Coral-rich bay of huge marine diversity.
Coral heads and reef fish in a lagoon 40 km across, with WWII wrecks off the atoll edge.
Praslinโs granite-boulder beach, often ranked among the worldโs best.
Untouched Red Sea reefs and islands.
Dive among submerged sculptures.
Cross one of the Sahara's emptiest expanses.
Swim at the very edge of Victoria Falls.
Swim, jump and scramble through a narrow river gorge near the Honduran border.
Canoe past elephants and hippos.
Snorkel over warm volcanic bubbles.
The Caribbean's longest hiking trail.
The classic aerial view of ring reefs and lagoons scattered across the Indian Ocean.
Hundreds of mantas feed in this tiny bay during the monsoon plankton blooms.
Long protected reef off Antigua's south coast.
Gozoโs famous rock chimney dive beside the collapsed Azure Window.
Ride one of the world's longest trains.
Sandboard down an active volcano.
Climb the famous tiered waterfall.
Turtle-rich reefs off Moheli.
World-class reef diving off Roatan.
Shark dives in a vast lagoon.
Camp among rolling desert dunes.
Rope bridge swaying 30 m above the sea to a tiny fishing island.
Dive with whale sharks and mantas.
Reefs Cousteau chose for his underwater village, with hammerheads at Shaโab Rumi and almost no other divers.
Trail beneath cliff-built Dogon villages and ancient Tellem granaries.
The largest reef in the northern hemisphere: nurse sharks and rays at Hol Chan, turtles and 500 species of fish.
Cave reef made famous by James Bond.
Canyoning through 27 waterfalls โ jumping, sliding and swimming down a limestone gorge near Puerto Plata.
Paddle a protected chain of uninhabited cays over impossibly clear water.
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