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1 Explorers hike Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. It’s in a country that borders Mozambique and Burundi. Which country is it?
2 Scuba divers explore the large sinkhole known as the Great Blue Hole. It’s off the coast of which country that borders Guatemala and Mexico?
3 One of the world’s longest series of zip lines is found in the mountains of Snowdonia in which European country?
4 In which country can climbers make their way across a glacier in the Rocky Mountains in the province of Alberta?
5 You can swim with blacktip reef sharks in a national park off the coast of which Asian island country southeast of India?
Kenya Tanzania Botswana
Belize Honduras Costa Rica
Ireland Belgium United Kingdom
Canada Iceland United States
Seychelles Sri Lanka Madagascar
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Answers: 1. Tanzania
2. Belize
3. United Kingdom 4. Canada
5. Sri Lanka
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