Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province in southeastern China, located along the lower Min River near the coast. The city combines a dense urban center with hills, waterways, parks, and historic neighborhoods. It is known as an important center of Min culture and as the birthplace of Fujian cuisine.

Warnemunde (or Warnemünde) is a port city in Germany and a frequent stop on many Northern European cruises. Across the Baltic Sea from Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, this charming seaside city has a number of delightful attractions, including the Warnemünde Lighthouse, a variety of local shops along the marina, and surfing lessons on the beach.

Skeleton Coast National Park stretches for about 500 kilometres along Namibia’s northwestern Atlantic coast, from the Ugab River toward the Kunene River. The park covers roughly 16,390 square kilometres of beaches, dunes, gravel plains, ephemeral riverbeds, canyons, and rugged mountain landscapes. Cold Atlantic water from the Benguela Current helps produce frequent coastal fog, which can extend inland across the desert.

Tola is a coastal municipality in Nicaragua's Rivas department, extending along a long stretch of the country's southwestern Pacific shoreline. Its landscape combines sandy beaches, rocky headlands, tropical vegetation, farmland, and small rural communities. Tola is particularly known for its many beaches, including Playa Gigante, Playa Amarillo, Playa Colorado, Playa Guasacate, Playa Popoyo, and Playa Astillero.

Akagera National Park occupies Rwanda’s northeastern corner along the border with Tanzania and is the country’s only protected savanna region. Its relatively low-lying landscape contains rolling hills, open grasslands, woodland, papyrus wetlands, and a chain of lakes connected by the Akagera River system.