Itineraries

East Rennell — Solomon Islands’ sole UNESCO World Heritage Site — holds the Pacific’s largest inland lake and some of the region’s most intact lowland forest, 230 km south of Honiara.

Papua New Guinea’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site is the Kuk Early Agricultural Site — 10,000 years of continuous cultivation in the Western Highlands, reached by a one-hour flight from Port Moresby.

Honduras has one UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Maya ruins of Copán, 350 km west of Tegucigalpa — home to the longest hieroglyphic inscription ever found and some of the finest stone carving in the ancient Americas.

Nicaragua’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites — the archaeological ruins of León Viejo and the largest cathedral in Central America — both lie within 95 km of Managua.

Fiji’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, Levuka Historical Port Town on Ovalau, preserves the Pacific’s most intact colonial port streetscape — a 4-hour ferry from Suva.

Mozambique’s sole UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Island of Mozambique, sits 1,900 km north of Maputo — a coral island where 500 years of Swahili, Arab, and Portuguese history survive in a single square kilometre.

Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites lie within reach of San José: a remote Pacific island famous for hammerhead shark schools, and an archaeological enigma of near-perfect stone spheres.

Panama’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites — the Spanish colonial fortifications of Portobelo and the marine wilderness of Coiba National Park — are both reachable from Panama City, in opposite directions and on very different timescales.

Guatemala’s three UNESCO World Heritage Sites — colonial Antigua, Maya Tikal, and the stela fields of Quiriguá — are all accessible from Guatemala City, from one hour to eight hours away.