More and more people are travelling nowadays and to popular touristy areas and such. However, there are some strange places around the world that are forbidden for people to visit which just makes you want to visit them even more. Since you can’t, we can tell you about them here.
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Snake Island, Brazil
The first place on our list is Snake Island in Brazil. It is probably easy to know why it is forbidden to visit this island. Snake Island, also known as Ilha da Queimada Grande, is situated off the coast of Brazil and is full of endangered snakes. To protect the snakes, their habitat, and people, it is forbidden to tour the island.
North Sentinel Island
The next place on this list is also an island. This one is found in the Bay of Bengal and is home to the Sentinelese Indigenous people. The Sentinelese people are one of the last populations left on earth to have not met the modern world.
The reason it is forbidden to visit this island is that the population are known to greet outsiders with violence, but also to protect the population from foreign diseases.
Lascaux Caves, France
The Lascaux Caves situated in Montignac, France are home to an incredible collection of original cave paintings. The caves are only allowed to be visited by researchers in order to protect the ancient paintings. An exact replica of the cave was created around 600 feet from the original cave and is called Lascaux II.
Doomsday Vault, Norway
The Doomsday Vault in Norway is actually called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It was nicknamed the doomsday vault as it contains millions of seeds in case the human race ever faces an ‘apocalypse’ and needs to restore the world’s vegetation.
The vault is situated high above sea level in the Norwegian mountains and can withstand earthquakes and explosions. The vault is built to last 200 years and it is pretty obvious why no one unauthorised is allowed to enter.
Surtsey Island, Iceland
Surtsey Island is one of the youngest islands in the world. It formed during a volcanic eruption which lasted from 1963 to 1967. The reason why it is forbidden to visit this island is that it is being used for scientific research and they want the island’s ecosystems to develop without human interference.
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