Flat-topped mountain over Cape Town.
Paddle 8 km into a limestone cave where a river flows straight out to the sea — one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
Six sapphire lakes held by natural travertine dams in the Hindu Kush — Afghanistan’s first national park.
Seven travertine waterfalls on the Krka river, with the Skradinski Buk cascade and a Franciscan island monastery.
Lakes, oak woods and Muckross House below Ireland’s highest mountains, explored by jaunting car or bicycle.
Golden beaches and turquoise coves linked by New Zealand’s easiest Great Walk — kayak in, hike out.
Sheer fiord of waterfalls and peaks.
Sandstone gorges, the Pravcicka brana rock arch and boat trips through the Kamenice canyon on the German border.
Home of Son Doong, the world’s largest cave, plus Paradise Cave and boat trips into the river cave of Phong Nha itself.
White dune fields that fill with turquoise rain lagoons every wet season.
Vast advancing glacier that calves into the lake.
Rift-valley site of the world’s oldest parliament, where the tectonic plates pull apart.
Gunung Mulu’s vast cave system, including the Deer Cave and its nightly bat exodus.
Poetic landscape of lakes and fells.
Caribbean coves and jungle trails where the Sierra Nevada meets the sea.
Loop past geysers, falls and rifts.
Vast Top End wilderness of wetlands, waterfalls and ancient Aboriginal rock art.
Canada’s first national park: Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway and a gondola up Sulphur Mountain.
Sacred red monolith at the desert heart.
Two hundred kilometres of glaciers, turquoise lakes and peaks between Banff and Jasper — often called the most scenic drive on Earth.
Cross Arctic sand dunes and caribou migration country in remote Kobuk Valley National Park.
See fossilized trees, painted desert badlands, ancient sites, and Triassic landscapes in Petrified Forest National Park.
Explore America's largest national park with glaciers, mountains, volcanoes, and remote Alaska wilderness.
Paddle lakes, islands, boreal forest, and northern waterways in Voyageurs National Park.
Hike volcanic spires, talus caves, and condor habitat in Pinnacles National Park.
Visit historic bathhouses and thermal springs in the Ouachita Mountains at Hot Springs National Park.
Visit remote California islands with sea caves, kelp forests, wildlife, and rugged coastlines.
Explore remote Brooks Range wilderness with rivers, mountains, tundra, and no roads in Gates of the Arctic National Park.
See jagged Teton peaks, alpine lakes, sagebrush valleys, and wildlife in Grand Teton National Park.
See Denali, glaciers, tundra, boreal forest, and Alaska wildlife in Denali National Park.
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