VACATION IDEAS: NATURE PHOTOS

35 Most Travel-Inspiring Nature Photos

Where do you go to get away from it all? A quiet Costa Rican beach? Or maybe a Hawaiian jungle? We put that question to readers and their answers took our breath away.

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"Giant lily pads, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam."
(Courtesy mistydawn/myBudgetTravel)
"This photo was taken in Costa Rica at the La Fortuna Waterfall. You could swim right there if you wanted and we saw someone doing it while I was taking this shot."
(Courtesy jaimiegrill/myBudgetTravel)
"One of my favorite places in New York City, Central Park is the perfect place to escape!"
(Courtesy knicks/myBudgetTravel)
"I took this photo with my old Canon F1 while in Moorea on a tour boat on an especially amazing day. Sometimes I torture myself at the office and use this as my screensaver..."
(Courtesy andreahumm/myBudgetTravel)
"When I want to get away from it all, travelling by boat on the Peruvian Amazon is the place for me."
(Courtesy jfenson/myBudgetTravel)
"For me, there is nothing more relaxing than a late afternoon mokoro ride in the Okavango Delta, Botswana."
(Courtesy jfenson/myBudgetTravel)
"The Pisgah Forest and the Davidson River that runs through it offer wonderful recreation and relaxationopportunites in Brevard, North Carolina, just a few minutes from the heart of town."
(Courtesy beaconsreach/myBudgetTravel)
"Taken on the picture-perfect island of Caye Caulker, Belize, this photo captures the "Go Slow" motto of the island."
(Courtesy DoubleA/myBudgetTravel)
"The Monoa Falls Hike, set back in the jungles of Oahu, Hawaii."
(Courtesy bafowler/myBudgetTravel)
"Beautiful mountains near the town of Vang Vieng in Laos."
(Courtesy joe8211943/myBudgetTravel)
"Black water reflection in Tortuguero, Costa Rica."
(Courtesy jfenson/myBudgetTravel)
The Grand Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park with Mt. Moran reflected in a small pond near Jenny Lake at the base of the mountain range.
(Courtesy kennethdiluigi/myBudgetTravel)
"Morning in Coastal Georgia."
(Courtesy Ronny/myBudgetTravel)
"Driving through Glencoe, Scotland."
(Courtesy Rosemary Debiak/myBudgetTravel)
"Cuyabeno Park, Amazonic jungle, Ecuador."
(Courtesy maygp001/myBudgetTravel)
"Out for a walk on Flamenco Beach..."
(Courtesy sburakowski/myBudgetTravel)
"Relections of Hallett's Peak, Tyndall Glacier, and Flattop Mountain in Lake Bierstadt in Rocky Mountain National Park."
(Courtesy mmiwig/myBudgetTravel)
"After a day of chasing monkeys and iguanas through the coastal jungle, I got to relax on this gorgeous beach in Quespos, Costa Rica! True bliss...."
(Courtesy hoboannie/myBudgetTravel)
"Death Valley."
(Courtesy horbinsr/myBudgetTravel)
"Church in a clearing at the base of the Dolomites in the Italian Alps."
(Courtesy kennethdiluigi/myBudgetTravel)
"Meditation Time: Early morning in Bali."
(Courtesy travduo/myBudgetTravel)
"Being one with the elements, Condado Beach, Puerto Rico."
(Courtesy LatinAmerica41/myBudgetTravel)
"Relaxation."
(Courtesy lsf21/myBudgetTravel)
"A glance out of the windows in Neuschwanstein revealed ominous clouds gathering around the peaks of the Bavarian Alps."
(Courtesy acpatel714 /myBudgetTravel)
"Relaxation washing over me; Los Cabos vacation."
(Courtesy jmeybaum/myBudgetTravel)
"Relaxation in Punta Chivato, Mexico."
(Courtesy perrishoe/myBudgetTravel)
"Castle Neuschwanstein against the Alps."
(Courtesy gikltd/myBudgetTravel)
"Ultimate relaxation in CocoCay, Bahamas."
(Courtesy robandmarianne/myBudgetTravel)
"Anna in the BVIs"
(Courtesy rickandkira/myBudgetTravel)
"Pure relaxation."
(Courtesy jek6/myBudgetTravel)
"Keys to relaxation, Florida Keys."
(Courtesy tellthe2th/myBudgetTravel)
"Entrance to Peace, Relaxation and GOLF!! Carnegie Abbey, Rhode Island."
(Courtesy amherst1/myBudgetTravel)
"Iguazu Falls is absolutely amazing!The park itself on the Argentine side is very large and needs a day to walk and see everything - lots of trail and different views of all the falls."
(Courtesy wylene11/myBudgetTravel)
"Kauai."
(Courtesy Michael.Baker/myBudgetTravel)
"Time to relax, Washington State lake."
(Courtesy travduo/myBudgetTravel)