NOHKALIKAI FALLS, INDIA
The tallest plunge waterfall in India is a stunning sight not just because of its thrilling 340-metre height, but for the dense evergreen rainforest blanketing the surrounding cliffs and the surreal green-coloured plunge pool below. The falls are located in the state of Meghalaya, near Cherapunji (also known as Sohra), one of the wettest places on the planet.
MU CANG CHAI RICE TERRACES, VIETNAM
While Asia’s staple crop, rice, thrives in the flooded Mekong Delta at Vietnam’s southern tip, in the country’s mountainous north, local hill tribes have created rice terraces to control the downward flow of water. These astonishing emerald stairways, seemingly ascending to the heavens, are perhaps at their most beautiful in Mu Cang Chai, the perfect place for trekking and visiting ethnic minorities such as the Hmong and Red Dzao.
RAJA AMPAT, PAPUA, INDONESIA
Raja means “king”, while empat denotes “four”, and without doubt, the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo – along with the surrounding 1,500 islands, cays, and shoals that make up this unspoiled archipelago at the northwest tip of New Guinea – are the “crown jewels” of the Coral Triangle, home of the richest marine biodiversity on Earth. These treasures of limestone cliffs, mangrove forests and translucent waters are populated with a breathtaking parade of corals, fish, birds, mammals and reptiles.
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