Cliffside Paro Taktsang monastery hike.
Glacier valley 40 km from Bishkek, with day hikes to the Ak-Sai waterfall and climbing huts under 4,800-m peaks.
UNESCO glacial valley of pastures and trails.
Hike below the near-perfect volcanic cone.
Dramatic gorge with via ferrata.
Active volcano with a huge summit crater.
High pastures and glacial lakes along Kosovo’s southern rim.
Turquoise alpine lake at 3,560 m, the classic Karakol trek.
Granite peaks that "sweep down to the sea" — and inspired Narnia.
Oman's highest peak and grand canyon.
Panama’s highest point — on a clear dawn you can see both oceans.
Walk over warm lava fields and toast marshmallows on the vents of an active volcano an hour from Antigua.
Night climb of 5,500 steps to a sacred footprint shared by four religions, timed for sunrise and the peak’s shadow.
Saharan rock art and sand seas.
Bosnia’s oldest park: Maglic, the country’s highest peak, and Perucica, one of Europe’s last primeval forests.
Stone tower houses and the Valbona Pass trail through the "Accursed Mountains", one of Europe’s last wild ranges.
West Africa's highest active volcano.
Painted churches and forest trails.
Green highlands of terraced villages and baboons around Abha.
The Caribbean’s highest peak at 3,098 m, a two-day trek with mules through pine forest to a summit above the clouds.
Forested highlands rising green out of the Djiboutian desert.
Apricot orchards and forts beneath 7,000-metre Karakoram peaks.
Hike between villages to a crater lake.
Trails and tunnels along a marble canyon so narrow the cliffs nearly touch, with the Eternal Spring Shrine over a waterfall.
Climb the vast flat-topped tepui.
A switchback road to the UAE’s highest point, home to the world’s longest zipline at 160 km/h.
One of the world's highest active volcanoes.
Jagged peaks and gelada baboons.
The world’s highest and longest cable car, up to 4,765 m in the Andes.
Glacial lake staircase high in the Rila mountains.
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