The most dangerous places in the world

Julia Orłowska
Feb 27, 2023
1 min read

1. Road Of Death

The Yungas Road is a 60 km cycle route, that links La Paz and the Yungas region of Bolivia. The road owes a nickname to its steep slopes, single narrow track, and lack of guardrails, which caused 209 accidents and 96 people deaths per year.

2. Ilha da Queimada Grande

Access to this island has only the Brazilian Navy and selected scientists from Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. This is, because of occurring on the island snakes Bothrops insularis, which are one of the most venomous snakes in Latin America.

3. Lake Natron

This lake in the north Ngorongoro District of the Arusha Region in Tanzania looks and acts like a lake made of fire. There are high amounts of sodium carbonate decahydrate in it, but small amounts of magnesium and calcium. This results in a pH level of over 12, which means the water is corrosive to human skin and eyes.

4. Oymyakon

This small village in Russia is hard to live in, because of the extremely freezing climate. The temperatures drop there to even -40 degrees Celsius. Hence, nothing can grow there. Local people can't plant any vegetables or fruit.

Source: https://www.travelandleisureasia.com/in/places/oymyakon-russia/

5. Death Valley

The temperatures in this USA desert are extremely high-50 degrees Celsius and air humidity-1%, which makes this place awful for even staying there for a moment.