The Greatest Wonders on the Planet:

From the peaks of Machu Pic­chu to the depths of Antarc­ti­ca, the world if full of incred­i­ble won­ders.  Yet, while some are cloaked in mys­tery, and oth­ers require long jour­neys and expe­di­tions to explore — fig­ur­ing out the best won­ders on the plan­et, where to go, how to get there and how much to spend to explore these incred­i­ble sites can be a chal­lenge.

So, to make your explo­ration of the world’s incred­i­ble won­ders as easy as pos­si­ble, we’ve round­ed out the top 100 great­est won­ders on the plan­et — and pro­vid­ed handy guides for each won­der:

 

 

1.) Machu Pic­chu — Sit­ting 8,000 feet amongst the peaks of the Andes, the Incan city of Machu Pic­chu remains the most icon­ic of all the won­ders , and also the most unex­plained — with the­o­ries about its pur­pose in Incan life still being explored. Complet­ed in the 14th cen­tu­ry, then aban­doned in the 15th cen­tu­ry — Machu Pic­chu  is known as the ‘lost city of the Incans’ — with the city remain­ing lost until its re-dis­cov­ery in the 20th cen­tu­ry. This re-dis­cov­ery has led to a boom in tourism, with now Peru’s most vis­it­ed site and the 4 day Inca trail trek, often hailed as the world’s best — adding to the mag­ic of  this spec­tac­u­lar won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

2.) The Great Fjords: The breath-tak­ing Fjords of Nor­way date back some 2.5 mil­lion years with con­tin­u­ous glac­i­er cycles and tec­ton­ic plate move­ment com­bin­ing to form the pris­tine val­leys and serene Fjords and that now rep­re­sent the jew­el of Nor­way. With more than a thou­sand Fjords dot­ted across Nor­way, includ­ing in the heart of the cap­i­tal Oslo, these won­ders are best explored through an epic scenic road trip across the beau­ty of Nor­way, with the Fjords, which also host some of the worlds great­est hik­ing routes acces­si­ble by fer­ry, hik­ing, climb­ing and Kayak – pro­vid­ing for a tru­ly epic explo­ration to explore one of the great won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

3.) The Eif­fel Tow­er: The glob­al icon of both France and love, the Eif­fel Tow­er is not only one of the most recog­nised mon­u­ments in the world, but also one of the most vis­it­ed – with some sev­en mil­lion peo­ple ascend­ing to the 900-foot-high obser­va­tion lev­el and the secret apart­ment at its peak, which offer a pic­ture post­card view of Paris. With this unique sym­bol of love see­ing thou­sands of pro­pos­als tak­ing place in its shad­ow every year, help­ing to enshrine it not only as the sym­bol of Paris’s ‘city of love’ but also a tru­ly unique won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

4.) Vol­canic Ice­land: The land of ice and fire, the scenic won­der­land of Ice­land is home to more than 130 vol­cano ranges,romantic lagoons, black sand beach­es, sweep­ing hills, steep craters and some of the most unique expere­ines on the plan­et — includ­ing div­ing between tec­ton­ic plan­ets and even going inside a vol­cano. Com­pli­ment­ed by the ice­burg filled Jökul­sár­lón Lagoon — which offers the icon­ic shot of the auro­ra bore­alis — this geo­log­i­cal won­der, which sits per­fect­ly at 66.5 degrees north is an, rep­re­sents the best of moth­er nature and is an undoubt­ed won­der of the word. (Read More)

 

5.) The Giant’s Cause­way: The stuff of leg­ends, the geo­log­i­cal par­adise of North­ern Irish Giant’s cause­way is com­posed of 40,000 awe moun­tain­ous basalt columns that sit on the edge of the scenic Irish cause­way coast­line. Formed either when the Irish giant Finn McCool picked a fight with the Scot­tish giant Benan­don­ner and cre­at­ed the large ‘step­ping stones’ of the giants cause­way to  con­front his foe or formed some 60 mil­lion years ago dur­ing the Pale­o­gene age, as a result of Lava cool­ing when it reached the sea –it is up to explor­ers to tra­verse these tow­er­ing won­ders of the world and unpick the mys­tery of the Giant’s Cause­way. (Read More)

 

6.) Neuschwanstein: Set atop an impos­ing hill deep in the beau­ty of the Alps of the Ger­man Bavar­i­an coun­try­side, the Neuschwanstein cas­tle was con­cieved by the ‘mad king’ of Bavaria King Lud­wig II  to cope with his grief after los­ing the 7 year war. With Neuschwanstein now stand­ing alone as not just the great­est cas­tle in the world, but  thanks to its beau­ti­ful design- which has served as the inspi­ra­tion for some of the great­est fan­tasies ever told — now right­ly earns the nick­name of not only the ‘Fairy-tale Cas­tle’ — but as one of the  true won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

7.) Antarc­ti­ca: The last fron­tier, the chilly but remark­able beau­ty of the sev­enth con­ti­nent of the world is some­thing that all trav­ellers must gaze upon once in their life­time. Made up of 95% ice,  with sum­mer tem­per­a­tures of −10 °C and accessed via the infa­mous  Drake Pas­sage, access­ing Antar­ti­ca is not for the faint heart­ed. But for those who make it  there is no doubt that Antarc­ti­ca’s vast blue ice sheets, tow­er­ing glac­i­ers and vol­ca­noes and it’s abun­dance of exclu­sive wildlife make it not just a geo­log­i­cal and wildlife phe­nom­e­non but also a tru­ly unique won­der of the world.  Read More)

 

8.) Kath­man­du: The city of beau­ty, Kath­man­du Val­ley sits in the heart of Nepal and in the allur­ing shad­ow of Mount Ever­est as an immense his­toric and beau­ty filled city with hun­dreds of mon­u­ments, mul­ti­ple reli­gious pil­grim­age sites and as a diverse land­scape of cul­tures, which offer glimpses into the past, present and future of Nepalian civil­i­sa­tion. Com­plete also with year round fes­ti­vals, the icon­ic Pago­da style archi­tec­ture, three his­toric Dur­bar Squares of — Kath­man­du, Patan, and Bhak­ta­pur – all of which were once inde­pen­dent states, Kath­man­du’s ‘strange bewil­derin’ time’ makes it a tru­ly unique won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

9.) Kash­mir: The land of Unimag­in­able Beau­ty, Kash­mir ris­es above a series of ongo­ing con­flicts to be a nature lovers par­adise. With ‘mead­ows of gold,’ stun­ning rivers and the unique snow-capped moun­tains of both the Himalayas and the Pir Pan­jals com­bin­ing to make this dis­put­ed region a place of immense nat­ur­al beau­ty — that offers some of the worlds best treks, most unique wildlife,  great­est lakes and is the home of roman­ti­cism, spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, nature and adven­ture — and a tru­ly scenic won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

10.) Ama­zo­nia: The source of life, Ama­zo­nia  is a mass eco­log­i­cal and bio­log­i­cal won­der­land, stretch­ing from the top of South Amer­i­ca across six mil­lion hectares of land and some nine coun­tries to the edges of Brazil with the rain­for­est and the 6,000 kilo­me­tre long Ama­zon riv­er and basin giv­ing a nat­ur­al habi­tat to thou­sands of plant species, birds and ani­mal species. Threat­ened heav­i­ly by defor­esta­tion, the Ama­zon is now incred­i­bly acces­si­ble to explor­ers and offers a rare chance to walk amongst the near­ly 400 Bil­lion trees and encounter some of the worlds most unique and threat­ened species. (Read More)

 

11.) Iguacu falls- The world’s largest and most spec­tac­u­lar Water­fall – the Iguacu falls is a unique awe-inspir­ing com­bi­na­tion of 275 water­falls which cross­es the bor­der between Argenti­na and Brazil and thun­ders down some 85 metres high into the Iguazu Riv­er. Eas­i­ly explorable on riv­er cruise and hikes, the falls stretch more than 2.5 kilo­me­tres and sit against a back­drop of stun­ning rain­bows, lush rain­for­est and Jun­gle and two stun­ning World her­itage Parks (Iguazu and Iguacu) mak­ing for one of the world’s most heart pound­ing Nat­ur­al Won­ders of the World. (Read More)

 

12.) Gala­pa­gos Islands – The home of Dar­win­ism, the Gala­pa­gos Islands are a geo­log­i­cal and wildlife enthu­si­asts dream – with the 61 islands being home to some 9,000 dif­fer­ent species of ani­mals – includ­ing the illu­sive giant tor­toise, rare igua­nas, stun­ning lava lizards and even whales and pen­guins. Bth a Nation­al Park and a Marine Reserve and one of the most pro­tect­ed places on earth with a strict vis­i­tor lim­it in place and tours only allowed with reg­is­tered guides, still the chance to wint­ness evo­lu­tion in motion and gaze upon this true won­der, makes the required plan­ning, fees and preper­a­tion to vis­it this won­der of the world well worth it. (Read More)

 

13.) Patag­o­nia & Tier­ra del fuego — The land of fire, Patag­o­nia is the final fron­tier encom­pass­ing the beau­ty of the Tier­ra del fuego park and it’s snow-capped peaks, vol­ca­noes, emer­ald lakes and lush for­est and the straits of both the Mag­el­lan and Atlantic coast.  While the regions loca­tion has led to con­flict over own­er­ship, what is not con­test­ed are the beau­ty of the spec­tac­u­lar land­scapes, which are home to many rare species of wildlife — with the eas­i­ly acces­si­ble area of Patag­o­nia being a wild,spec­tac­u­lar, awe inspir­ing and at times untouched won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

14.) East­er Island — The island of mys­tery – East­er island con­tin­ues to per­plex sci­en­tists, geol­o­gists and explores as the ori­gin, cre­ation, move­ment and pur­pose of the famous 1,000 Moai stat­ues, which stand as 14-foot-high carved human fig­ures with over­sized heads rest­ing on stone plat­forms, remains unknown.What is known is that the Moai stat­ues are tru­ly inspir­ing – with the beau­ty of East­er Island pro­vid­ing a per­fect back­drop from which to explore these unique man-made won­ders. (Read More)

 

15.) The Colos­se­um -  One of the ‘sev­en won­ders of the world’ the Colos­se­um is an archi­tec­tur­al and his­tor­i­cal won­der piece, with it hav­ing dot­ed the Rome sky­line since 72AD and over the course of 2000 years still remains the largest amphithe­ater ever built, that tells the his­to­ry and sto­ry of one of the great­est empires. Despite suf­fer­ing sev­er dam­age in two earth­quakes in the 14th cen­tu­ry and being de-con­struct­ed for its stone, the colos­sal Colos­se­um still stands in the heart of Rome as a unique mon­u­ment to uncov­er and recap­ture the glo­ry days of the Roman Empire, with the Colos­se­um stand­ing as a past, present and no doubt future won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

16.) The Lean­ing Tow­er of Pisa - Sit­u­at­ed in the apt­ly named square of dreams the titling lean­ing tow­er of Pisa stands as an archi­tec­tur­al, albeit acci­den­tal, won­der of the world – with the splen­did 192 unique­ly carved columns that make up the sev­en-sto­ry tall free­stand­ing and climable bell tow­er known the world over for its almost four degree lean, it’s majes­tic beau­ty and of course the mul­ti­ple posed pho­to shots that accom­pa­ny any explore who vis­its it — the lean­ing tow­er of Pisa a tru­ly unique won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

17.) The Grand Canal — “The most beau­ti­ful street in the world”, the famous Grand Canal breathes life into the roman­tic city of Venice, as a jour­ney along the Canal allows you to trav­el past and through famous build­ings from the 13th and 18th Cen­tu­ry from the heights of the Venet­ian Repub­lic. Run­ning for 2 and a half miles, the Grand Canal is explorable by water taxi, bus, by foot across the four famous bridges – and per­haps most iconi­cil­ly by being ser­e­nad­ed in one of the many Gon­do­las that offer a unique and roman­tic way to jour­ney through this true won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

18.) Vat­i­can city — St Peter’s Basil­i­ca & Sis­tine Chapel - The home of catholic spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, the Vat­i­can City is home not just to the Pope and the catholic church, but also two unique won­ders of the world in the grand St Peter’s Basil­i­ca and the inspir­ing Sis­tine chapel — com­plete with Michelan­gelo’s mag­i­cal ceil­ing — that sits with­in the Vat­i­can Muse­um.  with this reli­gious sanc­tu­ary being a place of true wor­ship, invalu­able art and unique his­to­ry mak­ing it a spec­tac­u­lar and life chang­ing won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

19.) The Acrop­o­lis — The stun­ning reflec­tion of the best of the Greek empire, the 5th Cen­tu­ry Acrop­o­lis which today sits atop a hill in the mid­dle of mod­ern Athens, is a for­mer citadel, mil­i­tary base, fortress and demo­c­ra­t­ic birth­place. Hon­our­ing the Greek God Athena, the Acropolis is home to a series of great his­tor­i­cal­ly impor­tant tem­ples and build­ings, the high­light of which is undoubt­ed­ly the Parthenon Tem­ple, with the Acrop­o­lis emob­dy­ing the best of Greek archi­tec­ture, sculp­tures and stat­ues and serv­ing as a his­tor­i­cal walk through the pow­er, wealth and beau­ty of Greek Civ­i­liza­tion. (Read More)

 

20.) Jerusalem — The promised Land, the city of Jerusalem is a site of great beau­ty and the holy sites for Judaism, Chris­tian­i­ty and Islam. Divid­ed into two dis­tinct sec­tions - the old city being the reli­gious and his­tor­i­cal cen­ter of the world fea­tur­ing unique reli­gious won­ders as the west­ern ‘wail­ing’ wall, the Church of the Holy Sep­ul­cher (where Jesus was cru­ci­fied) and the Dome of the Rock, mak­ing the con­test­ed city of Jerusalem a place of not just indi­vid­ual beau­ty, but a spir­i­tu­al and reli­gious won­der that con­tin­ues to influ­ence life as we know it. (Read More)

 

 

21.) Petra — The ‘Lost City of Petra’ is an ancient Nabatean city carved out of red, white, and pink sand­stone that dates all the way back to the 1st cen­tu­ry BCE and stands as one of the true sev­en won­ders of the world. Accessed by walk­ing through the famed 1.2 kilo­me­ter Siq, this carved city — com­plete with mul­ti­ple hikes, icon­ic view­points, bazaars, caves and of course ancient carved archi­tec­ture sev­ers not just as the set­ting of mul­ti­ple Hol­ly­wood films — includ­ing Indi­ana Jones — but as a sym­bol of Jor­dan, but as a tru­ly unique and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

22.) The Great Wall of Chi­na — The incred­i­ble Great Wall of Chi­na remains a sym­bol of the pow­er and wealth of the Chi­nese Ming Dynasty, with the wall once stretch­ing over thir­teen thou­sand Miles and despite los­ing 30% of it’s orig­i­nal struc­ture still rem­i­ning as the longest wall in the world, with the stun­ning back­drop of the Jun­du Moun­tains, the intact watch­tow­ers and the rivers and lakes of the yel­low sea that sur­round the wall, mak­ing the Great Wall of Chi­na not only a one of the great­est hikes and sights in the world, but a tru­ly unique and awe-inspir­ing won­der. (Read More)

 

23.) The For­bid­den City — The world’s largest Impe­r­i­al Palace, the For­bid­den Palace has stood for more than 600 years and reflects the pow­er, beau­ty and his­to­ry of the Great Chi­nese Dynas­ties. Once home to 24 Emper­ors, includ­ing those of the Ming and Qing dynas­ties the For­bid­den city — which was opened as a muse­um to the pub­lic in 1925 (500 years after its con­struc­tion) - is awash with immense and stun­ning halls and palaces that once host­ed feasts, cel­e­bra­tions and where Chi­nese Emper­ors ruled and imple­ment­ed deci­sions that have defined his­to­ry. (Read More)

 

24.) The Scot­tish High­lands — The high­lands of Scot­land is the post­card image of Scot­land, being home not only to the stun­ning and biggest peak of the Unit­ed King­dom in Ben Nevis, but sweep­ing hills, stun­ning lakes, wind­ing rivers, scenic roads, crys­tal clear beach­es, roman­tic cas­tles – and per­haps most impor­tant­ly the home of the best whisky dis­til­leries in the world. Cou­pled with unin­hab­it­ed islands, world class kayak­ing, curi­ous ani­mals and even the Auroa Bouelis   – the wild, untamed scenic nat­ur­al par­adise of the Scot­tish High­lands is a true won­der of the won­der.  (Read More) 

 

25.) The Taj Mahal - The mon­u­ment of love and one of the great won­ders of the world, the Taj Mahal stands as the best of Mughal archi­tec­ture and the sym­bol of Indian’s rich and great his­to­ry. Com­plet­ed in 1648 — and the scene of some of the most icon­ic pho­tos in his­to­ry — the Mau­soleum and Great dome that sits at the heart of the Com­plex, sur­round­ed by the stun­ning minarets, mosques, foun­tains, and gar­dens ‑that come alive on the full moon — stand not just a sym­bol and rep­re­sen­ta­tion of true love, but one of the most icon­ic and unique won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

26.) The Red Fort — The Sym­bol of India’s Inde­pen­dence. The incred­i­ble sand­stone Red Fort was the home of the Mughal emper­ors and stands today as not just a last­ing mon­u­ment filled with the sto­ried his­to­ry of India (which is explained each night dur­ing an inter­ac­tive per­for­mance with­in the fort), but as a tru­ly exquis­ite com­plex with pris­tine Mar­ble Palaces, great halls, a bustling Bazar and a tran­quil gar­den, mak­ing it not just one of the great sym­bols of India but also a tru­ly aston­ish­ing and wor­thy won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

27.) The Gold­en Tem­ple — The Gold­en Tem­ple (Sri Har­mandir Sahib) is found in the holy city of Amrit­sar and stands as the grand­est of the Sikh Tem­ples with the walls being cov­ered in almost of 750kg of pure 24 karat gold. As well as the mul­ti­ple beau­ti­ful Sikh archi­tec­tur­al build­ings and the stun­ning holy lake that sur­rounds the Tem­ple, the Gold­en Tem­ple is also a place of wor­ship and peace — feed­ing many of Indi­a’s poor each day with its free kitchen — mak­ing the Gold­en Tem­ple not just a spir­i­tu­al­ly invok­ing and awe inspir­ing tem­ple, but a tru­ly unique and serene won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

28.) The Himalayas — The roof of the world – the Himalayas is a vast range of icon­ic moun­tains – includ­ing the mighty Ever­est – and stretch­es through the Indi­an Sub­con­ti­nent across the tip of Asia, with the Himalayas also home to stun­ning moun­tain ranges, unique glac­i­er val­leys, majes­tic sweep­ing hills some of the worlds rarest wildlife, and the great­est moun­tain treks on the plant. (Read More)

 

29.) The Itsukushi­ma Shrine -  Sat on the Island of the Gods, the Itsukushi­ma Shrine is home not just to one of the worlds most incred­i­ble and beau­ti­ful Shin­to shrines, but the icon­ic and mys­ti­cal ‘float­ing’ Torii Gate. Com­plet­ed in 593 AD and built in ded­i­ca­tion to the Shin­to god of seas and storms, the Itsukushi­ma Shrine is the pin­na­cle of Japan­ese archi­tec­ture and spir­i­tu­al­ly, this unique gate stands not just a place of ancient spir­i­tu­al cer­e­monies but as a stun­ning and spir­i­tu­al­ly awe-inspir­ing won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

30.) Kinkaku­ji Tem­ple (Gold­en Pavil­lion) - The Gold­en Tem­ple, the Kinkaku­ji Tem­ple stands as an incred­i­ble Zen Tem­ple dat­ing back to 1397. Con­ceived by the Japan­ese mil­i­tary leader Yoshim­it­su the three stun­ning sto­ries, each set in its own unique archi­tec­ture rep­re­sent­ing an ele­ment of Japan­ese cul­ture  - with the top two floors are cov­ered in pure gold leaf, which sparkles in the reflect­ing lake and glo­ri­ous maple trees that frame the Kinkaku­ji Tem­ple – mak­ing it not just an embod­i­ment of Japan’s fas­ci­nat­ing cul­ture but also a tru­ly unique and stun­ning won­der of the world.  (Read More).  

 

31.) Mount Fuji — The moun­tain of the Gods, the incred­i­ble Mount Fuji stands as the icon­ic Sym­bol of Japan, with the 3,776 metre moun­tain tow­er­ing over the country’s cap­i­tal of Tokyo. Stand­ing not just as the cen­tre piece of the incred­i­ble  Fuji-Hakone-Izu park and a great place to watch saku­ra, the sum­mit of Mount Fuji is known as one of the  places in the world to sum­mit to watch the sun rise over the sleep­ing city below, mak­ing the beau­ti­ful and tow­er­ing Mount Fuji a tru­ly unique and awe-inspir­ing won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

32.) Varanasi – The Riv­er Ganges — The City of Light – Varanasi is the spir­i­tu­al home of Hindu’s and the heart of the sacred Riv­er Ganges, which stretch­es all the way from the Himalayas to the bay of Ben­gal in the Indi­an Ocean over the course of one and half thou­sand spec­tac­u­lar miles.  Illu­mi­nat­ed by Ghats that lead into the sacred riv­er and in which pil­grims are cre­mat­ed, the stun­ning sun­rise and sun­set brings the beauyt of the Ganges to life — for a spir­i­tu­al and awe-inspir­ing expe­ri­ence, that makes the Ganges riv­er and the stun­ning town of Varanasi a true won­der of the world. . (Read More)

 

33.) Borobudur — The world’s biggest Bud­dhist mon­u­ment, the 8th cen­tu­ry Borobudur is a tem­ple com­plex that charts the life and teach­ings of Bud­dha and is a sacred and spir­i­tu­al place for both Bud­dhists and mankind alike. Con­struct­ed over three incred­i­ble lev­els – that rep­re­sent three lev­els of Bud­dhist sym­bol­ism, he pin­na­cle of the com­plex being a giant stu­pa dome on the high third lev­el that fea­tures 72 bud­dha stat­ues in 72 stu­pas that look out over the incred­i­ble won­der of the world that is Borobudur. (Read More)

 

34 .) The Angkor Wat Tem­ple - The sym­bol of Cam­bo­dia, the Angkor Wat Tem­ple com­plex is an awe-inspir­ing 12th cen­tu­ry sand­stone col­lec­tion of tem­ples, cities and sanc­tu­ar­ies that fea­ture stun­ning carved archi­tec­ture and gal­leries, which tell the sto­ry and leg­ends of the Khmer Empire. Eas­i­ly accesed from the town of Siem Reap along­side tow­er­ing stat­ues, icon­ic door­ways, untouched mau­soleums, and sto­ry tiles — Angkor Wat is home to arguably the best sun­ris­es in the world where the enire com­plex lights up in a reflec­tive dis­play – which helps make Angkor Wat Tem­ple com­plex a tru­ly mag­nif­i­cent won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

35.) The Serengeti Nation­al park - The great­est and most spec­tac­u­lar eco-sys­tem on the plan­et – the vast 12,000 square miles of the Serengeti Nation­al park is home to mil­lions of incred­i­ble wildlife and Fau­na, with the stun­ning­ly beau­ti­ful plains, wood­lands, rivers and forests of the Serengeti being host to the great­est nat­ur­al spec­ta­cle on earth the great migra­tion – which helps make the incred­i­ble African plains of the Serengeti Nation­al Park a tru­ly incred­i­ble nat­ur­al won­der of the world. (Read More) 

 

36.) The Ngoron­goro Crater — Africa’s gar­den of Eden – the Ngoron­goro Crater and the accom­pa­ny­ing Ngoron­goro con­ser­va­tion area is a tru­ly stun­ning wildlife and nat­ur­al par­adise, which is home to not only thou­sands of incred­i­ble species of wildlife includ­ing the African big 5 (African buf­fa­lo, ele­phant, lion, leop­ard and rhi­no) – but also the largest inward­ly col­lapsed Vol­cano in the Ngoron­goro Crater which when sum­mit­ed pro­vides incred­i­ble and sweep­ing views of not just the Serengeti eco-sys­tem but the great and unique wildlife that call this incred­i­ble nat­ur­al won­der of the world home. (Read More)

 

37.) The Grand Palace & Wat Phra Keo — The jew­el of Thai­land, the Grand Palace is a stun­ning series of build­ings, tem­ples and mon­u­ments found in the heart of Bangkok, which has been home not only to the King and gov­ern­ment of Thai­land for more than 200 years. Along­side this you’ll also find the the awe-inspir­ing, spir­i­tu­al and revered Wat Phra Kaew tem­ple ‑with­in which sits the 15 meter high and 46 meter long holy jade emer­ald stat­ue of Bud­dha. With this stun­ning stat­ue con­sid­ered the most sacred and most reli­gious­ly sig­nif­i­cant mon­u­ment in the whole of Thai­land. (Read More)

 

38.) Flo­rence — The home of the Renais­sance era, the majes­tic town of Flo­rence was not only home to some of the most defin­ing artists and arts in his­to­ry but is also one of the most sto­ried, archi­tec­tural­ly stun­ning, and beau­ti­ful cities in the world. Topped by the cities mighty Duomo’s, the Uffizi gallery and Michelan­gelo’s David, the quaint streets of Flo­rence, com­bined with its beau­ty and essen­tial role in art and ideas that would and con­tin­ue to shape mankind mak­ing it a tru­ly unique and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

39.) The Great Pyra­mids — One of the orig­i­nal and the last remain­ing Sev­en Won­ders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyra­mids stands as ever-last­ing mon­u­ments to the Glo­ry of Ancient Egypt. While mys­tery sur­rounds their con­struc­tion, the nine pyra­mids of the com­plex are known to have been cre­at­ed as shrines to ancient Pharaohs and served as believed pas­sage­ways to the next life, with the pyra­mids — despite loot­ing, time and ero­sion still host­ing the tombs of Pharaoh ‘s which explor­ers can gaze upon. A won­der blessed with incred­i­ble his­to­ry, mys­tique and beau­ty the Great Pyra­mids of Giza are an undoubt­ed won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

40.) The Great Sahara Desert — An Ocean of Sand and beau­ty – the Great Sahara Desert stretch­es for more three and half mil­lion square miles from the red sea to the to the Atlantic Ocean cov­er­ing almost a third of Africa across 12 coun­tries. Home to the chal­leng­ing marathon des sables – the Sahara is a place of not only extreme con­di­tions but immense beau­ty, being home to not only a swathe of mirage bust­ing oasis’s, palm trees, towns and cities and incred­i­ble sun­ris­es, sun­sets — as well as tru­ly great stargaz­ing and camp­ing expe­ri­ences in one of the worlds great­est won­ders. (Read More)

 

41.) Komo­do Nation­al Park - The last remain­ing home of the Drag­ons – Komo­do Nation­al Park is made up of 29 stun­ning Islands and is home to not only the rare and incred­i­ble Komo­do Drag­ons, but incred­i­ble lush green hills, stun­ning sparkling beach­es and crys­tal-clear waters which host some of the great­est dive sites and marine life on the plan­et, which helps to make the Komo­do Nation­al Park one of the tru­ly immense nat­ur­al won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

42.) Mount Kil­i­man­jaro — The high­est peak in Africa and the World’s tallest free-stand­ing moun­tain, the Mighty Mount Kil­i­man­jaro, which clocks in at 5,895 meters, is con­sid­ered one of the jew­els of Tan­za­nia and is one of the great­est, most chal­leng­ing and beau­ti­ful hikes on the plan­et that takes explor­ers to the sum­mit of Africa. Stand­ing also as an icon of Africa and a back­drop to African Safari pho­tog­ra­phy the incred­i­ble snow capped moun­tain that fea­tures five dif­fer­ent cli­mate zones is a pic­turesque and stun­ning won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

43.) Mada­gas­car -A  Nature and Wildlife Par­adise the stun­ning island of Mada­gas­car is home not only to lush green rain­for­est, stun­ning canyons and sparkling sandy beach­es, but also the rare and incred­i­ble baobab trees, the mul­ti­ple species of endan­gered lemurs and mon­keys, colour­ful chameleons and lizards, and unique Flo­ra which is not found else­where on the plan­et. A chal­leng­ing won­der to access and one where secu­ri­ty, pri­or plan­ning, and health vac­ci­na­tions are para­mount, the unique beau­ty and life-giv­ing island of Mada­gas­car is a tru­ly unique and incred­i­ble won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

44.) Vic­to­ria Falls — ‘The Smoke That Thun­ders’ Vic­to­ria Falls is an adren­a­line pump­ing, awe-inspir­ing, nat­ur­al beau­ty that stands proud as one of the great­est Water­falls in the world — with the falls being home to the largest sin­gle flow­ing sheet of water on the plan­et, the best infin­i­ty pool on the plan­et in the devil’s pool and being the sight of the incred­i­ble Lunar Rain­bow – which com­bined with lush green rain­for­est that bor­ders the falls, the res­i­dent ani­mals and of course the mes­meris­ing African sun­set help make the great Vic­to­ria Falls a tru­ly incred­i­ble won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

45.) The Tigers Nest Found in the ‘Land Of Hap­pi­ness’ the and spir­i­tu­al­ly evok­ing Tigers Nest is a 17th cen­tu­ry Bud­dhist monastery that sits pre­car­i­ous­ly 10,00 feet high on the edge of a cliff in the stun­ning Paro Val­ley – with the Monastery, which is acces­si­ble by a gen­tle yet incred­i­ble hike, mark­ing the place where the Guru Rin­poche intro­duced Bud­dhism to Bhutan, with the unique set­ting, it’s stun­ning loca­tion and its spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance mak­ing the Tigers Nest Monastery a true won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

46.) Oka­van­go Delta -  Sit­ting along the Spine of Africa, Botswana’s Oka­van­go Delta is one of the world’s largest inland deltas and a true nat­ur­al par­adise for ani­mal lovers – with the large water­holes, lush green grass­lands and incred­i­ble lagoons being home to hun­dreds of thou­sands of ani­mals and some of the most unique and endan­gered species on the plan­et. (Read More)

 

47.) The Grand Canyon — One of the great­est and most sweep­ing nat­ur­al won­ders on the plan­et, the incred­i­ble Grand Canyon with its famous rocky tow­er­ing cliffs, incred­i­ble vis­tas and the beau­ty of the Col­orado Riv­er is one of the most stun­ning sights on the plan­et. A won­der that can be explored by all – with it’s incred­i­ble view­ing points, amaz­ing day and mul­ti-day hikes, by mule and through famed heli­copter rides and raft­ing on the riv­er expe­ri­ences — the Grand Canyon is one of the most stun­ning and beau­ti­ful nat­ur­al won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

48.) Stone­henge — A stun­ning pre­his­toric mon­u­ment, the incred­i­ble Stone­henge is both an archi­tec­tur­al and mys­te­ri­ous won­der. Not­ed for its famous stone cir­cle, which sits in quaint Eng­lish Coun­try­side, Stone­henge is the largest still stand­ing Stone Cir­cle but one who’s mean­ing and his­tor­i­cal impor­tance remains undis­cov­ered. One of the jew­els of the UK — and home to the great Stone­henge Sum­mer Solis­tice fes­ti­val — the mys­tery, beau­ty and his­tor­i­cal impor­tance of Stone­henge make it a true won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

49.) Sagra­da Famil­ia - The unfin­ished mas­ter­piece of Antoni Gau­di, the stun­ning and tow­er­ing Sagra­da Famil­ia stands as a tow­er­ing Basil­i­ca in the heart of the incred­i­ble Cat­alon­ian city of Barcelona.  While con­struc­tion began in 1892 and hsa so far seen the com­ple­tion of soar­ing spi­ralling tow­ers, the exte­ri­or stun­ning archi­tec­tur­al design and daz­zling spir­i­tu­al­ly invok­ing inte­ri­or the incred­i­ble Sagra­da Famil­ia stands as not just an icon­ic inspir­ing holy mon­u­ment, but thanks to the unique archi­tec­ture, it’s sto­ried his­to­ry and its reli­gious sig­nif­i­cance a true — if unfished — won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

50.) Chichen Itza — The great home of the Ancient Mayans, the incred­i­ble Chichen Itza com­plex was not only a cen­tre of pil­grim­age for Mayans for thou­sands of years but was also once the home of cer­e­mo­ni­al and ancient civil­i­sa­tion. A place of sac­ri­fice and deep spir­i­tu­al­i­ty whose mean­ing and con­struc­tion is still being explored, the still stand­ing pyra­mids (which sad­ly can no longer be climbed), tem­ples, courts, Mayan foot­ball fields, skull walls and a glis­ten­ing cenote make Chichen Itza not just a place of great his­tor­i­cal and archi­tec­tur­al sig­nif­i­cance but a tru­ly unique and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

51.) Ulu­ru - The glow­ing heart of Australia’s red cen­tre, the famous Ulu­ru which sits in the great and vast Uluru–Kata Tju­ta Nation­al Park, tow­ers 340 meters above ground and is one of the most spec­tac­u­lar, awe-inspir­ing and spir­i­tu­al sights on the plan­et. Con­sid­ered sacred to the Aborogi­nal peo­ple, the famous sun­ris­es and sun­sets which see the great rock illu­mi­nate in a kalei­do­scope of mul­ti­ple glow­ing colours com­bined with its sheer size, clear star­ry nights and great and beau­ti­ful vast sur­round­ing land­scape make Ulu­ru not just the great sym­bol of Australia’s famous out­back but a tru­ly incred­i­ble won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

52.) Yel­low­stone - Sit­ting atop the largest super vol­cano in North Amer­i­ca, the serene and stun­ning­ly beau­ti­ful Yel­low­stone Nation­al Park is the largest active geyser field in the world – and a hub for rare and endan­gered wildlife, stun­ning moun­tain peaks, bub­bling mud pools. A true nature par­adise and explorable on a series of hikes Yel­low­stone also fea­tures it’s own grand canyon, colour­ful hot springs, rolling rivers, and lush green hills, val­leys and wood­lands, which com­bine to form the stun­ning scenery of Yel­low­stone Nation­al Park and make it a nat­ur­al nature won­der­land and a true won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

53.) Alham­bra - The Jew­el of Grana­da, the great Red city of the Alham­bra is a stun­ning Moor­ish com­plex that is both a fortress, a palace, a gar­den and was once a great citadel that perch­es above the stun­ning Span­ish city of Grana­da. Based and designed upon incred­i­ble Islam­ic Archi­tec­ture, the stun­ning green gar­dens, tow­er­ing halls and lav­ish courts and halls which all sit with­in its stun­ning grounds make the Alham­bra an absolute­ly stun­ning exam­ple of Moor­ish Archi­tec­ture and civ­i­liza­tion and a true won­der of the world. (Read More).

 

54.) Banff Nation­al Park — Home of the world’s great­est and most stun­ning lakes, the majes­tic Banff Nation­al Park is the true Jew­el of Canada’s Nation­al Parks and is home to not just the tow­er­ing and beau­ti­ful Rocky Moun­tains but also a series of rolling rivers, lush green val­leys, cas­cad­ing water­falls, and pre­mier hik­ing trails. Which com­bined with a series of world-class hik­ing trails, the icon­ic mul­ti­ple emer­ald sparkling turquoise lakes and some of the most pris­tine sun­ris­es and sun­sets on the plan­et, makes Banff Nation­al Park a true nat­ur­al and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

55.) Nia­gara Falls- One of the most famous and beau­ti­ful water­falls on the plan­et, the majes­tic nat­ur­al won­der of Nia­gara Falls right­ly earns it’s title as the “Hon­ey­moon Cap­i­tal of the World.” Inter­sect­ing the Amer­i­can and Cana­di­an bor­ers see’s hun­dreds of gal­lons of water a sec­ond cas­cade into the gor­geous Nia­gara Riv­er below. Eas­i­ly explorable on foot, boat and heli­copter (just be sure not to go over it in a bar­rel) — the falls are home to dra­mat­ic sun­ris­es, sun­sets, a win­ter won­der­land and even a spec­tac­u­lar New Year’s Eve Par­ty — the Nia­gra Falls is undoubt­ed­ly one of the worlds great­est nat­ur­al won­ders.  (Read More)

 

56.) Table Moun­tain — The icon of South Africa, the famous flat top Table Moun­tain pro­vides the majes­tic back drop to the bustling Cape Town City and is the jew­el of the breath-tak­ing Cape Penin­su­la. Sum­mitable through one of five offi­cial routes — or the rick­ety and windy cable car  — the route to the top and sum­mit of table moun­tain pro­vide incred­i­ble views of a series of sparkling beach­es, breath-tak­ing moun­tains, the gor­geous Cape Point beau­ty spot and — if you’re lucky — some of the best Marine Life on the plan­et which makes the stun­ning Table Moun­tain Nation­al Park a true phe­nom­e­non and a spec­tac­u­lar won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

57.) The Red Square Com­plex & The Krem­lin - The incred­i­ble Red Square is home to many of Russia’s famous mon­u­ments, not least the sto­ried and famous Krem­lin - the site of some of Russia’s most defin­ing his­tor­i­cal and polit­i­cal moments. The biggest active fortress in Europe and home to some of Russia’s most icon­ic sights – includ­ing the Red Square and Krem­lin com­plex, the icon­ic Star Can­non and the mag­i­cal St. Basil’s Cathe­dral, the Red Square is a place of stun­ning archi­tec­ture and unique beau­ty and one of the most his­toric and impres­sive won­ders of the world.  (Read More)

 

58.) Salar de Uyu­ni The world’s biggest mir­ror – and the world’s largest salt flat, the majes­tic Salar de Uyu­ni is a more than 10,000 square kilo­me­tre beau­ti­ful almost oth­er world­ly nat­ur­al won­der filled with incred­i­ble hexag­o­nal salt flats, beau­ti­ful cac­tus, rocky islands, tow­er­ing vol­ca­noes, mul­ti-coloured lakes, flocks of flamin­gos. Arguably the great­est spot to see the sun­rise, sun­set and milky way on the plan­et, and one of the most unqique pho­to spots on the plan­et – the Salar de Uyu­ni sits more than 3,000 feet above sea lev­el and is a place that will tru­ly take your breath away. (Read More)

 

59.) Sigiriya rock — The Jew­el of Sri Lan­ka, the famous Lion rock of Sigiriya stands proud­ly in the cen­tre of the beau­ti­ful coun­try as one of high­est, sto­ried and most beau­ti­ful rock fortress in the world. Sum­mitable through a nar­row and wind­ing path, explor­ers head­ing for the sum­mit can mar­vel at the incred­i­ble fresco’s, mir­rored wall, gar­dens, his­to­ry and carved Ele­phant claws and steps that dot the path­way lead­ing to the majes­tic Rock Cathe­dral at the sum­mit — where stun­ning views out over the whole of the coun­try await you, on one of the most unique and beau­ti­ful won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

60.) Hagia Sophia & the Blue Mosque — Rep­re­sent­ing the sto­ried his­to­ry, reli­gion, ide­ol­o­gy and beau­ty of the past, present and no doubt future of the won­der­ful city of Istan­bul, the twin won­ders of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque are con­tin­u­ous­ly entwined. Sitting on the banks of the Istan­bul Riv­er in the majes­tic foun­tain filled Sul­tanah­met Park – and recog­nis­able for their beau­ti­ful exte­ri­ors that fea­ture tow­er­ing minarets, encom­pass­ing domes and the famous blue tiles of the Blue Mosque that light up Istan­bul — these twin won­ders have unit­ed and divid­ed the peo­ple of Istan­bul for cen­turies.( Read More)

 

 

61.) Pota­la Palace — The home of spir­i­tu­al Bud­dhism and the for­mer win­ter palace and res­i­dence of the holy Dalai Lama, the stun­ning Pota­la Palace sits atop a sacred hill and encom­pass­es of a series of tem­ples, palaces and offices as well as the best of Bud­dhist archi­tec­ture, daz­zling stupa’s, lush green gar­dens and murals, arti­facts and scrip­tures. Set some 12,000-foot high against the back­ground of the beau­ti­ful Himalayas in the holy city of Tibet – the Pota­la Palace is not only the home of spir­i­tu­al­i­ty and belief for Bud­dhism, but a tru­ly unique won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

62.) Fes Med­i­na — The heart of Morocco’s spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, cul­ture, intel­lect and iden­ti­ty, the beau­ti­ful city of Fes and its famous Med­i­na is both a liv­ing muse­um and the embod­i­ment of tra­di­tion­al life with­in Moroc­co. With the city, except for mod­ern updates for plumb­ing, inter­net and hous­ing, remain­ing unchanged in its design and devel­op­ment since the 13th cen­tu­ry, which help it main­tain not only its true authen­tic feel, but make it a tru­ly incred­i­ble and unique won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

63.) The Riv­er Nile:  Run­ning through the back­bone of Africa, the mighty Riv­er Nile is not only steeped in Ancient Egypt­ian ledged, his­to­ry and romance, but also brings valu­able life to not only the inhab­i­tants of Eleven African coun­tries and their incred­i­ble wildlife, but also to a series of majes­tic land­scapes and nat­ur­al won­ders, with the incred­i­ble and beau­ti­ful Riv­er Nile and a stun­ning and adven­tur­ous jour­ney across its waters – which is filled with the explo­ration of won­ders, inspi­ra­tion and the re-trac­ing of ancient his­to­ry – com­bin­ing to make the mighty Riv­er Nile a tru­ly majes­tic and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

64.) Syd­ney Opera House — “The build­ing that changed a nation” – the icon of Sydney’s Har­bour, the famous Syd­ney Har­bour Opera House is not only an archi­tec­tur­al won­der – with it’s mag­i­cal white tiled exte­ri­or designed to look like sails in the wind –  but is also a world class per­for­mance cen­ter play­ing host to thou­sands of the best artists on the plan­et every year – which com­bined with its cen­tral role in Aus­tralian His­to­ry, it play­ing host to Australia’s famous New Year’s eve fire­work show and being the spot for one of the most scenic and mag­i­cal sun­ris­es and sun­sets on the plan­et makes it a tru­ly unique and incred­i­ble won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

65.) Arashiya­ma Bam­boo Grove — Grow­ing tall on the edges of Kyoto, the Arashiya­ma Sagano Bam­boo For­est is a sto­ried and icon­ic won­der of Japan. With a stroll through the  emer­ald green tow­er­ing Bam­boo for­est allow­ing you to immerse your­self in not only the beau­ty, tran­quil and peace of the for­est but allow you to expe­ri­ence one of the sounds of Japan – as the great bam­boo giants sway in the breeze cre­at­ing a serene and calm back­ing track as you explore this incred­i­ble won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

66.) The Gold­en Gate Bridge — The most icon­ic and most pho­tographed bridge on the Plan­et – the majes­tic Gold­en Gate Bridge is a true archi­tec­tur­al feat, with its recog­nis­able orange hue frame tow­er­ing over the almost 2‑mile gap between the strait of the San Fran­cis­co Bay and the pacif­ic Ocean. Explorable by bike, car and by walk­ing the length of the bridge, the Gold­en Gate Bridge, which has served as a back­drop for count­less Hol­ly­wood mas­ter­pieces, is set against a back­drop of lush green hills, stun­ning beach­es and the incred­i­ble San Fran­cis­co sky­line — mak­ing it a tru­ly mag­nif­i­cent and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

67.) Angel Falls — Par­adise on Earth, the stun­ning Angels Falls is not only the world’s high­est unin­ter­rupt­ed water­fall at an incred­i­ble 979 metres high but is also one of the most majes­tic and beau­ti­ful sights on the plan­et – with the stun­ning won­der unleash­ing everyone’s inner explor­er as you trek through untamed and raw jun­gle, cross mighty rivers and fly above the stun­ning Ama­zon rain­for­est to reach this incred­i­ble and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

68.) Teoti­huacán — The place where men become gods, the ancient lost city of Teoti­huacán was once the largest city in not only Mesoamer­i­ca but the most pop­u­lat­ed and revered city in the world. Despite the city falling into ruins, the still stand­ing stun­ning pyra­mids (which are sad­ly no longer claimable for preser­va­tion rea­sons), the fas­ci­nat­ing twin tem­ples of the moon and sun with their many stairs, the avenue of the dead and archi­tec­ture and arti­facts offer a fas­ci­nat­ing if unex­plained insight into what was once the jew­el of human civ­i­liza­tion. (Read More)

 

69.) Tikal — The mys­te­ri­ous city of Tikal – which still remains 80% undis­cov­ered lies deep with­in the untamed jun­gle of Guatemala and was once one of the biggest Mayan cities on the plan­et. Occu­pied as ear­ly as 1000BC, Archae­ol­o­gists esti­mate that there once stood 3000 mon­u­ments with­in this sacred city, and despite ruing the stun­ning Temple’s, mighty Grand Plaza and fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry dat­ing from as far back as 200AD still stand. Which com­bined with it’s unique set­ting and one of the great­est sun­ris­es and sun­sets on the plan­et make the ancient city of Tikal a true won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

70.) Christ the Redeemer & Rio Sky­line — Embody­ing the faith, spir­i­tu­al­i­ty and belief of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Catholics around the world, the icon­ic Christ the Redeemer stat­ue sits some 700 metres above sea lev­el atop the tow­er­ing Cor­co­v­a­do Moun­tain watch­ing over and pro­tect­ing the city of Rio below. View­able from across the city, a view­ing of the stat­ue giv­ing not just the chance to expe­ri­ence this empow­er­ing sym­bol, but some of the best panoram­ic views of Rio — which makes the stat­ue of Christ the Redeemer a beau­ti­ful and awe-inspir­ing won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

71.)  The Naz­ca Lines — The most mys­te­ri­ous and unex­plained won­der on the plan­et, the unique Naz­ca Lines are a series of giant ancient carv­ings spread across the 80 kilo­me­tres of Peru’s Naz­ca desert. Believed to have been cre­at­ed by the Naz­ca peo­ple some­time between the 1st and 8th cen­tu­ry, the carv­ings, which num­ber more than 800 lines, and 375 var­i­ous fig­ures, ani­mals and plants some of which stretch for more than 30 miles, can only tru­ly be seen from the sky – with the unique carv­ings baf­fling archae­ol­o­gists for cen­turies and thanks to their cul­tur­al, beau­ty and unex­plained pur­pose they are a tru­ly spe­cial won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

72.) Ha Long Bay — The jew­el of Viet­nam – and one of the cra­dles of mankind the stun­ning Hạ Long Bay stretch­es for more than 600 sq metres and is home to emer­ald green waters, sparkling beach­es, majes­tic caves, tow­er­ing moun­tains and thou­sands of giant lime­stone islands that make this nat­ur­al par­adise. With for­ma­tions that date back 20 mil­lion years – and home to civ­i­liza­tion for thou­sands of years, Hạ Long Bay is twinned with fas­ci­nat­ing cul­ture and is home to world class kayak­ing and one of the most stun­ning sun­rise and sun­sets on the plan­et – as the entire bay lights up in a kalei­do­scope of mag­nif­i­cent colours which tru­ly reflects the incred­i­ble won­der of the world that is Hạ Long Bay. (Read More)

 

73.) Red­wood Nation­al and State Parks — “From the Red­wood For­est” the great land and beau­ty of Amer­i­ca poet­i­cised and sung after is tru­ly encap­su­lat­ed in the more than 140,000 acres of enchant­i­ng forestry of the Red­wood Nation­al and State parks. Home to thou­sands of tow­er­ing and majes­tic Red­wood and Giant Sequoia Trees, ancient flo­ra and lush green ferns – all of which are backed by the deep blue incred­i­ble Pacif­ic Ocean and the stun­ning Cal­i­forn­ian Coast­line and eas­i­ly explorable on thou­sands of walks, by bike and even by car – the Red­wood Nation­al and State Parks a tru­ly beau­ti­ful nat­ur­al won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

74.) Hawai­ian Islands — “Alo­ha” – the par­adise islands of Poly­ne­sian Hawaii are a blitz of sparkling gold­en sun kissed beach­es, blue turquoise waters swim­ming with marine life, rolling green val­leys, deep rouge canyons, lava spew­ing vol­ca­noes, dense trop­i­cal rain­for­est and some of the best and adven­tur­ous hik­ing trails, breath-tak­ing snorkelling and div­ing and roads on the plan­et. A hon­ey­moon par­adise Hawaii is made up of 136 gor­geous islands, with the stun­ning nature, serene waters and breath­tak­ing scenery com­bin­ing to make Hawaii one of the most fas­ci­nat­ing, adven­tur­ous and tru­ly beau­ti­ful won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

75.) San­tori­ni - The Jew­el of the Aegean Sea – and one of the true gems of the Greek Islands, the half cres­cent moon island of San­tori­ni which sits atop its impos­ing caldera, is com­posed not only of wild and untamed vol­canic scenery, tow­er­ing cliffs and beau­ti­ful mul­ti-sand beach­es. The island also fea­tures some of the best of cyclidic archi­tec­ture — with the famed blue domes and chalk white cube hous­es being one of the roman­tic spots on the plan­et – and a night­ly sun­set spec­ta­cle which makes the island come alive and helps to make the island of San­tori­ni one of the true won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

76.) New York City Sky­line — It’s a hell of a town, the great New York sky­line com­bines the his­to­ry of the cities famed sky­scrap­ers, (the Empire State build­ing and Rock­e­feller cen­tre) with the best of mod­ern archi­tec­ture (Edge and the Free­dom Tow­er),  pre­mier enter­tain­ment (Sports, Con­certs and Broad­way) and the icons of New York City (the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty and Times square) to give explores both breath-tak­ing views over this incred­i­ble city and a taste of the mag­ic of New York city — as you mar­vel and explore what is one of the great­est cities on the plan­et and a true won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

77.) Yosemite Nation­al Park — The views of a life­time – the won­der of Yosemite has remained unchanged and been mar­veled at over tens of thou­sands of years, with the incred­i­ble rolling glac­i­er carved val­leys of Yosemite  – which stretch for more than 750,000 acres – being home to some of the worlds most spec­tac­u­lar tow­er­ing rock for­ma­tions, thun­der­ous cas­cad­ing water­falls, giant sequoia trees, peace­ful hikes serene and peace­ful mead­ows, beau­ti­ful reflec­tive lakes and sim­ply breath-tak­ing view­points, for one of the most incred­i­ble nation­al parks on the plan­et and a true won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

78.) Ever­glades Nation­al Park - “The Grassy Waters” – the sub­trop­i­cal Nation­al Park is home to nine stun­ning ecosys­tems, that house some of the world most strik­ing land­scapes, habi­tats and endan­gered and rare ani­mals on the plan­et. Explorable upon a range of trails, canoe tours and on one of the icons of the ever­glades, the famed Air­boat, the fragili­ty, her­itage and diverse nature of this incred­i­ble nation­al park, makes the wet­lands of the Ever­glades a tru­ly spe­cial and stun­ning won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

79.) Great Bar­ri­er Reef — The largest liv­ing struc­ture on the plan­et, Australia’s incred­i­ble Great Bar­ri­er Reef stands as not only an immense exam­ple of the sheer beau­ty and pow­er of moth­er nature, but with more than 3,000 reefs, sparkling gold sandy beach­es, turquoise waters, breath-tak­ing dive spots and more than 900 roman­tic coral islands – all of which are home to more than 2,000 species of daz­zling coral fish and marine life – the Great Bar­ri­er Reef is not only the true jew­el of Aus­tralia and one of the great­est envi­ron­ments on the plan­et, but a tru­ly spe­cial won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

80.) Glac­i­ers of the South­ern Alps — Sparkling Glac­i­er Coun­try – the tow­er­ing impos­ing peaks of New Zealand’s South­ern Island Glac­i­ers are a tru­ly stun­ning sight to behold, as you explore these incred­i­ble ancient green, emer­ald ice won­ders that  on both foot, from the sky and from the serene fjord land and for­est that lie at their base. Made up of thou­sands of indi­vid­ual ice glac­i­ers – includ­ing the stars of the show of Fox and Franz Josef and the near­by Cook Moun­tain – the Glac­i­ers of the South­ern Alps are known to be in retreat, mak­ing this a won­der of the world  that we’d encour­age you to vis­it as soon as pos­si­ble. (Read More)

 

 

81.)The Silk Road of the Cen­tral Asia region- Tru­ly off the beat­en track, the “five stans” — Kaza­khstan, Kyr­gyzs­tan, Tajik­istan, Turk­menistan, and Uzbek­istan – that make up the heart of the Silk Road are not just the core of Cen­tral Asia, but are home to stun­ning scenery includ­ing — tow­er­ing moun­tains, stun­ning archi­tec­ture, serene lakes, gor­geous high­ways, rolling deserts, and of course burn­ing gas craters. Blessed with a range of diverse cul­tures, peo­ple and lifestyle, this one closed off and restrict­ed unique area of the world is not just under­rat­ed and under­stood but a tru­ly spe­cial and life enrich­ing won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

82.) Swiss Alps — Europe’s great Misty Moun­tains, the beau­ty of the Swiss Alps is beyond the stuff of leg­end, with the hun­dreds of tow­er­ing peaks and their accom­pa­ny­ing views rep­re­sent­ing quin­tes­sen­tial Switzer­land and some of the most stun­ning scenery on the plan­et– as emer­ald lakes, rolling hills and his­tor­i­cal cas­tles lay out before you. Eas­i­ly explorable on a series of hikes, by boat, scenic glacial trains — and even by tobog­gan, the sheer beau­ty of the Swiss Alps, com­bined with their ease of access and all year-round avail­abil­i­ty makes the tow­er­ing and serene beau­ty of the mighty Swiss Alps an undoubt­ed won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

83.) Bor­neo — Deep with­in the Jun­gles, the mag­ic of the wild and mys­te­ri­ous jun­gles of Bor­neo are tru­ly the stuff of leg­end and adven­ture, with this idyl­lic island – famed for its roam­ing habi­tat of native orang­utans – being home to more than 1,000 ani­mal species, and more than 15,000 plant species all of whom lie deep with­in the world’s old­est rain­for­est. Along­side the stun­ning wildlife, you’ll also find sparkling white sandy beach­es, world class scu­ba div­ing, tow­er­ing moun­tains, scrump­tious street food, and the famed Iban head­hunt­ing tribe, all of which com­bine to make Bor­neo one of the most strik­ing­ly beau­ti­ful places on the plan­et and a true won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

84.) Alas­ka — The last fron­tier – a jour­ney into the wild of the incred­i­ble and vast land­scapes, nature and stun­ning diver­si­ty of Alas­ka is like noth­ing else on the plan­et. With America’s largest state being home to not only one of the world’s pre­mier view­ing spots for the mag­i­cal North­ern Lights, but the ice palaces and glac­i­ers of spark­ing Fjords, dense rain­for­est sanc­tu­ar­ies and America’s biggest Nation­al Park in the Wrangell-St. Elias Nation­al Park and the beau­ti­ful Denali park – the mag­i­cal wilder­ness of Alas­ka is a an undoubt­ed won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

85.) The Red Sea — The “Under­wa­ter Gar­den of Eden” the Red Sea is blessed not only with incred­i­ble marine life, sparkling corals and sto­ried ship­wrecks, but is etched in reli­gious and spir­i­tu­al leg­end. Stretch­ing 1,200 kilo­me­tres the close prox­im­i­ty to the Red Sea’s East­ern Desert of Wadi al-Gimel pro­vides some of the most strik­ing and stun­ning land­scapes on the plan­et. Blessed also with incred­i­ble sun­sets, sun­ris­es and home to more than 300 species of coral and 1,200 species of fish and ani­mals –the Red Sea is one of the most spe­cial and spir­i­tu­al places on the plan­et and an undoubt­ed won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

86.) North Pole — To stand on top of the world at 90 degrees North  undoubt­ed­ly one of the true great trav­el feats. Defined by the Earth’s axis of rota­tion – as well as by the mag­net­ic north, an expe­di­tion to the North Pole – achieved by boat, sky or on skis — requires logis­tics, ter­rain and weath­er plan­ning but to wit­ness the shin­ing vis­tas, rare wildlife and stun­ning end­less ice land­scapes – and step upon the top of the world, from which the only direc­tion is south, isun­doubt­ed­ly one of the great­est adven­tures on the plan­et and makes beau­ty of the geo­graph­ic North Pole an undoubt­ed won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

87.) Mil­ford Sound — Chris­tened as the ‘8th won­der of the world’ by Rud­yard Kipling, the glis­ten­ing tran­quil jew­el of New Zealand’s Ford­land, the won­der of Mil­ford Sounds is a stun­ning spec­ta­cle of pure beau­ty, shin­ing nat­ur­al ener­gy and a true mag­i­cal par­adise oasis, filled with some of the worlds most spec­tac­u­lar dense rain­for­est, tow­er­ing cliff for­ma­tions, moun­tain peaks, charm­ing waters and some of the world’s great­est water­falls and hikes – mak­ing it an unde­ni­able won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

88.) Skele­ton Coast — The end of the Earth – a jour­ney across the 500 kilo­me­tre haunt­ing and dra­mat­ic coast­line of Namibia’s Skele­ton Coast is as enthralling and as off the beat­en track as any explor­er can go. A vast sand grave­yard, the strong and relent­less Benguela cur­rents and winds of the Atlantic Ocean com­bine with 100 metre sand dunes and harsh and remote des­o­late desert to cre­ate not only a strik­ing and unique noth­ing­ness land­scape – but the world’s largest ceme­tery for sailors from which this unique won­der of the world takes its name. (Read More)

 

89.) Baal­bek — The ‘City of the Sun’ – the vast, impos­ing and sim­ply stun­ning the ruins of Baal­bek stand as not only the most impres­sive, well pre­served, and ancient site in the Mid­dle East, but with its archae­o­log­i­cal and his­tor­i­cal sig­nif­i­cance, com­bined with the extrav­a­gant and immense tem­ples, shrines, and stat­ues that remain with­in this rur­al and wild desert set­ting, there’s not only a sense of the undis­cov­ered and mys­tery across this stun­ning site, but an undoubt­ed con­fir­ma­tion that the great city and ruins of Baal­bek stands as one of the great won­ders of the world. (Read More)

 

90.) Mont Saint-Michel - Born out of a dream, the hid­den gem of France Mont Saint-Michel is as his­tor­i­cal­ly rich as it is cul­tur­al­ly and archi­tec­tural­ly, with this incred­i­ble medieval vil­lage — that is home to stun­ning eater­ies, his­tor­i­cal muse­ums and one of the great­est abbeys on the plan­et —  rest­ing on an almost sur­re­al island. Acces­si­ble by draw­bridge and cause­way, thanks to the ever-chang­ing tides,  — high tide brings a mir­ror reflec­tion to the iso­lat­ed vil­lage – and low tide enabling explor­ers to walk on foot across around the vil­lage — the mag­i­cal of this incred­i­ble his­to­ry, beau­ty and romance of this true won­der of the world can be absorbed. (Read More)

 

91.) Amboseli Nation­al Reserve — The land of the Giants – Amboseli is home to one of the most icon­ic scener­ies across the whole of Africa, with the park lying against the back­drop of the mighty Kil­i­man­jaro – offer­ing the chance to cap­ture unique mem­o­ries of African Wildlife against the tow­er­ing peak. Along­side this breath-tak­ing image, Amboseli is com­posed of five wildlife habi­tats which are home to more than 800 dif­fer­ent mam­mal species and 400 bird species – mak­ing Amboseli Nation­al reserve a true haven for wildlife and an undoubt­ed won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

92.) Bagan — The land of thou­sands of Pago­das, the mag­i­cal gold­en city of Bagan stands as one of the most mys­te­ri­ous, his­tor­i­cal and sim­ply beau­ti­ful ancient cities on the plan­et, with this deeply reli­gious and spir­i­tu­al com­plex being home to not only 3822 Bud­dhist tem­ples, pago­das, and monas­ter­ies which date back to the 9th Cen­tu­ry, but also being home to some of the planet’s most breath-tak­ing and awe-inspir­ing sun­ris­es and sun­sets, as explor­ers watch the ancient city come to life in blind­ing light for one of the most incred­i­ble earth­ly expe­ri­ences at this unique won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

93.) The palace of Ver­sailles — Engulfed in his­tor­i­cal sig­nif­i­cance, the best of Baroque archi­tec­ture and stun­ning lav­ish beau­ty, the palace of Ver­sailles stands not only as the jew­el of France but as a pow­er­ful sym­bol of the pow­er, extrav­a­gance and indul­gence of roy­al mon­archs that would lead to the French rev­o­lu­tion. Cou­ple this with its role in defin­ing peace and war in the 21st cen­tu­ry, and a series of exsquiste gardnes, cham­bers and halls and this stun­ning palace — which has for­ev­er changed the course and face of his­to­ry — is an undoubt­ed won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

94.) The Karako­ram High­way — The road at the top of the world, a jour­ney across the ancient silk road high­way of the Karako­ram High­way will take you north from Islam­abad across the tow­er­ing peaks of the Karako­ram, Himalayas and Hin­du Kush while pass­ing dia­mond glacial lakes, alpine forests, quaint vil­lages, deep val­leys and explor­ing ancient king­doms into the heart of Xin­jiang in Chi­na– on an 800 kilo­me­tre unfor­get­table jour­ney across a wild fron­tier that is undoubt­ed­ly one of the world’s great­est road trips on a spec­tac­u­lar and awe-inspir­ing won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

95.) The Dead Sea — The low­est place on earth, the Dead Sea sits 434 metres below sea lev­el and is one of the most unique and fas­ci­nat­ing places on earth. Shared between Israel and Jor­dan the salt infused water, which is more than 10 times salti­er than ocean water and known to reach tem­per­a­tures of 51°C, allow­ing not only for the icon­ic ‘float­ing expe­ri­ence’ but also allow­ing for a deep min­er­al rich heal­ing expe­ri­ence whilst spilling into the air to cre­ate a rich-oxy­gen infused atmos­phere — that not only pre­vents sun­burn but allows for deep relax­ation on the shores of this stun­ning and his­tor­i­cal­ly rich won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

96.) The Trans-Siber­ian Net­work — The jew­el of the Tsars, the Trans-Siber­ian, Trans-Mon­go­lian & Trans-Manchuri­an are the com­bi­na­tion of three incred­i­ble train net­works that make up one of the world’s most pre­mier – and last remain­ing – epic adven­tures — a jour­ney by rail across more than a third of the world. Stretch­ing from Moscow to Bei­jing via Mon­go­lia these great net­works take trav­ellers into the heart and high­lights of Eura­sia – where they will encounter incred­i­ble scenery, embark on unique adven­tures, expe­ri­ence diverse cul­tures, and enjoy a tru­ly life-chang­ing expe­ri­ence, as they ride the tracks on this stun­ning won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

97.) Bryce Canyon and Zion Nation­al park — Two won­ders for the price of one – the majes­tic neigh­bours of Bryce Canyon and Zion Nation­al park — who lie just an hour away from each oth­er – are both stun­ning­ly beau­ti­ful and yet indi­vid­u­al­is­tic in the unique scenery, land­scape and expe­ri­ences they offer. With the icon­ic mil­lion old dis­tinc­tive gold­en orange hoodoos of Bryce Canyon being oth­er-world­ly in nature, and the tow­er­ing sand­stone cliffs, rolling deep canyons and breath-tak­ing nature and wildlife found in Zion park, com­bin­ing to make Bryce Canyon and Zion Nation­al park not only the best of Utah’s ‘Mighty Five’ but togeth­er they com­prise one tru­ly spe­cial won­der of the world.  (Read More)

 

98.) Glac­i­er Nation­al Park — The “Crown of the Con­ti­nent” or in tra­di­tion­al Koote­nai lan­guage “the place of many ice” Glac­i­er Nation­al Park is a true nature won­der­land and oasis of stun­ning scenery. Strad­dling a con­ti­nen­tal divide between the pacif­ic and arc­tic – the many impos­ing Glac­i­ers, some of which stretch more than half a mile in length, cre­ate not only deep vista scenery but give life to more than 700 lakes, deep canyon’s, free-flow­ing water­falls, the snow-capped rocky moun­tains and thriv­ing wildlife with­in this one mil­lion acre par­adise that is an undoubt­ed won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

99.) Lake Tit­i­ca­ca — “The Mount of the Puma” Lake Tit­i­ca­ca is guar­an­teed to leave explor­ers breath­less – in more ways than one ! — with this serene and fabled lake not only sit­ting 3,812 meters above sea lev­el, mak­ing it offi­cial­ly the high­est lake in the world – but thanks to its extreme beau­ty, the enchant­i­ng panoram­ic vis­tas, its rich wildlife, the many charm­ing islands and unique expe­ri­ences that lye upon it, com­bined with its rich his­to­ry, mythol­o­gy, life sus­tain­ing waters and float­ing islands (Uros) Lake Tit­i­ca­ca is not only one of the most icon­ic lakes on the plan­et – but is also a true won­der of the world. (Read More)

 

100.) Ancient Egypt Thebes (Lux­or) — The worlds great­est open-air Muse­um – the city of Lux­or is not just a sto­ried reflec­tion of the great Egypt­ian Empire, but as the ancient empires one time cap­i­tal it is home to some of the grand­est and most impor­tant tem­ples, tombs and mon­u­ments on the plan­et. Built on ancient Greek city of ‘Thebes,’ Lux­or was believed to be home to the great God Amun and was con­struct­ed by a series of Egypt­ian Pharaohs to stand for over 2 cen­turies as a cen­tre for polit­i­cal, mil­i­tary and reli­gion mak­ing this unqi­ue city an incred­i­ble won­der of the world. (Read More)