Countless photos. Each with a story.
The best photos from Lotsane in eastern Botswana: where cattle grazed until a few years ago, giraffes, impala and sable antelope now roam. A reserve that shows what rewilding means.
45 pictures from northern Tanzania: Lake Manyara, where drowned acacias rise from the salt water. Then the Serengeti, where zebras and wildebeest cross the plains in their hundreds of thousands. And birds like living gemstones – from the violet-backed starling to the variable sunbird.
33 pictures from the Spice Islands to Raja Ampat: Banda Neira, where nutmeg was once worth a war. Karst cones in turquoise lagoons, a village marching out sixty dancers in feather crowns – and on the Kei Islands a monitor lizard that science has only known since 2019.
30 pictures from West Greenland: Ilulissat, where icebergs the size of tower blocks lie stranded in the fjord. Oqaatsut – 45 inhabitants, 80 dogs and roast reindeer on the plate. And here the vast Greenland ice sheet reaches 550 kilometres to the east coast.
Gigantic salt lakes like shards of broken glass, mysterious human figures kilometres long carved into the earth, echidnas laying eggs, bizarre Gondwana rock formations straight out of a Salvador Dalí painting, brightly coloured birds – all this and more is South Australia.
Alberta is famous for its vast expanses. But there is much more to captivate visitors: the wisdom of the Indigenous Métis people, rare bison, spiritual lakes, huge glaciers – and a cave from which you would be unable to escape without a rope.
Tucked away in the eastern part of Canada’s Cariboo Mountains lies a lodge renowned amongst heli-skiers worldwide: the CMH Cariboo Lodge. In summer, guests can take a helicopter from here to ridges, glaciers and a world-class via ferrata that winds its way through a waterfall.
Dazzling toucans, hummingbirds and pelicans, howler monkeys up close, idyllic islands and ecstatic Garifuna drummers: these images show Belize at its wildest and most vibrant – far beyond its Caribbean beaches.
Larger than Europe and Australia combined. More barren and dry than the Sahara. The coldest, windiest, most inhospitable continent on Earth. 90% of the world’s ice, up to 4.8 kilometres thick, lies there. No continent commands more awe. These 30 images attempt to do so nonetheless.
Western Australia – a complex symbiosis of extreme nature, isolated farms and human adaptability – from dusty gorges and remote caves to the turquoise blue ocean in Broome.
Between the Amber Mountains, red Tsingy rocks and windswept bays, Madagascar unfolds a mosaic of wonders. Almost every creature is endemic – from camouflaged geckos and cool chameleons to lemurs with Zorro masks. A vulnerable, dazzling island full of secrets.
From turquoise glacial lakes to Europe’s largest underground canyon: this pictorial journey through Slovenia reveals hidden worlds. 300-kilogram brown bears roam rainforests, while deep below, blind amphibians glide through crystal-clear cave lakes. Nature as a work of art.