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Murchison Falls National Park
Buliisa, Uganda
Where the Nile forces itself through a 7 m gap and plunges 43 m.
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Amber Fort, Jaipur
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
A hilltop palace fortress overlooking Lake Maota, built of pale yellow and pink sandstone from 1592, with courtyards, gardens and the dazzling Sheesh…
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Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote
Tinajo, Las Palmas, Spain
A landscape of volcanoes and lava fields created by huge eruptions between 1730 and 1736, with craters in shades of red, orange and black.
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Alpe di Siusi and Seceda, Dolomites
Siusi, South Tyrol, Italy
The Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm) is Europe's largest high alpine meadow, a rolling plateau of pastures, wooden huts and wildflowers below the jagged pe…
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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Hanga Roa, Valparaíso, Chile
A remote Pacific island famous for its nearly 1,000 moai, giant stone figures carved by the Rapa Nui people.
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Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán, Estado de México, Mexico
A huge ancient city near Mexico City, once one of the largest in the world, with the Avenue of the Dead, the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of th…
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Khor Virap and Mount Ararat
Ararat, Armenia
A monastery near the Turkish border, where St Gregory the Illuminator was held in a pit for 13 years before converting Armenia to Christianity in 301…
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Aït Benhaddou
Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
A fortified village (ksar) of earthen kasbahs climbing a hill above a river on the old caravan route, a UNESCO site, used in films such as Gladiator …
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Giant's Causeway
Bushmills, Causeway Coast and Glens, United Kingdom
Around 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, mostly hexagonal, stepping down into the sea on the north coast of Northern Ireland, created by volcanic a…
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Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvička Jezera, Lika-Senj, Croatia
Sixteen terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls and cascades, in a forested valley in central Croatia.
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Baía do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
Often voted the most beautiful beach in the world: a cove of golden sand at the foot of green cliffs, with clear turquoise water full of fish, turtle…
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Annecy old town and lake
Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
Annecy's old town has canals, flower-lined bridges and pastel houses, earning it the name 'Venice of the Alps'.