I had been to Bali before, in 2009, cycled along the rice fields, visited a viewpoint overlooking Lake Batur, but had not visited one of the main inscribed water temples. …
Els Slots
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Since 1997, I have traveled extensively, focusing on World Heritage Sites, while working in ICT management. I quit my job in 2022, and since then, have been dedicating all my time to World Heritage Travel and running this website.
Plans for 2026
For 2026, I will be mainly looking at (re)visits to regions and countries that are of interest to me, but have been waitlisted since they have few WHS. These include:
- South Vietnam and Sri Lanka in Jan/Feb.
- Moldova and surroundings in May.
- Malawi in June.
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World Heritage Sites
- Kathmandu Valley 5.0
- Ennedi Massif 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Macquarie Island 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Ilulissat Icefjord 4.5
- Willandra Lakes 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Caral-Supe 4.5
- Virunga National Park 4.5
- Manu National Park 4.5
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Sub-Antarctic Islands 4.5
- Ngorongoro 4.5
- Sagarmatha National Park 4.5
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Calakmul 4.5
- Meroe 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Petra 4.5
- Mountain Railways of India 4.5
- Kakadu National Park 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Hué 4.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Potala Palace 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Wulingyuan 4.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Churches of Chiloé 4.0
- Mogao Caves 4.0
- Djenné 4.0
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing 4.0
- Megaliths of Carnac 4.0
- Cliff of Bandiagara 4.0
- Assisi 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Damascus 4.0
- Arequipa 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Pattadakal 4.0
- Yakushima 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Galapagos Islands 4.0
- Baalbek 4.0
- Beijing Central Axis 4.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Bagan 4.0
- Western Tien-Shan 4.0
- St. Petersburg 4.0
- Altamira Cave 4.0
- Churches of Moldavia 4.0
- Cordoba 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Ahwar of Southern Iraq 4.0
- Hani Rice Terraces 4.0
- Serengeti 4.0
- Los Glaciares 4.0
- Iguazu National Park 4.0
- Nemrut Dag 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Hattusha 4.0
- Namib Sand Sea 4.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 4.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Palenque 4.0
- Sangha Trinational 4.0
- Lakes of Ounianga 4.0
- Elvas 4.0
- Bali Subak system 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Rock Islands 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- Ogasawara Islands 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 4.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Surtsey 4.0
- Serra da Capivara 4.0
- São Luis 4.0
- Lake Baikal 4.0
- Fujian Tulou 4.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 4.0
- Pantanal 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 4.0
- Kandy 4.0
- Ancient Merv 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Kunya-Urgench 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.0
- Chaco Culture 4.0
- Gulf of California 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Orkhon Valley 4.0
- Mana Pools 4.0
- Great Zimbabwe 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Victoria Falls 4.0
- Dazu Rock Carvings 4.0
- Gebel Barkal 4.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 4.0
- Takht-e Soleyman 4.0
- Vilnius 4.0
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 4.0
- Gunung Mulu 4.0
- Tikal National Park 4.0
- Val di Noto 4.0
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands 4.0
- Samarkand 4.0
- Churches of Peace 4.0
- Ambohimanga 4.0
- Djoudj 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Gros Morne National Park 4.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Lalibela 4.0
- Aksum 4.0
- Ancient Thebes 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Taxila 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Chavin 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 4.0
- Epidaurus 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Upper Svaneti 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- Chan Chan 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Sun Temple, Konarak 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Kaziranga National Park 4.0
- Haeinsa Temple 4.0
- Chitwan National Park 4.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.5
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 3.5
- Divrigi 3.5
- Quito 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Ayutthaya 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Polonnaruva 3.5
- Old Town of Lijiang 3.5
- Vatican City 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Timbuktu 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Laponian Area 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.5
- Shirakami-Sanchi 3.5
- Quirigua 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Cueva de las Manos 3.5
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.5
- Monastery of Geghard 3.5
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.5
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- The Sundarbans 3.5
- Potosi 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Fuerte de Samaipata 3.5
- Salvador de Bahia 3.5
- Bom Jesus do Congonhas 3.5
- Diamantina 3.5
- Iguacu 3.5
- Willemstad 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Itchan Kala 3.5
- Khami Ruins 3.5
- Ohrid Region 3.5
- Curonian Spit 3.5
- Andrefana Dry Forests 3.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.5
- Qutb Minar 3.5
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.5
- Elephanta Caves 3.5
- Sundarbans National Park 3.5
- Sanchi 3.5
- Hatra 3.5
- Quseir Amra 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.5
- Urnes Stave Church 3.5
- Rock Art of Alta 3.5
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 3.5
- St. George, Bermuda 3.5
- Land of Frankincense 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.5
- Robben Island 3.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5
- Mount Taishan 3.5
- Great Wall 3.5
- Jiuzhaigou Valley 3.5
- Huanglong 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Mount Wuyi 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Nessebar 3.5
- Studenica Monastery 3.5
- Studley Royal Park 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Tower of London 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Copán 3.5
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 3.5
- Rwenzori Mountains 3.5
- Simien National Park 3.5
- Mtskheta 3.5
- Gelati Monastery 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Delos 3.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.5
- Island of Patmos 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Ancient Ksour 3.5
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 3.5
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 3.5
- Moenjodaro 3.5
- Takht-i-Bahi 3.5
- Makli, Thatta 3.5
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.5
- Tierradentro 3.5
- San Agustín 3.5
- Baroque Churches 3.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Agrigento 3.5
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Bourges Cathedral 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 3.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Vienna 3.5
- Tsodilo 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- Lamu Old Town 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Aranjuez 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Paramaribo 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 3.5
- Mapungubwe 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Um er-Rasas 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Pico Island 3.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Soltaniyeh 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Yin Xu 3.5
- Sewell Mining Town 3.5
- South China Karst 3.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.5
- Samarra 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Hegra 3.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Pitons of Reunion 3.5
- Saloum Delta 3.5
- Hiraizumi 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Longobards in Italy 3.5
- Causses and Cévennes 3.5
- Bassari Country 3.5
- Pearling 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- Mount Etna 3.5
- El Pinacate 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.5
- Trang An 3.5
- Bolgar 3.5
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Mistaken Point 3.5
- Ani 3.5
- Göbekli Tepe 3.5
- Aphrodisias 3.5
- Los Alerces National Park 3.5
- Sheki 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.5
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.5
- Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple 3.5
- Quanzhou 3.5
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 3.5
- Gordion 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 3.5
- Yogyakarta 3.5
- Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Vall de Boi 3.5
- Tasmanian Wilderness 3.5
- Białowieża Forest 3.5
- Discovery Coast 3.5
- Ellora Caves 3.5
- Luang Prabang 3.5
- Sangay National Park 3.5
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Fasil Ghebbi 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- León Cathedral 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 3.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.5
- Palmyra 3.5
- Crac des Chevaliers 3.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3.5
- Aleppo 3.5
- Ancient villages of Northern Syria 3.5
- Bosra 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Great Barrier Reef 3.5
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.5
- Plain of Jars 3.5
- Tongariro National Park 3.5
- Te Wahipounamu 3.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Medina of Tétouan 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 3.5
- Paquimé 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Xochicalco 3.5
- Carthage 3.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.5
- Kilimanjaro National Park 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Angra do Heroismo 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- Anjar 3.5
- Byblos 3.5
- Tyre 3.5
- Qadisha Valley 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Old Havana 3.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Plitvice Lakes 3.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.5
- Torun 3.5
- Malbork Castle 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Vézère Valley 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Yen Tu 3.5
- Minoan Palatial Centres 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Nesvizh 3.0
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 3.0
- Le Havre 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 3.0
- Tequila 3.0
- Genoa 3.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.0
- Crespi d'Adda 3.0
- Jeju 3.0
- Sydney Opera House 3.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 3.0
- Twyfelfontein 3.0
- Nisa 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Atlantic Forest South-East 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Brasilia 3.0
- Saryarka 3.0
- Olinda 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Sucre 3.0
- Wadden Sea 3.0
- Dolomites 3.0
- Sulaiman-Too 3.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 3.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 3.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 3.0
- Australian Convict Sites 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 3.0
- Mir Castle 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Thang Long 3.0
- Kenya Lake System 3.0
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Rabat 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Hortobágy 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Rio de Janeiro 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Western Ghats 3.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.0
- Fujisan 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 3.0
- El Tajin 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Corvey 3.0
- Namhansanseong 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Pyu Ancient Cities 3.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Poverty Point 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 3.0
- Burgundy 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Tusi Sites 3.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Rjukan / Notodden 3.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Stecci 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 3.0
- Nalanda 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 3.0
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 3.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 3.0
- Pampulha 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 3.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.0
- Babylon 3.0
- Sviyazhsk 3.0
- Talayotic Menorca 3.0
- Kerkuane 3.0
- Ivrea 3.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 3.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3.0
- Medina Azahara 3.0
- Roșia Montană 3.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu 3.0
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites 3.0
- Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Monastery of Horezu 3.0
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- Paphos 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Huangshan 3.0
- Gedi 3.0
- Khinalig 3.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 3.0
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 3.0
- Ruins of León Viejo 3.0
- Riga 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.0
- Mount Kenya 3.0
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.0
- Durmitor National Park 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Cahokia Mounds 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Joya de Ceren 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Island of Gorée 3.0
- Donana National Park 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 3.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 3.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- 17th Century Port Royal 3.0
- Banc d'Arguin 3.0
- Garajonay 3.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.0
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Gammelstad 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Rohtas Fort 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 3.0
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Reichenau 3.0
- Zollverein 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.0
- Messel Pit 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Cidade Velha 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Miguasha National Park 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 3.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Santo Domingo 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.0
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 3.0
- Kinabalu Park 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 3.0
- Engelsberg Ironworks 3.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Matobo Hills 3.0
- Shakhrisyabz 3.0
- Mazagan 3.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3.0
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.0
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.0
- Tanbaly 3.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Kernavė 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Shiretoko 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Vredefort Dome 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Maritime Greenwich 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Valparaiso 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Thimlich Ohinga 2.5
- Tarraco 2.5
- Trebic 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 2.5
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Arslantepe Mound 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Tlacotalpan 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Skocjan Caves 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Camagüey 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- Nice 2.5
- Mijikenda Kaya Forests 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Kuldiga 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Wartburg Castle 2.5
- Qalhat 2.5
- Niokolo-Koba National Park 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Çatalhöyük 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Morne Trois Pitons 2.5
- Ibiza 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.5
- Mount Athos 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.5
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Guanacaste 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Valletta 2.5
- Mammoth Cave 2.5
- Nancy 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Macao 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Bagerhat 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Warsaw 2.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 2.5
- Reims 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Erbil Citadel 2.5
- Independence Hall 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Phu Phrabat 2.5
- Bellinzone 2.5
- Medina of Tunis 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Vézelay 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Tugendhat Villa 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Lushan National Park 2.5
- Church of Atlántida 2.5
- Avila 2.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.0
- As-Salt 2.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.0
- Saltaire 2.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.0
- Cuzco 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Kew Gardens 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Vegaøyan 2.0
- Mafra 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Blenheim Palace 2.0
- Hopewell 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Aapravasi Ghat 2.0
- Faya Palaeolandscape 2.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Old Rauma 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Risco Caido 2.0
- Gondwana Rainforests 2.0
- Genbaku Dome 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Le Morne 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Ichkeul National Park 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Danube Delta 2.0
- Mount Sanqingshan 2.0
- Chinchorro Culture 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Modernist Kaunas 2.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 2.0
- Sado Island Gold Mines 2.0
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Central Highlands 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- Cold winter deserts of Turan 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2.0
- São Francisco Square 2.0
- China Danxia 2.0
- Telc 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.0
- Las Medulas 2.0
- Island of Saint-Louis 2.0
- Sighisoara 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- Fort Jesus 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Margravial Opera House 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Amiens Cathedral 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Al Zubarah 2.0
- Moidams 2.0
- Dacian Limes 2.0
- Choirokoitia 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 2.0
- Okinoshima Island 2.0
- Querétaro 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Modena 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Bahla Fort 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- Caceres 2.0
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Lumbini 2.0
- Campeche 2.0
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Madara Rider 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.0
- Hollókö 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Chengjiang Fossil Site 1.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 1.5
- Neolithic Orkney 1.5
- Centennial Hall 1.5
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 1.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 1.5
- Santiniketan 1.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Regensburg 1.5
- Chaîne des Puys 1.5
- Djerba 1.5
- Gaya Tumuli 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 1.5
- Ahmadabad 1.5
- Stari Grad Plain 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.5
- Old City of Berne 1.5
- Grand Pré 1.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.0
- The Prosecco Hills 1.0
- Hyrcanian Forests 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 1.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.0
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- Lenggong Valley 1.0
- Sian Ka'an 1.0
- Alto Douro 1.0
- Karlskrona 1.0
- Atapuerca 1.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 1.0
- Turaif Quarter 1.0
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 1.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Dzongs
- Sarajevo
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Benguela Current
- Etosha Pan
- Ram Janaki Temple
- City of Granada and its natural environment
- Svalbard Archipelago
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Aalto Works
- Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- La Haute Ville d’Antananarivo
- Ancien site industriel de Mantasoa
- Mughal and Colonial Temples of Bangladesh
- Hejaz Railway
- Port of Banbhore
- Uch Sharif monuments
- Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
- Grand Trunk Road sites
- Tombs of Jahangir, Asif Khan and Akbari Sarai
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins NPs
- Fell and Pali Aike Caves
- Fishriver Canyon
- Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwes
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Alba Julia
- Triolet French Drugstore
- Sumela Monastery
- Valle Calchaquí
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Hikone-Jo
- Sun Temple, Modhera
- Ekamra Kshetra
- The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp
- Wazir Khans Mosque, Lahore
- Gorge of Samaria National Park
- Old City of Mosul
- The mausoleum of Nakhichevan
- Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint
- Tatev Monastery and Vorotan Gorge
- National Museum of Qatar
- Cultural Landscape of Mahasthan and Karatoya River
- Chiang Mai
- Central Park
- Apamee
- Noréas de Hama
- Ugrarit
- Ancient Kamakura
- Amarbayasgalant monastery
- Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
- Chaukhandi Tombs, Karachi
- Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites
- Asuka-Fujiwara
- Centre historique d'Irkoutsk
- Ananuri
- Chor-Bakr
- Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
- Ngwenya Mines
- Baghdad Rusafa
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Egyptian Museum
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Maaloula
- Kerikeri Basin historic precinct
- Napier Art Deco historic precinct
- White Sands National Monument
- Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States
- Harran and Sanliurfa
- Chobe Linyanti System
- Old Dongola
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- The Medieval Town of Tansen
- Lalish Temple
- Dana Biosphere Reserve
- Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Reserve
- Mývatn and Laxá
- The Turf House Tradition
- Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar
- Corcovado and Isla del Cano
- Bishop's Basilica and Mosaics of Philippopolis
- Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan
- Lake Tana Island Monasteries and Wetland
- Amazonia Theaters
- Ver-o-Peso
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- The Historical City of Masouleh
- Varanasi
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Iznik
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- Khor Dubai
- Sites of the Busan Wartime Capital
- Waitangi Treaty Grounds historic precinct
- Uplistsikhe Cave Town
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Surakhany, Atashgyakh
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Les coules de Petite Valachie
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines
- Auckland Volcanic Fields
- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Centre historique de Praia
- Baquedano Street
- Azraq
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Vila Viçosa
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Derawar and the Desert Forts of Cholistan
- Tet el Bad
- L'Ile d'Arwad
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Bouches de Bonifacio
- Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jabir Palace
- Plantations in West Curacao
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie
- Saar Heritage Park
- Barbar Temple
- Manama
- Kaboud Mosque
- Paysage culturel d'Azougui
- Tartus
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Batroun
- The Bachkovo Monastery
- Nahr el-Kalb
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Cara Sucia / El Imposible
- Chalchuapa
- Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Civita di Bagnoregio
- Amedy city
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- The Ancient City of Nineveh
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Casablanca
- Kahurangi National Park, Farewell Spit and Canaan
- Canal del Dique - Dike Canal
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium
- Kokino Archaeo-astronomical Site
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Medieval Settlement of Kirtipur
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Fortifications at Komárno
- Baltic Klint
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- Locations
- 449
- Zones
- 352
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Reviews by Els Slots
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Sub-Antarctic Islands (Inscribed)
The Subs #3: Campbell Islands
The most southerly of the five New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, the Campbell Island group is volcanic in origin and also has glacial landforms, such as moraines. In the 19th century, …
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09/12/25
Macquarie Island (Inscribed)
Penguin Paradise
Macquarie (pronounced like “mac-QUARRY”, spoken with an Australian accent, and shortened as “Macca”) Island lies about halfway between mainland Australia and Antarctica. For the birds and sea mammals, it is …
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05/12/25
Sub-Antarctic Islands (Inscribed)
The Subs #2: Auckland Islands
The volcanic Auckland Islands lie close to each other, separated by narrow channels, and the coastline is rugged, with numerous deep inlets. Traces of Polynesian settlement, possibly dating to the …
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02/12/25
Sub-Antarctic Islands (Inscribed)
The Subs #1: Intro & The Snares
The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (shortened to NZSAI by scientists, or The Subs by its admirers) are a seldom-visited collection of five island groups lying between New Zealand’s South Island …
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30/11/25
Te Wahipounamu (Inscribed)
Te Wahipounamu
Te Wahipounamu comprises a range of protected areas in South West New Zealand. Here, tectonic and glacial processes have shaped a mountain landscape dotted with fjords, glacial lakes, glaciers and …
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25/11/25
Tongariro National Park (Inscribed)
Tongariro after the fire
As I am counting down to my 1000th visited WHS, the goal is so near now that I cannot afford to lose a ‘tick’ in these last steps before the …
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21/11/25
Kahurangi National Park, Fare… (On tentative list)
Pupu Springs
On my initial preparations for my New Zealand trip, I discarded the Kahurangi National Park TWHS early on as being “too difficult and too far away”. What made it on …
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20/11/25
Napier Art Deco historic prec… (On tentative list)
A Walk in Napier
Napier is a detour when you’re doing a quick round of the North Island, but it was one of the places I was most eager to see on my New …
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15/11/25
Gondwana Rainforests (Inscribed)
Lamington NP: Binna Burra
This one I bailed out on during my 2011 RTW trip. Just too many forests on the Australian World Heritage List! But I had to finish it now while being …
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10/11/25
K’gari (formerly Fraser Islan… (Inscribed)
K'gari
There doesn’t seem to be much variety in how to do K’gari, the only choice to make is whether to stay overnight or not. As a second day would bring …
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08/11/25
Wet Tropics of Queensland (Inscribed)
Daintree
All reviewers of the Wet Tropics of Queensland so far have covered Barron Gorge National Park, which is an easy train ride from Cairns. The other 40 or so parks …
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08/11/25
Great Barrier Reef (Inscribed)
Great Barrier Reef with dry feet
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) poses the same issue for a “non-waterperson” like me as several other marine sites: how to create a satisfying visit that touches upon the site’s …
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05/11/25
Faya Palaeolandscape (Inscribed)
Faya unraveled
I visited Faya in November 2025 on the UAE road trip with Philipp and Jay, and I am the first to report back on it since its inscription this summer. …
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03/11/25
Lower German Limes (Inscribed)
Berg en Dal Aqueduct
Site visited: May 2021
The Dutch part of the Lower German Limes TWHS comprises 26 locations along the 2nd-century Roman frontier on the River Rhine. Together with a string of …
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30/10/25
Bosra (Inscribed)
Bosra
I was close to Bosra 5 months ago, when I visited Umm Al-Jimal. That Jordanian WHS lies just some 25km away and is said to have been within the …
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27/09/25
Maaloula (On tentative list)
Maaloula - Feast of the Cross
One of the charms of Northern Iraq, Northern Syria and Lebanon is the existence of remote Christian sites. Sometimes these are relict landscapes, but there are also thriving religious communities. …
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27/09/25
L'Ile d'Arwad (On tentative list)
Arwad
Arwad is a small island that was settled in the early 2nd millennium BC by the Phoenicians. The still inhabited island lies across the sea from the Syrian port of …
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19/09/25
Ugrarit (On tentative list)
Ugarit
The Tentative Site of Ugarit (or Ugrarit) lies just outside the Syrian coastal city of Latakia. The archeological site is fenced, staffed, has some information panels in Arabic, English and …
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19/09/25
Apamee (On tentative list)
Apamea
Let's start this sobering review with a Fun Fact: Apamea was named after Apamee, the first wife of Seleucid ruler Seleucus I Nicator (c. 358 BC – 281 BC). His …
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18/09/25
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