For me it has to be the remote Patagonian Icecap, 3 days from any human habitation. Our tiny cluster of tents encircled by protective snow walls and just miles and miles of glacier stretching away west as far as the eye could see. Jagged mountain peaks to the north and south. I never once thought about the mortgage
Maybe Milford Sound, NZ. It’s all >500m cliffs with waterfalls on either side of glass smooth black water.
Milford Sound, if you are brave enough, check out the full 10k*4k version. There is a kayak on the bottom left for scale.
Ha Long Bay. I’ve never seen a landscape like that in my entire life.
Sunset looking out at the desert at Burning Man. Just the sun, the mountains, and the endless sky. Nothing like it.
Wailua Falls. The trail is definitely closed to the public, but there are a few spots at the top where the gates have been opened up and obviously used to hike down to the bottom. So that’s what we did and it was easily the most beautiful hike I have ever done. Also the sketchiest since it is super steep and covered in wet mud. But once you’re at the bottom, there is nothing more amazing than just staring at the water fall to the bottom and run through the rocks. Breathtaking is an understatement.
This is a tough, tough question.
I’ve been lucky enough to have traveled a little, so have seen a few beautiful places. I can’t choose between;
The Norwegian fjords - Sailed here while working aboard a cruise ship. You just can’t wrap your head around being on a boat and surrounded by actual mountains. We were there for the spring snow melt, so the waterfalls were astonishing.
Florence - Almost certainly the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen. Full of tourists, yes, but the buildings themselves are bona fide works of art. Good gelato too.
The Grand Canyon - I feel almost obliged to list this because to see it with your own eyes is something else. We got there just in time for sunset, when everything turned the most vibrant shade of orange. Trouble is, I just couldn’t comprehend what I was looking at. Like, I knew it was the Grand Canyon, but it just so big that it may as well be an infinite view.
Palaiokastritsa (Corfu) - Corfu is a generally beautiful island, but Palaio has a monastery atop a steep hill that’s 100% worth the walk. You can sit there in the little cafe drinking an ice cold drink, just gazing out over the Ionian Sea, or you can turn around and look across the dramatic hills.
The Grand Canyon. Despite it being clichéd, the thing looks so incredible that it doesn’t even look real. I was like a kid in a candy store the first time I walked up to it.
Amalfi coast in Italy. No question. Pictures speak for themselves.
