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Just 60 km south of Berlin, the German capital city, Tropical Islands Dome is a converted airship hangar that is now home to the Worlds largest indoor rainforest, a complete Tropical village with authentic houses, shops and restaurants, white sand beaches, a Balinese lagoon and Tropical sea for bathing – plus Germany’s highest water slide.  (Link to official site:  www.tropical-islands.de)

More information can be found on Wikipedia.

If you’d like to book a vacation here, why not try Sun Kiss Travel (their images used in this post, but no compensation received.)

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Mount Roraima is the highest of a group of table-top mountains, known as tepuis, in South America.

Reference:  Wikipedia

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Autana, the tree of life, is a spectacular tepui located in the Amazonas state in Venezuela. It stands 1,220 m (4,000 f) above sea level. A unique cave runs from one side of the mountain through the other.

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Conguillío National Park is located in the Andes, in the provinces of Cautín and Malleco, in the Araucanía Region of Chile. Its name derives from the Mapuche word for “water with Araucaria seeds”. This national park covers about 608 square kilometers.

Among the attractions in the park are the Llaima volcano, Sierra Nevada and wild landscapes characterized by islands of vegetation completely surrounded by vast areas of basaltic to andesitic lava flows.  Wikipedia Article

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Invernadero de Atocha (literally “Atocha’s Greenhouse“) is a tropical botanical garden in Atocha railway station (Madrid, Spain)

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