Adore the artic archipelago Lofoten

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Comprising of numbers of scenic views, the place breathes spectacle as the combination of mountains, beaches and unscathed destinations come together in one archipelago named Lofotan.

More than just a destination for fishing enthusiasts and amidst tameness lies the rhapsody and beauty of nature.

Location

Lofoten is an archipelago in North Artic Circle in Nordland Norway. Not only a cradle for fisheries, the presence of different bird species proves the location’s unstained and unpolluted surroundings.

Main islands are Hinnoya, Austvagoy, Gimsoy, Vestgavoy, Flakstadoy, Moskenesoya and Varoy.

Climate

Lofoten experiences elevated temperature variances in relation to its latitude. Categorized as sub polar oceanic climate of Koppen climate classification, the winter temperature is very mild.

May and June are considered driest months whereas October has the most precipitation though out the year.

Transportation

Thanks to highway E-10, travelers can now experience boat free journey. Other alternative is via air as the place hosts daily flights to and from Lofoten from different parts of Norway.

Within Lofoten, tourists normally take public bus as mode of transportation to reach different destinations in the area.

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Attractions

Bird Rocks

Found in Lofoten’s southernmost island houses the large number of nesting birds. One of the biggest sea colony resides here.

Thanks to bird cliffs that serves as platform for bird watching, people can enjoy the majestic view even in close range.

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Moskenes Island

Found in the southern part of Lofoten, the island is made up of glaciated hills and picturesque fishing villages.

Distinguished due to sheer mountains and slim shorelines, be amazed to the majestic views of peaks and beaches where visitors can both enjoy mountain climbing and beach bumming while soaking into the perfect weather of the island.

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TrollFjord

Take detour and be engaged on a ferry cruise that exhibits the tranquility of TrollFjord.

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Oregon’s well unleashed

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Location

Thor’s well is situated in Cape Perpetua. This land is still under the protective care of United States Forest service of the Siuslaw National Forest which is 2 miles south of Yachats, Oregon.

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Climate

The Climate in Oregon differs from its states, can be an Oceanic climate those near the sea coast mostly among those at the west of Oregon while a drier semi-arid climate in its eastern.

The drifts were driven by the air mass of North America and the mountain regions. That’s why its climate only ranges between moist and dry seasons.

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Transportation

There are bike rentals available for visitors in Oregon through the bike loan program a way for the visitors to tour around the place.

There are also Corvallis Transit buses available for the guests in this state and also given parking permits if tourists travel via their own vehicle but those parking are charged.

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What to see

Cape Perpetua’s visiting center

This situated 2 miles south of Yachats this was built in 1960’s to open to the public the beautiful majestic scenery of their coast lines. Which include 2,700 acres full of age grown trees which encamps their green forests.

This place is good for camping trips picnic and to those who are adventurous could also go on a hike and go sightseeing for whales. The forests provides hiking trails that are connected one from the other which one leads to the enormous 600 year old Giant Sitka Spruce known as the Silent Sentinel of the Siuslaw.

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Devils Churn

Cape Perpetua has long coastlines and also have unique features with it ever heard of a sink hole? Along the Coastlines lies the “The devil’s Churn” which most likely look like a sink hole beneath the ocean floors.

The Devil’s Churn is a huge crack within the ocean floor that is filled daily with thunderous ocean waves which makes it more astounding to look at because waves explode as they collide with each other circling this enormous hole.

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Thor’s well

Are you a fan of Marvel’s Avenger Character Thor? Thor’s well is a deep hole encircles with strong rocks on the ocean floor. As the water splurge continuously with each other colliding under powerful current this maybe a spectacular scenery for you going there an hour before high tide hits or an hour after the high tide allows you to see the best swirls in this majestic well.

Scientifically speaking all these wonderful sceneries can be dangerous to visitors during strong thunderstorms yet they say that the more powerful the wind hits the ocean bed the more beautiful the swirling of the water gets.

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(7) en.wikipedia.org

Blue Lagoon, Iceland the Geothermal Spa

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Are you stranded between a cold or warm weather? Well, here is one place where in hot and cold mix together maintaining their actual temperatures, the land sandwiched between fire and Ice is the Icelandic tourist destination “Blue Lagoon” known as the “Geothermal Spa” situated at the heart of Iceland’s most powerful volcanic activities.

It was said according to their history that a massive volcanic eruption cause and created the lagoon for over 80o years past and that the waters eventually formed due to geothermal sea water. The term Geothermal means something formed from the natural heat of the earth beneath its craters, these is were Iceland’s energy resources where taken from.

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Location

The Geothermal Spa is located in the field of Grindavik on the Reykjanes Peninsula, found southwest of Iceland. Iceland is an island country situated and joined together by Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean.

Climate

Due to its location on the globe it is obvious that this country has a cool climate and because it is found at the Northern region of the globe and their climate change can only be distinguished due to rainfalls mainly on the southern and western part of the Icelandic region.

Summer is the best time to visit Iceland because the sun stays on the horizon for about 24 hours which is an amazing experience to those whose normal day count usually is 12 hours. This season starts late May to September.

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Transportation

How to get to blue lagoon? Because blue lagoon is situated near the International therefore the travel time would only cost you for about 30-40 minutes via couch.

Traveling to blue lagoon also speak about convenience so booking bus transfers ahead of time should be done specially to those coming in groups via their website Reykjavik Excursions.

There should also be private vehicles to use such as cabs or taxis available at the International Airport.

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What to see

Spa Amenities

Providing the clients the experience to bathe in geothermal seawater, is the highlight of this resort.

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Silica Mud Mask

For guests who wish to treat their skin, making it look and feel softer.

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Sauna and Steam rooms

This is also ones in a lifetime experience for tourists who wish to bathe and see the wonderful landscape of the place around blue lagoon.

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The Waterfall

Manmade waterfall effective for muscle relaxation.

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The Blue Lagoon Clinic Hotel

The Blue Lagoon Resort offers accommodation for tourists who wants to continue their relaxation after taking a bath in the geothermal spa. Providing 15 spacious double twin rooms which shows the astounding scenery of the whole spa resort through the room’s available verandas.

This includes tv, wifi access, and other common amenities of a highcalss accommodation space. 

This can be found via GPS and is situated only 1 kilometer away from the resort.

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Bioluminescent Vaadhoo Islands, Maldives

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Are you a huge fan of glow in the dark items? A collector maybe? Well if that’s the case here is one place you should go Vaadhoo Islands, found in the heart of Raa Atol, Maldives.

This Island is unique for its famous glowing shore lines or later known as “The Sea of stars”. Tourists from different countries and orientation find it interesting to visit they were curious on how this majestic scenery could have happened.

Location

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Maldives comprises of 1,192 islands grouped in 26 atolls, along the north-south direction.

Vaadhoo Islands is situated in Raa Atoll, before this space was Formerly this atoll was forbidden for tourists, until there came a sudden change in the government policy during the late 1990s.

Climate

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The climate in Maldives is known as tropical monsoon which is due to the heating disparity of the ground and water. Maldives has two seasons the dry season (northeast monsoon) starting from the month of January and continuing until April then the wet season (southwest monsoon) from May to November bringing torrential rainfalls and mostly cloudy mornings.

The average temperature in Maldives is about 30 degrees Celsius during the course of the year. So the perfect season to visit this place is through the dry season but if you want to snuggle and just be cozy it would also be nice to visit Maldives during this time.

Transportation

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Maldives is considered as an island country it is built up with islands detached from each other surrounded with beautiful deep crystal clear waters in lieu to this Maldives transportation has become their asset they have assembled different transference in order for the tourists to mobile the islands of their choice.

They have come up with Embarked on extra-large projects in building up airports from island to island which makes it easier to travel across the regions of Maldives. They also have seaplanes who will give you an aerial peek of the islands.

And also to mobile the coasts they also have speed launches which you can arrange within your chosen travel agency these speed launches will be there to pick you up upon arrival on the airport to eliminate hustles on your vacation journey.

Lastly upon reaching Male International Airport several cabs are also available for sightseeing and for about 15 to 20 minutes ride villas and resorts are already available to guests.

What to see/ Attraction

Bioluminescent Sea shore

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This is the must see of the island during the night time where in the crystal clear waters transforms into a beautiful array of blue light. This island became famous because of the marine bioluminescent phytoplankton known as dinoflagellates.

The reason for this phenomenon was scientifically explained for the first time by the brilliant minds from Woodland Hastings of Harvard University they say that all this is due to the cell membrane of these planktons that responds to electrical signals producing this blue like light illumination.

Adaaran Prestige Vadoo Resort

Known for their water villas and available personal pools each house, arranged to produce that tropical ambiance for the travelers. This Resort is surrounded by the Indian Ocean resonating to their shorelines.

This luxurious place was awarded as the World’s Leading Water Villa retreat at the World Travel Awards in 2010. This resort provides you a fine dining experience offering bountiful variations of food and relaxation facilities such as spas and so as the beautiful shores known as “The Sea of Stars” during the night time.

The resort also is only 20 Minutes away from the Male International Airport via speed boat.

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(7) letsgomaldives.com
(8) www.truspectours.com

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Astounding Jenolan Caves, Australia

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This remarkable scenery is like a one stop shop tourist destination in Australia. It is suitable for hiking, site seeing, trekking, can also be for strolling or even for events such as locations for pre-nuptials for those who are adventure seekers there are several caves here to choose from, or for those whose interests are for nature tripping this wild life reserve also allows tourists to take a good peek on their preserves such as platypus and the famous kangaroos this tourist spot also provides relaxation such as classical performances held inside the heart of one the caves.

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Location

Jenolan caves rests in the Blue Mountains World Heritage wilderness, New South Wales, Australia New South Wales is bordered on the north by Queensland, on the west by South Australia, on the south by Victoria and on the east by the Tasman Sea.

This picture shows the aerial view of the beautiful mountain tops of the entire region. This wildlife reserve provides tourists 7 outstanding National Parks and one of these is the Jenolan Caves National Park. The total land area goes around 10,300 square kilometers.

The actual location of the Jenolan caves are considered as untouched rich habitats for rare species significant representation of Australia’s biodiversity with ten percent of the vascular flora as well as significant numbers of rare or threatened species, rampant Wollemi pine making this as the perfect location for Australia’s biodiversity.

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Climate

Has Dry to semi-arid climate. Extreme weather changes happen in this region during summer days can be scorching hot, while there is gradual rainfall and during the winter season can be freezing cold.

Therefore droughts and floods is normally seen. The caves in Jenolan are consistently cool having 15 degrees Celsius temperature all year round.

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Transportation

Going to Jenolan Caves provides passengers with 3 large car parks for those travelers via their own vehicles which all are free of charge. The official website of Jenolan caves suggests the tourists to fill in their fuel tanks at Mount Victoria, Lithgow or Oberon because there are no available Fuel top ups in this place.

Another is that there are also privately owned couch companies located in Sydney ready to be rented all you need is to contact them directly. There is also another avenue to reach this beautiful tourist spot and that is thru the Blue Mountains Bus Company.

You will need to alight at Katoomba and ride in this bus company which will directly drop you off at Jenolan caves park all you need to do is to book a seat by calling them directly via this number +61 2 4782 7999.

What to see/ Attraction

Lucas Cave

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Can be visited easily by large groups because of its enormous cavities. This cave is considered as one of the most visited caves in this entire park because of its beautiful limestone formations. The journey through this cave is about one and a half hours of walk because its length extends 860 meters long.

The average number of people it can accommodate is 60 people. The stair steps is 910 steps in total. There are many rest stops while inside this caves for tourists to take photos and just rest watching the beautiful scenery.

Imperial Cave

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This cave is a follow through of their pre-historic river passage. This is a wonderful experience, so if you are not only after some photos but are geeks for historical facts this is one cave to troll for you. The cave features the “Sinkhole” or the so called “Ridleys Shortcut”.

The Imperial cave was excavated dated 1975 and there they found Bones. Which they say are the bones of a Tasmanian devil. The tour or walk would last about an hour it is shorter compared to the Lucas Cave having only 358 steps average people that can be accommodated should be around 40.

There are several more caves inside this tour such as the Jubilee Cave or known as the snow cave and the Ribbon Cave where in the stones look like ribbons that hang from the majestic ceilings of the cave.

Jubilee Cave

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Ribbon Cave

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There are many more caves inside this park that people of all ages can visit. And also their wild life preserves such as the Easter Grey Kangaroos and platypus.

Which should complete the entire vacation of the whole family.

Easter Grey Kangaroo

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Platypus

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Beautiful Capital in Sweden- Stockholm

A place surrounded by clear water, boats, yachts and ferries that can shuttle you around the city, maybe is the most relaxing way that you can experience after being tired from work. A place near Mother Nature. Are you up for fishing and swimming at weekends? Surely you need to be in this place Stockholm in Sweden!

Location

Being the national capital and the largest city in Sweden Stockholm is considered as one of the most beautiful capitals in the world. It is located at the intersection of Lake Mälar and Salt Bay.

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CLIMATE

Having cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers means that the average weather in Sweden is typically temperate. What’s the best time to visit the place? Nice average temperature is the months of June, July and August. January and February are the coldest season/winter.

July is the warmest on average and January is the coolest month. For the wettest month that will be August and the driest is the month of March.

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TRANSPORTATION

Experiencing safe transport all over the town is one of the things we should consider as a traveler.

Not only that, but also the comfort and efficiency that you can get whenever traveling to different places around the capital is the most important thing. Stockholm is praised for the safe, comfortable and efficient transportation that they are offering to everyone.

Buses, underground trains, commuter trains, trams and certain ferry line are their means of transportation in Greater Stockholm. But the underground is the easiest way to get around the capital.

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ATTRACTIONS

Having said that this beautiful capital is one of the most spectacular capitals in the world it is also famous because of its beautiful water that you can go swimming and fishing in the heart of the city.

Its waterfront is full of boats and ferries that can take you around the city.

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If you will visit Stockholm, might as well visit the Gröna Lund’s Amusement Park and enjoy their 30 exciting rides.

A day spent in this amusement park is an unforgettable one.

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A Beautiful Angel- Angel Falls

You want a true adventure? Try to challenge yourself and visit the Angel Falls. People who love adventures like climbing, hiking and people you want to get near Mother Nature this is the perfect place for you.

People who love to take photos of this natural beauty, try to visit this place and let your mind be blown away from this beautiful waterfall.

LOCATION

The Angel Falls is considered as the World’s Highest Waterfall. With the highest point of the falls reaches 979 meters and 807 meters in height when it comes to water falling from it. It is located in the Rio Caroni, Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

You will be definitely amazed at how this wonder of nature will blow your mind. Being the World’s Highest Waterfall, by the time the water from the falls reaches the grounds it will change into tiny particle and turn into fog.

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CLIMATE

It is a tropical area and they usually have frequent rainstorms. December to April is the driest season of the year.

Since this waterfall is situated in the equatorial tropics, the temperatures in this place are higher and the climate is generally wet.

TRANSPORTATION

Trying to get here isn’t easy, but on a positive note it worth your time and money. Air flight is required to be in this beautiful place because until now there’s still no road access.

You can also get a plane reservation going to Canaima and make an arrangement going to the Angel Falls.

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ATTRACTIONS

This wonder of nature offers a wide variety of outdoor activities like boat rides, walk through the jungle, mountain climbing, hiking and if luckily that the flow of the water is mild you can swim in a small pool that forms below the waterfalls.

The enchanting beauty of Angel Falls is a perfect example of magic and reality, surrounded by captivating rivers, lakes, forest, terrains and much more. A place that you need to visit at least once in your life.

Canaima is one of the most beautiful attractions in Venezuela. The magic and natural beauty of five waterfalls flowing at once the Canaima Lagoon. You will surely enjoy the mind blowing effect of this scenery.

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