High pasture lake with yurt stays.
Red sandstone amphitheatres carved into the coastal plateau north of Pointe-Noire.
Surreal salt pans stretching to the horizon.
Wild Atlantic coast of surf and boulders.
Jagged eroded sandstone ridge.
Dramatic green ridges and valleys.
Coffee-clad peaks above Kingston.
Striped, dome-shaped rock formations.
Hidden desert waterhole in the Ennedi where camel caravans meet Nile crocodiles.
Tiered waterfalls in the southern hills.
Granite peaks that "sweep down to the sea" โ and inspired Narnia.
Night climb of 5,500 steps to a sacred footprint shared by four religions, timed for sunrise and the peakโs shadow.
Island church on an alpine lake.
Africaโs largest canyon, 160 km long and 550 m deep, with a five-day hike along its floor.
Cliffside garden of giant succulents.
Dramatic valley of mud-brick towns.
Monastic cells cut into cliffs high above the Dniester river.
Cave monastery above a river bend.
Colonial "Little England" among tea estates, with factory tours, cool mist and Horton Plainsโ Worldโs End cliff.
Seven hours of tea plantations, waterfalls and the Nine Arches Bridge from an open train door โ often called the worldโs most beautiful railway.
Rope bridge swaying 30 m above the sea to a tiny fishing island.
Dead camelthorn trees, 900 years old, black against a white clay pan and the worldโs tallest red dunes.
Thundering 45-metre falls hidden in forest near Ciudad del Este.
A 725-metre monolith with a face-like pattern, on the road to Abuja and on the 100-naira note.
Turquoise limestone pools stepping down a jungle river that vanishes underground beneath them.
Climb the world's tallest red dunes.
Heart-shaped mountain village on an island in the far northwest.
Oman's highest peak and grand canyon.
Emerald-green river through the Julian Alps, with rafting, WWI trenches and the Kobarid museum.
Panamaโs highest point โ on a clear dawn you can see both oceans.
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