.
The peninsula forms the Mussulo bay with three islands in it.

Fortaleza de São Miguel

São Miguel fort was built in 1576 by Paulo Dias de Novais. It became the administrative center of the colony in 1627 and was a major outlet for slave traffic to Brazil. The fort was for many years a self-contained town protected by thick walls encrusted with cannons.Inside the fort, elaborate ceramic tiles tell the story of Angola from early years, and in the courtyard are large, imposing statues of Portugal's first king, the first European to reach Angola, Diogo Cão, renowned explorer Vasco da Gama and other notables.

Ilha de Luanda

 Ilha de Luanda is a spit off the shore of Luanda, the capital of Angola. It consists of a low sandy strip formed by sedimentation.

Baía de Luanda

The Luanda Waterfront Project started with the vision to requalify the waterfront area of Luanda's City Center, having Baia de Luanda commited itself with the Government to invest alone on that requalification. This requalification was a massive and comprehensive intervention at different Levels.The Luanda Waterfront Development Project is a Public-Private Partnership between the Government of Angola and Sociedade Baia de Luanda. Sonangol, Bank Atlantico, Bank Milllenium Angola and Finicapital are the main shareholders of Sociedade Baia de Luanda, a group of corporate companies with know how.

Playa Morena

Natural nude beach. There is a bus stop with a bus route linking this beach to Cartagena.

Fortaleza do Muxima

Fortress of Muxima located on the Morro da Muxima left bank of Quanza, was ordered to be built by Paulo Dias de Novais by Order of El.Rei de Portugal D.João III - Angola 1961

Casino Atlântico

Turtle Beach Site

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Sé Catedral do Huambo

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Museu Municipal do Huambo

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Regional Museum of Huila

This was said to Angop on Monday in Lubango city by the director of museum, Soraia Ferreira, on the occasion of the International Museum Day, marked on 18 May under the motto “Museum for a sustainable society”.
The activity, she said, also aims to bring closer the citizens to more efficient information on the historic importance of museological pieces, as well as how it will serve for the collection of several new art-facts to enrich more the archives of museum.
The programme also expects the creation of municipal nucleus of museology, research, conservation and repair of museums.
The Regional Museum of Huíla, founded in 1957, has 1.300 pieces that represent the cultures of region.

Casino Tivoli

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Lobito Bay

The Port of Lobito is located in Lobito Bay on a sandspit approximately 4.8 km long. The port is administered by the Empresa Portuaria do Lobito. The Port of Lobito handles 2,000,000 tonnes of cargo and 370 ships annually, and along with economic development in the Benguala region, port facilities are under expansion.
This page presents the geographical name data for Lobito Bay in Angola, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.

Mount Moco

The highlands of Angola are home to a few isolated pockets of montane forest, which host several rare and localised birds, including Swierstra's Francolin. Some of the best remaining examples of montane forest in Angola are located at the country's highest mountain, Mount Moco, where currently only 85 ha of forest remains. This makes Mount Moco a critical site for the conservation of montane forest-dependent species in Angola.
However, the few remaining patches are being eroded at a concerning rate, largely by the population of a single, small village, Kanjonde. Our aims are to:
- work with the community of Kanjonde to reduce their impacts on the remaining forest
- to ultimately increase forest cover at Mount Moco by establishing a nursery and forest replanting project.
- promote sustainable tourism at the mountain, with the community of Kanjonde as the primary beneficiary
- lobby for the formal recognition of Mount Moco as a conservation area.

Reserva Parcial de Namibe

Reserva Parcial de Namibe is a reserve within Angola and is nearby to Plateau dos Cubais and Tamacuala.
This page presents the geographical name data for Reserva Parcial de Namibe in Angola, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.

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Praia do Terminus

From the islet to Ponta do Porto is only less than 490 meters and 2.4 km up to Ponta das Bicudas. In the middle is the Port of Praia, the island and country's chief port (sometimes second to São Vicente's port at Porto Grande Bay), one of its shipping lanes connect to the nearby Port of Dakar in Senegal.

Catumbela River

The Catumbela is a river in central Angola. The river mouth is at the Catumbela Estuary on the Atlantic Ocean at Catumbela, between Lobito and Benguela, and 240 kilometres (150 mi) from where it rises in the hills of Cassoco. The Catumbela supplies water to the city of Lobito. The mouth of the Catumbela was noted as a beautiful place.

Fort Cambambe

Cambambe is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola. It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River. Cambambe also contains ruins from the 17th-century Portuguese settlement of the area, including the Igreja da Nossa Senhora do Rosário and the Fortress of Kambambe.
The forts in the interior of Angola, laid down in Mr. Bowdich's map, which was constructed in 1790, partly from personal inspection, by Lieutenant-colonel Furtado, an officer of engineers, are Fort Massangano, at the junction of the river Lucala with the Coanza, about long. 16' 15° E. from Greenwich.

Ilha do Mussulo

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Cathedral of the Holy Saviour, Luanda

The Cathedral of the Holy Saviour (Sé Catedral de Luanda) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Luanda, Angola. It was built in 1628 and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Luanda.

Marco Polo

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Casino Royal

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Largo Environment

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Nossa Senhora da Nazaré

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (Our Lady of Nazareth Church) is a colonial church in Luanda, Angola, built in 1664.
It is located in the centre of the city, overlooking Luanda Bay.

Palácio de Ferro "Trienal de Luanda"

The Iron Palace, built in the 19th century, has been recovered. It was to be a museum and today it is a cultural center of choice in downtown Luanda. It hosts the third triennial with shows every Saturday, with free tickets. It was designed by the same engineer who created the Eiffel Tower. Arrived in Luanda by boat
The Iron Palace is a historical building in Luanda, located on Queen Njinga Street, in Mutamba, downtown and considered a noble area. It is one of 102 cultural monuments of Luanda. It was constructed with an original decoration in metallic filigree (work in the form of lace woven with threads of gold, silver, glass, that can be applied on a background).
There is a mystery around the building's history, as there are no records of its origin. It is believed that the wrought-iron structure was built in the 1880s by Gustave Eiffel in France (the author of the 'Eiffel' tower), as a pavilion for an exhibition, and subsequently dismantled and transported by boat to Madagascar .
There is speculation as to how he got to Angola. Some sources say that the ship that was carrying it was eventually diverted from the route by the Benguela current, sinking near the Skeleton Coast (in Angolan territory).
Others indicate that the ship was eventually landed in Luanda and sold by public auction, and was auctioned by the Commercial Company of Angola (CCA), which acquired the palace in the late 19th century. CCA was Africa's largest trading company at the time and , for some time, was thirsty in the iron palace. It belongs to three great capitalists: António de Sousa Lara, João Ferreira Gonçalves (Ferreira Marques & Fonseca) and 'Bensaude'.

Statue of Agostinho Neto

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Zoo Rider Angola

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Jardim da Cultura

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