Oct08
Published by iv in Colombia, History, Parks, Photos, Relaxing, South America, Travel gear
It is one of Colombia’s most attractive natural landscapes! Tatacoa Desert is close to Villavieja, a little town located approx 50 Km north from Neiva. In order to get to Villavieja you will likely need to take a collectivo from Neiva.
The Tatacoa covers a total area of 300 km² mostly covering the municipality of Villavieja.The Desert of Tatacoa has a grey and a red part.
You can find turtles, rodents, snakes, spiders, scorpions, eagles, lizards, and ocelots. In the evening the lighting is particularly beautiful and the area is swarming with interesting species of birds.
The stunning earthly landscape of reds and greys, abundant with cactuses and desert flora and fauna-the locals say here that the desert waters contain special powers.
The Natural pool, spectacularly set in the middle of the desert, where you could bathe and lookout at the dramatic landscape.
Oct02
Published by iv in Chile, Photos, Relaxing, South America, Urban Tourism, Walking
The two thousand square kilometres Atacama Desert, in northern Chile, is one of the most arid in the world. Some 10 km away from San Pedro, Valle de Luna should not be missed. As the sun sinks below the horizon, experience wonder f the area and its close resemblance to the the lunar landscape.
One interesting area with stones and sand formations that per millenia the floods and the winds have given it a series of colors and texture to the desert.
It contrasts with the eerily silent landscape of the nearby Valley of the Moon with its tiny but beautiful salt ponds and the backdrop of snow-capped volcanoes.
It is a small depression of salt ground, 1,650 feet (500 m) in diameter, that exhibits odd sculptural shapes.
You can also walk to the top of a little mountain to watch the amazing sunset and the colors of the Atacama desert.
In fact, Moon Valley is a place of peace. Hot but calm and very quiet!
Dec03
Published by misha in Adventure, North America, Photos, Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Swimming, Travel gear, United States of America
About 10 miles south of the Great Salt Lake in the desert outside Grantsville, Utah, thousand of fish live in the murky saltwater at Bonneville Seabase, which is an independent experiment in marine biology. Seabase has an end-of-the-earth feeling, with no noise and little life and it’s open to snorkelers and scuba diver.
The entrance of Bonneville Seabase.
Seabase consists of three pools open for diving that receive water naturally from the ancient salt beds of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which once covered the region.
A school of minnows feed on the banks of one of the saltwater bays.
Divers participate in an apple-bobbing contest. Local residents make up most of Seabase’s 1,500 to 2,000 annual visitors, including regulars from area dive clubs and people seeking scuba certification before trips to Cozumel or the Caribbean.
Apr13
Published by vanhal in Asia, Dubai, Safaris
The dune bashing or desert driving continues as you enjoy the dunes actually bashing, then with the thrill of going up and down the dunes provoke many a screem and laughter full of excitemen.
Dune bashing is to Dubai what skateboarding is to Venice Beach – just with higher-priced equipment. Hair raising thrill rides in 4×4 jeeps over miles of towering sand dunes, the fun starts when your Arab driver lets a little air out of the tires and instructs you to strap yourself in. Suddenly you’re off, zooming over swollen sands like a boat on stormy waves. The jeep rises, sinks and spins, sand spraying against the car windows like dense brown water. Add a pumping soundtrack of Eastern beats and you are in for the ride of your life.
