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Cuba Nature Travel – Soroa Orchid Garden and Waterfall

Cuba is renowned for its nature; the green of its landscapes, and its dense, unspoiled spots, but there is a place of particular note for its intense greenery and exotic spectrum: the Sierra del Rosario. This mountain massif stretches 25000 … Continue reading

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McNeil River State Game Sanctuary – Alaska

Just west of Augustine Island, the McNeil River drains into the mudflats of Kamishak Bay. About a mile upstream from its mouth, boulders and fast water form a frothing falls that poses a challenge to migrating salmon. The fish leap … Continue reading

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Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge – Alaska

Famed for its wildlife, the nearly two-million-acre roadless Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge encompasses the south-western two-thirds of Kodiak Island, all of Uganik Island, and parts of Afognak. The refuge has 800 miles of coastline, 11 large lakes, and 7 major … Continue reading

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Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Ocean waves crash against lonely pinnacles of rock. Tiny bare islands, sheer cliffs, misty headlands, reefs, islets, and volcanic spires dot Alaska’s coastline from its southern rainforest boundary to the ice-choked northern waters of the Chukchi Sea. More than 2,400 … Continue reading

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – Alaska

Roadless and undeveloped, America’s largest national wildlife refuge stretches from the subarctic forest of Interior Alaska to the frozen shore of the Beaufort Sea. The refuge encompasses a 200-mile-long east-to-west segment of the Brooks Range, which reaches its broadest sprawl … Continue reading

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