Visit the Banc d'Arguin

Mangroves and tidal flats teeming with migratory birds near Libreville.

Descend from cloud forest to jungle floor in Manú, the most biodiverse protected area on the planet

One of the world's great bird reserves.

Watch hundreds of macaws descend on riverside clay licks in Tambopata, one of the most biodiverse corners of the Amazon

Soda lake of flamingos and tree-climbing lions at the Rift Valley wall.

Karst islets, mangrove channels and Taino cave art.

Wetland park of hippos and birds.

The Osa Peninsula park National Geographic called the most biologically intense place on Earth — tapirs, scarlet macaws and all four Costa Rican monkeys.