Awards at WHS.org
Since 2017, at the end of each year, we have been highlighting the most memorable reviews publicized on this website. This has evolved into a light-hearted "Award Ceremony", picking the best reviews in the categories Misadventure, Explorer and Best Overall.
Find below an overview of Past Winners.
Best Review of the Year
Good reads that make you wish you had been there, or provide a fundamentally new insight.
2025: to be announced
2024: The Civil Rights Movement Sites by Solivagant. It wonderfully describes a visit when the OUV was created!
WH Explorer Award
This prize recognizes reviews of (parts) of WHS, where a new access route has been explored successfully, resulting in reviews that show determination and reflect on both the choices made during preparation and the journey itself.
2025: to be announced
2024: Randi and Svein Elias were the first to review Odzala-Kokoua and even the first two community members to visit the site overall! They had to be driven 14h from Brazzaville to reach the site.
2023: Timonator with his review of Rio Abiseo . He was the first to explore this rarely visited WHS from the north, calling the 21-hour bus ride to reach the general area "really comfy" and braving a lazy and drunken guide to reach his goal.
Tsunami Award for Travel Misadventure
Our oldest award, honouring the style of member Tsunami, who always seems to encounter mishaps while visiting WHS.
2025: to be announced
2024: not awarded
2023: Tsunami himself with his cave story of Evaporite Karst ("After almost 3 hours in the cave I was so glad that this tour was finally over."),
2022: Philipp, who thought it would be no problem to visit Nemrut Dag in March.
2021: Shared by our yearly contenders Nan and Tsunami, while separately visiting Rosia Montana (Nan, Tsunami) by public transport (preferably taking a late bus): a remote, recently added WHS without mature tourist infrastructure.
2020: Zos M - who "started a rift between two neighboring guesthouse owners" and was responsible for the death of a poor chicken while covering Sanqingshan.
2019: Nan went hiking in Laponia.
