Wild Places e-bog

Get back to nature and explore sites unspoilt by humankind with the latest addition to the Inspired Traveller's Guide series.We humans dont just love wild places. We need them; we need their scale, their breath, their drama and enigma. Wild places can be a balm and a solace; an escape or a returning; a best friend; an inner cleanse. And they can remind us of our unimportance in the world. Travel writer Sarah Baxter presents 25 untameable natural wonders that reveal the curious story of ourwildplanet and why we need to protect it. Despite all the advances of human civilisation, we've yet to come up with anything to rival the majesty of Laplands snow-capped mountain summits,the haunting song of humpback whales in a Namibian paradise or the epic sculptural forms of Utahs vast Canyonlands.Escape to each of these unforgettable sites and more withWild Places,an insightful and stunningly illustrated guide to all Mother Nature has to offer. Discoverspectacular and little-known gems with visits to... Great Dismal Swamp, USA Canyonlands, USA Great Bear Rainforest, Canada Cenotes, Mexico Galpagos Islands, Ecuador Kaieteur Falls, Guyana South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean Ennerdale, England Strumble Head, Wales St Kilda, Scotland Camargue, France Spmi, Lapland, Sweden Green Belt, Germany Wadden Sea, Netherlands Stromboli, Italy Las Medulas, Spain Coa Valley, Portugal Skeleton Coast, Namibia Erg Chigaga, Morocco Kinabatangan, Malaysia Mount Siguniang, China Raja Ampat, Indonesia Gangkar Puensum, Bhutan Wilpena Pound, Australia Wahipounamu, New Zealand This is the perfect title for anyone who is fascinated by the marvels of the natural world. For more wanderlust-filled adventures, discover and collect the complete Inspired Travellers Guide series: Artistic Places, Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.