Dune-bashing in a 4x4, sandboarding, camel rides and a Bedouin-style dinner with falconry as the sun sets over the sand.
Rusting steam locomotives abandoned on the edge of the salt flats a century ago — a surreal stop on the way to the Salar.
Wind-carved kalut ridges in one of the hottest places ever measured on Earth.
Ancient desert city of windcatchers.
High-altitude geyser field steaming at dawn, 4,300 m up in the Andes.
Fortified mud-brick ksar on the old caravan route — a favourite film set for decades.
Tombs of the pharaohs near Luxor.
The clearest night skies on Earth, above the driest desert.
Wind-carved chalk mushrooms and icebergs of rock glowing at sunset — camp overnight under the Sahara stars.
Camel trek to towering Erg Chebbi dunes.
Sacred red monolith at the desert heart.
Slot canyon on Navajo land near Page, Arizona, carved into swirling sandstone by flash floods.
See fossilized trees, painted desert badlands, ancient sites, and Triassic landscapes in Petrified Forest National Park.
Explore sandstone domes, cliffs, canyons, and the Waterpocket Fold in Capitol Reef National Park.
Descend into vast limestone caves and desert landscapes at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
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