A beautiful place, it should be enjoyed with a pleasant trip. You may have visited Eiffel Tower in Paris or Pisa Tower in Italy or Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. Those are all examples of famous places that you can visit easily and they are easy to find in the middle or in the corner of city.
But, there are also many beautiful places in the world that are hard to reach. There are several reasons why those place is difficult to access or visit. So, let's take a look in below.
Mount Everest (Himalaya, Nepal)
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When you’re going Everest for first time, you have to fly to Kathmandu then you need to fly again to Himalaya Airports in Lukla. Then, you need to reach Everest Basecamp. So, you will go through the valley of Mount Everest for 65km. You will arrive at Everest Basecamp. Oh, it’s not only here. To climb the mountain, you need special equipment like skills, training, money, mental and physical excellence. Its also no wonder for those who are able to reach this mountain, they will be highly respected from across the world. Are you interested travel to Mount Everest ?
Angel Falls (Venezuela)
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Angel Falls is one of the waterfalls in Venezuela and it is one of the highest waterfalls in the world. The location of this waterfall is in the forest, so you can imagine how difficult to access this waterfalls which is in Canaima National Park. Before going to Canaima City or Canaima National Park, firstly you must go through Puerto Ordaz or Ciudad Bolivar. Then, you will walk along the river to get to the waterfall. It’s really hard but worth to visit.
Heart Reef (Australia)
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The iconic Heart Reef is famous for its coral reefs and this is part of the Great Barrier Reef. It isn’t just anyone can visit this place, because it is protected by Australian government. So, you aren’t allowed to dive or snorkelling. But, you can still visit around the Great Barrier Reef.
To get there, you have to hire a helicopter tour service and you are allowed to stay along in Whitsunday Island or Hamilton Island with various price accommodation.
Haram Mosque (Saudi Arabia)
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Haram Mosque or Masjid al-Haram (according to Wikipedia) is a sacred place for Muslims. If you’re Muslim, it is quite easy and very friendly to visit there. But anyway, its a hard to reach this place if you’re Non-Muslims. There will be a police who will arrest you, if you try to enter the mosque.
Note : I don't mean to tell this information as a racist or being hate speech, but this is just a piece of fact or information that linked with the topic. If I’m wrong, I will delete this part. Thank you.
The White House Washington DC (United States)
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Actually it's easy to walk, access and find the location of The White House in Washington DC. However, the difficulty is when you are become visitor or tourist in The White House. For American citizens, you will need to seek permission through a member of congress, at least 21 days before your visit there. For non-American citizens, this is more difficult. They must seek permission from the country's embassy before being allowed to tour into The White House.
Machu Picchu (Peru)
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Machu Picchu is the most famous tourist spot in Peru. The difficulty is you have to pass the 42km long Inca Trail, you need to hiking for 4 days and 3 nights. However, your tiredness will pay off when you are there and enjoy the Lost of Inca City on the hill. You will get valuable experience from there.
Moai (Eastern Island, Chile)
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Moai is one of the ancient works of art in the past. They’re on Eastern Island. To get there, first you must go to Chile (South America), then you fly to Santiago. If you already in Santiago, next you need to fly again with LAN Airlines to Eastern Island. There are many Moai statues that you can see there, but you will always have to deal with hiking the hill to reach other Moai statues.
So, there are much more beautiful places that hard to reach, isn’t ? or maybe you want to share your story in the comments? I will wait there. Thank you.