The Red Sea resort coast: dive boats to the Giftun islands and dolphins in the morning.
The Ras Mohammed reefs and the Thistlegorm wreck, at the tip of the Sinai.
The Blue Hole, freediving on the Bedouin beach and Mount Sinai at sunrise an hour away.
Picture-perfect resort islands.
Seventeen kilometres of white sand and casuarina trees south of Mombasa, with kite-surfing and colobus monkeys in the trees.
Laid-back "go slow" Caribbean island.
Zanzibar’s liveliest beach, dhow builders and turquoise shallows.
Jungle island with 28 white beaches, glowing plankton at night and almost no roads, off Sihanoukville.
Vietnam’s beach resort capital — a long city beach, island snorkelling trips and Cham towers on the hill.
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.
A sleepy Portuguese town, and Tofo beach with whale sharks and manta rays all year.
Dhow trips to the Bazaruto archipelago, dugongs and dune islands in turquoise water.
Four Mile Beach, reef boats and the Daintree, the quieter northern base for the reef.
The gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree, the oldest rainforest on Earth.
The sea of seven colours, a Caribbean island closer to Nicaragua with Raizal English Creole culture.
Coral reefs on the Red Sea, the Underwater Observatory and the desert of Timna, at Israel's southern tip.
Fifth Avenue, the ferry to Cozumel and the reef diving of the Riviera Maya.
The Mesoamerican reef a swim from shore, West End dive shops and whale sharks.
Island-hopping among the Bacuit lagoons of northern Palawan, limestone cliffs and turquoise water.
The harbour town on Flores where the Komodo dragon boats leave, with pink beaches and manta rays.
Quiet islands of beaches and history.
Sailing and whale-watching islands.
Powdery beach and vivid reef.
The world's largest saltwater lagoon.
Clear freshwater lake teeming with cichlids.
The world's longest freshwater lake.
Caribbean islands on the Mesoamerican reef.
Old Red Sea port with Ottoman ruins.
Caribbean archipelago of stilt hotels, starfish beaches and surf — Panama’s laid-back party islands.
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