Visit Ometepe Island

Crater lake ringed by three volcanoes and Maya villages — Aldous Huxley called it the most beautiful lake in the world.

A lake of 29 islands in the terraced hills near the Congo border — canoe trips, no crocodiles, safe to swim.

Honduras’s largest lake, ringed by cloud forest, waterfalls and birdlife.

Rwanda’s Riviera — bilharzia-free swimming, kayaking and coffee farms on the shores of a lake ringed by hills.

Golden beaches and turquoise coves linked by New Zealand’s easiest Great Walk — kayak in, hike out.

Emerald-green river through the Julian Alps, with rafting, WWI trenches and the Kobarid museum.

Canyon of caves and a kayaking lake.

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