Tag: “Taroka National Park”

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  1. El Nido: What to Do in the Closest Thing to Paradise

    The best thing about El Nido is its awe-inspiring natural beauty. The next best thing is the variety of ways available for exploring.

  2. the ice is alive

    Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska is an ideal place to view the vibrant marine habitats found at the front of tidewater glaciers.

  3. Bwindi National Park

    Home to the mountain gorillas on the Ugandan side of the Virunga Mountains, but also the main village of the pygmies of the Impenetrable Rainforest. Bwindi isn't much, a frontier town blooming with the small amounts of cash left by the rich tourists who trickle through.

  4. Cabrillo National Park

    Cabrillo National Park offers amazing views of the Pacific Ocean, especially during sunset.

  5. National Park of "Ordesa y Monte Perdido"

    The National Park of "Ordesa y Monte Perdido" is situated in the Spanish side of the Pyrenees at Huesca, Aragón.
    Declared a National Park in 1918 by a Royal Decree, this IUCN Category II National Park becomes every year meeting point for mountaineers and
    families around Europe and even overseas.
    Today it has 156 km² and it's included in the Biosphere Reserve of "Ordesa-Viñamala" declared by UNESCO in 1997.

    Its orography is dominated by the calcareous mass (the biggest of Europe) of the massiff of the Three "Sorores", "Treserols", whose greater elevation is the "Monte Perdido" (3355m), from which in a more or less radial form descend a series of impressive mountainous crests and glacial valleys beeing the most characteristic the "Ordesa Canyon (or Valley)".

    In the French territory it's called "Pyrenees" National Park and it shares with Spain wonderful places like the "Circus of Gavarnie" (a glacial cirque with the highest waterfall in Europe with more than 400 meters of vertical fall) or the impressive "Brecha de Rolando -Brèche de Roland in french-" a natural gap, 40m across and 100m high at an altitude of 2804m.

  6. The Road to Mt. Rainier

    The destination is never the focus of a road trip. The best experiences and photos are along the path to get there.

  7. National Park: "Ordesa y Monte Perdido" (Spain)

    Whether you're interested in hiking or not, Ordesa Valley is one of the most beautiful places to visit in Europe.

  8. A Road Trip Through Western Virginia

    I was traveling through western Virginia, not to be confused with West Virginia. Most of the traveling was through the Shenandoah National Park.

  9. Natural Therapy

    Resorting to the counsel of the outdoors, a backpacker discovers the soothing balm of Wyoming and the western landscape

  10. National Park Pass

    Getting your moneys worth, plan a road trip, try to visit as many parks as you can. You wont be disappointed.