Sperm whales all year, dusky dolphins and crayfish, where the mountains meet the sea.
Port Elizabeth: the Friendly City of beaches and the elephants of Addo park, the end of the Garden Route.
Tasmania's second city: the Cataract Gorge in the middle of town and the Tamar valley wineries.
The source of the Nile, grade-five rafting and bungee jumping over the river.
The Chobe river cruises with the largest elephant herds in Africa, where four countries meet.
Rebuilt entirely in Art Deco after the 1931 earthquake, in the Hawkeโs Bay wine region.
Palm-lined Lake Tana, its island monasteries and the Blue Nile falls.
The fourth holiest city of Islam: the Great Mosque of 670 and the carpet souks.
Colonial churches, the Inca mummies of the high-altitude museum and the Train to the Clouds.
Boats to the Ballestas islands of sea lions and penguins, and the desert reserve next door.
The main town of the Galapagos, the Darwin research station and giant tortoises in the highlands.
Tropical Top End: the Mindil beach sunset market, saltwater crocodiles and Kakadu three hours away.
The castle and the Door of No Return of the Atlantic slave trade, and Kakum's canopy walkway inland.
A cloud-forest village of hummingbirds, butterfly farms and chocolate, two hours from Quito.
Coffee farms at the foot of Kilimanjaro, the town every climb starts and ends in.
The sunniest city, craft beer and the gateway to the golden beaches of Abel Tasman.
Flamingos on the lagoon, kayaking with seals at Pelican Point and the dunes of Sandwich Harbour.
The adobe city of Chan Chan, the Huacas of the Sun and Moon and the surf at Huanchaco.
The Andalusian capital of the Maghreb: the Great Mosque, the Mansourah ruins and the El Mechouar palace.
Colonial churches, a long beach and the observatories of the Elqui valley behind.
A ten-kilometre beach on the Atlantic, rebuilt modern after the 1960 earthquake, and the Paradise Valley behind.
German-style houses on Lake Llanquihue under the perfect cone of Osorno volcano.
Southern right whales in the bay from June to December, and the Peninsula Valdes wildlife.
The base for Kuelap, the cloud-forest fortress, and the Gocta waterfall.
Djerba's main town: whitewashed souks, the El Ghriba synagogue and Star Wars sets across the island.
Camel rides on Cable Beach at sunset, pearling history and the Staircase to the Moon.
Thermal baths under the Tungurahua volcano, the swing at the end of the world and the waterfall road.
A Roman amphitheatre for 35,000 rising out of a small town, better preserved than the Colosseum.
The lake of flamingos and rhinos on the doorstep, in the Rift Valley two hours from Nairobi.
The resort bay of the north: catamarans to the islands, snorkelling and the nightlife of the island.
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