7 natural wonders list

Condé Nast Traveler published a roundup recommending seven natural wonders to visit in 2026, from Mongolia’s Altai steppes to Utah’s Bears Ears. (cntraveler.com) The piece ran on World Earth Day, April 22, 2026, and is attributed to Rob Crossan on Condé Nast Traveler’s site. (cntravellerme.com) The seven places named are the Altai Mountains (Mongolia); the Great Bear Rainforest (Canada); Tsingy de Bemaraha (Madagascar); Raja Ampat (Indonesia); Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Brazil); Morne Trois Pitons (Dominica); and Bears Ears National Monument (USA). (hospitalitynet.org) The article says these sites “offer a reminder that the world’s greatest beauty often survives precisely because it has been overlooked.” (cntraveler.com) Condé Nast Traveler frames the selection as timely travel inspiration for 2026, explicitly steering readers toward less‑crowded, scenic destinations. (cntraveler.com) Bears Ears in southeast Utah was designated a national monument in 2016, was reduced by proclamation in December 2017, and had its original boundaries restored by presidential proclamation on October 8, 2021. (bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov) The other entries are notable for concrete features: the Great Bear Rainforest covers roughly 6.4 million hectares on British Columbia’s coast, Tsingy de Bemaraha is a limestone “tsingy” and UNESCO World Heritage site in western Madagascar, Raja Ampat lies in the Coral Triangle and hosts extraordinary marine biodiversity, Lençóis Maranhenses is a roughly 155,000‑hectare Brazilian park whose dunes fill with seasonal freshwater lagoons, and Morne Trois Pitons is a roughly 7,000‑hectare UNESCO volcanic park in Dominica that includes the Boiling Lake. (www2.gov.bc.ca) For the full list and Condé Nast Traveler’s explanations of why each place was chosen, see the magazine’s feature on the seven natural wonders for 2026. (cntraveler.com)