Master basic kayaking skills
Experience kayaking alongside dolphins in their natural habitat
Kayak through the marble caves of Chile's Patagonia, a stunning natural formation of swirling blue and white patterns carved by water over thousands of years.
Crater lake ringed by three volcanoes and Maya villages โ Aldous Huxley called it the most beautiful lake in the world.
Mushroom-shaped jungle islets, UNESCO-listed.
Calm, clear lagoon with tiny islets.
Calm lagoon and voodoo villages.
Swamp roost of the scarlet ibis.
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Central Africa's most spectacular waterfall, a 3-km-wide staircase of rapids in Ivindo National Park reached by pirogue.
Mangroves and tidal flats teeming with migratory birds near Libreville.
Canyon of caves and a kayaking lake.
Canoe past elephants and hippos.
Twin-volcano island in Lake Nicaragua.
A lake of 29 islands in the terraced hills near the Congo border โ canoe trips, no crocodiles, safe to swim.
Walking safaris on the Zambezi floodplain among famously relaxed elephants.
The point where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria on its 6,650-km journey, plus grade-five white-water rafting.
Rwandaโs Riviera โ bilharzia-free swimming, kayaking and coffee farms on the shores of a lake ringed by hills.
Hondurasโs largest lake, ringed by cloud forest, waterfalls and birdlife.
Karst peaks, rivers and lagoons.
Emerald-green river through the Julian Alps, with rafting, WWI trenches and the Kobarid museum.
Paddle a protected chain of uninhabited cays over impossibly clear water.
Karst islets, mangrove channels and Taino cave art.
Paddle silent bays beside sculpted icebergs while penguins porpoise alongside and seals watch from the floes.
Bangka boat trips between limestone lagoons, hidden beaches and the Big and Small Lagoon of Bacuit Bay.
Car-free village of canals, thatched farmhouses and punted boats.
Paddle 8 km into a limestone cave where a river flows straight out to the sea โ one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
Golden beaches and turquoise coves linked by New Zealandโs easiest Great Walk โ kayak in, hike out.
Sheer fiord of waterfalls and peaks.
Sea cave on the Algarve coast with a round skylight in its domed roof โ reached by boat, kayak or paddleboard.
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