Fjord-like bay and walled old town.
A lake of 29 islands in the terraced hills near the Congo border โ canoe trips, no crocodiles, safe to swim.
Jurassic sandstone massif of canyons, natural swimming pools and ring-tailed lemurs in the south of Madagascar.
Balancing rocks and ancient rock art.
Pristine "blue pearl" lake near Siberia.
Granite valleys, Turtle Rock and ger camps an hour from Ulaanbaatar โ horse-riding country.
The "Eye of the Sahara" from the ground.
Surreal salt pans stretching to the horizon.
The world's second-largest alpine lake.
Wild Atlantic coast of surf and boulders.
Deep-blue volcanic crater lake ringed by weekend cafes and piers.
Striped, dome-shaped rock formations.
Jagged eroded sandstone ridge.
Red sandstone amphitheatres carved into the coastal plateau north of Pointe-Noire.
Saharan lakes that defy the desert, UNESCO-listed.
High pasture lake with yurt stays.
Dramatic valley of mud-brick towns.
Africaโs largest canyon, 160 km long and 550 m deep, with a five-day hike along its floor.
Emerald-green river through the Julian Alps, with rafting, WWI trenches and the Kobarid museum.
Seven hours of tea plantations, waterfalls and the Nine Arches Bridge from an open train door โ often called the worldโs most beautiful railway.
Climb the world's tallest red dunes.
Cave monastery above a river bend.
Dead camelthorn trees, 900 years old, black against a white clay pan and the worldโs tallest red dunes.
Monastic cells cut into cliffs high above the Dniester river.
A 725-metre monolith with a face-like pattern, on the road to Abuja and on the 100-naira note.
Cliffside garden of giant succulents.
Colonial "Little England" among tea estates, with factory tours, cool mist and Horton Plainsโ Worldโs End cliff.
The "inland sea" where dunes meet water.
Island church on an alpine lake.
Coastal drive of cliffs and castles.
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