101 Things to Do Before You Die: the Natural World by The TI Review Team

Relax on the Shores of the Hudson Bay by Nigel Tisdall

See the Northern Lights - one of the best places in the world for aurora-viewing is Churchill, on the shores of Hudson Bay, Canada. For a dreamy adventure take the train up from Winnipeg in the depths of winter.

See the Himalayan Stars by Annabel Skinner

Tibet, Himalayas: Lie beneath a canopy of stars on a rooftop in the high Himalayas, breathing mountain air mingled with the scent of fresh fodder grasses to the melodies of Tibetan prayers being offered to great gods.

Visit Three Thousand Fingers of Rock by Graham Reid

Halong Bay, Vietnam. Three thousand fingers of rock point out of the ocean, created either by a dragon, wind and water erosion, or the carving hand of God. You decide.

Experience Blue Mornings by Fiona Dunlop

Lago de Atitlan: Morning mists over this stunning Guatemalan lake take on a cool blue tinge, creating a luminous veil over fishermen’s canoes and cloud-shrouded volcanoes. Each Mayan villages around the lake has a different identity and customs – including the smokin’ drinkin’ god-figure of Maximon at Santiago.

Visit the Valley of Draa by Anthea Gerrie

Whether you come at it from the Souss Valley across a new cobalt mine, or the barren, mountainous moonscape out of Ouazarzate, nothing prepares you for your first view of Morocco’s Draa Valley from the overlook at Agdz at its northern tip. A million date palms stretch into the distance, glossy dark green against the red earth. But the real joy is to drive through the Draa all the way to Zagora, a route punctuated by fantastical kasbahs straight out of 1001 Nights - and pausing to walk beside the farmers in the plantations and buy a bag of dates from their sons along the riverside.

See John Wayne’s Long Shadow by Anthea Gerrie

You may have seen it a dozen times on celluloid, but nothing prepares you for coming upon Monument Valley in your own hire car at the place where Arizona meets Utah - the astonishing configuration of gigantic red rocks which has served as the backdrop to countless westerns. To really experience it, tour into the Valley with one of the Native Americans who have inhabited this land for centuries - and don’t leave without grabbing some Indian fry bread from a roadside kiosk.

See Calving glaciers in Alaska by Barbara Erasmus

United States: We see the Harvard Glacier from miles away - a cliff of tortured ice, increasingly spectacular as we draw nearer. An ominous crack of thunder. Our mouths fall open as a block of ice larger then a double-decker bus trembles on the brink, poised for a final moment. It breaks free and tumbles in slow motion into the icy waters below.

Balance on a Razor Sharp Ridge of an Ochre Coloured Dune in Sossuvlei, Namibia by Gillian Ivory

Do it barefoot and you’ll feel the rising heat of the sand in what is possibly the oldest desert in the world. Dwarfed by its magic, watch the horizon stretch towards infinity.

Sea Kayak Tierra del Fuego-Here  by Steve Jermanok

Tierra del Fuego. At South America's southernmost islands, the glacier-crusted Charles Darwin Range rises 8,000 feet straight out of the ice-floe studded fjords, shielding paddlers from the wind, and there's nobody else except fishermen. Paddle through the Straits of Magellan to Cape Horn and its fjords, accessible only by sea.

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