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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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Arenal Volcano
A near-perfect conical volcano rising above rainforest, hot springs and a lake in Costa Rica’s northern highlands.
Banff
Canada’s oldest national park in the Rockies, with glacier-fed turquoise lakes, jagged peaks and abundant alpine wildlife.
Bay of Fundy
Home to the highest tides on Earth, rising up to 16 metres and exposing the sculpted Hopewell Rocks flowerpot formations twice daily.
Denali
North America’s highest peak at 6,190 metres, centrepiece of a subarctic wilderness of tundra, glaciers and grizzly bears.
Grand Canyon
A mile-deep, 446-kilometre-long canyon carved by the Colorado River, exposing two billion years of layered rock.
Monument Valley
A high desert of towering sandstone buttes and mesas on the Navajo Nation, an enduring emblem of the American West.
Nā Pali Coast
A rugged coastline of emerald cliffs, sea caves and hanging valleys along the north-west shore of Kauai, reachable only by trail, boat or air.
Yellowstone
The world’s first national park, sitting atop a supervolcano with geysers, hot springs and travertine terraces alongside bison and wolves.
Yosemite
A glacier-carved Sierra Nevada valley of granite monoliths, giant sequoias and some of the tallest waterfalls in North America.
Yucatán Cenotes
Thousands of natural limestone sinkholes across the Yucatán Peninsula opening onto crystal-clear groundwater and flooded cave systems.