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Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Playground for sea kayakers, sailors, kite surfers, and divers.
Tasmania
In Australia’s smallest state, remote rain forests, secluded beaches, and more than 200 vineyards are accessible by foot.
Fjord Norway
The Fjord Norway is home to the world’s largest concentration of the saltwater-filled, glaciated valleys, and offers easy driving access to bouldering, ice climbing, glacier walking, base jumping, caving, and year-round skiing.
Messinia Region, Greece
Sun-drenched hills and valleys are dotted with stone houses, vaulted tombs from the Mycenaean era, Byzantine churches, and medieval castles.
Dominica
Venture into the rugged landscape Spiderman-style on acanyoneering tour, which takes visitors rappelling down pristine waterfalls, deep gorges, and volcanic bedrock canyons. The seven-mile round-trip hike from Titou Gorge to Boiling Lake, a vapor-covered cauldron that reaches 198º Fahrenheit (92º Celsius), is strenuous but worth the panoramic Caribbean views from atop 3,000-foot (914-meter) Morne Nicholls, as well as the chance to explore the Valley of Desolation’s brightly colored sulfur springs, mini-geysers, and bubbling mud pools.
Palawan, Philippines
Palawan’s limestone karst cliffs, coral atolls, mangrove forests, sugar-white sandy beaches, and extensive fringing reefs create one of the Philippines’ most biodiverse terrestrial and marine environments.
Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
Divided into five natural areas—the Coast, Land’s End, the Bay of Chaleur, the Valley, and the Upper Gaspé—the peninsula contains six wildlife sanctuaries, 25 of Quebec’s highest peaks, and four national parks. Summer (June-September) activities include kayaking, canyoning, hiking, sailing, and horseback riding. Winter on the Gaspé brings every imaginable cold weather adventure from downhill skiing and snowmobiling to ice climbing and dog sledding.
And then…
The Andes, Peru
Mount Everest, Nepal
The Matterhorn, Switzerland
Annapurna, Nepal
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.
