Getting back to nature can feel like a trip back in time, especially if you're wandering through the wilderness of one of the oldest forests on planet Earth. In some of them, the ancient tribes, even today, live without the slightest contact with the advancing civilization - you will also join this amazing nature.
Araucaria Forest, Chile
It is here that the most beautiful Chilean pines grow, some of which are more than a thousand years old. Scientists believe that the unusual, inverted crown of these trees appeared as a result of evolution: in this way the plants drove away the herbivorous dinosaurs that roamed here as much as 180 million years ago.
Yaku forest, Japan
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Mossy stones entwined with the roots of Japanese cedar have been here for seven thousand years. A walk through the Yaku forest will take you into a beautiful fairy tale that will echo the local mythology. Take care of your trip in advance: to get to this national park, you will have to book your trip on a special website.
Amazon rainforest, Brazil
For 55 million years, local forests have hardly changed. Man continues to cut down these protected thickets, but even he, with all his assertiveness as a cave savage, can do nothing with the majestic contempt of nature. The authorities of Brazil and Peru have established a National Park here, in the depths of which tribes live, who have never encountered civilization.
Tarkin Forest, Australia
This forest isolated from the surrounding nature is an excellent example of what our planet looked like as much as 300 million years ago. Tarkin is the second largest specimen of temperate rainforest in the world and home to the 3000-year-old giant Huon Pines, the second oldest living tree on the planet. It is worth hurrying to visit here, because the logging companies did not care about history and are already starting work from the outskirts of the National Park.
Waipuya Forest, New Zealand
Cowrie trees stretch towards the sky across the northern tip of New Zealand. The Maori discovered this area only in the 12th century AD, and before that no man had set foot here.
Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus, Poland
In most of European ancient forests, you always feel the imminent onset of winter - even if summer reigns around now. The kings of this area used Belovezhskaya Pushcha as their personal hunting property, but now there is a National Park here.
Daintree Forest, Australia
North of Brisbane is one of the world's most fabulous forests. Thousand-year-old trees grow here interspersed with ancient ferns - researchers say they are more than 110 million years old. In the depths of the jungle, several small mountains rise, from the top of which a very majestic view opens up.
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, USA
It is believed that the forefather of all mankind, the patriarch Metushalakh, the son of Endokh and the grandfather of Noah, lived here. Abstracting from religion, we can admit: the ancient pine forest of Bristlekon recalls those times when humanity in full force sat on the branches of trees, and preferred bananas from all food.