Olakkannesvara Temple – the old lighthouse
Olakkannesvara Temple now is just a base part of an early 8th century temple on the top of granite hill. It was used as a lighthouse in earlier times.
Leppaluði borehole
Often tourists mix up two hot springs or geysers – the artificial and more active Leppaluði borehole and dormant Grýla – once impressive…
Grýla – geyser near Hveragerði
Now Grýla is dormant or even extinct geyser – but some decades ago it was one of the most impressive Icelandic geysers, up to 10 m high.
Maxixe Mine – unique blue beryl find
The first find of deep blue beryl – maxixe, discovered in 1917. Stones quickly discolored and lost their value, thus the mine was abandoned.
Callao Cave
An enormous cave system with beautiful speleothems. Here have been found the earliest human remains in the Philippines, at least 67 thousand years old. These remnants belong to an extinct species of humans – Homo luzonensis.
Gainer Springs
Some of the most pristine of the large springs of Florida are Gainer Springs. If one wants to admire this wonder of nature: take a canoe and…
Menara – the world’s tallest tropical tree, Danum Valley
The tallest known tree in the tropics and the tallest flowering plant in the world, a 100.8 m tall Shorea faguetiana.
Rihab Church of St. George and its underground “church”
Rihab Church of St. George was built ~ 530 AD and is in ruins now. Some researchers consider this to be the oldest church in the world, from 33 – 70 AD.
Ouzoud Falls
110 m tall, visually impressive and interesting waterfall with several cascades. Stream continues into canyon that is almost 600 m deep.
Mount Nyiragongo – volcano with lava lake
One of the few volcanos in the world with a nearly permanent lava lake in it. Height of the mountain – 3,470 m. Depth of lava lake has reached up to 600 m. Eruptions produce very fluid lava of rare type. The speed of lava flows here can reach 100 km/h and the volcano is very steep.