World’s best festivals in April. This is an excerpt from Lonely Planet's A Year of Festivals.
Festivals are a living, dancing museum of cultures and traditions in an increasingly globalised world. There is no better place for travellers to understand a country than an event where it proudly celebrates its individuality, whether through music, camel races or monumental food fights. The top festivities for April are listed below. Semana Santa (Holy Week) 'Semana Santa' by marinalwang. Titanic at 100: Be Among the Last to Dive to Wreck Site? Save the with Bob Ballard As part of a $60,000, two-week cruise, a pair of tourists can get shoehorned with a pilot into a tiny Russian MIR submersible that's less than 7 feet (2.1 meters) wide.
The trip to 's resting place takes about 2.5 hours, and a round-trip dive lasts about 8 to 10 hours. "I think one thing that captures people is a direct link to this almost mythological maritime character, the ," said Rob McCallum of Deep Ocean Expeditions , which holds exclusive charter for dives. "Being able to go and actually see it and pay homage to it, if you like, is an incredible aspect of his expedition.
" (See pictures of then and now in magazine .) But summer 2012 is the first season since 2005 that Deep Ocean Expeditions has taken people to the and it could be the last. "For a variety of reasons, these are the last dives that the Deep Ocean Expeditions is going to do on ," said McCallum, whose company began diving to the in 1998. "To us it's a grave site—why disturb it any further? " Top 10 Watery Wonders - Travel. From the National Geographic book Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe-Zambia When the calm flowing water of the Zambezi River encounters the 5,578-foot-wide (1,700-meter-wide) edge of the Victoria Falls gorge, it abruptly plunges 328 feet (100 meters) to the bottom.
The impact generates soaring mists and thunderous sounds that can be seen and heard for great distances. During the rainy season—mid-November through late April—the falls virtually disappear behind a thick wall of mist; at other times, the water volume noticeably eases. Canals of Venice, Italy Best enjoyed outside the heat of summer, the Venetian canals and their gondolas provide one of the world's most romantic experiences: gliding slowly down narrow palazzo-lined canals on a moonlit night. Great Barrier Reef, Australia The Great Barrier Reef stretches 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) through the Coral Sea along Australia's northeastern coast. Li River, China Suez Canal, Egypt.