New wonders of the world! The （人が）群がる-解放する／自由な tourist 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs to 調書をとる／予約する now that are just as magnificent as their famous 相当するものs

By Nigel Tisdall

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Many of us have had the good fortune to visit some of the 広大な／多数の／重要な wonders of our 惑星 ― perhaps the Pyramids, Taj Mahal or 広大な／多数の／重要な 塀で囲む of 中国, or terrific natural spectacles like the Grand Canyon and Victoria 落ちるs.?

There is just one problem: the number of tourists who descend on these showstoppers. There are many more marvels to be seen that are just as impressive but いっそう少なく busy or commercialised.?

From majestic landscapes and 古代の 廃虚s to an art deco gem, here’s our 最高の，を越す ten いっそう少なく-visited wonders of the world, and how to experience them.

CORAL TREASURES?

Recently featured on BBC Two’s Wilderness With Simon Reeve, the 珊瑚 ?Triangle is so rich with fish and 珊瑚 that scientists have dubb ed it a ‘種類 factory’. Stretching across the 太平洋の from the Philippines to Bali and the Solomon Islands, its bullseye is a remote corner of eastern Indonesia known as Raja Ampat.?

Here you can go 調査するing on a phinisi (伝統的な 木造の sailing boat), with ample time to snorkel, dive and visit island communities.?

  • OUR TIP: Travel between November and March for 静める seas and a good chance of spotting manta rays.?
  • BOOK IT: A ten-night, all-inclusive group voyage costs from £6,995pp, 含むing?移転s, meals and activities (responsible travel.com).?Flights from Gatwick to Sorong 経由で Jakarta are extra, from £1,059 return (qatarairways.com).

CROWD-FREE MAYAN RUINS?

Caracol is the largest of many magnificent but rarely busy Mayan 廃虚s ぱらぱら雨d across Belize, a still barely discovered English-speaking country in Central America that is わずかに larger than むちの跡s. Some 1,300 years ago this was a 繁栄するing city with 150,000 居住（者）s, now its lofty 寺s and 幅の広い plazas are a junglewrapped home for toucans and 黒人／ボイコット howler monkeys where you can sit in peace 熟視する／熟考するing the candle-ends of history.?

  • OUR TIP: Stay at Blancaneaux 宿泊する, a 90-minute 運動 away, which is owned by film director and winemaker Francis Ford Coppola.?
  • BOOK IT: An eight-night 小旅行する 連合させるing beach and rainforest, spending three at Blancaneaux 宿泊する, costs from £3,975pp, 含むing flights from Gatwick to Belize City 経由で Cancun, 移転s and breakfast (rainbowtours.co.uk).?

WET AND WILD IN BRAZIL?

粘着するing to the 国境s of Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil, the Pa ntanal is the largest 熱帯の wetland on the 惑星 and home to a thrilling 野性生物 that 含むs 巨大（な） カワウソs, the maned wolf and the gorgeously blue, 3ft long hyacinth macaw. It has the greatest 集中 of caimans (crocodiles) in the world 加える around 5,000 jaguars.?

  • OUR TIP: May to October is the 乾燥した，日照りの season when it’s easier to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す animals.?
  • BOOK IT: A nine-night Wild life Of The Pantanal group 小旅行する, visiting three 宿泊するs, costs from £5,995pp, 含むing flights to Cuiaba 経由で Sao Paulo, 移転s, meals and excursions (wildlifeworldwide.com).?

VIETNAM’S SECRET?

With its 非常に高い run of jagged karst pinnacles, Ninh Binh is as 劇の a sight as the better-known Halong Bay, but doesn’t come with hordes of trippers. Two hours south of Hanoi and 国境d by rivers, farms and 寺s, it’s best discovered by bike or by gliding 石油精製 on a sampan.?

  • OUR TIP: Visit in October and November when wate r levels are high and the rice fields are ready for 収穫.?
  • BOOK IT: A 12-night Landscapes Of Vietnam 小旅行する, which spends two nights in Ninh Binh, costs from £3,415pp, 含むing flights into Hanoi and 支援する from 売春婦 Chi Minh City, 移転s, most meals and some excursions (insideasiatours.com).?

HOT ROCKS IN NEVADA?

Only an hour’s 運動 from Las Vegas, the Valley of 解雇する／砲火／射撃 明言する／公表する Park is an overlooked natural wonder that can’t fail to amaze. Get ready for 渦巻くing red sandstone 形式s that look like streaky bacon, 4,000-year-old 激しく揺する carvings and 引き上げ（る）ing 追跡するs to 控訴 all levels.?

  • OUR TIP: Nevada is perfect for a road trip with many 大勝するs from two to five days ― go from October to April when it’s cooler.?

ANCIENT TIBET?

始める，決める at just over 12,000ft, the gargantuan Potala Palace in Lhasa dates from the 17th century and has over 1,000 rooms 住宅 a wealth of Buddhist treasures. The adventurous way to get there is on the world’s highest 鉄道 which runs across the stark Tibetan 高原 from Xining, covering 600 miles with hundreds of 橋（渡しをする）s built over the permafrost.?

  • OUR TIP: The 天候 is warmest from June to September.?
  • BOOK IT: A ten-day 古代の City Of Lhasa 小旅行する costs from £2,690pp, 含むing a two-night train ride to Lhasa 加える accommodation and some meals and excursions (worldexpeditions.com). Flights from Heathrow to Chengdu and 支援する from Lhasa are extra, from £1,167 return (airchina.co.uk).?

FLY OVER NAMIBIA?

The Namib 砂漠 is believed to be the oldest in the world, barely 住むd by humans but with a remarkably adapted 野性生物 that 含むs elephants, lions, rhino and, on the smaller 味方する, geckos. The chance to climb colossal sand dunes, 会合，会う the indigenous Himba and 調査する the shipwreck-strewn 骸骨／概要 Coast make this a must for romantics and wilderness-lovers.?

  • OUR TIP: Distances are 広大な so hop around?by small 計画（する） savouring the mesmerising 見解（をとる）s over time-worn Africa.?
  • BOOK IT: A seven-day safari costs from £3,642pp based on four travellers 飛行機で行くing together, 含むing meals and safari activities (travellocal. com). Flights from Heathrow to Windhoek 経由で Frankfurt are extra, from £1,203 return (lufthansa.com).

ART DECO JEWEL?

Rebuilt in the 1930s after an 地震, Napier is a genteel port in New Zealand that has の近くに to 150 colourful and 井戸／弁護士席-保存するd art deco buildings that are a joy to 調査する. Decorated with sunbursts and fountains, they 含む a theatre with 初めの neon and chrome fittings and a bank adorned with stylised hammerhead sharks. でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるing this, the 強硬派’s Bay 地域 is famous for its beaches, wineries and food.?

  • OUR TIP: Napier fits in 井戸／弁護士席 with a North Island 小旅行する 飛行機で行くing into Auckland then 支援する from the Kiwi 資本／首都, Wellington.?
  • BOOK IT: A 14-night North Island Classic self-運動 小旅行する, spending a night in Napier, costs from £1,966pp, 含むing some excursions (discover-the-world.com). Flights from Heathrow to Auck land and 支援する from Wellington are extra, from £1,419 return (airnewzealand.co.uk).?

DOMINICA’S BOILING LAKE

Steaming waters that boil like a witches’ cauldron 嘘（をつく） at the heart of the 山地の Caribbean 小島 of Dominica. At 230ft wide and 始める，決める at an 高度 of 2,600ft, the 泡ing grey lake 申し込む／申し出s a rare glimpse of the earth’s violent 内部の and is one of many scenic thrills in the World 遺産-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d Morne Trois Pitons 国家の Park, which also has impressive forests, waterfalls and birdlife.?

  • OUR TIP: If you don’t fancy the 12-mile 引き上げ（る）, hang on till the end of next year when a cable car will open.?
  • BOOK IT: Seven nights at Fort Young Hotel costs from £1,699pp B&B, 含むing flights from Gatwick 経由で Barbados and 移転s (caribtours.co.uk).?

CRUISE THE KIMBERLEY?

Australia's 巨大な and empty northwest corner has become an exciting 目的地 for 探検隊／遠征隊 巡航するs voyaging between Broome and Darwin. 最高潮の場面s 含む natural wonders that are a result of 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の tides, such as the Montgomery 暗礁 which appears to rise from the ocean, and the 水平の 落ちるs, where 抱擁する 容積／容量s of water get squeezed through cliff passages.?

  • OUR TIP: 追加する on some time in Broome to enjoy its enormous beach, Asian cuisine and pearl farms.?
  • BOOK IT: A nine-night Kimberley Coast Adventure 巡航する 船内に the 140-?乗客 遺産 Adventurer costs from £6,995pp, 含むing meals, drinks and excursions (aptouring.co.uk). Flights from Heathrow to Broome and 支援する from Darwin are extra, from £1,512pp return (qantas.com)
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