It's hard to believe that all this wonderful and unique place really exists. The pictures you will see have not been changed in Photoshop, and you can actually visit these places. It is true what they say: seeing is believing, so prepare the peepers! Here are 9 amazing amazing natural wonders!
** 1. Wai-o-Tapu, New Zealand **
Ever dream of bathing with champagne? In the Waiotapu geothermal region of the North Island, there is more than just a bathtub, but a whole pool! Although, you can not swim in it. After all, the so-called "Champagne Pool" is actually a thermal spring, a surface temperature that ranges from 75 to 260 degrees. Maori thought the water was magical; this place in their language is called - Wai-O-Tapu, ** "Sacred Waters". **
** 2. Valle De La Luna, Chile **
Valle de la Luna is an unusual area in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, ** 15 kilometers from the town of San Pedro de Atacama ** . The valley is famous for its salt flats, where amazing forms are formed under the influence of erosion. Each statue has the name and legend associated with it. The inhabitants of the Atacama Desert, believing that these statues were a guide for the deceased's soul. They also help the shamans in their rites while traveling to the ancestral world.
** 3. Erg Chebbi, Morocco **
Erg is a large sand dunes area. Erg Chebbi is the only erg located in the Sahara in Southeast Morocco. The height of sand dunes in this area about 150 meters, they are a very beautiful orange color and quite popular among tourists. Erg Chebbi is in the middle of a rocky desert, and the sand is constantly moving. In addition to the fact that this stunning carved wind dune brings you to another world, they are said to have healing powers, so the Moroccans visit these places every year to bury the hot sand right up to their necks.
** 4. Pantanal, Brasil **
At the heart of the South American continent, south of the Amazon Basin and east of the Andes, lies a large landlocked river delta called the Pantanal, with an area of about 140,000 to 195,000 square kilometers. The annual flood transformed this area into the world's largest freshwater swamp ecosystem, ** half the size of France. **
** 5. Tsingy De Bemaraha, Madagascar **
The National Park of Madagascar Tsingy de Bemaraha is one of the strangest and most fascinating places on the planet that you can imagine. Sometimes it looks as if it is a mirage nightmare, born in the inflamed brain of a mentally ill person, when in fact, it is just a karst forest. This stone spear can reach a height of 120 m and its thickness varies from 3 to 5 meters. Despite its fearsome and uninhabited appearance, the stone forest is inhabited by hundreds of species of animals and plants, some of which are not found elsewhere on earth.
** 6. The Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania **
Safari in Ngorongoro is one of the most memorable safari experiences in the world. It's basically the same tourist brand as the Eiffel Tower, Tower Bridge or the Statue of Liberty. The animals here are pretty much everywhere, and they do not need to be treated like in many other national parks. Here antelope, lion, zebra, and antelope surround you from all sides trying to share love with you. This rigorous ecological system is formed in the crater of an ancient volcano, and the animals hardly ever leave this place. Actually, this is actually a giant nature zoo, if you think about it !
** 7. Yangshuo County, China **
Yangshuo is a small and very beautiful village located in Guilin Province. It's the predecessor to the national park Zhangjiajie, which was forever immortalized by James Cameron in his movie "Avatar." Translated from Chinese, Yangshuo means ** "Bright Moon". ** For a long time this place remained unknown to the world. However, in the 1980s, information about Yangshuo reached European and American travel guides, and slow rural life began to swirl from the flow of backpackers. Now it is completely changed to accommodate the tourists: small hotels and guest-houses with slow-wi-fi, as well as restaurants with European or Chinese cuisine.
** 8. Hamilton Pool Preserve, Texas, USA **
One of the most unusual and picturesque lakes in the world - Hamilton Pool is located just 37 km west of Austin (Texas, USA). What is really remarkable about it is the fact that Hamilton Pool is both an underground lake and a ground lake, emerging to the surface from under the arch of a stone grotto. That 15-meter waterfall is just an icing on the cake.
** 9. Great Blue Hole, Belize **
Blue Holes are a fairly common phenomenon, but one of them stands out for its huge size. The Great Blue Hole is located in the center of the atoll called the Lighthouse Reef and is the most popular destination for the divers of Belize. The hole is 300 meters in diameter and goes 120 meters deep. The roof of the cave collapsed 10,000 years ago, when the sea level was much lower. When the ocean comes to rise the cave was flooded, the roof collapsed, and voila - the big Blue Hole!
