Wild Life

Old Growth Forests

Białowieża Forest, Poland and Belarus

Białowieża Forest, known as Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Belarusian: Белавежская пушча) in Belarus and Puszcza Białowieska in Poland, is an ancient woodland that straddles the border between the two countries, located 70 km (43 mi) north of Brest (Belarus) and 62 km…
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Old Growth Forests
Kakamega Forest, Kenya

Kakamega Forest, Kenya

Kakamega Forest is situated in Western Province Kenya, northwest of the capital Nairobi, and near to the border with Uganda. It is said to be Kenya’s last remnant of the ancient Guineo-Congolian rainforest that once spanned the continent. including reserves,…
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Old Growth Forests
Tongass National Forest, Alaska

Tongass National Forest, Alaska

The Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska is the largest national forest in the United States at 17 million acres. Most of its area is part of the temperate rain forest WWF ecoregion, itself part of the larger Pacific temperate…
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Old Growth Forests
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand

Waipoua Forest, New Zealand

Waipoua Forest preserves some of the best examples of Kauri forest remaining in New Zealand. It is notable for having two of the largest living kauri trees, Tane Mahuta and Te Matua Ngahere. The forest was declared a sanctuary in…
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Old Growth Forests
Araucaria Forest, Chile

Araucaria Forest, Chile

Araucarias Biosphere Reserve is located in the Andes range, in south-central Chile. It comprises the Conguillío National Park and the Alto Bío-Bío National Reserve. The main feature of this Biosphere Reserve is the massive presence of Araucarias. The fact about…
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Old Growth Forests
Tarkine, Australia

Tarkine, Australia

The Tarkine is an area containing the Savage River National Park in the north west Tasmania, Australia, which environmental non-government organizations claim contains significant areas of wilderness. The Tarkine is noted for its beauty and natural values, containing the largest…
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Old Growth Forests
The Amazon, Brazil and Peru

The Amazon, Brazil and Peru

The Amazon Rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), of which…
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5 Underrated Travel Destinations
Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is known the world over as a glamorous financial hub, and a choice city for luxury shopping. But this city-state is steeped in culture and history, and has a lot more to offer than mouth-watering dim sum and…
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Exotic India
Kerala – Cheruthuruthy

Kerala – Cheruthuruthy

Cheruthuruthy Cheruthuruthy is extremely popular due to its amazing eco gardens and lush green environment. At the same time, the place is home to globally celebrated Kerala Kalamandalam, the distinguished school for Kathakali and erstwhile original drama of Kerala. Cheruthuruthi…
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