What are the best countries for natural scenery besides the US? I've hit most American national parks and want to start visiting good SighSee places in other countries. Bonus points if they're not crowded as frick.
Pic related, it's in Chile.
Best countries for nature
peru
bolivia
iceland
switzerland
new zealand
Iceland and New Zealand have my attention of these, Iceland more because the cheaper and direct 6 hour flight. Any tips?
The flight is cheap, but everything else makes it more expensive than anywhere else you'd go.
> Iceland
> Switzerland
both of these are too popular for their own good with high clout social media users. In Iceland you can still get super comfy areas with few/no tourists if you go off the beaten track a little but you can not escape them in Switzerland
I’m going to add Scotland to this list. The bits they market to tourists are unenjoyably busy but there are huge swathes of it that are great
> the stans
the new must see area. Can’t decide if they’re post Soviet helll holes with one or two scenic areas or if they’re really that nice
Redpill me on switzerland. I was looking at airbnbs and flights this summer and it's way cheaper than I expected.
If you have the money to burn, Switzerland is definitely awesome. Switzerland is insanely beautiful, but the food is mediocre, it's one of the most expensive places on earth and the people are pretty aloof and boring.
They do have great trains and public transport. They have the best mountain infrastructure on earth. It seemed like every mountain had a gondola. And violent crime is really, really rare. It's definitely worth visiting once. They entice you with those cheap flights into Zurich and Geneva and then rape you with the $100 train and gondola tickets. But Zermatt is worth it. That view is insane.
Argentina is more travelable by land, but Chile probably has better views overall.
>scenery besides the US
No shit because the US is logged by almost half of all countries
US is low key GOATed.
>low key GOATed
Nobody is "sleeping on" the US, zoomie
what about
low effort bait post. Otherwise, I'd love to hear how Andorra or whatever holds secret logging rights in the US
maybe he meant mogging
Even in a thread that's not about the US you can't help but seethe. Pathetic.
Bows to Chinas geography though
eh, parity at best, especially if we include Alaska. China has some shit that's cooler than the US but the reverse is true as well.
>Iceland
Go Scuba Diving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk-6xzTApjo
Slovenia had the prettiest scenery in Europe for me
Tajikistan. The Pamir Mountains are the roof of the world and white granola girls haven’t shit all over them yet. They’re too busy in Nepal.
this pic flatters tajikistan. it's a lot sandier than that
Oooh tell me of your adventures
Kyrgyzstan looks crazy too, too bad most of the good videos are in Russian. No idea what these slav scum are saying
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The video before was Tajikistan I'm moronic
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India is pretty good if you get out of the cities. No bonus points for crowds though. My favorite place there is the Northeast, which has asian looking people and doesnt even feel like India. The upper reaches of Himalaya are good too, you can escape the crowds if you trek. And Kerala. Pakistan is also supposed to be good but haven't been yet
Technically speaking, shouldn't most countries have decent nature, as long as the country isn't really tiny and/or overdeveloped?
Pretty much any country should do, as long as it isn't Singapore, Brunei, the smaller gulf countries, or the European microstates (except maybe Liechtenstein).
You could throw a dart at a map, and whatever country it lands on will probably have good nature once you leave their urban landscape.
I'm looking for better than decent. I want the best. Preferably away from crowds.
There is no best nature, kek. If you have a good camera, set up your shot just right, and wait for the sun & clouds to do their thing, you can make any mediocre mountain & valley landscape look magical for Instagram.
If you want to escape tourist crowds, you have to hire your own guide & go somewhere that is true wilderness. If it was cheap and easy to get to, everyone would be going there.
Alternately, go somewhere that is amazingly beautiful but has serious insecurity issues. Americans can get an import permit for their car and head down into Mexico. The variety of spectacular landscapes you can explore down there is tremendous...but you may have to deal with suspicious henchmen who will want to look through your camera roll.
Argentina
Chile
Depends on what you mean by "nature". Papua New Guinea has the most biodiversity in the world but you'd likely get stabbed visiting unaccompanied as a white man.