Where You Should Travel in 2023, According to National Geographic
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As we enter the last few months of 2022, there’s no time like the present to look ahead and plan your dream 2023 vacation. If you’re looking for inspiration, don’t worry — National Geographic has you covered.
The magazine recently revealed its “Best of the World” list for 2023, spotlighting travel experiences that should be on your radar next year, from a high-speed train in Laos to a chance to swim amongst sharks and manta rays in Mexico.
This year, the list is broken down into five categories: Adventure, Community, Culture, Family, and Nature. Each category contains five recommendations, all of which you can check out below.
Adventure
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Choquequirao
- Trek to Choquequirao, an isolated Incan site in Peru
- Try out bungee jumping in New Zealand, its country of origin
- Explore less-visited areas of the gorgeous state of Utah
- Hike cross-country across Austria’s Bergsteigerdörfer mountaineering villages
- Swim with sharks and manta rays in Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park
Community
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A market in Accra, Ghana
- Participate in women-led sustainable tourism in Karpathos, Greece’s Dodecanese Islands
- Spend a weekend enjoying Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s local community and breweries
- Learn long-held traditions courtesy of Indigenous tourism outfitters in Alberta, Canada
- Speed across Laos in a new high-speed train that economically benefits the locals
- Celebrate Black heritage and discover new fashion trends in Accra, Ghana’s capital city
Culture
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The Longmen Grottos
- Check out Luxor’s Avenue of Sphinxes and visit King Tut at Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum
- Enjoy craft beer and check out Asia’s premier film festival in Busan, South Korea
- Trek across Europe’s ancient “superhighway” in Italy’s Appian Way
- Explore the International African American History Museum in Charleston, South Carolina
- Visit one of the world’s largest assemblages of stone statues at Longmen Grottoes in Henan Province, China
Family
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A leatherback sea turtle in Trinidad & Tobago
- Take the train to small Alpine towns in Switzerland and enjoy chocolate, hiking and skiing
- Help save the turtles in Trinidad & Tobago’s leatherback turtle rookeries
- Go camping and hike the Crosstown Trail in San Francisco, California
- Go birdwatching in the tropical rainforests of Colombia
- Check out football stadiums in Manchester, UK
Nature
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The Azores
- Enjoy the local flora and fauna of Botswana and help rehabilitate endangered species
- Take in the majesty of the Scottish Highlands
- Explore gastrotourism biking routes in Slovenia, which lead to farms, cheesemakers, vineyards, and more
- Experience the frontier landscapes of Texas’ Big Bend National Park
- Discover the wonders of the Azores’ carefully conserved volcanic archipelago in Portugal