Blue Mountains of New South Wales Australia

The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region located in New South Wales, Australia. The Mountains are dissected plateau carved in sandstone bedrock. A large part of the Blue Mountains is listed in the World Heritage Site as the Greater Blue Mountains which consist of seven national park areas and a conservation reserve.

The mountain is named as Blue Mountain due to the blue tinge of the range that is viewed from a distance. The tinge is believed to be caused by mie scattering which occurs when incoming ultraviolet radiation is scattered by particles within the atmosphere creating a blue-grayish colour to any distant objects, including mountains and clouds. One of the main natural disasters of the area is bush fires and severe storms. The Greater Blue Mountain area has 400 varieties of animals, rare species of mammals. The Blue Mount is now famous as one of the popular tourist destinations in Australia with good food and accommodation facilities. 

Blue Mountains Australia

Blue Mount New South Wales Australia

Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia

Places to Visit in Indonesia

There are numerous places to visit in Indonesia for enjoying your vacation. Some of them include Barabudur Buddhist Temple, Garuda Visnu Kencana and the Monkey Forest in Ubud. Read a brief info on the tourist places in Indonesia.

Borobudur Buddhist Temple Indonesia

Borobudur, or Barabudur is a Mahayana Buddhist Temple located in Magelang, Indonesia. The monument features six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome at the center is surrounded by  72 Buddha statues seated inside a perforated stupa. The monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia. Borobudur was also recorded in Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest Buddhist archaeological site.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana Indonesia

Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, or Garuda Wisnu Kencana is a private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula located in the island of Bali in Indonesia. It is devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu, and his mount, Garuda. There is a 23 metres tall statue of Lord Vishnu which is not fully completed, it is assumed that when it's completed, it will be the largest statue in the world. 

Ubud Monkey Forest Bali Indonesia

Ubud Monkey Forest is a nature reserve and temple complex situated in Ubud, Bali Indonesia. There are four groups of monkeys each occupying different territories in the park. The Sacred Monkey Forest is a popular tourist attraction in Ubud. The Monkey Forest contains the Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal temple as well as a "Holy Spring" bathing temple and another temple used for cremation ceremonies.

Tourist Attractions in Alaska US

Being the largest state in the US, Alaska features a lot of tourist attractions for national and international visitors. The state has the longest coastline, the highest mountains, and best winter surfing spots in the United States. Some of important tourist destinations in Alaska include Kenai Fjords National Park, Mendenhall Glacier, Anchorage Museum, Alaska SeaLife Center and Misty Fiords National Monument.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park located in the state of Alaska. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States. The park is known for numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field.  Exist Glacier is the popular tourist destination as it is only area of the park reachable by road. The remainder of the Park is accessible by boat.

Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier

Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier is another famous tourist attraction located at Mendenhall Valley, in the U.S. state of Alaska.  The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center offers stunning views of a lake-terminating, calving glacier. There is a glacier cave, a cave formed within the ice of a glacier, under Mendenhall Glacier.

Mendenhall Glacier Alaska

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center is another main tourist destination located in the state of Alaska. The museum mission is to share and connect Alaska with the world through arts, science and history. The Anchorage Museum features Alaska paintings and a collection of 25,000 objects and 500,000 historic photographs with nearly 2 lakhs annual visitors.

Anchorage Museum Rasmuson Center Alaska

Scala dei Turchi Sicily Italy

Scala dei Turchi is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, southern Sicily, Italy. It is famous due to the white color of the rock. This unique feature of the rock made the place a famous tourist destination. Scala is formed by marl, a sedimentary rock with a characteristic white color and lies between two sandy beaches. Scala dei Turchi is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Scala dei Turchi Sicily Italy

White Rock Scala dei Turchi Italy

Olympic National Park Washington United States

Olympic National Park is a United States national park located in the state of Washington. Olympic National Park has became an International Biosphere Reserve and designated as a World Heritage Site by United States. The National Park features three distinct ecosystems to its visitors, they are the Temperate Rainforests, Pacific Shore, and Sub Alpine Forest and Wildflower Meadow. Residents of the Olympic Peninsula consider it as a gift from sea shaped by water and ice. Within the center of Olympic National Park rise the Olympic Mountains whose sides and ridge-lines are topped with massive, ancient glaciers. The western side of the park is mantled by temperate rain forest and the park is famous for its unique turbidites. Turbidite is the geologic deposit of  turbidity current distributing clastic sediment into the deep ocean.

The place is one of the best tourist destination for all age group. The trip takes at least two days stay to see all around the Olympic Park. The main airports to reach the National Park are Port Angeles, Seattle, Sequim, and Olympia. 

Olympic National Park Washington United States

Olympic National Park Forest Washington

Olympic National Park Mount Olympic United States

Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand

Coromandel Peninsula located in New Zealand is part of the Waikato Region and Thames-Coromandel District that forms a natural barrier. The peninsula features steep and hilly, covered with temperate rain forest. The area shows signs of previous volcanism and geothermal activity is present on the Peninsula, with hot springs in several places specially at Hot Water Beach. The place is known for its hardrock gold mining and kauri industries. Now Coromandel Peninsula is a famous Ecotourist Centre. 

Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand

Coromandel Peninsula Ecotourism

Coromandel Peninsula

Great Dune of Pyla France

Dune of Pilat is the tallest sand dune of Europe, located in France. The dune is a famous tourist destination with more than one million visitors per year.  The dune has been observed to move landward, slowly pushing the forest back to cover houses, roads and portions of the Atlantic Wall. 

Great Dune of Pyla France

Great Dune of Pilat France Europe

Atlantic Ocean Road Norway

Atlantic Road runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averoy, Norway. The Ocean Road connects the island of Averoy with the mainland and Romsdalshalvoya peninsula. It is built on several small islands and skerries, which are connected by several causeways, viaducts and eight bridges. The road is preserved as a cultural heritage site and is classified as a National Tourist Route. It has been declared as the world's best road trip, and been awarded the title as "Norwegian Construction of the Century".

Atlantic Ocean Road Norway

Atlantic Ocean Road National Tourist Route Norway

Santa Claus Village Amusement Park Finland

Santa Claus Village is an amusement park in the Lapland region of Finland. Main Attractions are Arctic Circle, Santa Claus Post Office, Santa Claus's Office. 

A White line painted across the Santa Claus Amusement Park denotes Arctic Circle and by crossing the line, visitors enter the area of arctic circle. Variety of Christmas collections are sold in the Santa Claus Post Office and all mails sent are postmarked with special Santa Claus Postmark. Santa Claus Office is a place where the visitors are allowed to chat and take photos with Santa Claus. 

Santa Claus Village Amusement Park Finland

Santa Claus Village Finland

Santa Claus Village Amusement Park

Santa Claus Amusement Park Arctic Cirlce Santa Claus Village 

Togian Islands Indonesia

Togian Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and islets in Indonesia. It is formed by volcanic activity and covered with rain-forests surrounded by coral reef formations. In 2004 a part of Togean Islands has been established as a National Park by the government. 

Togian Islands Indonesia

Togian Islands and National Park Indonesia

Lake Hillier Pink Lake Western Australia

Lake Hillier is a lake on Middle Island  Western Australia. The notable feature of the lake is its pink color. The colour is permanent, and does not alter when the water is taken in a container. The lake is in the middle of the dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees.

Lake Hillier Australia

Pink Lake Hillier Australia

Wave Rock Australia Natural Wonder

Wave Rock of Australia is a wonder of Nature in the form of wave shaped rocks. It is a natural rock formation shaped like a tall ocean wave located in Australia. It is one of the main tourist attractions visited by more than 140,000 tourists every year. The wave rock is about 14m in height and around 110 meters long. It forms the north side of a solitary hill, which is known as "Hyden Rock." Wave Rock and Hyden Rock are part of nature reserve, Hyden Wildlife Park. 

Wave Rock Australia Natural Wonder 

Wave Shaped Rocks Australia

Hyden Rock Wave Rock Hyden Wildlife Park Australia

Salar de Uyuni World's Largest Salt Flat Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat located in Bolivia. The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes and covered by salt crust. The crust serves as a source of salt and covers a pool of brine which is rich in lithium. It contains world's largest lithium reserves.

Salar de Uyuni Salt Flat Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni World's Largest Salt Flat Bolivia

World's Largest Salt Flat Salar de Uyuni

World's Largest Lithium Reserves Salar de Uyuni  Bolivia

Wulingyuan Quartzite Sandstone Pillars China

Wulingyuan is a scenic and historic region located in Zhangjiajie City of China. The place is known for its quartzite sandstone pillars of karst formation and is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Wulingyuan is a part of Wuling Range and consists of several national parks. 

Wulingyuan Quartzite Sandstone Pillars China

UNESCO Heritage Wulingyuan Sandstone Pillars

Natural Quartzite Sandstone Pillars Wulingyuan China

Chateau de Villandry Garden France

Chateau de Villandry is a castle-palace located in Villandry France is known for its beautiful gardens. The place is the hard work of Joachim Carvallo who  purchased the property and spend his time, money and devotion to make the most beautiful garden. The garden include a water garden, ornamental flower gardens, and vegetable gardens. The gardens are laid out in formal patterns created with low box hedges. It also entered into the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Chateau de Villandry is open to the public and is one of the most visited chateaux in France.

Beautiful France Garden Chateau de Villandry

Chateau de Villandry Garden France

UNESCO World Heritage Site Chateau de Villandry Garden France

Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh India

Taj Mahal which means "crown of palaces", is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Taj Mahal is one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage. It is one of the seven wonders of the world and an UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

Taj Mahal stands as a tomb of love of Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.  It is regarded as the finest Mugal architechture with the combination of Persian and Indian architecture. Around thousands of artisans and craftsmen worked for 21 years to complete this historic monument. It is one of the major tourist attractions in India with millions of visitors annually. 

Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh India

Tomb of Love Taj Mahal India

World Wonder Taj Mahal UNESCO Site India

Whitehaven Beach Whitsunday Island Australia

Whitehaven Beach is a must visit tourist destination in Australia. This 7 km long beach is located in Whitsunday Island, the largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands. Whitehaven Beach is a beautiful beach known for its pure-white sands. The beach was awarded Queensland's Cleanest Beach and was rated as the top Eco Friendly Beach in the world by CNN.com. There are restrictions for dogs and smoking inside the beach.  

The Whitehaven Beach is best known for its white colored sand. The bright white color of the sand is due to the presence of pure silica. The sand on Whitehaven Beach does not retain heat thereby making it comfortable to walk barefoot on a hot day. The sand is used to polish the jewellery and can cause damage to electronic devices like phones and cameras.

Whitehaven Beach Australia

Queenslands Cleanest Beach Whitehaven Australia

Eco Friendly Beach Whitehaven Whitsunday Island Australia