Flamingos on the lagoon, kayaking with seals at Pelican Point and the dunes of Sandwich Harbour.
The French Huguenot valley of the Cape winelands, a wine tram and the best restaurants in Africa.
A colonial town on the Orinoco narrows, the departure point for flights over Angel Falls.
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.
The highest and longest cable car in the world, up to 4,765 metres in the Andes.
Diego Suarez: the second-largest bay in the world, the Emerald Sea and the Amber Mountain rainforest.
The base for Kuelap, the cloud-forest fortress, and the Gocta waterfall.
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.
The lake of flamingos and rhinos on the doorstep, in the Rift Valley two hours from Nairobi.
Camel rides on Cable Beach at sunset, pearling history and the Staircase to the Moon.
The Chobe river cruises with the largest elephant herds in Africa, where four countries meet.
A UNESCO medina by the beach, the Ribat fortress and Roman mosaics in the museum.
Cape Dutch gables under oak trees and the oldest wine estates in the country.
Stilt palafito houses and wooden churches on Chiloe island, with curanto cooked in the ground.
The Python Temple and the Route des Esclaves to the beach, the birthplace of voodoo.
The safari capital under Mount Meru, where the Serengeti and Ngorongoro trips begin.
The Red Centre town: the MacDonnell ranges, Aboriginal art galleries and the road to Uluru.
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 gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree, the oldest rainforest on Earth.
The port on Lake Titicaca, the floating Uros islands and a homestay on Amantani.
A Swahili stone town with no cars, only donkeys and dhows, unchanged for seven centuries.
The White City of colonial churches and the most solemn Holy Week processions in the Americas.
The Andalusian capital of the Maghreb: the Great Mosque, the Mansourah ruins and the El Mechouar palace.
Dhow trips to the Bazaruto archipelago, dugongs and dune islands in turquoise water.
The trekking capital of the Cordillera Blanca: Laguna 69, the Santa Cruz trek and Huascaran.
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