Amboseli is a wildlife region in southern Kenya, centered on Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County near the border with Tanzania. Its landscape is defined by open plains, seasonal lake beds, acacia woodland, and freshwater swamps, with Mount Kilimanjaro rising prominently across the border to the south.

Volcanoes National Park, in northwestern Rwanda, is a place where dramatic volcanic landscapes meet extraordinary wildlife encounters. Stretching across the Virunga Mountains, the park is dominated by five towering volcanoes whose slopes are cloaked in rainforest and bamboo.

This coastal town in southwestern Namibia is known for its German colonial buildings, including the art nouveau Goerke Haus, built into the rock face on Diamond Hill. Nearby, Felsenkirche is a hilltop church with panoramic bay views stretching around to Robert Harbor. The Lüderitz Museum has displays about the town’s diamond mining past as well as local and natural history.

The National Park of American Samoa invites visitors to step into a world shaped by towering volcanic ridges, tangled rainforests, and clear coral-sand bays. Spread across Tutuila, Ta‘ū, and Ofu islands, the park protects nearly 13,500 acres of land and 4,000 acres of ocean, an unusual patchwork where ancient ecosystems like paleotropical rainforests meet hip-deep coral reefs. Only U.S. national park in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s a place where you can hike through cloud-shrouded forests and t

Tahiti is a veritable paradise in the South Pacific. The largest and most populous island of French Polynesia's Society Islands, Tahiti is known for its iconic overwater bungalows, crystal-clear cerulean water, and lush, tropical rainforests.