Situated in the Southern Province's Matara District, Mirissa is a tiny town on Sri Lanka's south coast. It is located at an elevation of 4 meters (13 feet) above sea level and is roughly 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Colombo. Mirissa is a well-liked tourist attraction because to its beach and nightlife. In addition, it is a fishing port and a major spot on the island for whale and dolphin viewing. Mirissa is situated on the A2 Highway, which connects Colombo and Wellawaya. The town is roughly 13 kilometers (8 miles) from the Kokmaduwa Interchange of the Southern Expressway and 2 kilometers (1+1⁄4 miles) west of the Mirissa railway station, which is on the Coastal or Southern Rail Line, which connects Colombo through to Matara. Your fantasies of a tropical paradise are essentially brought to life by Mirissa and her stunning sandy beach. This remote crescent-shaped beach, which is only 200 kilometers from the equator and at the southern tip of the island of Sri Lanka, is the ideal spot to unwind and forget about the hustle and bustle of your other life. Some of Sri Lanka's most breathtaking sunrises and sunsets may be seen at this little sandy tropical beach. You get the feeling that you are on an island fringed by palm trees because all of Mirissa's guest houses are situated far from the actual beach. The sound of a coconut hitting the sand or someone farther up the beach opening a cold beer occasionally breaks the stillness.

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.