Kbecq

Member since April 2016

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We are a couple living in Brussels and love to travel. Although we do not select our travel destination based on the WHS list, we find the list a good guide to discover a country's most interesting (and sometimes otherwise overlooked) sites.

My most impressive site: Calakmul

My proposal for a new site: World War I memorials and cemeteries

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Reviews by Kbecq

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Cueva de las Manos by Kbecq

Cueva de las Manos (Inscribed)

Cueva de las Manos

To add another (practical) perspective to J_neveryes’ recent review: we also visited Cueva de las Manos in March 2025, but from the Northwest. 

We had some trouble fitting in …

Aldabra Atoll by Kbecq

Aldabra Atoll (Inscribed)

Aldabra Atoll

We visited Aldabra for two days at the end of February with a ship going from Tanzania (Zanzibar) to the Seychelles, making several stops along the way (the other way …

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona by Kbecq

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Inscribed)

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona

Mid August we visited the Sardona region for a couple of days. As mentioned in the description, the area is most famous for the ‘Glarus thrust’ whereby older mountains are …

Surtsey by Kbecq

Surtsey (Inscribed)

Surtsey

Surtsey is sometimes called the newest place on earth since it only rose up out of the sea in 1963.

As mentioned below, the island is off limits to …

Engelsberg Ironworks by Kbecq

Engelsberg Ironworks (Inscribed)

Engelsberg Ironworks

Although this site already received a number of reviews, we will add another since it seems that none of the reviewers managed to get a look at the inside of …

Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc by Kbecq

Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc (Inscribed)

Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc

Last weekend we watched the Werner Herzog documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams about the Chauvet cave (Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc), triggering this review since we visited the cave last …

Pitons of Reunion by Kbecq

Pitons of Reunion (Inscribed)

Pitons of Reunion

Contrary to its neighbour Mauritius, Réunion island does not have a lot of beaches so most people (including ourselves) come for hiking.

Over the course of four days we …

Rjukan / Notodden by Kbecq

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Rjukan / Notodden

The site focuses on the production of fertilizers by using hydro energy. At the core of this site are the Norsk Hydro production- and power plants, but also the Rjukan …

Svalbard Archipelago by Kbecq

Svalbard Archipelago (On tentative list)

Svalbard Archipelago

We visited Svalbard (Spitsbergen) end of March 2019, i.e. during the winter period, since in our opinion the archipelago looks much nicer when everything is covered in snow and ice.

Santa Maria delle Grazie by Kbecq

Santa Maria delle Grazie (Inscribed)

Santa Maria delle Grazie

We visited the Santa Maria delle Grazie church with Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper" mid February 2019 and can add / confirm the following to the below reviews:

Unless …

Serengeti by Kbecq

Serengeti (Inscribed)

Serengeti

We visited Serengeti National Park for three days at the end of September and it did not disappoint.

Since we were based in Moshi after our Kilimanjaro climb, we …

Kondoa by Kbecq

Kondoa (Inscribed)

Kondoa

We visited the Kondoa rock art site from Arusha with a rented car. The archaeological museum where guides to visit the site(s) can be found is actually in Kolo, a …

Kilimanjaro National Park by Kbecq

Kilimanjaro National Park (Inscribed)

Kilimanjaro National Park

We climbed Mount Kilimanjaro end of September using the Machame route (six days, five days up and one day down).

The first day – starting at the Machame gate …

Wadden Sea by Kbecq

Wadden Sea (Inscribed)

Wadden Sea

A couple of years ago we visited the German part of the Wadden Sea WHS with stops in Dorum (where you can have a look inside the Obereversand lighthouse) and …

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region by Kbecq

Painted Churches in the Troöd… (Inscribed)

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region

Preparing for our trip to Cyprus, we noticed that very little practical information (opening hours, ...) can be found about the painted churches, so maybe the below is useful for …

Salzburg by Kbecq

Salzburg (Inscribed)

Salzburg

We visited Salzburg at the end of December, hoping for snow. While this was not the case, Salzburg was still an enjoyable and beautiful city with a cosy Christmas atmosphere.

Fagus Factory by Kbecq

Fagus Factory (Inscribed)

Fagus Factory

We arrived at the Fagus factory on a Saturday with the intention to participate in one of the guided tours which take place on Saturdays and Sundays. However, because there …

Teide National Park by Kbecq

Teide National Park (Inscribed)

Teide National Park

We visited Teide National Park for two days in the autumn.

The first day we went to the 'Roques de Garcia', already mentioned in Els' and Hubert's reviews. We can …

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes by Kbecq

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Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes

Without going into detail, we can confirm that arranging a reservation for a descent in the mine is a nice example of Belgian surrealism (cf. Solivagant's review). But after a …

Twyfelfontein by Kbecq

Twyfelfontein (Inscribed)

Twyfelfontein

Twyfelfontein ("uncertain spring") got its name mid 20th century from a farmer who was in doubt whether his spring would provide sufficient water for farming.

It is famous for a …

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