Magical Water Destinations
World Wetlands Day: The beauty of biodiversity
Every year on the 2nd of February we celebrate World Wetlands Day, a date to commemorate the signing of the Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971. The…
Magical Kalandula Falls
The Kalandula Falls are on the Lucala River, a tributary of the Kwanza River, in Angola. Located 420 kilometres from Luanda, they are the second most important …
Spain, a country of reservoirs
In Spain there are more than 350 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 54,000 hm3 of water, which amounts to 50% of the river discharge in the country. In…
Pamukkale, the impressive Turkish thermal springs “cotton castle”
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Kiyomizudera Temple: Japan’s pure water
Otowasan Kiyomizudera is located in Kyoto, Japan, and is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage site. Kiyomizu-dera, which in Jap…
The Lost Sea: America’s largest underground lake
The Lost Sea is the largest non-subglacial underground lake in the United States and the second largest in the world. It is located inside the Craighead Caverns…
Sørvágsvatn: beauty and magic at their best in a lake of the Faroe Islands
Sørvágsvatn or Leitisvatn is the largest lake in the Faroe Islands, with spectacular views. With a surface area of 3.56 km2, a mean water depth of 2.5 m and a m…
Mexico, when water takes your breath away
Ahead of World Water Day, celebrated on March 22nd, we need to raise awareness about the conservation of this precious good in our planet. For instance, Visitme…
The Uyuni salt flats, the world’s mirror
The endless white sheet of the Uyuni salt flats can be mistaken for the horizon far away. When covered by a thin layer of water, the salt flats reflect the clou…
8 fountains to take your breath away
Fountains are architectural elements that add beauty to our cities. Some provide drinking water for passers-by during the hottest months, and others refresh squ…
The Huacachina lake, a Peruvian oasis in the middle of the desert
The Huacachina lake is an oasis located 5 km west of the Peruvian city of Ica, in the middle of the Pacific coastal desert. The lake, with emerald coloured wate…
10 facts about the Amazon, where more is more
The Amazon is the river with the highest discharge in the world: it has more water than the Nile, the Yangtze and the Mississippi rivers together. However, ther…
10 stunning glaciers to see in 2020
A glacier is a mass of compressed ice, formed as a result of the accumulation of snow that, when remaining in the same place for a long time, turns into ice. Th…
The Li River, one of the best 15 rivers for travellers
The Li River is a tributary in the People's Republic of China that flows through the Guangxi Autonomous Region in the south-east of the country. It connects the…
Victoria Falls, the most extraordinary waterfalls in the world
Victoria Falls, in Africa, is a waterfall on the Zambezi River at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, (the smoke that thund…
The mysterious Loch Ness: looking for Nessie
Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch — the Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for a lake — in the Scottish Highlands. At 16 metres above sea level, Loch Nes…
Iceland, a country of geysers
Iceland can boast two things: it is one of the youngest countries in Europe (humans started inhabiting it at the end of the 9th century) and is the quintessenti…
Lake Hallstatt, an aquatic fairy tale
If you have ever dreamed of travelling to a picturesque landscape surrounded by striking mountains, you have arrived at your destination. Lake Hallstatt, locat…
The Nile’s hidden story
Even if for centuries the Nile was considered the longest river in the world, new data in 2007 and 2008 found that the Amazon is actually the world’s longest wa…
The magical desert of Lençóis Maranhenses
The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park is located in Brazil, in a protected area in the northeast region of Maranhão. This area is also home to the source of the…