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1. Zhangye Danxia Landform in Gansu, China
This landform is also sometimes called “the Rainbow Mountains”, because it is that colorful.
It can literally be called nature’s art – it looks like it has been painted but it is completely natural.
Zhangye Danxia landscape is full of very high red cliffs and other formations in various colors. This is certainly something that you can see only here and nowhere else in the world. Besides the magnificent colors that you surely don’t expect when you’re looking at mountains, there are also rocky outcrops that look like castles and towers, as well as some animals, and the view gets even better when there is a mist, so the whole thing looks like a mirage.
Zhangye Danxia was formed over a long period and it owes its existence mostly to the erosion of red sandstone.
The nature’s process of creating this amazing place included a long period of desert climate and conditions, which was followed by freeze-thaw peeling, to finally come to its present shape because of the wind and water erosion, to which it owes its variety of layers, colors, textures, shapes and sizes.
This place is a national park and it is only a 30-minute-ride away from the city of Zhangye. Tourist buses are not allowed inside the national park, but you can rent special sightseeing cars and enjoy the views and the ride.
The best time to go would be from June to September, because that is when the weather is the most comfortable and the colors are then more vivid because of the combination of strong sun and some rain. Sunrise and sunset are the times of the day when your experience will be most heightened.
Southwest Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, also known as the world’s largest mirror, is actually the world’s largest salt flat, containing 6,575 square miles of shallow lakes and white salt.
The skies in this area look more amazing than anywhere else, and you can watch them while walking over the vast areas of salt which will make you feel as if you were on a different planet. And when the landscape is layered thinly with water, it turns into a mirror, and it is simply amazing. This is why they call it “the World’s Largest Mirror” – you basically walk over it for miles and miles.
This salt flat was covered in lakes in ancient history, but over a long period of time (thousands of years), these lakes dried up, only to leave a lot of salt behind, and this is the salt that makes up the coat of the region.
The shallow waters that still exist here contain up to 70% of earths lithium reserves, so we can say that this place, besides being gorgeous and unique, is also very important for mankind. Since it is so wonderful and reachable, it isn’t very tranquil and there is a lot of traffic – it’s crowded with tourists who come to see and experience one of the world’s most breathtaking places, and companies that come to mine potassium, lithium, magnesium and salt from the surface.
There are many wonderful and breathtaking places in the USA and Yosemite Valley is one of the most famous and amazing ones.
It is one of those places that you will never forget once you have witnessed its beauty and wonders. As National Park Service describes it has the “strength of granite, the power of glaciers, the persistence of life, and the tranquility of the High Sierra”. Well, it couldn’t be put in a better way.
This valley, along with the rest of Yosemite National Park has been protected since 1864, and it is the place where you can see some of the oldest and largest sequoias in the world and the most amazing wilderness there is.
The visitors have the opportunity to see some of the beautiful black bears, protected by the community of Yosemite. These bears are usually very shy and don’t mean to harm humans, but it is definitely necessary to know what to do if you see one, for your protection and theirs. Remember, this is their natural habitat, and you’re the visitor, so you need to respect their need and right to live a normal and peaceful life.
The valley is known for its beauty, and many visitors from all around the world come during the summer months when this area is the most beautiful. Visitors can find accommodation in the center of the valley and always enjoy the best views at any time of the day.
One of the best things you can see and experience here is when the snow melts and creates creeks and lakes, and at the edge of the valley waterfalls are often created. It would be a shame not to enjoy this spectacular experience at least once in a lifetime.
The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is located in Kyoto, Japan, and it is considered one of the most beautiful places to see and visit. Why? You should at least take a look at some of the pictures of it, and you’ll understand what all the ‘fuss’ is about.
While walking through this road, you are surrounded by stalks of bamboo, and it’s definitely a unique experience.
There are other amazing sites in Kyoto, including Kinkaku-ji temple and Fushimi-Inari-Taisha shrine, but when it comes to picking out the one that leaves the strongest impression, most would say that it is the forest.
It is unlike any forest you have ever seen, anywhere in the world. There is no doubt that it is beautiful, but there is something more to it, besides its beauty, that overwhelms you with the sense of being in a different world, something heaven-like.
Bamboo has a special meaning in Japan’s mythology and history, and the Japanese believe that the human strength lies in these trees. This shows why they take such good care of them and leave them as they are without ever cutting them. Maybe the most beautiful part of this forest is at the beginning of the path where the bamboo trees grow apart from one another and grow more thickly, looking more wonderful.
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You can walk through this forest and enjoy the view, the smell and the sense of piece and calm, or you can choose to have a more active experience and rent a bike for your tour. Whatever you choose, don’t forget to bring your camera!
Petra is a Nabataean caravan city that has been inhabited since prehistoric times. It connects the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, which was very useful and necessary to link Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia.
One of the most amazing facts about this place is that half of the ‘buildings’ were not actually built but carved from rock.
This is the place where every archaeologist dreams of going and many history lovers need to visit, because it is a unique place where Eastern traditions and Hellenic architecture found common ground and are intertwined.
Here, there are many religious places with great architecture, tunnels and diversion dams, and archeological remains that speak about the history of the people who lived here ages ago, including temples, churches and other buildings, as well as evidence of people’s labors such as copper mining.
The Nabataean/Hellenistic tombs, which you can visit by going through a rocky cleft, are a work of art that you can see only here and nowhere else.
This city was and still is hidden in the cliffs and you can get to it only by going through a tiny split in the mountain called the Siq, which is almost a mile long and only 10-20 feet wide. Its height is immeasurable and while walking through the split you get the feeling as if it reaches the sky. Even if you’re scared of tight spaces, it is still worth fighting your fears just to see this.
Way above sea level (8,000 feet to be more precise), this Inca city from the 15th century located in the middle of a tropical mountain forest is one of the world’s best known archaeological sites in the world. Machu Picchu is a living evidence of the power and skill the Incas once had, as it is made of cut stone which was fit so tightly together that its cracks still can’t be invaded by blade knives – and this was all done without mortar.
Its name derives from the Quechua language – “machu”, which means old and “picchu” which means peak.
Experts say that the city housed only around a thousand people when it was built around 500 years ago. It consists of palaces, temples and homes, and it is believed that its three primary structures are the Inti Watana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows.
Bear in mind: when the town was built, the Incas had no iron, steel, or wheels.
Machu Picchu is just one of those places that can’t be translated into words – you have to see it to believe it. Those who did definitely appreciated it since it was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. Also, in 2007 it was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Isn’t this enough to make you want to go visit it?
Cotton castle, or Pamukalle is a natural wonderful place located in the southwest part of Turkey and it is this country’s largest and most famous mineral bath spa.
What brings to it being on top of everyone’s list of sites to see when in Turkey is that it is completely unbelievably natural and stunning. The hot calcium-laden waters come out from the earth and fall over a cliff. Then the water gets colder and the calcium hardens and makes white pools that we see in all the pictures when looking up Pamukkale.
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This place has been used as a spa since Roman times.
The original pool is still in existence and it is littered with the same marble columns that were there in the Roman Temple of Apollo. Swimming in this pool is free and definitely a unique experience. The water is warm, but not so hot that it is not a pleasure to swim in it. The depth is not the same everywhere, so both children and adults can safely enjoy it and have fun.
The mineral waters of Pamukkale have made lots of ‘frozen’ waterfalls and step-like terraces thanks to the high content of calcium carbonate. Think about all the relaxing time you can enjoy here while seeing one of the world’s most beautiful UNESCO Heritage Sites.
Mosi-oa-Tunya (“the Smoke that Thunders” in Tonga language), more widely known as Victoria Falls, is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi river. It is situated on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe and the sight of it is simply breathtaking.
Although it is not the highest or the widest waterfall in the world, it is classified as the largest – because it is the world’s largest sheet of falling water.
It was named after Queen Victoria, by a Scottish explorer – David Livingstone. The original name, though, is as commonly used as the one in English. The waterfall is 108 meters (354 ft) high and 1,708 meters (5,604 ft) tall and it is a must-see before the apocalypse.
Gallons of water sliding down, surrounded by three national parks (Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Victoria Falls National Park and Zambezi National Park), rich in rare vegetation such as pod mahogany, ebony, ivory palm, as well as abundant wildlife including large populations of elephants, buffalos, antelopes, giraffes and zebras and over a hundred different species of fish – this simply cannot be left unseen.
So, pack your bags and book the first flight to Zambia or Zimbabwe, whichever you like more, and go enjoy this amazing view.
Hang Son Doong is the world’s largest cave, located in Vietnam. It is around 3 miles long and 492 feet wide, and the ceiling is 656 feet high. If you are an adventurer, you would probably want to make yourself a place to live in this cave.
It is big enough to have a river, a jungle, and its own climate inside that one cave.
Once you see this, you feel the strength and power of nature, and it will make you feel as small as a speck of dust, but that definitely doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go there.
It is not so easy to enter the cave – you need to go through a tiny entrance and once you’re in you are faced with the magnificence of the entirely different world living inside the cave. Since there are different temperatures on different levels, there are sometimes clouds of mist and you get to experience something completely out of the ordinary.
What is even more amazing is that even 2 miles inside, the cave has daylight so it is not completely dark. If you like it very much (and you most certainly will) you can also decide to stay for a night or two, camping in the cave. How many people can say that they have camped in the largest cave in the world?
Wouldn’t you want to be one of them?
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