Ultimate Places

Until the other day I had always thought the largest cavern in the world was in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. But it turns out the largest cave chamber is actually located in Deer Cave, in Malaysia’s Gunung Mulu National Park. The cavern, known as the Sarawak Chamber is over three times the size of the […]

Like its famous cousin, the Annapurna Trek, the Khumbu Trek offers passage through a part of the world that nobody should miss if they get a chance. Not everyone might have the will or ability to tackle Everest, but with enough desire, I think the Khumbu Trek is open to just about anyone.
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While Carlsbad Caverns in southern New Mexico, doesn’t hold the record as far as the longest cave (that distinction goes to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky), or the largest cave (Lubang Nasib Bagus, Malaysia) in the world, it does offer a variety of everything, a wonderful assortment of beautiful cave formations, and unlike some its very […]

For those who aren’t immediately familiar with the term “Sequoia”, this U.S. national park is named after the giant trees that live within its boundaries. Sequoia’s by most accounts are largest trees on Earth, with the largest tree known to exist, being the Giant Sequoia known as “General Sherman”. The General Sherman tree is […]

Stretching more than 2300 km, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the World. By comparison the next largest reef system, which is off the coast of Belize, is only 290 km in length. The oldest living corals on the reef are approximately 1000 years old. However, much of what the […]

Much of knowledge of Plitvice, and my decision to profile the Park, comes from the PBS program Nature, which aired an episode about this wild region of Europe 4-5 months ago. Plitvice contains some of the last remaining old growth forest in Europe and is home to some of the last wild brown bears and […]

It almost goes without saying that the Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. And while it is probably very well known, it still ranks in my top 10 natural wonders to visit.
There are two things about the Grand Canyon that I find absolutely fascinating, the first is […]

I ran across the “Stone Forest” of Kunming largely by accident one day doing an Internet search for information on the better known limestone karst topography of Guilin. Its in roughly the same area of China, but not quite as dramatic. Nevertheless I found the “Stone Forest” which covers over 300 sq km., very […]

Of all the places to visit in Alaska and the world, I would probably rank Denali National Park in my list of the top 30 natural wonders in world. The folks in Alaska would probably immediately say “What!”, its got to rank higher than that. But in reality there are two things great about Denali, […]

Of all the trekking routes in the world, the Annapurna circuit of Nepal is arguably the most famous. Covering a length of 180 miles, the trek circles a series of 7km + Himalayan peaks, including Annapurna I, Annapurna II, Annapurna III, Annapurna IV, Gangapurna, Annapurna South, Lamjung Himal and Machhupuchhare. The most common starting […]