Ollantaytambo, elevated view, Sacred Valley, Cusco Region, Peru, South America

Racchi village near Chinchero with distant views of Andes mountains, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Phutuq K'usi (Putucusi) mountain by Urubamba River seen from the trail to Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Aerial view of the Monastery of Gouverneto on the Akrotiri Peninsula near Chania, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

View of Golden Temple (Kinkaku-ji) (Temple of the Golden Pavilion), UNESCO, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

View of Fushimi InariShrne at dusk, Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Archaeological site of Chinchero and Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Natividad Church, Chinchero, Sacred Valley, Urubamba Province, Cusco (Cuzco) Region, Peru, South America

Landmark Otori gate in sea at high tide, Torii Gate of Miyajima, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

View from Cheli La Pass of Bhutan's most sacred mountain, Mount Jhomolhari, 7314m, Himalayas, Bhutan, Asia

Mountains in Sacred Valley as seen from Huayllabamba viewpoint, Sacred Valley, Urubamba Province, Cusco Region, Peru, South America

Mountains in Sacred Valley as seen from Huayllabamba viewpoint, Sacred Valley, Urubamba Province, Cusco Region, Peru, South America

View of Kiyomizu-dera Niomon Gate at Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

View of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari Shrine at dusk, Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Snow capped mountains in the Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

View over Salinas de Maras village, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Taktsang Palphug Monastery (Tiger's Nest monastery), a prominent sacred Buddhist site clinging to rock at 3120 metres, Bhutan, Himalayas, Asia

Chuzenjiko Onsen below Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Mountains in Sacred Valley as seen from Huayllabamba viewpoint, Sacred Valley, Urubamba Province, Cusco Region, Peru, South America

Pisaq Ruins from a distance, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pushkar Lake and bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Prayer flags and sacred site overlooking the town of Bayanbulak, Xinjiang Province, China, Asia

Chuzenjiko Onsen below Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Terraces and ruins at archaeological site at Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq scenery, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pushkar Lake and bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

View from Cheli La Pass of Bhutan's most sacred mountain, Mount Jhomolhari, 7314m, Himalayas, Bhutan, Asia

Pisaq Ruins from a distance, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pushkar Lake and bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Te Waikoropupu Springs (Pupu Springs), Spring sacred to the Maoris, Golden Bay, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Pisaq Ruins from a distance, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pushkar Lake and bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Pisaq scenery, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq from a distance, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pagoda on the top of a sacred mountain, Qingchengshan, Sichuan, China, Asia

Mountains near Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Terraces in Pisaq, Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru, South America

Pushkar Lake and bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Pushkar Lake and bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Pisaq Ruins, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pisaq from a distance, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Buildings in Pisaq, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Pushkar Lake and bathing ghats, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Quechua family of the president of the Amaru Community, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Sacred Tibetan Yamdrok Tso Lake (Yamzho Yumco) with mountains in background beside the Friendship Highway, Tibet, China, Asia

Horses roaming free, Wutaishan (Five Terrace Mountain) one of China's sacred Buddhist mountain ranges, Shanxi province, China, Asia

Sacred Valley of the Inca, Urubamba, Peru, South America

National Park, Thingvellir, Iceland.

Sunrise on a monastery stupa and prayer flags on Yedou Peak, 3058m, at Wutaishan (Five Terrace Mountain) one of China's sacred Buddhist mountain ranges, Shanxi province, China, Asia

The sacred waterfall of Riandahy in Andringitra National Park in southern Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

Gurla mandata. Tibet. Symbolizing interpenetration of phenomena, sacred sites in tibet often places where male female elements in landscape joined-a mountain a lake, example

Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary. Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain range near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni (1,236 m), Montgrós (1,120 m) and Miranda de les Agulles (903 m). It is well known as the site of the Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary. Montserrat literally means "saw (serrated, like the common handsaw) mountain" in Catalan. It describes its peculiar aspect with multitude of rock formations which are visible from a great distance. The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock. Montserrat was designated as a National Park in 1987. On this mountain we will have access to the Monastery of Montserrat which houses the virgin that gives its name to the monastery, although it is also known as La Moreneta

Souvenir shop on the top of Cerro de Monserrate, next Santuario del Senor de Monserrate, Church, Bogota, Colombia

La Ken La pass or Laken pass at 5190 metres on the road to remote Nam Tso Lake Tibet. Namtso Lake Tibet China. Prayer flags next to the base of Mount Nyenchen Tanglha 7111 meters high, Tibet China. One of the holy mountains for Tibetans. The Nyenchen Tanglha is the highest peak of the Nyainqentanglha mountain. It is located near Lhasa, on the Qinghai-Tibet paved road. It is surrounded by grassy plains from Damshung to the south and to the picturesque sacred Nam Tso Lake (4,700 m, one of the largest lakes in the world) in the north.

Namtso lake or Nam tso lake in Tibet China. Nam Tso Lake is the second largest lake in Tibet, and one of the most famous places on the "Roof of the World". The lake itself is located at an altitude of 4,718 m, and has an area of 1,920 km². This lake is the largest of the lakes in the Tibet Autonomous Region, although it is not the largest on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, a title that belongs to Lake Qinghai, more than twice the area of Namtso, which is more than 1,000 km, in the northeast, in Qinghai province.

La Ken La pass or Laken pass at 5190 metres on the road to remote Nam Tso Lake Tibet. Namtso Lake Tibet China. Prayer flags next to the base of Mount Nyenchen Tanglha 7111 meters high, Tibet China. One of the holy mountains for Tibetans. The Nyenchen Tanglha is the highest peak of the Nyainqentanglha mountain. It is located near Lhasa, on the Qinghai-Tibet paved road. It is surrounded by grassy plains from Damshung to the south and to the picturesque sacred Nam Tso Lake (4,700 m, one of the largest lakes in the world) in the north.

Skyline, downtown, from Montserrate hill or cerro de Montserrate, Bogota, Colombia

Santuario del Senor de Monserrate, people praying to Morena virgin from Montserrat or Moreneta, Church, Bogota, Colombia

Women cooking, restaurant, typical Colombian gastronomy, Street food, on the top of Cerro de Monserrate, next Santuario del Senor de Monserrate, Bogota, Colombia

Skyline, from Montserrate hill or cerro de Montserrate, Bogota, Colombia

Skyline, downtown, from Montserrate hill or cerro de Montserrate, Bogota, Colombia

Cerro de Guadalupe, from Cerro de Monserrate, Bogota, Colombia

Skyline, from Montserrate hill or cerro de Montserrate, Bogota, Colombia

Agricultural fields around the village of Moray and the Andes Mountains rising above Sacred Valley, Peru.

Ship Rock Mountain Shiprock NM

cast iron statues of temple guardians, Taoist Zhong Yue Temple, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

traders sellers, along the path, tourists in sedan chairs, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, Wudangshan, Mount Wudang, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China, Asia

Taichi teacher with hair pinned up with a pen, Wudang School of Martial Arts, Purple Cloud Temple, Zi Xiao Gong, Mount Wudang, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, Wudangshan, Mount Wudang, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China

kitchen, outdoor, Shaolin monastery, known for Shaolin boxing, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

Abbot with peacock feather, Shi Neng Xiu of Santa Monastery, Wutai Shan, Buddhist holy Mountain, Shanxi province, China, Asia

Master demonstrates Taichi movements, in front of his old house below the peak, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, Wudangshan, Mount Wudang, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China, Asia

Stairs to Pusa Ding temple, White Pagoda, Xiantong Temple in the background, during birthday celebrations for Wenshu, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

pilgrims burn incense sticks and candles, main hall, fire, red, Wannian monastery and temple, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

Monks in Pusa Ding temple at morning prayer, Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

Wannian monastery and temple, brick hall with Buddha riding a white elephant, China, Asia, Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, Emeishan, Mount Emei, World Heritage, UNESCO

monk meditating in lotus position, sunrise, Golden Hall, Jindian Gong, peak 1613 metres high, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, Wudangshan, Mount Wudang, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China, Asia

Buddha statue in Manjushri Temple, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

Three of the eight immortals of Taoism, Wudang summit 1613 metres high, Mount Wudang, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, Wudangshan, Mount Wudang, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China

Porter, incense burner, Tianchi Monastery, Bodhisvattva Kshitigarbha, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

young boy at breakfast, one of many new Kung Fu schools in Dengfeng, near Shaolin, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

Taichi master and monk demonstrating a ritual sword fight, Tianzhu feng temple, Mount Wudang, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China

Prayer, pilgrims, Wannian monastery and temple, World Heritage Site, UNESCO, China, Asia

class, Buddhist College at Ganlu Temple, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

stone engraving of the five original sacred mountains, four directions around a central mountain, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

Taoist monks in Zhongyue temple, in Shaolin valley, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

monks, Temple of Longevity, Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

outdoor bathroom in a courtyard of a new Kung Fu school, washing hair, face, cleaning teeth, near Shaolin, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

monastery kitchen on the peak 1613 metres high, Wudang Shan, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, Wudangshan, Mount Wudang, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China, Asia

Tourists, pilgrims wearong worn out shoes, Mount Tai, Tai Shan, Shandong province, World Heritage, UNESCO, China

Kung Fu training at kindergarten age, at one of the many new Kung Fu schools in Dengfeng, school near Shaolin, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

Taoist monk Zhang Qingren demonstrating Tai Chi, Hou Shi Wu Temple, Mount Tai, Tai Shan, Shandong province, World Heritage, UNESCO, China

Statue of Zhen Wu in a temple on the summit of Mount Wudang, Wudang Shan, 1613 metres high, Taoist mountain, Hubei province, UNESCO world cultural heritage site, birthplace of Tai chi, China

Yongshou bridge, Bridge of eternal life, Buddhist Island of Putuo Shan near Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China

Mealtime and prayer, monastery dining hall, Fawang Monastery, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China