The "Mountains of the Moon" — glaciers on the equator, giant lobelias and bogs on a multi-day trek towards Margherita Peak.
Dunes, canyons and dinosaur fossils.
Remote northern savanna park of lions, elephants and giant eland at the heart of a huge protected wilderness.
The Osa Peninsula park National Geographic called the most biologically intense place on Earth — tapirs, scarlet macaws and all four Costa Rican monkeys.
Restored park with elephants and lions.
Sandstone arches and rock art in the Sahara.
Glide by dugout canoe through the delta.
Surreal salt pans stretching to the horizon.
Hidden desert waterhole in the Ennedi where camel caravans meet Nile crocodiles.
Travel the mighty river by boat.
Vast savanna park on the South Sudan border, one of Africa's oldest, known for elephants, giraffes and a hard-won conservation comeback.
Shrinking lake at the edge of the Sahel.
Vast wild scrub-forest frontier.
Off-grid dune village of sea lions.
Fog-bound desert shore of shipwrecks, seal colonies and dunes dropping into the Atlantic.
Island of alien dragon-blood trees.
Restored park of returning wildlife.
Saharan rock art and sand seas.
Africa’s largest canyon, 160 km long and 550 m deep, with a five-day hike along its floor.
Bosnia’s oldest park: Maglic, the country’s highest peak, and Perucica, one of Europe’s last primeval forests.
A 165-km, ten-day wilderness trail from the ice sheet to the coast with huts, reindeer and no roads.
Reed-island marshes, UNESCO-listed.
Travel the Niger by pirogue.
Bogs, manors and rugged coastline.
Jordan’s largest reserve drops 1,600 m from highland village to desert, with ibex, Bedouin camps and the Feynan eco-lodge.
South Africa's flagship Big Five park.
Two-week trek up the Baltoro Glacier to the foot of the world’s second-highest peak.
Vast mangrove delta, home of the Bengal tiger.
Tepuis and waterfalls, UNESCO-listed.
Climb the vast flat-topped tepui.
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