Lençóis Maranhenses National Park Maranhão in Brazil

Over on Brazil's North Atlantic coast, you'll track down an apparently interminable stretch of white sand ridges. Covering an area of 598 square miles (1,550sq km), this plain springs to life among May and September when water streams through the scene and structures huge number of occasional purplish blue pools and lakes. A heaven for untamed life, this powerful scene draws in an abundance of creatures, including 42 types of reptile.