A natural phenomena is a non man-made incredible place in the world. It could include things like nigh aurora borealis or northern lights, rare seas like the dead sea or canyons. These are the rare places around the world that are incredible wonders to visit. The natural phenomena travel list is ranked on most visited by over 2 million travelers. To select places that you have visited on your very own travel map, download the travel app visited on iOS and Android.
- Grand Canyon – USA – geological phenomena and also a US national park, Grand Canyon is found in Arizona is an example of erosion in the world with a mile deep canyon. As with most natural phenomena’s there is a some debate about the history of erosion of the canyon, it is not debated that the layers of rock were exposed and the Colorado Plateau was uplifted.
- Aurora Borealis – also known as northern lights is a light displayed in the night sky with rays, spirals and flickers. It comes in different colors such as green or purple and rarely red. It is found in the northern part of the world around the Antarctic or Arctic circles. It is caused by the solar wind, and can be witnessed in places like Scandinavian countries such as Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland as well as Canada and Russia. People often travel to remote places where there is no light pollution to witness this phenomena.
- Dead Sea – is a salt lake between Israel and Jordan, it is a sea like no other. It is the deepest hypersaline lake in the world with 34% of its water being salinity, making it the saltiest body of water in the world. It is mentioned wildly in the bible as having healing powers. Due to its high salt concentration, many health resorts have opened up around the sea and there is a high production of ‘healing’ products coming from this sea. For visitors, the fun part of visiting the dead sea is being able to fully float or sit on water without using a muscle, this is possible due to the high sea concentration.
- The Great Geysir – Iceland – is an eruption of boiling water that can go as high up as 60 meters or 200 feet in the air. Nowadays eruptions are not frequent and some years you may not see any. There are other geysers around the world, however, the Icelandic Great Gysir is the most visited due.
- Antelope Canyon – United States -is slot canyons found on Navajo Nation is a heaven for hikers and photographers. There are Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon. With the Lower Antelope Canyon being a more challenged hike as it takes longer to reach the canyons and has stairways and ladders in order to see the rock formations, some trails run 10 miles. Visitors are often amazed by the swirling sandstone walls, making it the 5th most popular natural phenomena to visit.
- Giant’s Causeway – Ireland – No trip to Ireland is complete without seeing the Giant’s Causeway which is a ancient volcanic fissure eruption making columns in the northern coast of North Ireland. Scientifically it is called interlocking basalt columns, however, for visitors it is fun to climb those columns as you are standing between the land and sea.
- Snow Trees – Finland – If you want to witness a real winter wonderland, you can in Finland for 6 months of the year. It includes lakes, snow and Taiga winter forest which has the most incredible shapes in nature. For those who are not afraid of the cold, this place is often described as magical.
- Rainbow Mountains – Peru – also known as Inicunca or Winikunka or Montana de Siete Colores or Montana Arcoiris, is a mountain in Peru. The phenomena of this mountain is that stripes of various colors found on the mountain, this has been formed due to mineralogical composition of the slopes and summits. To visit, most visitors start at Cusco and take a 2 hour bus drive to visit this spectacular mountain.
- Niagara Falls – Canada/US – Niagara Falls boarders both Canada and United States has 3 waterfalls with the most impressive being the Horseshoe falls which is the most powerful waterfall in North America. The falls is formed by Niagara River, which flows to Atlantic Ocean via St. Lawrence by draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario.
- Waitomo Caves – New Zealand. It is an underground cave system with thousands of glow worms which light up the glowworm caves. There is also waterfalls and limestone formations. Which is making it a very unique place to visit for anyone who is looking for natural wonders of the world.
11. Blue Mountains – Australia – it located near Sydney and has eucalyptus forests, waterfalls and steep cliffs for hikers to enjoy. It is famous due to its Three Sisters sandstone rock formation. Visitors to the area can also enjoy the many villages and vineries in the area.
12. Grand Prismatic Springs – USA – is the largest hot springs in the United States and has striking coloration which can be seen as a rainbow including red, orange, yellow, green and blue. This phenomena is located in Yellowstone national park.
13. Goreme Fairy Chimneys, Turkey – it is found in Central Turkey and is known of its eroded rock formation. It was hollowed out by Christians to create churches, houses and even underground cities during the Middle Ages, making it a rare natural phenomena that is also man made.
14. Uluru, Australia – It is a sacred rock formation found in Northern Territories of Australia. It is a large sandstone monolith that can be viewed for miles out, it has many springs, rock caves, ancient paintings and waterholes in the area.
15. Total Solar Eclipses – The total Solar Eclipses can be witnessed around the globe, some are partial others hybrids, some are more visible in some part of the world. According to NASA the year: 2029,20247, 2065 will have the greatest number of eclipses in a year. Some people drive to specific location to witness it in full magnitude. Making it the 13th most popular natural phenomena to witness.
Other items that made the top 30 list of most visited natural phenomena include:
Loch Ness – Scotland, Great Blue Hole – Belize, Dark Hedges – Ireland, Aurora Australis – Australia, Sailing Stones, Death Valley – USA, Vatnajokull Ice Cave – Iceland, Salar De Uyuni – Bolivia, Lake Hillier- Australia, Tunnel of Love – Ukraine, Avenue of Baobabs – Madagascar, Turquoise Ice, Lake Baikal – Russia and Chocolate Hills – Philippines. For the full list please download the travel app, Visited on iOS and Android
