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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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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.
Erg Chebbi
A sea of wind-sculpted Saharan dunes rising up to 150 metres near Merzouga, glowing orange at sunrise and sunset.
Monument Valley
A high desert of towering sandstone buttes and mesas on the Navajo Nation, an enduring emblem of the American West.
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.
Sossusvlei
Towering red dunes and the cracked white clay pan of Deadvlei in the ancient Namib Sand Sea, home to some of the tallest dunes on Earth.
Uluru
A colossal sandstone monolith rising from the arid Red Centre, sacred to the Anangu people and shifting through deep reds at sunrise and sunset.
Wadi Rum
A desert valley of sandstone and granite mountains, natural arches and red sand in southern Jordan, long inhabited by Bedouin.