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1. The Beehive Domes of an Ancient Lost World

Purnululu National Park, Australia

The striking Bungle Bungle Range of orange and black striped sandstone domes was unknown to the outside world until 1983.

2. Where Earth's Earliest Complex Life Emerged

Flinders Ranges National Park, Australia

This ancient mountain range was once an inland sea, preserving fossils of some of Earth's earliest complex life forms, known as Ediacaran fauna.

3. The Island of First Footprints

Dirk Hartog Island National Park, Australia

This remote island off Western Australia's coast is the site of the first documented European landing on Australian soil, marked by a pewter plate left in 1616.

4. Swimming Through 2.5 Billion Years of Earth's History

Karijini National Park, Australia

Karijini's spectacular gorges are carved into rocks over 2.5 billion years old, containing some of Earth's earliest evidence of life.

5. Journey to a Jurassic Petrified Forest

The Catlins Coast, New Zealand

At Curio Bay on New Zealand's rugged Catlins Coast, you can walk among a 180-million-year-old Jurassic petrified forest visible at low tide.

6. New Zealand's Only River Great Walk

Whanganui Journey, New Zealand

The Whanganui Journey is one of New Zealand's official 'Great Walks,' yet it's entirely by canoe or kayak, navigating a sacred river through remote wilderness.

7. Exploring a Twin Volcano's Dramatic Remnants

Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

New Zealand's Banks Peninsula is the eroded remnant of two massive, ancient shield volcanoes, forming a dramatic coastline of deep harbors and rugged bays.

8. Trekking a Sacred Volcanic Heart

Tongariro Northern Circuit, New Zealand

This multi-day Great Walk traverses a landscape considered sacred by Māori, passing between three active volcanoes and past vibrant emerald lakes.

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