The World Terrific Tourist Destinations

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In the current world it's very easy to visit the places which are located in all over the world. Some places are important because of its terribleness & some are famous for its risky. These are a few of those types of tour destinations in the world.

•Death Valley, USA




Stark in appearance & haunting in name, Death Valley is a very- much- alive desert set between high, snow- capped mountains. The name doesn't do justice to the vibrancy of Death Valley- the mysteries of the life sustained in this arid & isolated landscape capture the attention of adventures.
*America's lowest, hottest & driest national park, adventurous visitors enjoy Death Valley for its many extremes & mysteries, such as the sailing stones.

• The Danakil Desert, Eritrea




Extending from Massaua to Djibouti, the Danakil Desert is one of the most low-lying & hottest places on earth.

•Mount Washington, USA




Mount Washington, called Agiocochook by some Native American tribes, is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States & the most prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River. Mount Washington's weather is notoriously extreme. In winter, Mount Washington experiences sub- zero temperatures, hurricane- force winds, snow & ice that essentially turn the peak into an Arctic outpost in the temperate climate zone.
         Mount Washington receives very high levels of precipitation about 97 inches of precipitation per year on average. A large portion of this snow fell during a 24- hour period on February 1969.

•Sinabung Volcano, Indonesia




A volcano on Indonesia's Samatra has erupted, sending a torrent of searing gas more than 4 kilometres  down its slopes.
Mount Sinabung also sent a plume of thick ash 5km into the atmosphere during the latest activity.

•Iha da Queimada Grande (Snake Island), Brazil




Iha da Queimada Grande, located about 90 miles off the Sao Paulo coast. It's infested with between 2,000 & 4,000 golden lancehead vipers, one of the deadliest snakes in the entire world. These vipers' venom can kill a person in under an hour,and numerous local legends tell of the horrible fates that awaited those who wandered onto the shores of "Snake Island".

•Madidi National Park, Bolivia




Madidi National Park is a jungle paradise situated in the upper Amazon river basin of Bolivia, Close to the borders of Peru & Brazil.

•Valley of Death, Kamchatka, Russia




The Valley of Death is situated in the Russian Far East. High concentrations of toxic gases threat to every living thing : plants & animals die quickly, while people soon starts to feel unwell & get a fever, dizziness & chill.

•Bikini Atoll, The Marshall Islands




Bikini Atoll is a Micronesian Island chain located about halfway between Hawaii & Australia, which consists of 23 islands. It is a Nuclear testing site.

•Chonburi, Thailand




•Afar Depression, Ethiopia




References : 
www.nationalparks.org/Death-Valley
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount-Washington
knowbefore.weatherbug.com
https://www.smithsonianmag.com






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