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TJA tree-lined capital nestled between mountain ranges that serves as the gateway to the legendary Pamir Highway, where the National Museum showcases Silk Road treasures, the green bazaar overflows with pomegranates and walnuts, and the world's second-tallest flagpole once towered over Rudaki Park.
IndiaA UNESCO World Heritage complex of 25 medieval Hindu and Jain temples covered in extraordinarily intricate erotic and divine sculptures — the pinnacle of Chandela dynasty art, set against the wild backdrop of Panna National Park's tiger-roaming forests.
Utah's first national park — a cathedral of sculpted sandstone where the Virgin River carved 2,000-foot vermilion cliffs into a labyrinth of slot canyons, hanging gardens, and vertigo-inducing spines like Angels Landing that draw hikers from every corner of the planet.
Travel GuidesIf your ideal vacation involves swimming through Mayan cave systems, diving into sinkholes, and tubing through underground rivers, Belize is your country.
Stories6:47 AM, driving east on the Moshi highway, and there it was — Africa's highest peak floating above the clouds like it wasn't entirely real.
Travel GuidesFrom a walk-behind waterfall to a 6,643-foot spiral tower and grassy balds above the fog, here's how to hike America's most-visited national park the smart way.
StoriesHe's spent 15 years guiding tourists through 130-million-year-old rainforest. He's seen orangutans give birth, tourists try to pet proboscis monkeys, and the palm oil industry eat the jungle alive.
Travel GuidesFrom volcano safety to kava etiquette, visa rules to inner-island flights — everything first-timers need to know before landing in the South Pacific's wildest archipelago.
StoriesMarie-Ange runs a gite in Cilaos, speaks four languages, and has watched her volcanic island transform from a forgotten colony to a hiking paradise. She has thoughts.
