The most beautiful desert trips
Where to go for the most beautiful deserts in the world
Deserts are among the most inhospitable parts of the world, yet they have attracted people's interest in discovering its beauty since ancient times. The largest desert in the world is the Sahara in northern Africa, but you can find beautiful and diverse deserts practically all over the world. Let's take a look at trips to the most beautiful deserts in the world.
Trip to the desert of Wadi Rum
Dolomiti in orange desert
Amazing orange desert Wadi Rum is somewhat unjustly in the shadow of Jordan's largest tourist magnet – rock town Petra. For travelers with a romantic soul and admirers of fabulous rock formations, bridges and massive dolomitic peaks, however, it is even more attractive place than crowded Petra. Some people come here only for a few hours, but if you want to enjoy this place sufficiently, you need at least an additional day and night, but much better are two days. continue reading
Trip to Erg Chebbi
The most beautiful dunes in Morocco
Erg Chebbi, the area of beautiful giant sand dunes in the south of the country near the border with Algeria attracts almost every visitor to Morocco. On the area of 20×10 kilometers are located up to 160 meters high dunes and you can enjoy here Berber romance. The dunes are the most beautiful early in the morning or in the evening when the sun gives them orange to red color. continue reading
A trip to the oasis and dunes near Dunhuang
The center of the Northern Silk Road
In the province of Gansu, in the north of China, you will find the city of Dunhuang (1,150 m above sea level), which was an important center of the northern branch of the Silk Road. Today it is the center of tourism, thanks to the massive dunes south of the city, which hide a beautiful oasis. The crowds of local tourists head only to Cresent Moon lake, so just connect a little further to the dunes and you will be completely alone. continue reading
White Sands National Monument
Good night, white beauty ...
Somewhere far, hidden between the mountains, there is a bloody bride. It's all in white, as the brides are usually, and it's also a little treacherous and mysterious. We women are like that. But whoever falls in love with it will discover unimaginable beauty. continue reading
Trip to Wahiba Sands
The famous Omani sandy desert
Wahiba Sands is a large sandy desert in eastern Oman. The best starting point for the desert is the city of Bidiyah, where virtually everyone offers desert trips or overnight stays in desert campsites. We planned only a short stop here, so we went to the village of Al Raka south of the city, from where you can make a trip on the dunes without a guide. continue reading
Trip to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
An insight into the Pink Desert
This park is located in the state of Utah and was created by erosion of pink colored sandstone due to the local wind and climate. They call them Coral Sand Dunes. Their age is estimated at 10,000 – 15,000 years. The use of this park is mainly for fans of motor sports. Where these games on motorcycles and go-karts are allowed. continue reading
Mongolian sands
Sand dunes in the heart of Mongolia
About half a day's drive in the northeast of the city of Bulgan in western Mongolia, the wind blows a hundred kilometers of dunes. Mongolian sands (Mongol Els) is one of several areas of the same name in the country where one can enjoy the sandy splendor. She is such a little sister of the Gobi Desert, but she will definitely not get along with her beauty. continue reading
Riding Through The Valley Of Death
To the lowest place in North America
Just because of its menacing name Death Valley, aka Death Valley, attracts a lot of travelers to visit. In addition to being the lowest and warmest place in North America, it is also conveniently located between the gambling city of Las Vegas in Nevada and the amazing national parks of the Sierra Nevada in California. For these reasons, it is not missing in almost any of the classic circuits in the western United States. Although there are several trekking routes here (eg to the top of Telescope Peak (3,368 m above sea level), thanks to the huge heat that prevails here for most of the year, and long distances, it is rather an ideal place for classic US car tourism. continue reading
Bike trip around San Pedro de Atacama
Cycling through the Atacama Desert
For most tourists, the desert town of San Pedro de Atacama is just a starting point for the world-famous Tatio geysers or the volcanic Bolivian Altiplano. At the same time, there are a number of interesting locations around this city, which you can visit during one long day as part of a cycling trip. You will enjoy the abundant views of this amazing surreal landscape of weathered multicolored ridges and you will find that you may have spent unnecessarily few days on San Pedro. continue reading
Drive Colchani - Hotel del Sal
The first steps in salar
The jeeps are reaching in less than five kilometers one of the natural wonders of the world after leaving a little depressive mining villages Colchani – the largest salt plain in the world – Salar de Uyuni (3656 m asl). The first stop on the salar tour is the Hotel de Sal, where are most things made of salt. Along the way you can see labor-intensive mining of salt, which is unfortunately sometimes done also by small children. There are three seasons in salar – classic when everything shines with white salt; gray when the dust storm sweeps through the area and salar loses a little of its beauty and also the period when is salar under water /after major storms, especially in the summer time /. The tourist is then limited here by the fact that he cannot pass through salar for example to the amazing „island“ Isla Incahuasi, but everything is beautifully mirrored in it. So you will have totally different experience at this time than usually, this is especially true for photographers. Unfortunately, only hotel de Sal is then usually accessible in the village of Colchani. continue reading
Drive over Desierto de Dali
Surrealistic Altiplano
Altiplans high mountain desert of Salvador Dali is a truly a quirk of nature. Colorful, intensely weathered volcanic belt encircling the plain on all sides at a height of more than 4500 meters above sea level. Tourist can be very surprised to see shy vicunas running around here and ask himself how they can survive in so inhospitable landscape. continue reading
Trip to the Dune du Pyla
The highest dune in Europe
Just about 70 kilometers southwest of the famous city – Bordeaux you will find the highest dune in Europe – Duna du Pilat (or Pyla). This over a hundred meter high pile of sand is sandwiched between a green forest and the sea, which adds to the photo's attractiveness. continue reading
Dunes in Khogno Tarna
Easily accessible sand dunes
About 250 kilometers west of Ulaanbaatar lies the dune field Elsen Tasarkhai, which is relatively small in Mongolian conditions. It stretches in a 5 km narrow lane about 80 km to the north and south, and thanks to the road that crosses it across, it is an easily accessible destination for travelers heading to western Mongolia. They are part of the Khögno Tarna National Park (өгнө Тарна). continue reading
Hike around Tabernas desert
In the moonscape
You can undertake a number of interesting short or long walks in the vast desert Desierto de Tabernas. Among one of the most accessible is the one beginning right at the junction of A92 motorway with the main road N340A. During this short walk you will become pretty familiar with the local landscape of arid ridges and small valleys. continue reading
Wydma Czołpińska
Sand dunes in the Baltic
Sea. White sandy beaches, hundreds of meters wide, without long rows of umbrellas and reserved places. Fairytale pine forests. Buildings like from Scandinavian film, brick Gothic churches, half-timbered estates. This is the Baltic coast, about four to six hundred kilometers from the Czech border. Thanks to the thousand years of sea and wind, the coast is lined by another local specialty – sand dunes. On the dunes near the village of Czołpino (or the town of Leba) we really felt like in the Sahara. Huge sandy hills alternate with sandy valleys. continue reading
