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See Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, South Africa (UNESCO site)
The Richtersveld is a mountainous desert landscape characterised by rugged kloofs and high mountains, situated in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It is full of changing scenery from flat sandy plains, to craggy sharp mountains of volcanic rock and the lushness of the Orange River, which forms the border with neighbouring Namibia. The park ranges in altitu... -
See Rideau Canal, Ottawa, Canada (UNESCO site)
The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its original structures intact. The canal system uses sections of major rivers,... -
Ice skate on Rideau Canal, Canada (UNESCO Site)
The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its original structures intact. The canal system uses sections of major rivers,... -
See Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House), Netherlands (UNESCO site)
The Rietveld Schröder House (also known as the Schröder House) in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children. She commissioned the house to be designed preferably without walls. Rietveld worked side by side with Mrs. Truus Schroder-Schrader to create the house. He sketched th... -
Visit Riga, Latvia (UNESCO site)
Riga is the capital of Latvia, the largest city in the Baltic States, and the second-largest city of the Eastern Baltic. It holds about half of the country's population. Riga is experiencing a new Renaissance as the capital of Latvia, and many large-scale restoration projects on old buildings have made Riga one of the most attractive cities in Europe. Most famously, R... -
See Rila Monastery, Bulgaria (UNESCO site)
The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km (73 mi) south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River. Founded in the 10th century, the Rila Monastery is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most importan... -
Explore Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park, Costa Rica (UNESCO site)
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park, in Spanish Parque Nacional Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area and the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, is a National Park in the northwestern part of Costa Rica which encompasses the Rincón de la Vieja and Santa María volcanoes, as w... -
Visit Ring of Brodgar (Ring o'Brodgar), Scotland (UNESCO site)
The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar, or Ring o' Brodgar) is a Neolithic henge and stone circle on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. Most henges don't contain stone circles; Brodgar is a striking exception, ranking with Avebury (and to a lesser extent Stonehenge) among t... -
Explore Río Abiseo National Park, Peru (UNESCO site)
The Rio Abiseo National Park is located in the San Martín department of Peru. UNESCO pronounced it as Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity (World Heritage Site) in 1990. The park is home to a large number of species of flora and fauna, as well as the location of over 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites. Since 1986, the park has not been open to tourism d... -
See Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras (UNESCO site)
The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve is 5,250 km² of preserved land in the La Mosquitia region on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Most of the land runs along the Río Plátano. The reserve has a number of endangered species and some of Honduras largest sections of forest. It has been a World Heritage site and biosphere reserve since 1... -
Visit Risco Caido & Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria, Spain (UNESCO sites)
Risco Caído comprises cliffs, ravines and volcanic formations on Gran Canaria. There are two sacred temples, or almogarenes — Risco Caído and Roque Bentayga — where seasonal ceremonies were held. -
See Riversleigh Fossil Site, Australia (UNESCO site)
Riversleigh, in North West Queensland, is Australia's most famous fossil site. The 100 km² area has fossil remains of ancient mammals, birds and reptiles of Oligocene and Miocene age. The site was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1994 and is an extension of the Boodjamulla National Park. The fossils at Riversleigh are rare because they are found in soft fres... -
Tour Robben Island Prison, South Africa (UNESCO site)
Robben Island Museum offers guided tours of the island's prison including lime quarry where prisoners labored & Mandela's cell. Robben Island is an island in Table Bay near Cape Town, South Africa. The name is Dutch for "seal island". Robben Island is roughly oval in shape, 3.3 km long north-south, and 1.9 km wide, with an area of 5.07 km². It is flat and... -
Visit Robenhausen, Switzerland (UNESCO site)
Robenhausen is a locality of the municipality of Wetzikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and the wetland Robenhauser Riedbelongs to the protected area surroundingPfäffikersee. The neolithic settlement at Robenhausen is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area at the southern end of the Pfäf... -
See Rock Art of Alta, Norway (UNESCO site)
The Rock carvings at Alta (Helleristningene i Alta) are part of an archaeological site near the town of Alta in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway. Since the first carvings - or more correctly, the petroglyphs - were discovered in 1972, more than 5000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta. The main site, located at Jiepmaluokta about 4 kilo...
