Wonderful World: Remote

Ausangate

Also called “The Painted Mountains” or “Rainbow Mountains” one look at them tells you where they get their name. These gorgeous pastel-colored mountains require a several day …

Coober Pedy is a town in southern Australia which around 150 million years ago was covered by ocean. When the water receded, the sandy silica minerals from the seabed flowed into the rocky cracks and …

Danakil Depression

The lowest and hottest place on earth, but you’re rewarded with amazing imagery of sulphurous lakes and geological creations. Remote, but worth it.

Durban Island

Durban Island is a Canadian Arctic island located in Nunavut, Canada. It is one of Baffin Island’s northeast offshore islands within Davis Strait’s Merchants Bay. It is 36 km2 (14 sq mi) …

French Southern Territories

The Southern Lands consist of two archipelagos, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen, and two volcanic islands, Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul. They have no permanent inhabitants and are visited only by …

Jökulsárlón Ice Beach

Jökulsárlón (literally “glacial river lagoon”) is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull …

Leitisvatn Lake

The name Leitisvatn means “The lake by Leiti” (the name of the east side of the lake). The lake is located very close to the ocean, but its surface is about 30 meters above the level of …