Visit Lake Titicaca and Isla del Sol

Rift-valley site of the world’s oldest parliament, where the tectonic plates pull apart.

The world’s largest volcanic lake, with Batak villages on Samosir Island at its centre.

Canada’s first national park: Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway and a gondola up Sulphur Mountain.

Poetic landscape of lakes and fells.

Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.

Sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus — home of the ancient oracle.

Inca terraces and villages along the Urubamba between Cusco and Machu Picchu — Ollantaytambo, Pisac market and the Moray circles.

Nubian Aswan’s feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.