Category: Nature
Northern Iceland: rugged nature along Arctic Coast Way
Text: Angelique van Os | Photography: Henk Bothof
Paradisiacal Botswana embraced by hydropower
Despite the dry Kalahari desert, Botswana is one of the most fertile countries in Africa. This is mainly due to magical rivers such as the …
Frans Lanting, image translator with a critical eye
If anyone knows how to capture the beauty of the earth in all its facets, then Frans Lanting (1951) does. The famous photographer has been …
Authentic Alentejo: from rugged beaches to green oases
When people think of southern Portugal, they quickly think of the busy beaches of the Algarve. The adjacent Alentejo region may have a more beautiful …
Photographer Paul Nicklen shows vulnerable beauty of polar regions
He reduced no less than a million images to just 178 photographs. The life’s work of photographer Paul Nicklen therefore contains only pearls. In his …
The Wadden Islands, alternating natural scenery according to Hanne Tersmette
Ranger Hanne Tersmette likes to come to the Wadden Sea, our Dutch island pride full of peace, space and busy birds. In her book #GAAN …
Fairytale Uganda – part I the Rwenzori Mountains
The Nile has its origins there, just like mankind’s ‘closest’ relatives. Uganda is famous for its rare mountain gorillas, but is diverse in terms of …
Fully relax in Limburg’s ‘outdoors’.
Peace, space and nature are the three ingredients that make up the philosophy of Buitenleven Vakanties. The organization that arose from a collaboration between Staatsbosbeheer, …
New Zealand: ancient forest and caves in Karamea Oparara Basin
New Zealand attracts some 3.5 million visitors a year as a holiday destination. Fortunately, there is still plenty of unspoilt nature and places that the …
Alone in the world in pristine surrealist Namibia
It’s dead quiet. Not a breath of wind, not birds, not a soul to be seen. Lunar landscapes full of gravel, flat tableaux and impressive …
