Bolivia is one of the greenest countries and tropical heavens of South America, but it still makes for a great sandboarding destination. Even though it does not have any real desert, the Lomas de Arena ("sand hills") near Santa Cruz are a very popular tourist destination where this activity can…
From July 07 to 10, the emblematic event of the city of Hirschau Germany, the sandboarding competition SANDSPIRIT will be held. Its location is the Monte Kaolino vacation center, a place with an artificial dune with more than 50 years of history, where the first skiers tested their skis to…
Finding food in the desert is more difficult than in any other environment, especially in hot sandy deserts like the Sahara. If you are planning a hiking trip to the desert, it's best to think ahead and bring your own food. But if you find yourself in a desert survival…
Canada is well-known for having a cold climate, so you may be surprised to find out that there are deserts in Canada, albeit a unconventional. In fact, many of the desert-like regions you'll find in the country are not dry enough to qualify as "true" deserts, but you will still…
The Great Basin National Park is a United States National Park established in 1986, located in east-central Nevada near its border with Utah, five miles west of the town of Baker. It is located in the Great Basin Desert, the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains and the largest of the…
Given the great vastness of the US territory we can find within it desert or semi-desert areas, mainly located in the south-western area. There are four main deserts, ranging all the way from the southern border with Mexico to the states of Oregon and Idaho in the north: the Mojave…
A list of beach and desert sand dunes in the USA by state. Where are the best sand dunes you can find in the US?
What is sand art? The term "sand art" can refer to different types of arts and crafts created with sand, such as that which you find at the beach. Sand sculpting, sand painting and sand bottle art are all forms of sand art. The most common form of sand art…
Desert racing is a variant of off-road racing practiced in a desert environment, which is characterized by harsh, hostile terrains and extreme hot, dry weather. It is an extreme motorsport that can be practiced on four-wheeled such as UTVs, ATVs, dune buggies, rock crawlers, or two-wheeled off road vehicles like…
Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. It may sound surprising, for people tend to only consider hot deserts filled with sand dunes and camels, but technically any territory with low precipitation classifies as a desert - including polar and cold deserts. In fact, the Antarctic and Arctic deserts…
