The Best Travel Photos Of 2016 Are An Adventurer's Dream

• West Bengal, India
  
  Abhijit Banerjee
  "Every year in the month of January few lacks of devotee come to Gangasagar fair in West Bengal. It is the second largest fair of India. Captured the devotees while they worship sun just after their bath."
  
  
• Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
  
  Adriano Neves
  "The 'Cuernos del Paine' mountain range reflected over the glacial waters of lake Nordenskj in 'Torres del Paine' National Park... Or perhaps a vision of Eden's Gardens?"
  
  
• Bryce Amphitheater, Utah
  
  Anasuya Mandal
  "The hoodoos of the Bryce Amphitheater glistened as the golden rays of the sun illuminated them, while the vista took my breath away."
  
  
• Vesturhorn, Iceland
  
  Nick Kontostavlakis
  "Iceland is one of my favorite destinations,for several reasons. The most important is the unique atmosphere and the strong feelings caused by the beautiful landscape which constantly changes as you drive around the country."
  
  
• West Pier, England
  
  Ralph Graef
  "Brighton, West Pier."
  
  
• Bernese Alps, Switzerland
  
  Simone Cmoon
  "Two thousand, one hundred and seventy-six meters above the sea. Berner Alpen, Switzerland. It was a very hard and dangerous way to this beautiful place: Climbing and walking up and down mountains. One time I had to take my dog into my backpack to climb down a wall. We were 36 hours on the road with heavy backpacks, only two hours sleep, I'm very happy that we arrived back alive (first time we did such a crazy spontaneously trip) and I am happy that I have seen this wonderful nature."
  
  
• Sanur Beach, Indonesia
  
  Tan Jia Yi
  "I fell in love with photography five years ago, initially shooting portraiture and landscape until I discovered the minimalism art/ long exposure technique 3 years ago. The distilled, condensed quality of sourcing the art form into the chosen frame, stripped off the nonessential bring to focus a beauty that's mysterious, abstract, contemplative and otherworldly. This shot was taken in Bali before the daybreak. In the face of such palpable stillness, it's the mystery of silence that speaks to our innermost self..."
  
  
• South China
  
  Tugo Cheng
  "A fisherman is farming the sea in between the bamboo rods constructed for aquaculture off the coast in southern China."
  
  
• U Bein Bridge, Myanmar
  
  Lesley Hall
  "Taken at the U Bein Bridge in Myanmar, taken from a boat on Taungthaman Lake."
  
  
• Sorško polje, Slovenia
  
  
  
  

eddie wrote:Wow. I will never get to travel to all those places and I'd love to.

Imagine the job of being a photographer for National Geographical.... "Edds you're going to Bali to take some pics of some sand and stuff..."

Me: OKAY!

Didge wrote:I agree, and to be honest I did not know they were still producing the magazine itself, but thought they were just online now