Cape York Peninsula, Australia
From series “15 Sparsely Populated Places for Solitude with Wildlife”
As for areas that people have already discovered, there has left sevaral places that are inhabited. The places where you can stay along and to adore with the nature beauty. One of such places is Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Its 137 000 square kilometers area is covered with wild tropical forests. This huge territory is a home for less than 18 000 people and most of them are Australian aborigines.
This picturesque peninsula attracts researchers and tourists from the whole world. In these tropical wet forests, you can see various species of eucalyptus and even more a lot of rare plants. Iron Range is one of the richest regions with endemic plants. There you can find about 1 000 species of plants, 100 of which are quite rare. These awesome tropics is a home for butterflies. One more peculiarity of tropics is a numerous species of orchids.
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