If travel broadens our horizons and horror heightens our senses, the two combined pack a powerful punch. Looking for an adventure this year? Look no further.
In 1942, a forest ranger hiking near India’s Roopkund Lake, perched some 5,029m in the Himalayas, stumbled across a startling discovery: the shallow, glacial lake was surrounded by human skeletons.
Snake Island, as it’s called, is home to an estimated 4,000 venomous Bothrops insularis, also known as golden lanceheads, a critically endangered species that got trapped on the island when rising sea levels covered up the land that connected it to the mainland.
Visiting Brazil’s Ilha da Queimada Grande is forbidden. That’s because the island, located 33km off the state of Sao Paulo, is swarming with venomous snakes.