Beaverton is a city in northwestern Oregon, located just west of Portland in the Tualatin Valley. The community combines a developed urban center with wetlands, creeks, parks, and areas of remaining farmland. Its position between the Coast Range and the Portland metropolitan area has made Beaverton both a residential community and an important employment center.
Erg Chigaga is a remote field of large sand dunes in southeastern Morocco, extending across the Sahara near M'Hamid El Ghizlane in the Drâa Valley. It is one of the country’s largest dune areas, with sand ridges spread across a broad desert landscape far from major settlements. Some dunes rise to around 60 metres, while the surrounding terrain alternates between sand, gravel plains, and dry desert vegetation.
Phinda Private Game Reserve is a protected wildlife area in northern KwaZulu-Natal, within the broader Zululand region near the Indian Ocean coast. Its landscape is unusually varied for a single reserve, combining dry sand forest, open grassland, woodland, wetlands, and low mountain ranges
Fiji, a tropical haven in the heart of the South Pacific, is made up of over 330 islands, each with its own distinct character. The islands boast lush rainforests, soaring mountains, and white sandy beaches, offering a wide range of activities, from kayaking through calm lagoons and paddleboarding along scenic coastlines to zip-lining through lush rainforests and hiking across mountainous terrain.
One of the four islands that make up the British Virgin Islands, Jost van Dyke is a Caribbean paradise known for its white sand beaches, turquoise sea pools, and marinas filled with yachts.