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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.
Blue Mountains
A dissected sandstone plateau of eucalyptus forests, dramatic escarpments and the Three Sisters rock formation west of Sydney.
Denali
North America’s highest peak at 6,190 metres, centrepiece of a subarctic wilderness of tundra, glaciers and grizzly bears.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Africa’s highest peak at 5,895 metres, a free-standing dormant volcano rising from savanna through rainforest to an arctic summit.
Mount Kinabalu
The highest peak in Borneo at 4,095 metres, rising from tropical rainforest to a granite summit and harbouring exceptional plant diversity.
Mount Roraima
A sheer-sided tabletop mountain (tepui) rising above the cloud forest at the meeting of three nations, with an otherworldly rocky summit.
Table Mountain
A flat-topped massif overlooking Cape Town, cloaked in the endemic-rich fynbos of the Cape Floral Kingdom and reached by hiking trails or a rotating cableway.
The Dolomites
A dramatic range of pale limestone peaks, spires and plateaus in the northern Italian Alps, celebrated for its via ferrata and alpenglow.
Torres del Paine
A Patagonian park of granite towers, hanging glaciers, windswept lakes and roaming guanacos, threaded by the famous "W" and "O" treks.