Tourism: Parks

Showing posts with label Parks. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park Brazil

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park: (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses) is located in Maranhão state, in northeastern Brazil, just east of the Baía de São José, between 02º19’ 02º45’ S and 42º44’ - 43º29’ W. It is an area of low, flat, occasionally flooded land, overlaid with large, discrete sand dunes. It encompasses roughly 1500 square kilometers, and despite abundant rain, supports almost no vegetation. The park was created on June 2, 1981. It was featured in the Brazilian film The House of Sand. Most recently, it was featured in the song "Kadhal Anukkal" from the Indian film, Enthiran.

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Hyde Park London

Hyde Park London: is one of the largest parks in central London, and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner. The park was the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton. The park has become a traditional location for mass demonstrations. The Chartists, the Reform League, the Suffragettes and the Stop The War Coalition have all held protests in the park. Many protesters on the Liberty and Livelihood March in 2002 started their march from Hyde Park. On 20 July 1982 in the Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings, two bombs linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army caused the death of eight members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets and seven horses. See pictures of Hyde Park London below.

Hyde Park London

Hyde Park London Wallpapers

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando: is a theme park, and marine-life based zoological park, near Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group. When combined with its neighbor Discovery Cove and the Aquatica waterpark, it forms a larger entertainment complex devoted to Earth's oceans and the array of life that inhabits them. In 2010, SeaWorld Orlando hosted an estimated 5.1 million guests, ranking it the ninth-most visited amusement park in the United States. However, SeaWorld's owners have challenged the estimated figures in the past; in 2007, the estimate was 5.8 million guests, while the park's internal data, normally not released to the public, was closer to 6.2 million guests.

SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando, Florida

SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando Theme Park

SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando Wallpapers

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

San Diego Zoo Safari Park: formerly known as the San Diego Wild Animal Park, is a 1,800 acres (730 ha) zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. It is one of the largest tourist attractions in San Diego County. The park houses a large array of wild and endangered animals including species from the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Australia. The park is in a semi-arid environment and one of its most notable features is the Africa Tram which explores the expansive African exhibits. These free-range enclosures house such animals as antelopes, giraffes, buffalo, cranes, and rhinos. The park is also noted for its California condor breeding program, the most successful such program in the United States.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California

San Diego Wild Animal Park

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

San Diego Wild Animal Park

San Diego Zoo Safari Park Wallpapers

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Ferrari Theme Park

Ferrari Theme Park:The iconic roof of Ferrari World was designed by Benoy Architects. It is modelled after the side profile of a Ferrari GT. Ramboll provided the structural engineering, masterplanning and urban design, geotechnical engineering and the façade engineering. The roof has a total surface area of 200,000 m2 (2,152,782 sq ft) with a perimeter of 2,200 m (7,218 ft). The theme park, measuring 86,000 m2 (925,696 sq ft), is located under this 50 m (164 ft) high roof. These factors make Ferrari World the largest indoor theme park in the world. A Ferrari logo adorns the roof of the building and measures 65 m (213 ft) by 48.5 m (159.1 ft) - the largest Ferrari logo ever created. 12,370 tonnes of steel has been used to support this roof. The centre of the roof is marked by a 100 m (328 ft)} glazed funnel.

Ferrari Theme Park

Ferrari Theme Amusement Park

Ferrari Theme Park

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi

Ferrari World

Ferrari World Wallpapers

Friday, 31 August 2012

Ferrari World

Ferrari World: is a Ferrari themed amusement park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The park is the resort covers an area of 30,080 acres (12,173 ha; 47 sq mi) and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels including a campground, two spas and physical fitness centers, five golf courses, and other recreational venues and entertainment. The central park is situated under a 200,000 m2 (2,152,782 sq ft)[2] roof making it the largest indoor amusement park in the world. Ferrari World officially opened on 4 November 2010. The theme park is home to Formula Rossa, the world's fastest roller coaster.