Where are canyons located? There are beautiful canyons in almost every country in this world. But the remarkable ones are of common interest for people. As canyons do offer some of the most dramatic landscapes on earth. The sheer size and hidden beauty beneath the ground attract millions of people every year.
Copper Canyon
There are several networks of canyons in Copper Canyon. Accumulating all these canyons together it is quite many times larger than the Grand Canyon (the top one in our list of largest canyons). There is a very famous way of visiting the amazing canyon. A ride on the “Chihuahua al Pacifico” railway will take you over 37 bridges and through 86 tunnels. While above 2,400 meters high from the sea level, you will definitely get a whole spectacular view of the canyon below.
Samaria Gorge
The 16-kilometer long Samariá Gorge is the greener one in this list. The canyon is located on the southwest Crete. Because of the amazing green surface, the total area is extremely popular for walking. Every year more than a quarter-million people do so in this place.
It will take almost four to seven hours to pass through forests of ancient cypresses and pines. Then you will be guided to cut deep between vertical cliffs through the mountains to emerge at Agia Roumeli on the Libyan sea. Here at this point of your amazing journey, you can choose either to sail the nearby village of Hora Sfakion.
Antelope Canyon
The Antelope Canyon, with its graceful curves in the rock and glowing orange and purple colors, it is probably the most-photographed sandstone slot on earth. There are two most important photogenic canyons here namely – Upper and lower Antelope. These canyons here are so narrow in places that you can easily stretch out your arms and touch both sides. But remember there are dangerous areas in the canyon. In 1997 a flash flood swept into Lower Antelope and killed 11 tourists that time.
Fish River Canyon
The Fish River Canyon is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Namibia. The Canyon is absolutely magnificent and breathtaking in its immensity. There is a 160-kilometer gigantic ravine in the canyon which is up to 27 km wide. Some of the places here are around 550 meters deep. As the Fish River was damned long before, it only contains a small amount of running water through the canyon.
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon is located on the western side of Kauai. Undoubtedly it is the largest canyon in the Pacific. But the prolific characteristics of this amazing canyon is its colorful nature. Thousands of years ago there were rivers those flowed from Mount Waialeale. While flowing at the center of the Island, they created these curves 1100 meter deep. The canyon is 16 kilometer in length and 1.6 kilometers in width.
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Tiger Leaping Gorge is located on the Yangtze River in southwestern China. The canyon is about 15 kilometers long and it passes through a series of rapids surrounded by mountains. Both sides sharply rise around 3 kilometers above the river. Imagine what great beauty can lie there in this famous deepest canyon in the world. The narrowest point in this Canyon is just 30 meters wide.
Grand Canyon
Here comes the actual grand one. The Grand Canyon is located in northern Arizona and undoubtedly this is one of the greatest travel destinations in the United States of America. Carved over several million years by the Colorado River, it attains a depth of over 1.6 kilometers and 446 km long.
