Dazzling turquoise South Pacific lagoon.
Uninhabited island with crystal water.
Vast, remote Pacific lagoon.
Picture-perfect resort islands.
Palm-fringed national-park island reached by catamaran, with a starfish-filled natural pool on the way.
Jordan’s slice of the Red Sea: coral gardens, a sunken tank and the Cedar Pride wreck in warm, calm water.
Ras Mohammed’s coral walls and the Thistlegorm wreck, with visibility so clear the reef looks lit from within.
Granite-boulder islands in the Andaman Sea with some of Thailand’s clearest water and best coral.
Three tiny car-free islands off Lombok — turtles, reef bars and no traffic at all.
Laid-back pair of jungle islands with clear water and cheap beachfront snorkelling.
Sail to uninhabited reef-ringed islets.
Walk through a forest of razor coral pinnacles to a ladder that drops into a hidden sandy oasis with palm trees between the cliffs.
Tobago's iconic palm-fringed beach.
Powdery beach and vivid reef.
Praslin’s granite-boulder beach, often ranked among the world’s best.
Famed white-sand beach on Culebra.
Caribbean islands on the Mesoamerican reef.
Coral islands and old Swahili towns.
Guna-run islands of white sand.
Caribbean archipelago of coral cays.
Bangka boat trips between limestone lagoons, hidden beaches and the Big and Small Lagoon of Bacuit Bay.
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