Over 70% of this island off the coast from Canberra, is a national park. It is a popular tourist destination

Farther from a continental landfall than any other group of islands on earth, the twelve Marquesas jut out of the open Pacific just south of the equator, shrouded in a constant cloud cover.

This stunning National Park is located on the Mediterranean coast in southern France. Calanques National Park should definitely be on your wish list!

Baltra is a small island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, located just north of Santa Cruz Island. Although it has limited permanent settlement and little vegetation compared to other islands in the region, Baltra plays an important role as one of the main transportation gateways to the Galápagos.

The Orkney Islands sit just off the northern coast of Scotland. This group of around seventy islands offers wide horizons, quiet roads, and coastlines shaped by wind and waves where visitors often arrive expecting rugged scenery and leave talking about the sense of space from the long beaches to the steep cliffs and sea stacks rising straight from the water. One striking example is the Old Man of Hoy, a tall sea stack that draws photographers and climbers alike.