Travel Bucket List

Thermal baths under the Tungurahua volcano, the swing at the end of the world and the waterfall road.

The last stop before Torres del Paine, on a fjord of the Ultima Esperanza.

The castle and the Door of No Return of the Atlantic slave trade, and Kakum's canopy walkway inland.

Rebuilt entirely in Art Deco after the 1931 earthquake, in the Hawke’s Bay wine region.

German-style houses on Lake Llanquihue under the perfect cone of Osorno volcano.

The French Huguenot valley of the Cape winelands, a wine tram and the best restaurants in Africa.

Diego Suarez: the second-largest bay in the world, the Emerald Sea and the Amber Mountain rainforest.

The rickshaw and thermal-spa town of the highlands, with crater lakes and semi-precious stones.

The Chobe river cruises with the largest elephant herds in Africa, where four countries meet.

The Red Sea resort coast: dive boats to the Giftun islands and dolphins in the morning.

Boats to the Ballestas islands of sea lions and penguins, and the desert reserve next door.

Tropical Top End: the Mindil beach sunset market, saltwater crocodiles and Kakadu three hours away.

The White City of colonial churches and the most solemn Holy Week processions in the Americas.

Sperm whales all year, dusky dolphins and crayfish, where the mountains meet the sea.

The Edinburgh of the south: the steepest street in the world, albatrosses and yellow-eyed penguins on the peninsula.

Five fortified Mozabite towns in the M’zab valley, a thousand years of cubist architecture in the Sahara.

The oasis where Alexander consulted the oracle, salt lakes to float in and the mud-brick Shali fortress.

Moulay Ismail's imperial city: the Bab Mansour gate, the royal granaries and the Roman ruins of Volubilis nearby.

Wide colonial avenues, the railway museum and the Matobo hills of balancing rocks and rock art.

A lagoon between two sandstone Heads, oysters and the forests of the Garden Route.

The southernmost city in the world, the end of the road and the port for Antarctic ships.

Southern right whales in the bay from June to December, and the Peninsula Valdes wildlife.

A ten-kilometre beach on the Atlantic, rebuilt modern after the 1960 earthquake, and the Paradise Valley behind.

The gateway to the salt flat, the train cemetery and three-day jeep trips to the coloured lagoons.

The Python Temple and the Route des Esclaves to the beach, the birthplace of voodoo.

A Roman amphitheatre for 35,000 rising out of a small town, better preserved than the Colosseum.

The Ras Mohammed reefs and the Thistlegorm wreck, at the tip of the Sinai.

The lake of flamingos and rhinos on the doorstep, in the Rift Valley two hours from Nairobi.

The sunniest city, craft beer and the gateway to the golden beaches of Abel Tasman.

Tasmania's second city: the Cataract Gorge in the middle of town and the Tamar valley wineries.