Western Asia
Lebanon
The top 5 natural landmarks of Lebanon — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
Asia
CavesJeita Grotto
Keserwan
The Jeita Grotto (Arabic: مغارة جعيتا) is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres (5.6 mi). The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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Two vast limestone caverns with the world's largest stalactite.
ForestsCedars of God
Bsharri
The Cedars of God (Arabic: أرز الربّ, romanized: Arz el-Rab, lit. 'Cedars of the Lord') is a forest in the Kadisha Valley of Bsharre, Lebanon. It is a vestige of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar that thrived across Mount Lebanon in antiquity.
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An ancient grove of the famous Lebanese cedar trees.
WaterfallsBaatara Gorge
Tannourine
The Baatara gorge sinkhole (Baatara gorge waterfall) is a waterfall in the Batroun district of Lebanon near the village of Chatine in the town of Tannourine. The waterfall drops 255 metres (837 ft) into the Balaa Pothole, a cave of Jurassic limestone located on the Lebanon Mountain Trail.
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A waterfall plunging through three natural stone bridges.
CanyonsQadisha Valley
North Lebanon
Kadisha Valley (Arabic: وادي قاديشا / وادي قديشا, romanized: Wādi Qadīšā / Wādi Qādīšā), also romanized as the Qadisha Valley and also known as the Kadisha Gorge or Wadi Kadisha (French: Ouadi Qadisha), is a gorge that lies within the Bsharri and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon.
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A deep holy gorge of cliffs, caves and hermitages.
LakesQaraoun Lake
Beqaa
The country's largest lake, set in the fertile Beqaa Valley.
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The country's largest lake, set in the fertile Beqaa Valley.