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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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Amazon Rainforest
The largest tropical rainforest on Earth, drained by the mighty Amazon River and holding a tenth of all known species.
Atacama Desert
The driest non-polar desert on Earth, a high plateau of salt flats, geysers and lagoons prized for some of the clearest night skies anywhere.
Galápagos Islands
A volcanic archipelago on the equator whose fearless, highly endemic wildlife helped shape the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Iguazú Falls
A system of some 275 waterfalls spanning nearly three kilometres of subtropical rainforest, crowned by the thunderous Devil’s Throat.
Mount Roraima
A sheer-sided tabletop mountain (tepui) rising above the cloud forest at the meeting of three nations, with an otherworldly rocky summit.
Perito Moreno Glacier
A 5-kilometre-wide advancing glacier in Los Glaciares National Park whose towering ice front regularly calves into Lake Argentino.
Salar de Uyuni
The world’s largest salt flat, a blinding white expanse that becomes a vast mirror when a thin layer of water sits on its surface.
Torres del Paine
A Patagonian park of granite towers, hanging glaciers, windswept lakes and roaming guanacos, threaded by the famous "W" and "O" treks.