High times await the celebration traveler amid Costa Rica’s dense forests and unspoiled rivers. Here are the best places to be wet and airborne.
Borneo: Orangutans
The Borneo rainforest is one of the few remaining natural habitats for the orangutan. On this Southeast Asian island, you glimpse a world that is all but lost.
Norway: Nights on Ice
Norway’s winter sky plays host to the Northern Lights, on view from the ship deck on a Hurtigruten cruise.
Arizona: Incident at Mooney Falls
Plunge into a blue-green pool from a 35-foot-high waterfall? If adventure runs in your blood, it’s a thrill.
Easter Island: Intriguing Rapa Nui
Polynesians carved enormous Maoi statues, transported them across the island and erected them. No one knows how.
New Zealand: Beach Diaries
Sailing dominates the Auckland waterfront, while the unspoiled wilderness of Tasman Sea and the Waitakere Ranges beckons at its northern boundary.