The Most Beautiful Natural Attractions in Southeast Asia

Asia Attractions
4 min readApr 20, 2017

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When talking about natural wonders, you can’t miss southeastern land of Asia. A year travelling round might won’t be enough to discover every single part of the lands. Here, we narrow down the list of Southeast asia attractions that must be visited at least once in your lifetime, especially for those who love the beauty of lovely small islands. Check it out!

Coron, Palawan Islands, Philippines

Coron, Palawan Island, Philippines — image by pinterest

Arriving in the Coron, you can enjoy the view of the magnificent lime stones formed 260 million years ago. Come into a deeper part of the islands, you can find 2 cleanest lakes in Philippines, Lake Kayangan and Lake Barracuda. However, you can also discover the indigenous Calamian Tagbanuas, who believe and keep the sacred lake for spirit dwelling that forming the reef and coral formation underwater. The people live in modesty to keep their ancestral domain naturally clean.

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

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While enjoying your boat trip along Ha Long Bay, you can see the gorgeous karst mountain scenery as a background. As one of the most popular tourist destination in Vietnam, Ha Long Bay offers you a 1,600 limestone karst mountain and islets surrounded by clear water features a wide range of bio diversity. It’s a real nature experience. You can reach this location by bus after 170 km drive from Hanoi.

Koh Rong Island, Cambodia

Koh Rong Island, Cambodia — image by http://www.kohrongislandcambodia.com

Koh Rong island is the second biggest island in Cambodia that offers several beautiful beaches. On the southwestern part of the island, you can find 5-km white sandy beach untouched. Move to the southernmost cove, there is Long Set beach where the white beach met a plenty of coconuts, mangoes, cashews trees planted by the farmer. The best place to enjoy the sunbathing time. The beaches on Koh Rong Saloem also invite so many tourists as one of favorite spot for diving and snorkeling. It’s not surprising if this is one of the best Southeast Asia attractions.

Phi Phi Island, Thailand

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Have you watch The Beach movie of Leonardo D’caprio? Here is the superstar of Thailand attractions, Phi Phi Island, located 45-minutes speedboat trip from Phuket and Krabi. Phi Phi Islands has a total of six islands. The best thing after visiting this place is that you can enjoy your time outs because there are no human inhabitants in the biggest island, Phi Phi Leh. You can enjoy the beautiful bays and beaches with rich marine life surrounded by stunning rock formations. While in the second biggest island, Phi Phi Don, you will able to stay on the shores.

Raja Ampat Island, Indonesia

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The other Southeast Asia attractions are in this country. Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands and Raja Ampat island is located in one of the biggest island called Papua Islands. Diving in the crystal clear water is the main attraction in Raja Ampat where you can discover the underwater habitats that reported for having around 75% of species in the world. Or you can track around the islands to visit waterfalls or caves. You can also hike up on the small islands and view the surroundings.You will able to catch an extra ordinary scenery where the green island meet the clear blue water and white sandy beaches.

However, the list above can be objectively different from your own perspective. If yes, what is your recommendation of natural landmark to be the next most beautiful Southeast Asia Attractions ?

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