10 Most Amazing Forests Of The Earth

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

Over 25 000 acres of amazing forest in Costa Rica are traveled by 60 000+ tourists annually are a hideaway consisted of 6 different ecozones. Travelers can enjoy here a fulfilling variety of plants counting more than 2 400 species among which, for example, almost all species of orchid. Moreover, you’ll find here thousands of various insect species and almost 900 species of animals.

Crooked Forest

An unordinary forest planted in 1930 is a home for 400 pines in total. The strange look of the local pines makes people suppose that special methods of cultivation including secret tools was practiced here. For example, there’s a theory that these pines had been grown to be “Compass Trees” or even for usage as a resource for constructing ships. Another version is that growing trees of Crooked Forest tried to run away from German panzers passing the new grove and affecting this change in growth. If it’s true, these trees continued growing like this even after the Second World War was over that created this amazing forest a local sight.

Giant Sequoia National Monument of California

This magnificent forest is situated in Californian mountains of Sierra Nevada and holds a proud name of the park dedicated to immense Giant Sequoia. It unites 38 small woods with Sequoias on the total space of almost 4 900 sq. km.

Sagano Bamboo Forest

It is a wonderful bamboo forest located near Kyoto in a district called Arashiyama.

Amazon Rainforest

A well-known Amazon region is stretched on space of 5,5 million sq. km on territory of 9 countries of South America from Brazil holding 60% of it, to Peru. As Amazon Rainforest is proved to be half of the planet’s rainforest resource, it contains majority of overall tropical species of flora and fauna.

Redwood National Park

Another Californian great destination, Redwood National Park is an important shelter of an ancient redwood. Again, spectacular tall and huge Sequoia covering over 158 sq. km of 4 old forests. These 4 forests are united into the Redwood National Park complex and save nearly half of all redwood in California.

Black Forest

German has what to show us with Schwarzwald also known as the Black Forest in English. It’s a mountain ridge covered by forest in Baden-Württemberg on the south and west of Germany neighboring the valley of Rhine. This strange name is a heritage of Roman conquerors because trees of the amazing forest don’t let most of the sunlight get through.

Jiuzhaigou Valley of Sichuan

Valley of Nine Villages is the second more familiar alter ego of Chinese Jiuzhaigou Valley. The valley happened to be included in UNESCO World Heritage Sites and a list of World Biosphere Reserves in 1997. Located on height up to 4 600 m this green place is full of rivers, glassier lakes, and impressive mountains.

Olympic National Park of Washington

The warm and wet temperate forest is supposed to be the largest one in the U.S. The amazing forest is the biggest part of the Olympic National Park and the wettest point of the USA.

Daintree Rainforest of Australia

The north-eastern coast of Australia holds, possibly the most ancient tropical forest on the Earth existing for over 100 million years. All known Australian famous mammals such as kangaroos, platypuses, and echidnas have been living in the Daintree Rainforest for a long time.