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Monday newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature\u00a0top 10 travel lists<\/a>\u00a0to inspire.<\/p>\n

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Today (August 10, 2015):\u00a0Top 10 most spectacular National Parks in the world.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n

The first national park\u00a0was founded in 1872, when US President Ulysses S. Grant signed a pact,\u00a0establishing Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Wyoming “as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people” and placed it “under exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior”. The idea quickly spread,\u00a0and today,\u00a0there are more than 1,000 national parks\u00a0in over 100 nations, protecting sites of dazzling natural beauty, geographic wonders, and unique flora and fauna, that are\u00a0open to the public and not altered by man.\u00a0Though beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I hereby present you my\u00a0selection of the world’s most magnificent national parks (those that impressed me\u00a0the most during my\u00a0extensive travels around\u00a0the globe).<\/p>\n

There is more information below the slide show.\u00a0Think I\u00a0missed one? Share your favorite National Park\u00a0in the\u00a0comments section<\/strong>, or take my\u00a0poll\u00a0<\/strong>below!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10. CANAIMA NATIONAL PARK, VENEZUALA<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Canaima National Park is spread over 3 million ha in south-eastern Venezuela along the border between Guyana and Brazil. The majority\u00a0of the park’s surface is covered by table mountains (tepui) which form a fabulous\u00a0landscape of sheer cliffs and waterfalls. The tepuis are of great geological interest as they represen\u00a0unique biogeological entities. Canaima is also home to Angels Falls, which is\u00a0the world\u2019s highest waterfall (979 m or 3211 ft). The falls are named after Jimmy Angel, an American bush pilot and gold-hunting adventurer, who discovered the in 1937. The height of the falls is so great that before getting anywhere near the ground, the water is atomized by the strong winds and turned into mist.<\/p>\n