Burning Man, The Black Rock Desert, Nevada, 2024
So, you’ve been to some music festivals and now want to go to Burning Man? Throw away all your previous perceptions as this is considered a city, rather than a festival, with an…
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So, you’ve been to some music festivals and now want to go to Burning Man? Throw away all your previous perceptions as this is considered a city, rather than a festival, with an…
In the past year, nature travel has become a top trend, with Pinterest searches for “nature travel” up 88%, and Airbnb reporting a 539% year-over-year increase…
From the 7 to the 11 November the talk of Las Vegas, Nevada is bull, bull, bull, because the Professional Bull Riders World Finals is in state. Billed by the…
On a week’s trip to Reno Nevada, James Clark samples a taste of the Wild West, falls in love with Lake Tahoe and finds himself in some deep water. The…
To mark International Literacy Day on 8th September, we round up 12 top destinations for bookworms. From the famed residence of Edgar Allen Poe in Baltimore to Peru’s 60th anniversary…
With the popularity of walking and trekking holidays on the rise this year, there has never been a better time for hiking enthusiasts to visit Nevada. There are walks for…
Famed for its mountains, vast deserts and lakes, Nevada is a stunningly scenic state to visit. Its capital city is Carson City. Its largest city is Las Vegas.
Las Vegas is renowned worldwide with various nicknames, such as Sin City and America’s Playground. It is on the edge of the vast Mojave Desert which has 2,000 species of plants. Las Vegas is not known for its plant life however, but for its gambling, shows, hotels and restaurants. Groups of fun loving tourists go there throughout the year to party. Some hotels and casinos offer free food and drink if you know where to look. Buffets offering sushi, shrimps and Thai food are particularly popular.
Death Valley National Park is a must for the traveller. Straddling California and Nevada it is over 5,000 square miles in size. Reputedly one of the hottest places in the world at the height of summer, the national park attracts over one million visitors a year. It has one of the highest points in the USA in Mount Whitney, at over 14,000 feet and also the lowest in the USA in Badwater Basin at 282 feet below sea level.
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake, known for the clarity of its water. At an elevation of over 6,000 feet, the scenery is stunning. The second deepest lake in the USA, it is situated in the Sierra Nevada mountains, close to Carson City. Formed over two million years ago during the Ice Age, it is surrounded by beautiful mountain ranges and forests. Travellers visit throughout the year as, apart from the summer sports available, the winter offers excellent skiing.