The European Day of Parks is celebrated annually on May 24. Inspired by this date, Sputnik takes you on an unforgettable tour through the most scenic and splendid national parks – true gems of the world.
Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina.
Sand dunes in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia.
Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Ice caving under the Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland.
Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany.
Sarek National Park, Sweden.
A sea lion in the Galápagos Islands.
Lake District National Park, England.
A view of the Half Dome monolith from Glacier Point at the Yosemite National Park in California, the United States.
Guilin and Lijiang River National Park, China.
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, the United States.
Tourists look at the Torres del Paine mounts (R), part of the Paine small mountain group in the 230,000 hectare Torres del Paine National Park in the Chilean Patagonia.
The monolith of Uluru (Ayers Rock) rises 340 meters above the ochre plain in the World Heritage-listed Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia.
Iguazú National Park, Argentina.
