Sentences with phrase «granite cliffs»

The resort is totally private as it is situated in its own natural bay, with granite cliffs on both sides and a jungle behind.

It's an area renowned for its pink granite cliffs and secret white beaches.

The state park features a variety of trees, marine animals, hiking trails, and McWay Falls — an 80 - foot waterfall that tumbles off of granite cliffs directly onto the beach.

But a wiser course of action is to take the safer route down the fairway tracing the edge of a sheer granite cliff with a large sand dune on the right.

This picture from Yosemite hasn't been doctored or manipulated, it's just an earth - shatteringly beautiful shot of a natural trick of light against the famous granite cliffs of America's famous national...

Best - known for its stunning landscape, including spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls and forests, Yosemite National Park is roughly three hours from San Francisco but a veritable world away in terms of natural wonder.

Listen to the roar of whitewater tumble over granite cliffs nearly 300 feet into the Snoqualmie River below.

Viewers wearing virtual reality headsets could crane their necks to gawk at Yosemite's majestic granite cliffs and tranquil meadows as if they had tagged along with the president.

• Torres del Paine National Park — another area of outstanding beauty where huge granite cliffs dominate the landscape.

Embark on a vigorous hike to the famed pilgrimage site of Taktsang Lhakhang or the Tiger's Nest Temple, which clings to a vertical granite cliff nearly 3,000 feet above the valley floor.

This rare fresh waterfall tumbles down a steep granite cliff into a picturesque cove and directly into the Pacific Ocean.

Thought to get its name from Guinevere, wife of the legendary Cornish King Arthur, the beach is located at the base of steep granite cliffs and accessed by a steep path from above.

Set right on the sands overlooking Vinh Hy Bay with granite cliffs rising up behind it, the beach club is a secluded spot for lounging, dining, snorkeling, and kayaking.

Drive through the spectacular red granite cliffs of the Calanques de Piana, almost 1,000 ft above the sea, then wander around the village's narrow streets and stop for a coffee in the sun in the picturesque square.

It features an 80 - foot waterfall that drops from granite cliffs into the ocean from the Overlook Trail.

Abel Tasman National Park is famous for its golden beaches, sculptured granite cliffs and the world - renowned Abel Tasman Coast Track.

Wind along with the Bear River through a scooped out valley between stoic granite cliffs hundreds of feet high.

Granite cliffs outline the crystalline water on Con Son, the only inhabited island in the barely populated 16 - island archipelago of Con Dao, one of the best secret islands on Earth.

We walked through lush green meadows and along the river, with views of Half Dome and granite cliffs soaring above.

This panorama of Salzburg was taken from the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum Der Moderne, which is situated atop a precipitous granite cliff.

It's a beautiful place, with thousands of clean lakes for swimming, magnificent granite cliffs, towering pines, and forests teeming with moose, bears, and beavers.

Sea Grass, perched between two granite cliffs on Phippsburg's jagged coast offers panoramic sunrise views over the glistening marshes of Mill Pond.

Mountain peaks with sculptural, hanging valleys send waterfalls cascading over sheer granite cliffs to the sea below.

This picture from Yosemite hasn't been doctored or manipulated, it's just an earth - shatteringly beautiful shot of a natural trick of light against the famous granite cliffs of America's famous national park.

The city of Snoqualmie is a friendly community that is best known as the home of the Snoqualmie Falls, where water cascades 270 feet over granite cliffs, 100 feet higher than Niagara falls, and which attracts visitors from all over the world.

Tucked between tall mountains, majestic granite cliffs, and white - sand beaches, seeing beautiful Lofoten is a truly extraordinary experience.

With littles in tow, you may enjoy the small playground situated nearby, beneath the huge granite cliffs that border the village.

Visible from afar, this stunning monastery clings to a vertical granite cliff 2,000 feet above the valley floor.

The town of Bar Harbor, just off the rockbound coast of Maine, is home to spectacular granite cliffs, herds of barking seals, and about 5,000 human residents who live there year - round.

Our guide Dean, who owns Kaslo Kayaking with his wife Daphne, took us across the lake to the opposite shore where you can see vibrant, surprisingly intact examples of First Nation rock - art paintings in the side of granite cliffs.

Fort Wetherill used to be a coastal defense battery and training camp on granite cliffs 100 feet high.

The granite cliffs, stunning waterfalls, and scenic vistas of Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada mountains make it one of the most iconic national parks in the world.

They remembered only, as in a dream, departing from frozen harbors bathed in twilight, sailing over dark waters lit by a sickly moon, in groaning barks borne on torpid currents past shores where sheer granite cliffs or walls of iron - gray thorns forbade any landing, and at last drawing up into those oleaginous waters, alongside dreary quays wanly gleaming with rime.

On the far side of the fjord, the captain dropped me and four other hikers off at the base of a long ravine, where a series of animal trails led through a dense fern jungle and up a granite cliff face bisected by a waterfall.

This natural gap in the granite cliff has a thrilling see - through skywalk platform extending out 10 metres (33 feet) over the cliff's edge, so you can walk out and look down at the pounding surf below.

The plume of water drops some 80 feet / 24 meters from the top of a granite cliff to a sandy cove below (not even footprints on the sand mar the perfection, as this beach is closed to the public).

The moment you reach the location you will realise why Valley View has the reputation for being one of the most exceptional views in all of Yosemite with the colours of the sunset pouring bright light onto the granite cliff faces in front of you.

A World Heritag Site, its 308 074 hectares» main attractions are the granite cliffs, waterfalls, and wilderness area.

Known for its waterfalls, giant sequoia trees, and sheer granite cliffs, you can spend weeks exploring Yosemite National Park.

An archipelago of 99 islands in the Andaman Sea, Langkawi is a tropical paradise of lush rainforests and granite cliffs.

The geography of the Hudson Valley is immensely rich: The terrain features sandstone, red beds, granite cliffs, dense forests and charming lakes, as well as highly fertile soil for farming, such as in the Black Dirt Region created from an ancient glacial lake, and a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna.

For nature lovers Yosemite National Park is a vast wilderness and is home to mighty waterfalls, picturesque lakes, granite cliffs and giant redwood trees, and if you are fortunate enough you may spot one of the great black bears.

The 55,672 - acre Abel Tasman National Park is located on the pristine South Island coast, where golden beaches, granite cliffs, and quiet estuaries are populated by tui and pukeko birds.

Further north is Coron Island, designated as the «ancestral domain» of the indigenous Tagbanwa people, and famous for its granite cliffs, cave systems and the wrecks of Japanese ships from the Second World War that lie a few kilometres off the coast.

The plume of water drops some 80 feet / 24 metres from the top of a granite cliff to a sandy cove below (not even footprints on the sand mar the perfection, as this beach is closed to the public).

The north coast of Costa Brava ofers some fabulous private coves, granite cliffs, fertile hills and sheltered stretches of sadu beach, such as Bagur, Calella de la Palufrugell and Ampuriabrava.