8 landlocked countries to add to your bucket list

Between March and May, Nepal’s national flower, the rhododendron, blooms. — Wikimedia Commons

Landlocked countries are countries that do not have any coastlines, and therefore no direct access to the sea.

These countries are instead surrounded by mountain ranges, like in Central Asia and parts of Europe. The only two continents that do not have landlocked countries within them are North America and Oceania.