nature

A person stands on the side of a barren, rocky slope. Beyond him is a view of mountains.

Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)

A vast and remote landscape of barren terrain, towering peaks and glaciers.

A red train curves to the right onto an arched stone viaduct over a deep gorge. At the other end of the viaduct is a tunnel into the side of a mountain.

Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes

A railway route through the Swiss Alps that represents an outstanding early-20th-century engineering and architectural achievement.

View of Lake Ohrid, hills on the far side.

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region

Of importance in terms of historical architecture and art, especially in churches, as well as for the unique ecosystem of the lake.

Iguazu waterfall with a rainbow in front of it.

Iguazu National Park

One of the world’s largest and most beautiful waterfall systems, comprised of 275 individual waterfalls.

A view over a flat landscape covered in low shrubs.

Kakadu National Park

A vast and pristine natural landscape, important for its endemic species, geology, and ancient Aboriginal rock art.

A path with steps in a very green lush forest.

Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

A primordial forest of unique endemic palm trees and other endemic species.

View along a dune, people in bathing suits, blue water in the pond below.

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

A beautiful and constantly-shifting landscape of dunes and rainy-season ponds and lakes.

A black and white colobus monkey standing on a fallen tree trunk.

Nyungwe National Park

A large and biodiverse nature preserve with many species, most notably primates like chimpanzees, colobus monkeys and golden monkeys.

A female gorilla with a baby gorilla on her back.

Kahuzi-Biega National Park

A vast nature park with a range of habitats, home to a huge diversity of flora and fauna, including the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

On a river, the point of a kayak in the foreground; mountains on either side of the water.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

An area of extraordinary natural beauty with distinctive karst formations and cave ecosystems.

A view over a forest, with a huge pyramid sticking up above the level of the treetops.

Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche

Extensive ruins of a Maya city inside a huge biosphere reserve.

A view across a lake at a snow-capped mountain with a glacier down its side.

Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

A huge trans-national site, significant in terms of geological processes, ecological zones, biodiversity and beauty.

View of a dry mountainous landscape with, below, two lakes of brilliant aqua blue.

Tongariro National Park

A beautiful park of volcanoes, lakes and waterfalls, perfect for hiking.

Chitwan National Park

A beautiful subtropical nature reserve that is home to hundreds of species, including endangered animals like the Bengal tiger and the one-horned rhinoceros.

A big view over mountains and forests with clouds over the sea beyond.

Teide National Park

A geologically complex volcano and the otherworldly landscape around it.

A very big view over a vast flat landscape.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

A site used for 6,000 years by Plains people to hunt buffalo by driving them over a cliff.

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

An area of coral reefs, cays, atolls and other features supporting a huge variety of flora and fauna.

A motorboat moored at a wooden dock. On the opposite shore mountains rise from the lake, forested below, sheer rock above.

Los Alerces National Park

A stunningly beautiful park with mountains, lakes and forests, and the second-oldest trees in the world.

A view of a broad stretch of Victoria Falls at is tumbles over a steep cliff.

Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls

A huge and exceedingly beautiful waterfall on the Zambezi River.

Wildlife walking left to right on a grassy plain: a hyena, several zebras and lots of wildebeest.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

A biodiverse ecosystem with massive annual wildlife migrations, a huge intact caldera, and important hominid fossil finds.

A river straight ahead, with dense mangrove forest on both sides.

Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island

Four islands with subtropical rainforests that support a range of endemic species.

view of Mammoth Cave with the stalactites and stalagmites glowing with an orangy light.

Mammoth Cave National Park

An enormous cave system containing intricate rock formations that demonstrate. millions of years of geological processes.

An arch of ice on very smooth reflective water.

Ilulissat Icefjord

A fjord in Greenland where a very active glacier called Sermeq Kujalleq calves enormous icebergs into the sea: a breathtaking sight.

A park bench in the foreground, a big view of valley and mountains in the background.

Durmitor National Park

An area of dramatic mountainous scenery, dense forests, glacial lakes and deep canyons.

A big view from a mountain toward a ridge of mountains, which have snow near the tops.

Olympic National Park

A large and beautiful park containing mountains, old-growth forests, temperate rainforests and beaches.

A view of mountains, fading to bluish in the background.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A large protected area of great scenic beauty and species diversity.

looking down a white-sand beach, hills rising from it with scrubby green plants over white rock.

K’gari (Fraser Island)

A unique island of sand dunes and rainforest.

Two camels lying down in the foreground, desert floor beyond them and huge rocky mountains behind that.

Wadi Rum Protected Area

A desert landscape known for its beauty as well as its archeological importance.

A whale breaching the water almost vertically, quite high so both flippers are above the water too.

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno

Two Baja California lagoons used by gray whales for giving birth and mating.

An gorilla sits in the green undergrowth, only visible from the chest up.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

An area of astounding biodiversity, best known for its mountain gorilla population.

A marea with black paving stones on the ground, a wall of standing stones at the far end.

Taputapuātea

An ancient site of great historical and cultural significance to indigenous Polynesians.

A rock face covered in paintings in dark red depicting people and animals as well as boats and buildings and geometric patterns.

Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”

A large Amazonian forest with unusual rock formations and ancient rock paintings.

A view of the cliffs, which show distinct layers, each set back from the one below it.

Mistaken Point

A site containing fossils of the earliest complex organisms, marking an important turning point in evolutionary history.

A natural stone arch over a pool of water, with lots of plants and ferns around it. Seen through the arch, a waterfall feeds into the pond.

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Beautiful and ancient rainforests that are home to a diversity of species.

This view from a mountain of Rio de Janeiro shows how much nature surrounds the city, with mountains around it and rows of mountains in the distance as well.

Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea

A vibrant city nestled between lush mountains and the sea.

Several travertine ponds in shades of blue.

Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area

A beautiful high-elevation natural area known for its colorful ponds and waterfalls.