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Stories about Oceania
18 stories from our editors. Filter by part of the world, or page back in time.
South America · Europe · Middle East
Eight mineral landscapes shaped by salt, iron and hot water
On Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, a hard white crust runs towards an empty horizon. Elsewhere, iron colours whole mountains red, hot springs build terraces, and Roman miners have left cliffs behind.
Wadi Rum · La Palma · Atacama
Ten dark-sky landscapes, ranked from moorland to mountain basin
Pink sand runs below Wadi Rum’s sandstone walls, while telescope domes stand on La Palma’s volcanic crest. This ranking places New Zealand’s glacial Mackenzie Basin first, where a wide alpine floor gives the night sky a large, uncluttered frame.
Europe · Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse · Trollstigen
Eight drives between high passes and open ocean
Austria’s Grossglockner road climbs from wooded valleys to bare Alpine ground through a tight stack of bends. Australia’s Great Ocean Road follows surf beaches, slips into wet forest and returns to a limestone coast. These eight routes stand apart through the shape of the road, the land around it and the views that arrive with each change in direction.
Myrdal · Flåm · Bernina Pass
Eight Journeys Where the Way There Is the Point
At Myrdal, the Flåm Railway leaves Norway’s main line and begins an 866-metre descent towards the fjord. Tunnels, ledges and tight curves make the movement downhill more compelling than the arrival.
Asia · Thar Desert · Gobi, Mongolia
The world’s 10 most remarkable deserts, ranked
In Egypt’s White Desert, wind-blown sand has carved snow-white chalk into mushrooms, cones and solitary towers. This deliberately subjective ranking weighs access alongside landscape and distinctive character, so a spectacular place can fall when reaching it requires a serious expedition.
Brazil · India · Pantanal, Brazil
Top 5 wildlife encounters that keep animals wild
These five encounters differ in more than their headline animals: one unfolds from a riverboat, another from a jeep, snorkel, tundra vehicle or ranger-led walk. Each depends on a habitat that concentrates wildlife at certain times, but none offers a guaranteed sighting.