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Nicole 🦋 Adventure & slow travel

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⟡ Inspiring you to go outside
☾ Adventure, travel and dreamy places
➳ Based in Canada 🇨🇦

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How is this place not on everyone’s fall list yet?! 🍂🤯

While everyone heads to the more famous places in Canada for fall, Parc national d’Aiguebelle in Québec is so worth visiting.

We hiked La Traverse to the suspension bridge, walked La Castorière where you might spot beavers and drove through some of the most beautiful fall colours.

🍁 Save this for your next trip. This is one stop you’ll want to remember!

📍 Parc national d’Aiguebelle, Québec, Canada 🇨🇦 taken in Québec, Canada by @exploreandsmile

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14 days ago

Who is ready for fall adventures 🧡🍂🙋‍♀️

Yes to the colours, the road trips, the hikes and pumpkin spice latte!

A few of my favourite pictures of a previous trip to:
📍 London, Ontario 🇨🇦

What are you looking forward to this fall? 🍂

#fallphotography #fallinontario #falladventures taken in Ontario, Canada by @exploreandsmile

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a month ago

A little reminder to do more of what makes you feel alive. 🌊✨

To explore, have fun and make more of those moments where you’re just happy to be there.

📍 Natural pools of Porto Moniz, Madeira 🇵🇹 by @exploreandsmile

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a month ago

Consider this your sign 🥹✨

Gaspésie is one of those places where you want to keep driving just to see what is waiting around the next corner.

Gaspésie is a peninsula in eastern Québec, Canada, where the mountains and forests meet the sea.

Locations:
📍 Forillon National Park
📍 Cap-Bon-Ami
📍 Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse
📍 Percé Rock

Save this for your future Gaspésie road trip 🚗✨ taken in Canada by @exploreandsmile

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a month ago

Me on the trail stopping 300x times for another picture of red rocks 🫠🧡

Location: Bryce Canyon, Utah

Tag your photographer friend 📸🤳 taken in Utah National Parks by @exploreandsmile

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2 months ago

Another year around the sun 🌞✨

Throwback to a morning full of golden light dancing between the teddy-bear cholla. Carefully 😅

We woke up at 4:30 am to watch the sunrise in Joshua Tree National Park. As the sun rose over the mountains, golden light spread across the valley, creating the most incredible glow. It was such a beautiful moment to witness.

📍Joshua Tree National Park, California

#californiadreaming #joshuatreenationalpark #sheisnotlost #wandermore #travelphotography❤️ taken in Joshua Tree National Park by @exploreandsmile

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3 months ago

A little reminder… 💙✨

Keep room in your heart for adventure.

For the places you haven’t seen yet.
The roads you haven’t taken.
The sunsets you haven’t watched.
The memories you haven’t made.

The world is waiting 💫

Places:

1. Byron Bay, Australia
2. Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
3. Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada
4. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
5. Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
6. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
8. Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA

Which place you dream of visiting? 💙✨

#byron #australia #canada🇨🇦 #peytolake #grandcanyonnationalpark taken in Canada by @exploreandsmile

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3 months ago

The kind of morning that makes you slow down and stay a little longer✨🌊

The sun had just started to rise over Kelingking Beach, creating a beautiful glow over the ocean and the cliffs below. The ocean was crashing against the coastline
the island was slowly waking up, and for a moment, everything felt perfectly still.

Well… almost 😅

A cheeky monkey decided my water bottle looked like a much better souvenir than whatever he already had and made a run for it 🐒😂

One of those Bali mornings I’ll never forget.

📍 Kelingking Beach, Nusa Penida, Bali

#bali #kelingkingbeachnusapenida #natureloversgallery taken in Bali, Indonesia by @exploreandsmile

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4 months ago

Share this with the ☀️ in your life

Magical moments from Joshua Tree National Park and Sequoia National Park ✨ taken in Sequoia National Park, California by @exploreandsmile

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4 months ago

My kind of paradise 🩵✨🌴

Bali & Nusa Penida:
1. Waves at Uluwatu Temple
2. Kelingking beach
3 & 4. Padang-Padang beach
5. Diamond beach taken in Bali, Indonesia by @exploreandsmile

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4 months ago

The landscapes of Valley of Fire 🔥

Valley of Fire is Nevada’s oldest state park, open from sunrise to sunset, and one of the most surreal places you’ll ever see. And less than an hour drive from Las Vegas(!)

Drive Mouse’s Tank Road, wander through Pink Canyon, and stay for golden hour ✨🧡

Save this for your next adventure!

#valleyoffire #valleyoffirestatepark #lasvegas #nevada #travelgram #sheisnotlost #desertdweller #herlensofwander taken in Nevada by @exploreandsmile

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a year ago

Desert dreams in Joshua Tree National Park & Yucca Valley ✨

There’s something magical about this place.

The stillness, the golden light, the sculpted rocks, and bonfire under a sky full of stars 🌌

Would you wander here too?

📍 Joshua Tree National Park & Yucca Valley, California

#joshuatree #yuccavalley #californiadesert #desertphotography #herlensofwander #travelphotography #sheisnotlost #travelgram #desertvibe #explorecalifornia taken in California by @exploreandsmile

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a year ago