Still water, karst rivers and glacial lakes — where the landscape turns to mirror.
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Ninh Binh
South of Hanoi, Ninh Binh is known for dramatic limestone karst landscapes rising from rice paddies and rivers, often described as a dry-land counterpart to Halong Bay. The area includes a UNESCO World Heritage landscape and Vietnam's ancient capital.
The region's signature scenery lies at Tam Coc and Trang An, where rivers wind among towering limestone peaks and through cave tunnels, traditionally explored by small rowing boats. The Trang An Landscape Complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for both its natural and cultural value.
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Munduk
Munduk is a mountain village in Bali's northern highlands, set among coffee and clove plantations and known for its cool climate, jungle waterfalls and nearby crater lakes. It offers a quieter, greener side of the island away from the southern beaches.
Perched on a ridge at around 800 meters, Munduk is surrounded by dense forest and terraced plantations, and the cooler, often misty mountain air gives the area a distinct character. The village is a base for walks to a series of waterfalls, including Munduk, Melanting and the twin Banyumala falls, which drop through thick jungle and are among the most scenic on the island.
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Milford Sound
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.
Despite its name, Milford Sound is technically a fiord, gouged by glaciers and flooded by the sea. Mitre Peak, rising 1,692 meters almost directly from the water, is its defining landmark and one of the most photographed mountains in the country. The fiord lies within Te Wahipounamu, a UNESCO World Heritage area, and is reached by a single road from Te Anau that itself passes alpine valleys, the Mirror Lakes and the Homer Tunnel.
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Lake Pukaki
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.
The lake's vivid milky-blue is the result of glacial flour — rock ground to powder by glaciers and carried down in meltwater, which scatters light to produce the striking color. Fed by the Tasman and other glaciers, Lake Pukaki points directly at Aoraki / Mount Cook, which at 3,724 meters is the country's tallest peak, making the lake's northern shore one of the most photographed viewpoints in New Zealand.
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Wanaka
Wanaka is a lakeside town on the shore of Lake Wanaka, surrounded by the peaks of Mount Aspiring National Park. Quieter than nearby Queenstown, it is a base for alpine walks and is known for a single lone willow tree standing in the lake.
The town sits at the southern end of Lake Wanaka, with the snow-capped mountains of Mount Aspiring National Park rising beyond. The most famous photographic subject is #ThatWanakaTree, a lone crack willow growing in the shallows of the lake that has become one of the most recognizable images in New Zealand, especially when its bare winter branches catch sunrise or sunset.
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