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The 610-metre raised boardwalk across Blanket Bay.

No Lycra required: New NZ route is perfect for the unserious cyclist

This New Zealand cycleway will change the way you see biking forever.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Lemaire Channel looks narrow but ships can traverse it.

Twenty highlights of Antarctica, the ultimate bucket-list destination

In this icy continent at the bottom of the globe life-defining experiences occur several times each day.

  • David McGonigal
Gokyo Ri, Nepal, offers one of the most incredible views in the Himalayas.

The 35 greatest views in the world, as named by the experts

A photographer, an airline pilot, a ship’s captain and others reveal where you’ll find the most spectacular, intriguing and inspiring views on Earth.

  • Ute Junker
Silversea in Antarctica.

There’s only one way to get to the ultimate bucket-list destination

Unless you’re a research scientist, you’ll only ever be able to land in Antarctica off a small expedition cruise ship.

  • Brian Johnston
Great Plains Selinda Explorers Camp.

When check-in is accompanied by a lion’s roar

The Selinda Explorers Camp site was hand-picked by seasoned wildlife documentary makers.

  • Justin Meneguzzi
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Austerdalsbreen Glacier in Veitastrond.

One of the most beautiful places in Europe is virtually unknown

Most people have never heard of Veitastrond, a lost pocket almost unknown to the outside world despite “the finest ice scenery in Europe”.

  • Anabel Dean
Jodogahama Beach – was said to have been named by a Buddhist monk who thought its beach (hama) resembled paradise (jodo).

‘Here is nowhere’: Japan’s stunning, little-known epic walking trail

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s starting to change.

  • Andrew Bain
The scenic Archipelago Trail.

Now you can hike from island to island in Sweden

The new Stockholm Archipelago Trail connects 225 kilometres of new and existing trails across 22 islands.

  • Julietta Jameson
Moynaq, once a fishing port on the Aral Sea, is now a ghost town in the Aralkum Desert, drawing ‘disaster tourists’ to see stranded boats and devastation.

Ghost cities and stranded ships: Inside a country that doesn’t exist

Karakalpakstan has its own language, culture and history, but you won’t find it on any map.

  • Joel Day
Umayyad Mosque at sunset – a Christian basilica in a previous life, a Roman temple to Jupiter before that.

A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and prosper and crumble into ruin”.

  • Luke Slattery

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