"The southeast coast of France's Mediterranean region is known as the French Riviera. Though some sources place the western boundary further west around Saint-Tropez or even Toulon, it is generally accepted to be the coastal region of the Alpes-Maritimes department, extending from the rock formation Massif de l'Esterel to Menton, at the France–Italy border. The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur area of France encompasses the entire coast. The Principality of Monaco, which faces the Mediterranean and is surrounded by France on three sides, is a semi-enclave in the area. The French Riviera is home to the coastal cities of Cap-d'Ail, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Cannes, and Théoule-sur-Mer. The name ""riverside"" comes from the old Ligurian region of Italy, which is situated between the Var and Magra rivers. France originally dubbed the County of Nice ""Côte d'Azur"" after it was annexed in 1860 because of the region's climate, which was ""a sky as blue as its sea"" and comparable to that of northern Italy, even during the winter. Summer temperatures in the Mediterranean can be quite cold when the Mistral (Northwest) and Tramontane (North) winds are blowing in the Languedoc and Provence regions. On the shore between the French and Italian Rivieras, this phenomena is either hardly noticeable or nonexistent. The Italian Riviera, which stretches east of the French Riviera (from Ventimiglia to La Spezia), is analogous to the French Riviera.The eastern portion of the coast, between Monaco and the Italian border, was commonly referred to as the French Riviera or the Riviera by the British as early as the 19th century. ""Coastline"" is what the Italian term ""river"" signifies. There are no formal borders between the French Riviera and Côte d'Azur. According to some sources, Saint-Tropez marks the western limit. Other locations include Cassis in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Saint Tropez, Hyères, or Toulon in the Var department. Patricia Highsmith defines the Riviera as the entire coastline between Toulon and the Italian border in her 1955 book The Talented Mr. Ripley. People have lived in the French Riviera region since the beginning of time. In the Grotte du Vallonnet, close to Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, prehistoric artifacts from between 1,000,000 and 1,050,000 years ago were found with animal bones and stones, including those of bison, rhinoceroses, and cows. One of Europe's oldest fireplaces was uncovered at Terra Amata (380,000 to 230,000 years ago), close to the Nice Port.

Covering 19,623 km2 (7,576 sq mi), Kruger National Park is located in the northeastern South African provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo. It stretches 65 km (40 mi) from east to west and 360 km (220 mi) from north to south. Skukuza is home to the administrative headquarters. The South African Republic's government first protected portions of the park in 1898, and in 1926 it was designated as the country's first national park. It is a part of the biosphere reserve known as the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere. Kruger National Park is home to all five of the big game creatures and boasts 147 species of large mammals, more than any other game reserve in Africa. Webcams have been installed to watch the wildlife. There are believed to be just 400 African wild dog packs in all of South Africa, and Kruger is home to packs of these endangered animals. There is a reasonably consistent group of bird species from the park's southern to central regions, but the mopane-dominated flatlands north of the Olifants show a fall in richness.The larger birds of prey, on the other hand, breed during the dry winter, when their prey is most exposed, whereas the majority of species breed during the summer, when rainfall sustain the majority of vegetable and animal food. In 1918, Kruger National Park was declared, and a commission was formed to oversee its development and planning. A government officer named Johannes Andries (Dries) de Ridder served as the commission's first secretary. After 44 years in charge of the Kruger Park, Warden James Stevenson-Hamilton retired on April 30, 1946. Colonel J. A. B. Sandenbergh of the South African Air Force took his post. The government forcibly removed the Makuleke people from the northern portion of the park in 1969, and approximately 1500 of them were relocated to territory in the south so that their original tribal lands could be incorporated into the larger Kruger National Park. The famed Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, and buffalo) are among the remarkably diverse species that makes Kruger National Park famous. The park, which spans about two million hectares, draws tourists from all around the world with its unmatched wildlife viewing opportunities.