The Most Beautiful Forests In The World Revealed

From fairytale tree tunnels to woodlands perched over waterfalls: The most beautiful forests in the world revealed By [/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Annabel+Fenwick+Elliott+for+MailOnline Annabel Fenwick Elliott for MailOnline]
Published: 09:35 GMT, 21 March 2017 | Updated: 17:58 GMT, 21 March 2017
The Iguazu Falls, a World Heritage site that spans the border between Argentina and Brazil, boasts dense forestry which will amaze even the most seasoned traveller
© Getty Images/Aurora Open The forest surrounding Igazu Falls in South America sits amid crashing waterfallsThe lush parks of Tragoess, Austria, are flooded once a year under 40 feet of waterIn Cambodia, the ancient temples of Angkor Wat are shrouded in giant banyan trees© Shutterstock / Alexandru NikaThis abandoned train track exists in the woods near Caransebes, Romania, and is also known among locals and tourists alike as the Tunnel of Love, tour cửu trại câu thanks to its romantic allure
Today marks the UN's [ ] - an annual occasion that honours the world's most precious woodlands.
And while many are diminishing an at alarming rate - more than 13 million hectares a year, tour du lịch cửu trại câu an area roughly the size of England - our planet still possesses forests worthy of any bucket list.
The Iguazu Falls, a World Heritage site that spans the border between Argentina and Brazil, boasts dense forestry that sits perched amid crashing waterfalls and draws explorers from near and far.
The old gnarled trees that populate England's Peak District, meanwhile, posses a magic of their own, as does the leafy tunnel that surrounds an abandoned train track near Caransebes, Romania.
The Hallerbos forest in Belgium is famed the world over for its annual explosion of bluebells, which only make a brief appearance during spring.
Other stunning forests presented here by MailOnline Travel include the parks of Tragoess, Austria, which are flooded each year under 40 feet of water and can thus be explored by scuba divers. 
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© Getty ImagesThe UK is plentiful with stunning forests, but among its best are the woods of the Peak District, located in England at the southern end of the Pennines and dotted with ancient gnarled trees
© Shutterstock / Perfect LazybonesAngkor Wat, a Unesco World Heritage temple site intermingled with giant banyan trees, is considered one of the ancient wonders of the world, constructed from the early to mid 1100s by King Suryavarman II
© REX/ShutterstockEvery year, the Green Lake region in Tragoess, Austria, floods and submerges everything surrounding it, leaving trees, footpaths, benches and bridges under nearly 40 feet of water
© Shutterstock / SAHACHATZChina's Jiuzhaigou National Park is thick with lush forestry surrounding bright blue log-strewn lakes like this one, which owes its vivid hue to crystals lining the bottom that reflect light
© Shutterstock / ShebekoKnown as one of the world's most beautiful gardens, the Keukenhof is located in the picturesque town of Lisse, just an hour by train from Amsterdam, and boasts a forest laced with more than seven million blooms
© Shutterstock / Elena ErmakovaMonkey Forest, located in Ubud, Bali, is not only home to more than 600 monkeys, it also hosts ancient Hindu temples and carvings that date back to 1350
© Getty Images/RubberballThe Cypress Gardens of South Carolina, captured here in the early morning mist, provided the filming backdrop for The Notebook's famed swan scene. It doesn't get much more romantic than that
© Shutterstock / Simon LukasHallerbos, a forest in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, is famed the world over for its annual explosion of bluebells, which only make a brief appearance during spring
© Shutterstock / Milosz MaslankaKazakhstan's Sunken Forest rises from the crystal-clear Lake Kaindy, a natural phenomenon formed after an earthquake in 1911 that has left the tall narrow trees partially submerged
© Shutterstock / Ulf HuebnerThe Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest, extending over Brazil, Colombia and Peru, and home to more than 300 species of mammal and 1,800 species of birds - that's more than one third of all the bird species in the world
© Shutterstock / JenniferAnneThe beautiful city of Savannah, Georgia, has won the nickname 'the Forest City', thanks to the many species of moss-draped oak trees that form arches over its pathways
© Getty ImagesIn India's breathtaking Meghalaya forest, tour cửu trại câu the roots of this tree have grown across the river over decades to create what is known as a living root bridge
© Shutterstock / LU JINRONGLocated in the remote throes of China's Xinyuan County, near the border of Kazakhstan, lies this vast forest of Apricot trees, which bloom into pink and white each spring. It's also known as Apricot Valley









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