City Bucket List

The Ras Mohammed reefs and the Thistlegorm wreck, at the tip of the Sinai.

The sunniest city, craft beer and the gateway to the golden beaches of Abel Tasman.

The French Huguenot valley of the Cape winelands, a wine tram and the best restaurants in Africa.

Cape Dutch gables under oak trees and the oldest wine estates in the country.

Diego Suarez: the second-largest bay in the world, the Emerald Sea and the Amber Mountain rainforest.

The food capital of Bolivia, the biggest Christ statue in South America and the La Cancha market.

The easternmost point of the mainland, a lighthouse walk, surf breaks and whales passing offshore.

Palm-lined Lake Tana, its island monasteries and the Blue Nile falls.

The rickshaw and thermal-spa town of the highlands, with crater lakes and semi-precious stones.

The gateway to the Okavango Delta, mokoro canoes and scenic flights over the floodplains.

Camel rides on Cable Beach at sunset, pearling history and the Staircase to the Moon.

The fourth holiest city of Islam: the Great Mosque of 670 and the carpet souks.

Thermal baths under the Tungurahua volcano, the swing at the end of the world and the waterfall road.

The royal palaces of the Dahomey kings, their bas-reliefs and the story of the Amazon warriors.

The Chobe river cruises with the largest elephant herds in Africa, where four countries meet.

Stilt palafito houses and wooden churches on Chiloe island, with curanto cooked in the ground.

The safari capital under Mount Meru, where the Serengeti and Ngorongoro trips begin.

The sea of seven colours, a Caribbean island closer to Nicaragua with Raizal English Creole culture.

The Red Sea resort coast: dive boats to the Giftun islands and dolphins in the morning.

Boats to the Ballestas islands of sea lions and penguins, and the desert reserve next door.

Tropical Top End: the Mindil beach sunset market, saltwater crocodiles and Kakadu three hours away.

A cloud-forest village of hummingbirds, butterfly farms and chocolate, two hours from Quito.

The door of the desert and the film studios of Gladiator and Game of Thrones, next to the Ait Benhaddou kasbah.

Flamingos on the lagoon, kayaking with seals at Pelican Point and the dunes of Sandwich Harbour.

Coffee farms at the foot of Kilimanjaro, the town every climb starts and ends in.

An adobe oasis in the driest desert on Earth: geysers, salt flats, flamingos and the clearest night sky.

A Swahili stone town with no cars, only donkeys and dhows, unchanged for seven centuries.

The southernmost city in the world, the end of the road and the port for Antarctic ships.

The port on Lake Titicaca, the floating Uros islands and a homestay on Amantani.

The White City of colonial churches and the most solemn Holy Week processions in the Americas.