The National Botanic Garden Allerton

The National Botanic Garden Allerton also known as Lawai Kai, is now at 58 hectares of the south coast of the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
It was in that area that the film in Jurassic Park, so that these large trees with trunks in the form of screw, do exist.
When you internal throughout that foliage can be found several sculptures. Some are framed with large arches of bamboo. Other must be sought behind the trees mango. The most prominent are those of the sources of Diana and the Sirens to reach them will have to cross a path of water.
There are statues of Italian copper. For the fans to the flowers has its own crop field. There are roses, orchids and other eccentricities. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Chico national park

The National Park the Boy has lots of history. Few know that was the first protected natural area of Mexico, formerly known as Mount Vedado of Mineral Chico and only two hours of the Federal District. From there she was deriving its name to “The Boy”.
A space not only for lovers of extreme sports like mountaineering and trekking in peas very high, also can be rented cabins and rent horses, boats and fishing.
It is a forest cold whose diversity in fauna and flora was appreciated for more than a century and that is why the first protected natural area of the country became.
Their characteristics make it a place for the practice of adventure sports and recreational facilities, he is regarded as one of the bastions of ecotourism in the state because it can be conducted the cycling depurative, the sport fishing, camping and hiking, in one of the frames more spectacular in the state. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Route of Carlism and the Route of witchcraft

The government of Navarra wants to expand its offer tourist and cultural launching two new cultural tours so-called the Route of Carlism and the Route of witchcraft.
In the entry of today we will talk about this last, the Route of the Witchcraft that seeks to make the tourist is immersed in the knowledge traditions, celebrations and beliefs linked to the witchcraft in the area.
This takes us by four different routes by the peoples who witnessed these remote practices, in the Navarra of the siglos XVI and XVII.
The witchcraft accusations in the place is gave due to the ancestral ability of some women to cure diseases by the nature linked to the myths and legends present in the village Navarro, this is why the inquisition b.s. in more than 60 localities Navarra’s by acts of witchcraft to punish.
This route this organized for tourists traveling peoples and landscapes that mixed obscurantism with witchcraft, and the different itineraries are as follows:
* Route 1. The first persecutions of witchcraft in Navarra: Valleys of Roncal and Salazar and area of Orreaga-Roncesvalles (Auritz-Burguete, Orreaga-Roncesvalles, Ochagavía, Abarzuza and Vidángoz) Read the rest of this entry »

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Spring filling city with flowers.

Ghent, Madeira and the Netherlands make their particular tribute to the arrival of spring filling their cities with flowers. With this excuse, the city break in any of these destinations becomes imperative. While in the spring with the explosion of color and flavor that flooded the streets of Europe.
The feast of the flowers. Madeira
The island of Madeira is a real jewel within walking distance of Spain. Its exuberant nature, its water of intense blue and the subtropical climate makes it a destination paradisiacal at any time of year. But, if you decide to go during the Festival of Flowers, the experience will be something unique. This welcome party for spring is celebrated every year and, as it could not be otherwise, the flowers are the only players. Quite lead by the aroma and colorful own of the station surrounded the lush landscape of the Portuguese island.
What you will see… The April 15 gives the go-ahead with the opening of flower market in the avenue Arriaga of the city of Funchal. Don’t miss carpets floral decorating the streets of the city and the exposure of the flowers in the long of the Restauran. Mires where mires, only you will see colorful and some of the flowers more marvelous of the world.
In addition… takes your stay there to visit the island of Madeira. Known as the Island of Flores and his exuberant nature, the walks by their nature reserves and its beaches will be an experience. Be sure to visit the famous “paiva” or to give you a bath in the natural pools of Porto Moniz. Their small towns of fishermen you will be seduced and enjoy the best views from their viewpoints. Read the rest of this entry »

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The national park of comodo in indonesia

In the smaller islands of the probe in the south of Indonesia are located the Komodo National Park, which is comprised of three islands that are the Rinca, Komodo and Lamps, in addition to other smaller.

These islands are all of volcanic origin, and despite the fact that is a protected place, many people live there with the possibility of tourism.

The park has a total area of 1,733 square kilometers, and 603 are land, were created with the aim of protecting the dragon Komodo, the lizard largest in the world, but with the time it was also dedicate to the protection of other species, including the marine also.

The tourists must be prepared to withstand temperatures of the place, because account with the climate driest in Indonesia, and in the months of May and October, the average temperature is 40 degrees centigrade, but we also found there, areas of more than 500 meters in height where the climate is moderate and find ecosystems such as the cloud forests. Read the rest of this entry »

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