Remote Communities

Valley of the destroyed Buddha niches, with caves and new heritage efforts.

A quiet, half-abandoned island in Kuwait Bay holding Bronze Age and Hellenistic ruins — once a Silk Road trading post, now empty streets and ancient stone.

A rainforest plateau overlooking the vast Brokopondo reservoir, alive with howler monkeys and waterfalls — an easy gateway into Suriname's enormous, largely untouched interior.

Jamestown & Longwood House, Saint Helena — one of the most remote inhabited islands on Earth, where Napoleon lived out his final exile among endemic wirebirds and volcanic cliffs.

Some of the least-dived coral in the world sits just offshore from this Red Sea port — pristine walls, hammerheads, and the isolated Sanganeb Atoll marine park.

Medieval watchtowers and villages in high Caucasus valleys under snow peaks.

Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau — a UNESCO biosphere archipelago of 88 low-lying islands where hippos swim in the ocean and traditional matriarchal cultures endure.

A high alpine lake at 3,000 meters ringed by summer pastures, where nomadic families still move their yurts and herds up from the valleys each June.

Mountain pass into the Kingdom in the Sky with a pub at the top.

Small northern city on the Yukon River with quick access to trails and winter skies.

Batanes Islands, Philippines — wind-swept green hills, stone houses, and dramatic coasts at the country’s far north.

Deep blue lake and reindeer herders in northern Mongolia.

High Karakoram valley with apricot orchards, fortresses, and views of 7,000m peaks.

Spiti Valley, India — high-altitude moonscapes, monasteries, and remote communities in Himachal Pradesh.

Remote island of bush tracks, small settlement, and dark skies south of the South Island.

Ghadames, Libya — the 'Pearl of the Desert' — a UNESCO-listed mudbrick oasis town of covered alleyways and rooftop terraces on the edge of the Sahara, near the Tunisia and Algeria borders.

One of the world's highest roads through remote valleys and Pamiri villages.

Tari Highlands, Papua New Guinea — home to the Huli Wigmen, whose elaborate woven wigs and ceremonial face paint make this one of the most visually striking cultural encounters on Earth.

Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea — over 200 largely uninhabited coral islands scattered across the Red Sea off Massawa — pearl-diving history, shipwrecks, and empty white-sand beaches.