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Natural Places of the World
A curated, growing atlas of the planet’s great natural places — from national parks and fjords to reefs and deserts. Find one that calls to you, then plan a trip in a click.
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Annapurna Massif
A Himalayan massif of peaks over 7,000 and 8,000 metres, encircled by one of the world’s classic long-distance trekking circuits.
Cappadocia
A soft-rock landscape of "fairy chimney" pinnacles, carved cave dwellings and underground cities, famously surveyed from hot-air balloons at dawn.
Ha Long Bay
Thousands of limestone karst islands and islets rising from emerald waters in the Gulf of Tonkin, riddled with grottoes and hidden lagoons.
Jiuzhaigou Valley
A high-altitude valley on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau known for multi-coloured lakes, layered waterfalls and snow-capped peaks.
Lake Baikal
The world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lake, holding a fifth of the planet’s unfrozen fresh water and freezing into turquoise ice in winter.
Mount Bromo
An active volcano set within the vast Tengger caldera, its smoking cone reached across a sea of volcanic sand and best seen at sunrise.
Mount Fuji
Japan’s highest and most iconic mountain, a symmetrical active volcano rising to 3,776 metres and long revered as a sacred site.
Mount Kinabalu
The highest peak in Borneo at 4,095 metres, rising from tropical rainforest to a granite summit and harbouring exceptional plant diversity.
Sundarbans
The world’s largest mangrove forest, a tidal labyrinth at the mouth of the Ganges delta and a stronghold of the Bengal tiger.
Wadi Rum
A desert valley of sandstone and granite mountains, natural arches and red sand in southern Jordan, long inhabited by Bedouin.
Zhangjiajie
A forest of thousands of quartzite sandstone pillars rising through mist in Wulingyuan, an inspiration for the floating peaks in popular film.