Jun 12, 2018 • 5 min read
Setting off from a dock in la Bahía de La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur, the boat slows as the first whale shark of the day comes into view…
Jun 12, 2018 • 6 min read
Christmas Island crabs? The adorable quokkas of Rottnest? There’s perhaps no place in the world as synonymous with its animal inhabitants as Indonesia’s…
Jun 5, 2018 • 6 min read
Tropical southern Taiwan is a land of turquoise waters and rocky coasts, night markets and beach bars, succulent seafood and fresh produce. One of…
Jun 4, 2018 • 4 min read
To experience the real Dominica is to rub sweat from your brow, to have your favorite pair of hiking boots caked in mud, and to thoroughly understand how…
May 25, 2018 • 4 min read
Florida’s tourism identity is intimately tied to water, and for most visitors, that water either means the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. Fair…
May 24, 2018 • 5 min read
Sichuan (四川) – the ‘China of China’. This far west province is a microcosm of all that draws visitors to the Middle Kingdom. Fiery food, sleepy pandas, a…
May 15, 2018 • 6 min read
A first visit to one of the Great Lakes redefines ideas of what a lake can be. The deep, cold waters stretch out as far as the eye can see toward a flat…
May 15, 2018 • 16 min read
Begin your Mexican adventure in the winelands of Valle de Guadalupe, before venturing into cowboy country. Next, head to Bahía de los Ángeles to witness …
May 9, 2018 • 8 min read
The Yukon Territory's exhilarating landscape – extreme and unfathomable – matches the wanderlust of the people who choose to come here.
May 8, 2018 • 6 min read
Qatar is well known for its towering skyscrapers, luxury hotels and impressive feats of engineering that have enabled the cosmopolitan city of Doha to…
May 1, 2018 • 7 min read
Botswana’s mighty Okavango Delta, which expands annually up to a size of almost 20,000 sq km, is one of Africa’s greatest and most pristine wildernesses…
Apr 25, 2018 • 5 min read
As on most of the Canary Islands, once you get away from Gran Canaria’s built-up south-coast beach resorts, you’ll find an astonishing landscape that…
Apr 24, 2018 • 6 min read
Even though the Falkland Islands – one of the UK’s southernmost overseas territories – briefly came to global prominence in 1982 after its sovereignty was…
Apr 18, 2018 • 4 min read
The tropical landscape of Panama City is home to Lonely Planet Local Martina Gili, who loves the way the metropolis surrounded by jungle offers the best…
Apr 17, 2018 • 4 min read
More than 200 islands lie within reach of Abu Dhabi’s coastline, scattered across the Gulf beneath cloudless blue skies. Easily accessible islands such as…
Apr 17, 2018 • 5 min read
A desert road trip just south of Abu Dhabi will transport you far from the city’s skyscrapers and malls and add a cinematic, sensory dimension to your UAE…
Apr 13, 2018 • 6 min read
A remote and still relatively undiscovered destination, Papua New Guinea is one of the few places left in the world where you can truly go off the beaten…
Apr 13, 2018 • 8 min read
When you live in a country as vast and varied as the US, it’s hard to decide where to spend that oh-so-precious family vacation. And the answer also…
Apr 6, 2018 • 5 min read
Lonely Planet Local Clementine Logan moved to Nairobi for a job in journalism over five years ago and hasn’t looked back. She compares the city to the…
Apr 6, 2018 • 4 min read
Nairobi is a multifaceted African city undergoing dizzying development. It’s full of skyscrapers, crowded markets and congested roads, but is also dotted…
Mar 29, 2018 • 6 min read
The 470km-long Lebanon Mountain Trail traverses the full length of this tiny Middle Eastern country, passing through ancient cedar forests and olive…
Mar 28, 2018 • 6 min read
Sitting pretty on the Iberian Peninsula’s north coast, tiny Cantabria offers a completely different vision of Spain. Still largely unknown to outsiders –…