SENEGAL ~ Saloum Delta National Park - UNESCO ~

...  More fantastic African views... and by searching for more information (the most fun part of collecting postcardsツ)  I found that it is not only a fantastic new NP but also a UNESCO site... how cool is that👍... it is Senegal's second-largest national park... a water-filled wonderland with mangrove-lined creeks, salt marshes, sandy islands and woodland all part of the great delta's backdrop.... the  main attraction is the fantastically varied landscape and the hundreds of bird species it attracts in the south... you might also spot wild boars and monkeys... unfortunately many are threatened due to human settlements, deforestation and hunting impact on the park, despite its protected status... Thanks so much Benny for thinking of me while on vacation!! \_(♥‿♥)_/

Saloum Delta National Park or Parc National du Delta du Saloum in Senegal, is a 76,000 ha national park. Established in 1976, it is situated within the Saloum Delta at the juncture of the Saloum River and the North Atlantic.

It lies on the East Atlantic Flyway. The bird species that breed or winter in the area include royal tern, greater flamingo, Eurasian spoonbill, curlew sandpiper, ruddy turnstone, and little stint. There are also some 36 mammal species, including warthogs, spotted hyenas and red colobus monkeys.

The park, which forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Ramsar Convention site, lies within a 180,000 ha (440,000-acre) biosphere reserve. Water comprises 61,000 ha of the park, intertidal mangroves and saltwater vegetation cover 7,000 ha, and savannah and forest cover 8,000 ha. It became a UNESCO WHS site in 2011.

Stamps:

The 24th Paris-Dakar Rally
(Issued 13-01-2003)

The 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of World War I
(Issued 20-08-2014)