Australia
The Great Barrier Reef Is Alive, Damaged, and Worth Seeing Carefully
The Great Barrier Reef is often written about as if it were one flawless underwater postcard. It is neither one place nor…
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What Skydiving in French Polynesia Actually Requires
Skydiving in French Polynesia is easy to sell. Put a lagoon beneath an open aircraft door, add one photograph of a person…
Africa
South Africa’s Adrenaline Days Need More Than Nerve
South Africa has no shortage of ways to put a harness on a traveler and introduce them to gravity. Bungee jumping near…
Africa
Kruger Is Not a Checklist With Lions
Kruger National Park is often sold through five animals and one dramatic sunset. The Big Five may help organize a brochure, but…
Africa
The Garden Route Is Better When the Car Stops
The Garden Route is described as a road trip, which makes it tempting to treat the road as the attraction. The N2…
Bucket List Ideas
Chichén Itzá Is More Than One Pyramid
El Castillo is so recognizable that it has nearly swallowed the city around it. Search for Chichén Itzá and the same pyramid…
Bucket List Ideas
Day of the Dead in Oaxaca Is Not a Costume Party
Oaxaca during Day of the Dead is easy to romanticize. Marigolds cover doorways, candles flicker beside photographs, brass bands move through the…
Africa
Diving Mozambique Requires More Than Warm Water
Mozambique’s coastline is long enough to make the phrase “diving Mozambique” almost meaningless on its own. Ponta do Ouro in the south,…
Africa
Swimming With Whale Sharks Is a Privilege, Not a Promise
A whale shark encounter is usually sold through one perfect image: clear blue water, a vast spotted animal, and one swimmer suspended…
Africa
Kilimanjaro Is a Walk Until It Isn’t
Kilimanjaro looks simple on paper. There are no ropes, no vertical climbing and no technical moves on the standard routes. You walk…