5 of the World’s Most Spectacular National Parks

The best way to experience what our planet was like before modern humans began to dramatically change the landscape is to go where the wilderness is. There are more than 200,000 protected areas across the globe that, as of mid-2021, covered 16.64 percent of the land and 7.74 percent of oceans.

These national parks exemplify the spectacular beauty of Earth’s wildlands.

Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland

Earth before humans is hard to imagine. There aren’t many places on our planet one can go and not encounter people or evidence of them. Northeast Greenland National Park is one of the last places where a vast area of true wilderness still exists.

The world’s biggest national park and protected area, Greenland…