If there is one site that should be designated as a World Heritage Site as soon as possible, it is this one. During my visit to Udzungwa Mountains National Park, …
Geert Luiken
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- Aachen Cathedral
- Acropolis
- Agra Fort
- Agrigento
- Alto Douro
- Amiens Cathedral
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Ancient Thebes
- Angkor
- Anuradhapura
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Arequipa
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Avignon
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Bali Subak system
- Bamberg
- Beemster Polder
- Belem
- Belfries
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Bridgetown
- Brugge
- Budapest
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Cape Floral Region
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Central Highlands
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chichen-Itza
- City of Bath
- City of Luxembourg
- Cologne Cathedral
- Colonies of Benevolence
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Cordoba
- Corvey
- Cuzco
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Dolomites
- Dubrovnik
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Edinburgh
- Eisinga Planetarium
- El Escurial
- Ephesus
- Evora
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Flemish Béguinages
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Forth Bridge
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- Gammelstad
- Garajonay
- Genoa
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Granada
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Great Wall
- Guimarães
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Historic Cairo
- Hollókö
- Hortobágy
- Humayun's Tomb
- Imperial Palace
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Istanbul
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Kandy
- Kinderdijk
- Koh Ker
- Kondoa
- Kraków
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Lake Baikal
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Laponian Area
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- Lima
- Loire Valley
- Macao
- Machu Picchu
- Mafra
- Major Town Houses
- Manu National Park
- Margravial Opera House
- Masada
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Medina of Essaouira
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Melaka and George Town
- Mesa Verde
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Mostar
- Mountain Railways of India
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
- Mount Etna
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Namib Sand Sea
- Nancy
- Nasca Lines
- New Lanark
- Ngorongoro
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Okavango Delta
- Old City of Acre
- Old City of Berne
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old Havana
- Old Town of Galle
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Oporto
- Orange
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Pannonhalma
- Paramaribo
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pitons Management Area
- Pitons of Reunion
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Plitvice Lakes
- Polonnaruva
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Potsdam
- Prague
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Quito
- Qutb Minar
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
- Red Fort
- Regensburg
- Reichenau
- Rhaetian Railway
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Robben Island
- Rome
- Røros
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Saint Catherine Area
- Salzburg
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- San Cristobal de La Laguna
- San Gimignano
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
- Schokland
- Schönbrunn
- Selimiye Mosque
- Selous Game Reserve
- Serengeti
- Seville
- Siena
- Sigiriya
- Sinharaja Forest
- Sintra
- Skogskyrkogarden
- South China Karst
- Split
- Stari Grad Plain
- Statue of Liberty
- Stoclet House
- Stonehenge and Avebury
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- Strasbourg
- Summer Palace
- Sundarbans National Park
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Sydney Opera House
- Syracuse
- Taj Mahal
- Tallinn
- Tarraco
- Teide National Park
- Temple of Heaven
- The Four Lifts
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Toledo
- Tombs of Buganda Kings
- Tower of London
- Trier
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
- Trogir
- Tsodilo
- Twyfelfontein
- University of Coimbra
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Uxmal
- Val di Noto
- Valletta
- Van Nellefabriek
- Vatican City
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Versailles
- Vienna
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Viñales Valley
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Wadden Sea
- Warsaw
- Westminster
- West Norwegian Fjords
- White City of Tel-Aviv
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willemstad
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Würzburg Residence
- Yellowstone
- Yosemite National Park
- Zollverein
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Top 10 Missing
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- Galapagos Islands 4.60
- Rapa Nui 4.49
- Victoria Falls 4.47
- Tikal National Park 4.46
- Bagan 4.44
- Ancient Kyoto 4.44
- Uluru 4.39
- Pompei 4.38
- Persepolis 4.37
Completed Countries
Country visits
- Albania: Primeval Beech Forests
- Argentina: Qhapaq Ñan
- Australia: Gondwana Rainforests Greater Blue Mountains Sydney Opera House
- Austria: Salzburg Schönbrunn Vienna Primeval Beech Forests Great Spa Towns of Europe Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße
- Barbados: Bridgetown
- Belgium: Belfries Brugge Flemish Béguinages Grand Place, Brussels Major Town Houses Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai The Four Lifts Plantin-Moretus Museum Primeval Beech Forests Stoclet House Colonies of Benevolence Great Spa Towns of Europe Funerary and memory sites of the First World War Le plateau des Hautes-Fagnes Les passages de Bruxelles Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Bolivia: Qhapaq Ñan
- Bosnia Herzegovina: Mostar Primeval Beech Forests
- Botswana: Tsodilo Okavango Delta
- Bulgaria: Primeval Beech Forests
- Cambodia: Angkor Preah Vihear Temple Sambor Prei Kuk Koh Ker Cambodian Memorial Sites
- Canada: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Dinosaur Provincial Park Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Chile: Qhapaq Ñan
- China: Old Town of Lijiang Great Wall Imperial Palace Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha Summer Palace Temple of Heaven Macao South China Karst Dong Villages The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin Dali Chanshan Mountain and Erhai Lake Scenic Spot
- Colombia: Qhapaq Ñan
- Costa Rica: Corcovado and Isla del Cano
- Croatia: Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik Dubrovnik Plitvice Lakes Split Trogir Primeval Beech Forests Stari Grad Plain Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of
- Cuba: Old Havana Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios Viñales Valley
- Cyprus: Painted Churches in the Troödos Region Troodos, Mt.Olympus
- Czechia: Prague Primeval Beech Forests Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Denmark: Wadden Sea
- Ecuador: Quito Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca Qhapaq Ñan
- Egypt: Ancient Thebes Historic Cairo Pyramids (Memphis) Saint Catherine Area Great Desert Landscapes Dahab Newibah castle Ras Mohammed Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Estonia: Tallinn
- Finland: High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago Fortress of Suomenlinna
- France: Belfries Loire Valley Chartres Cathedral Fontainebleau Orange Paris, Banks of the Seine Strasbourg Versailles Amiens Cathedral Avignon Nancy Fortifications of Vauban Primeval Beech Forests Pitons of Reunion Great Spa Towns of Europe Funerary and memory sites of the First World War Megaliths of Carnac La Camargue
- Germany: Cologne Cathedral Würzburg Residence Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust Bamberg Maulbronn Monastery Museumsinsel (Museum Island) Potsdam Reichenau Völklingen Ironworks Upper Middle Rhine Valley Zollverein Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Primeval Beech Forests Regensburg Wadden Sea Corvey Margravial Opera House Great Spa Towns of Europe Aachen Cathedral Trier
- Greece: Archaeological Site of Delphi Acropolis
- Holy See: Vatican City Rome
- Hungary: Budapest Hortobágy Hollókö Pannonhalma Tokaji Wine Region
- Iceland: Thingvellir Vatnajökull National Park Thingvellir National Park Mývatn and Laxá The Turf House Tradition
- India: Fatehpur Sikri Taj Mahal Humayun's Tomb Qutb Minar Sundarbans National Park Red Fort Hill Forts of Rajasthan Sarnath Agra Fort Mountain Railways of India
- Indonesia: Bali Subak system
- Israel: Old City of Jerusalem Masada Old City of Acre White City of Tel-Aviv Bahá’i Holy Places Ein Karem Sea of Galilee
- Italy: Venice and its Lagoon Florence Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) Botanical Garden, Padua Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands San Gimignano Siena Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Villa Romana del Casale Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Val di Noto Villa d'Este Syracuse Dolomites Genoa Primeval Beech Forests Rhaetian Railway Mount Etna Great Spa Towns of Europe Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles Agrigento Rome
- Luxembourg: City of Luxembourg
- Malaysia: Melaka and George Town Taman Negara
- Malta: Megalithic Temples of Malta Valletta Coastal Cliffs Knights Fortifications around Harbours of Malta Mdina (Citta Vecchia) Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)
- Mexico: Chichen-Itza Uxmal Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan
- Morocco: Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou Medina of Marrakesh Medina of Essaouira
- Namibia: Twyfelfontein Namib Sand Sea Etosha Pan Okavango Delta Welwitschia Plains
- Netherlands: Dutch Water Defence Lines Kinderdijk Schokland Beemster Polder Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal Willemstad Wadden Sea Van Nellefabriek Colonies of Benevolence Eisinga Planetarium Amsterdam Canal Ring Rietveld Schröderhuis
- North Macedonia: Primeval Beech Forests
- Norway: Røros West Norwegian Fjords
- Peru: Arequipa Cuzco Lima Machu Picchu Manu National Park Nasca Lines Qhapaq Ñan
- Poland: Kraków Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Warsaw Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines Primeval Beech Forests Auschwitz Birkenau
- Portugal: Oporto Belem Laurisilva of Madeira Sintra Convent of Christ in Tomar Evora Monastery of Alcobaça Monastery of Batalha Guimarães Alto Douro University of Coimbra Pombaline Lisbon Aguas Livres Aqueduct Mafra
- Romania: Primeval Beech Forests
- Russia: Kremlin and Red Square Lake Baikal
- Saint Lucia: Pitons Management Area
- Slovakia: Primeval Beech Forests
- Slovenia: Primeval Beech Forests
- South Africa: Robben Island Cape Floral Region
- Spain: Granada Cordoba Seville Works of Antoni Gaudí Garajonay El Escurial La Lonja de la Seda San Cristobal de La Laguna Toledo Tarraco Primeval Beech Forests Teide National Park Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
- Sri Lanka: Kandy Old Town of Galle Polonnaruva Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple Sigiriya Anuradhapura Sinharaja Forest Central Highlands Seruwila to Sri Pada pilgrim route
- Suriname: Central Suriname Nature Reserve Paramaribo
- Sweden: High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago Laponian Area Skogskyrkogarden Gammelstad
- Switzerland: Benedictine Convent of St. John Old City of Berne Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Primeval Beech Forests Rhaetian Railway
- Tanzania: Stone Town of Zanzibar Ngorongoro Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara Selous Game Reserve Serengeti Kondoa Eastern Arc Mountains Forests of Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago: Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve
- Tunisia: Carthage Dougga/Thugga Kairouan Medina of Sousse Medina of Tunis Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthag Amphitheater of El Jem Sidi Bou Saïd
- Turkiye: Istanbul Selimiye Mosque Ephesus Alanya
- Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Tombs of Buganda Kings
- Ukraine: Primeval Beech Forests
- United Kingdom: City of Bath Edinburgh Stonehenge and Avebury Tower of London Westminster Kew Gardens New Lanark Forth Bridge Great Spa Towns of Europe Studley Royal Park
- United States of America: Mesa Verde Statue of Liberty Yellowstone Yosemite National Park Grand Canyon Central Park Ellis Island Brooklyn Bridge
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About Geert Luiken
- Member since
- January 2011
- Country of Origin
- Netherlands
Visits
- Rank
- #199
- WHS
- 248
- Tentative Sites
- 43
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 4
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Serengeti 5.0
- Sundarbans National Park 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Manu National Park 5.0
- Okavango Delta 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Dolomites 4.5
- Laponian Area 4.5
- Vienna 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Sinharaja Forest 4.0
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve 4.0
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 4.0
- Paramaribo 4.0
- Pitons of Reunion 4.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Twyfelfontein 3.5
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara 3.0
- Selimiye Mosque 3.0
- Tsodilo 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.5
- Genoa 2.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 2.5
- Old Town of Galle 2.5
- Anuradhapura 2.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.0
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 1.0
- Lake Baikal 0.5
- Pitons Management Area 0.5
- 33 0
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Reviews by Geert Luiken

Eastern Arc Mountains Forests… (On tentative list)
Eastern Arc Mountains Forests of Tanzania
Kondoa (Inscribed)
Kondoa
The Kondoa rock art site has been thoroughly reviewed already. Two things I would like to add. Firstly I found the entrance price quite steep. We were coming with our …

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and S… (Inscribed)
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
Recently I visited both Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara. As the former is already covered in many reviews I will focus om the later. Through Elisabeth, the owner of the …

Central Suriname Nature Reser… (Inscribed)
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Although I am a long time member of worldheritagesite.org, till now I never wrote a review, mainly because most sites are already excellently covered by others. But to my surprise …