U.K. National Parks pics

U.K. National Parks pics

Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales

Photograph by Nick Turner, Alamy

At Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Wales, hikers navigate a rocky gorge in the park’s Waterfall Country, which features steep, wooded gorges—with falling water from the Mellte, Hepste, and Nedd Fechan Rivers—and plenty of opportunities for exploration along local trails.

Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales

Photograph by Stephen Dorey, Alamy

A narrow boat negotiates the Brynich Lock on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in Brecon Beacons National Park. Public boat trips and canoeing are among the activities available in and around the canal, once an industrial artery that now runs through the center of the modern park.

Cairngorms National Park, Scotland

Photograph by Ashley Cooper, Aurora

Hikers cross a snowy plateau in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland’s high country. The largest national park in Great Britain, Cairngorms is Scotland’s skiing center, featuring four of its five highest peaks.

Cairngorms National Park, Scotland

Photograph by Photolibrary

A female snow bunting shelters from the wind behind an ice-encrusted boulder in Cairngorms National Park. The park is home to 25 percent of the U.K.’s threatened birds, animals, and plants.

Source http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/parks/uk-national-parks-photos/