A UNESCO medina by the beach, the Ribat fortress and Roman mosaics in the museum.
The base for Kuelap, the cloud-forest fortress, and the Gocta waterfall.
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.
Colonial churches, the Inca mummies of the high-altitude museum and the Train to the Clouds.
One of the smallest capitals in the world, a clock tower copied from London and the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke market.
A windswept Atlantic port with 18th-century ramparts, a fish market and kitesurfing on the beach.
The lone tree in the lake, the Roys Peak hike and the quieter alternative to Queenstown.
An adobe oasis in the driest desert on Earth: geysers, salt flats, flamingos and the clearest night sky.
The door of the desert and the film studios of Gladiator and Game of Thrones, next to the Ait Benhaddou kasbah.
Thermal baths under the Tungurahua volcano, the swing at the end of the world and the waterfall road.
The easternmost point of the mainland, a lighthouse walk, surf breaks and whales passing offshore.
The last stop before Torres del Paine, on a fjord of the Ultima Esperanza.
The best land-based whale watching in the world, southern rights from the cliff path June to November.
The Avenue of the Baobabs at sunset and the stone forest of the Tsingy de Bemaraha.
The castle and the Door of No Return of the Atlantic slave trade, and Kakum's canopy walkway inland.
Rebuilt entirely in Art Deco after the 1931 earthquake, in the Hawke’s Bay wine region.
Coffee farms and the wax palms of the Cocora valley in a bright-painted Quindio town.
Port Elizabeth: the Friendly City of beaches and the elephants of Addo park, the end of the Garden Route.
Djerba's main town: whitewashed souks, the El Ghriba synagogue and Star Wars sets across the island.
German-style houses on Lake Llanquihue under the perfect cone of Osorno volcano.
The French Huguenot valley of the Cape winelands, a wine tram and the best restaurants in Africa.
Diego Suarez: the second-largest bay in the world, the Emerald Sea and the Amber Mountain rainforest.
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 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.
Boats to the Ballestas islands of sea lions and penguins, and the desert reserve next door.
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