Sunday, 2 March 2014

10 Incredibly Beautiful World Heritage Sites

10.Bagan City, Burma (Myanmar)

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Similar to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, this location is home to thousands upon thousands of temples. Due to Burma’s inner turmoil it isn’t nearly as crowded as other similar locations.

9. Göreme National Park, Turkey

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Famous for its breathtaking rock formations including the “fairy chimneys”, Goreme is also the name of the main city in the region which is nearly entirely carved out of rock.


8.Geyser Basins, Wyoming

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With over 10,000 hotsprings, Yellowstone’s is home to some of the world’s tallest and most colorful geysers.

7.Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines

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Carved into the mountainside nearly 2000 years ago many Filipinos consider these terraces to be the 8th wonder of the world.

6.Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

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This site is dominated by a massive rock that is over 200 meters high. It was on top of this rock that an ancient king built his palace.

5.Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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It is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and is composed of nearly 3,000 individual reefs. It is world’s largest single structure made of living organisms and can even be seen from space.

4.Iguazu Falls, Brazil

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With the second greatest annual flow of any waterfall in the world behind Niagara, Iguazu is a sight to behold.

3.Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

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Made famous by the voyage of Charles Darwin, these islands have long captivated travelers and scientists with their biodiversity.

2.Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

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This national park boasts the largest ice mantel outside of Antarctica.

1.Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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Found in both Kenya and Tanzania this park is home to an annual migration of over 2 million wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle which is the largest remaining animal migration in the world.

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