Ashikaga Flower Park, Japan
Ashikaga Flower Park is a true flower theme park with nearly 94,000 square meters of horticultural collections in many varieties. Ashikaga is the largest Wisteria flower garden in Japan. The most popular attraction by far is the Wisteria Festival held in Mid-April through Mid-May when approximately 350 wisteria trees including the Great Wisteria and 5000 Azaleas are in full blossom. The Great Wisteria Tree is over 150 years old and its three large trellises are…
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii Island
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, established on August 1st, 1916, is an American national park located on the island of Hawaii. The park encompasses diverse environments from sea level to the summit of the Earth's most massive active volcano, Mauna Loa, at 4,169 m. Climates range from lush tropical rain forests, to the arid and barren Kau Desert. The park encompasses two active volcanoes: Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. Kīlauea is the…
Catatumbo Lightning; The most electric place on Earth
In a small area of northwestern Venezuela, where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, you’ll discover one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena - the Catatumbo lightning. Known as Relámpago del Catatumbo, or “the everlasting storm,” this wondrous natural light show rampages through the sky for up to 160 nights a year, for as long as 10 hours at a time and produces as many as 280 per hour. The area has been labeled as the…
World's Highest Waterfall, Venezuela
Angel Falls, with a height of 979 meters and a plunge of 807 meters, is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall. The waterfall was not known to the outside world until the mid-20th century. It was named (as the Angel Falls) after Jimmie Angel, a US aviator, who was the first person to fly over the falls in 1933. Angel Falls (known as Kerepakupai-merú) is one of the world's great natural wonders and Venezuela's top tourist…
The 5 Best Ice Caves in Iceland
1. Crystal Ice Cave Also known as Breiðamerkurjökull, the Crystal Cave is one of the most famous ice caves in Iceland — it's also the largest within Vatnajökull National Park. This cave gets its name from the crystal-clear ice it's made up, but be warned: it'll take your eyes a minute to adjust to the low light so the brilliant blue color you see in photos won't be immediately evident. …
