People travel from all over the world to northern India to seek calm, and Rishikesh is one of the main tourist and pilgrimage destinations. With good reason, Rishikesh is known as the "yoga capital of the world." In the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Rishikesh—sometimes spelled Hrishikesh—is a Tehsil and Municipal Corporation located in the Dehradun District. Located on the Ganges River's right bank, it is a Hindu pilgrimage destination where saints and sages from antiquity have meditated in pursuit of enlightenment.Along the river's banks are a large number of temples and ashrams. Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri are the four Char Dham pilgrimage sites that may be reached from Rishikesh. Along with summer and winter trekking sites like Dodital, Dayara Bugyal, Kedarkantha, and Har Ki Dun, it serves as a starting point for Himalayan tourist destinations including Harsil, Chopta, and Auli. Rishikesh's food is exclusively vegetarian. In Rishikesh, the sale of meat, fish, and eggs has been prohibited since 1956. The Supreme Court maintained the egg prohibition in 2004.Garhwali cuisine, which includes common meals like daal, gahat, and phaanu, is the traditional cuisine of Rishkesh. The main ingredients are vegetables, millet, barley, buckwheat, lentils, and legumes. Only specific spices are utilized. The typical cooking oil is mustard oil.Street vendors selling chaat and samosas are ubiquitous, as are restaurant thalis. Rafting is a highly well-liked adventure sport in Rishikesh, and there are plenty of authorized and trained instructors and operators available for all skill levels. The greatest months to go rafting are September through June.There are serious pollution problems with the Ganges River, which rises in Rishikesh from the Himalayas. The river exhibits high levels of contamination in the urban areas of Rishikesh and Haridwar, even though it is largely undisturbed by pollution at its source. In Rishikesh, rafting is a widely popular adventure sport. There are numerous trained and authorized rafting teachers and operators available for all skill levels. Rafting is most enjoyable from September to June.The Ganges River, which rises in Rishikesh from the Himalayas, is severely polluted. Although the river is largely undisturbed by pollution near its source, it exhibits high levels of contamination in the metropolitan areas of Haridwar and Rishikesh.

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.