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Palenque
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
A Maya city set in rainforest in Chiapas, with the Temple of the Inscriptions, where King Pakal's tomb was found, and the Palace with its tower.
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Amboseli National Park
Kajiado, Kenya
A park famous for large herds of elephants walking across the plains with snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro behind, in Tanzania.
Historic sites
Glendalough
Wicklow, Ireland
A glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains with two lakes and the remains of a monastic settlement founded by St Kevin in the 6th century, including a…
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Nile felucca and cruise, Aswan
Aswan, Egypt
Sail the Nile at Aswan on a felucca, a traditional wooden sailing boat, past Elephantine Island and the Botanical Garden, at sunset.
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Antarctic Peninsula cruise
Antarctica
Expedition cruises from Ushuaia cross the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, landing by Zodiac among penguin colonies, glaciers and icebergs, …
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Bonaire National Marine Park
Bonaire, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
The whole coastline of Bonaire is a marine park, with some of the best shore diving in the world: yellow stones mark dive sites along the road.
Historic sites
Bay of Islands and Waitangi Treaty Grounds
Paihia, Northland, New Zealand
The Waitangi Treaty Grounds, where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Māori chiefs, with museums, a carved meeti…
Tours and activities
Northern Lights in Tromsø
Tromsø, Troms, Norway
Tromsø, far above the Arctic Circle, is one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights (aurora borealis), from September to early Apr…
Natural features
Cape Point and Boulders Beach penguins
Western Cape, South Africa
The dramatic cliffs of Cape Point, in Table Mountain National Park, with a lighthouse and the Cape of Good Hope nearby.
Natural features
Jiuzhaigou Valley
Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China
A valley in the mountains of northern Sichuan with lakes of astonishing blue and green, waterfalls and Tibetan villages, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Pacific Rim and Tofino, Vancouver Island
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
Wild Pacific beaches, old-growth rainforest and surf on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Natural features
Everglades National Park
Florida, United States of America
The largest subtropical wilderness in the USA, a vast 'river of grass' of sawgrass marshes, mangroves and cypress swamps, home to alligators, manatee…