World Beautiful Hidden Locations

Huachina, Peruvian desert. Sandboarding and dune buggy rides attracts backpackers and adrenalin junkies to this striking dessert oasis, 4km west of Ica, in southwestern Peru.

Fancy something more exotic than sun loungers and sangria?

These breath-taking spots should satisfy your wunderlust – head there while they’re still secret by Alix O’Neill.

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Hallstatt, Austria. Apparently, the Chinese have created a copy of this ancient salt mine village in Austria’s Salzkammergut region. (REX)

Lord Howe Island, Australia. This tiny island off Australia’s east coast has a population of less than 400. Home to more than 500 species of fish, it has one policeman, no mobile phones and a 15mph.

Cala Coticcio, Caprera Island, Sardinia. Formerly a NATO naval base, the Maddalena archipelago off Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda has only recently started to welcome tourists. With its translucent waters and rugged coastline, it won’t be a hidden gem for long, so book a flight pronto. (REX)

Mount Hood, Oregon. Home to 12 named glaciers and the highest point in Oregon, Mount Hood is considered the volcano most likely to erupt in the state. (REX)

Luskentyre Bay, Isle of Harris. The perfect place to hide out if you’re on the run from the law, this remote stretch of coastline in the Outer Hebrides offers little else for company except wild ponies, dolphins, otters and deer.

Ristorante Grotta Palazzese, Bari, Puglia. Dine Batman style in this astonishing cave restaurant. Carved out of limestone rocks overlooking the Adriatic Sea, it sits 74 feet above sea level. (Grotta Palazzese Hotel)

Tiger’s Nest Monastery, Bhutan. Built on a rock in 1682 (though founded in the 8th century as a meditation cave), this jaw-droppingly beautiful temple is 3,000m above sea level and is only accessible by foot. (Flickr/Hockadilly)

Waterfalls at Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. There are 16 lakes in this World Heritage site, all separated by natural dams of travertine limestone on the Plitvice Plateau. (Flickr/Clark & Kim Kays)

Photos Of World’s Natural Extraordinary Phenomena

The elephant rock formation in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada – A strange natural sandstone rock formation resembling an elephant. (Steffen and Alexandra Sailer/Ardea/Caters News)

There are lots of natural rock formations, strange coloured lakes and other strange natural phenomena around the world.

Rock formations are caused after years and years of erosion and algae turned lakes into strange coloured lakes.

They are strange but so special, natural and beautiful. 

I really like the pink lake; it looks so beautiful, and it is hard to believe that it is a naturally coloured lake and no artificial colouring was added 🙂

It looks so tasty too, like a lake of pink guava juice.

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The Wave in Utah – Carved rock eroded into a wave-like formation made of jurrasic-age Navajo sandstone that is approximately 190 million years old. (Steffen and Alexandra Sailer/Ardea/Caters News)

The elephant rock formation in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada – A strange natural sandstone rock formation resembling an elephant. (Steffen and Alexandra Sailer/Ardea/Caters News)

The pink Lake Hiller lake in Western Australia – Scientists have proven the strange pink color is due to the presence of algae which is usually the cause of strange coloration. (Jean Paul Ferrero/Ardea/Caters News)

Balls Pyramid – The worlds tallest sea stack, at 562 metres, in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. (Jean Paul Ferrero/Ardea/Caters News)

The Moeraki Boulders of New Zealand – The gigantic boulders started forming on the ocean floor and can now been seen sitting mysteriously on the coastline thanks to centuries of erosion. (Alexandra Sailer/Ardea/Caters News)

The Great Blue Hole in Belize – A large submarine sinkhole which is over 984 feet across and 407 feet deep. The sinkhole was formed during several episodes of quaternary glaciation when sea levels were much lower. (Kurt Amsler/Ardea/Caters News)