# Best at sunrise

> The best places to catch sunrise while traveling: Goreme, Kintamani, Lake Pukaki, Milford Sound, Hoi An. Travel guide and sunrise photography prints.

- Source: https://clevertourists.com/guides/collection-best-at-sunrise
- Authors: Evan & Clara, Clever Tourists (first-hand, from a 526-day trip across 20 countries)
- Published: 2025-04-22
- Last updated: 2026-07-13

Waking up before dawn is never fun. These are the mornings that made it worth it anyway.

## Places

### Goreme, Turkey

Göreme sits at the heart of Cappadocia, a region of soft volcanic rock eroded into cones, pillars and valleys. The town is built into and among the formations, with cave dwellings, rock-cut churches and a celebrated dawn balloon flight over the landscape.

### Kintamani, Indonesia

Kintamani, in Bali's northeastern highlands, overlooks the vast caldera of Mount Batur, an active volcano rising above a crescent crater lake. The cool, elevated region is known for sweeping volcanic views and sunrise treks.

### Lake Pukaki, New Zealand

Lake Pukaki is a glacier-fed lake in the Mackenzie Basin whose intense turquoise color comes from finely ground rock flour suspended in its meltwater. At its head rises Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand.

### Milford Sound, New Zealand

Milford Sound, in Fiordland National Park, is a glacier-carved fiord where sheer cliffs rise more than a kilometer straight from dark water. Among the wettest inhabited places on Earth, its frequent rain feeds hundreds of temporary waterfalls that pour from the cliffs.

### Hoi An, Vietnam

A preserved trading port whose riverside old town is calm and near-empty in the first light of day, hours before the lantern-lit crowds of evening arrive.