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Walk into any gourmet coffee roastery, and you’ll see no shortage of claims that their beans are award-winning, the best of the best, or exceptionally rare.
But when it comes to Bourbon Pointu, an Arabica coffee that buyers are willing to pay nearly 500 Euros per kilo for, those claims may actually be true.

If you thought the ghost-filled plot of A Christmas Carol was a bit macabre for the holidays, you may want to steer clear of visiting Iceland anytime in December. Because Charles Dickens’ miserly Ebenezer Scrooge looks downright friendly when compared to Iceland’s meanest Christmas tale: Jólakötturinn, or the child-eating Yule Cat. Jólakötturinn is a black cat the size of a house that roams the Icelandic countryside on Christmas Eve, ...

A profile of a unique dinner inside a mysterious cave arranged by stunning Hotel Ranga in southern Iceland

People traveling to Rwanda often treat Kigali as no more than a stopover, a place to enter the country and meet their tour guides before heading elsewhere in the tiny, mountainous nation. But the city deserves much more than a few hours, and curious travelers will find plenty to love about Rwanda’s artsy, culturally rich capital.

In Chilean Patagonia, Dientes de Navarino is a trek of superlatives. It starts from the southernmost town in the world—Puerto Williams, on the 55th parallel. Because it’s so close to the Antarctic tectonic plate, cold air and ferocious weather blow up from the frozen continent below. No other landmasses extend this far south, so winds from the east race uninterrupted around the globe bef...

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If you thought the ghost-filled plot of A Christmas Carol was a bit macabre for the holidays, you may want to steer clear of visiting Iceland anytime in December. Because Charles Dickens’ miserly Ebenezer Scrooge looks downright friendly when compared to Iceland’s meanest Christmas tale: Jólakötturinn, or the child-eating Yule Cat.

In Quintana Roo, an hour from Playa del Carmen and just a mile off the highway, the jungle becomes lush, dense and inaccessible on foot. But plunge 100 feet straight down into one of the region's many cenotes and the view changes quite a bit. Instead of riotous greenery, you’ll be staring at a spectral haze where the saltwater meets freshwater. Called the halocline, it’s high in salt, low in oxygen and impenetrable to most organic matter that falls into the cenotes. As leaves and everything e...

There are 12 islands in the largely off-the-traveler-radar Marquesas archipelago.
Tourism is relatively new to the Marquesas Islands, making it an ideal place for thoughtful travelers to explore.
Nearly 900 miles west of mainland Tahiti is an archipelago relatively unknown to Western tourists, at least so far as South Pacific island destinations go. It’s the Marquesas archipelago—one of five island groups in French Polynesia—and includes 12 islands, onl...

How to take a wild, fish-filled float down Vancouver Island’s Campbell River.

In the world of outdoor sports, there are two types of fun. There’s “Type 1” fun, also known as, well, fun. And then there’s “Type 2” fun — experiences that may cause a little discomfort, even pain, in the moment, but feel worthwhile and fulfilling in retrospect. Examples of the latter include, say, fighting gravity on an uphill mountain bike ride or camping in the middle of February.
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Developers announced that they’ve scrapped plans to turn Homewood Ski Resort on Lake Tahoe’s west shore into a private, members-only ski club. The decision was made public at a community meeting on Nov. 7, during which Homewood staff announced that the resort would not be switching to a members-only model and would maintain daily lift ticket sales.

Rwanda is a country of varied landscapes, offering up mountains, savannas, and jungles for eager tourists with an eye for beauty. For many westerners, a mention of the East/Central African country brings to mind its violent past, but it's been 30 years since Rwanda's civil war, and the country has since put a lot of effort into recovery, making it a welcoming place to visit.

December and January may be the happiest times of the year, but between family travel, gift-giving and end-of-year scrambles at work, they can also be the most stressful. That makes February a great time to travel. And the best places to visit ...

You've probably seen images of Big Sur, whether you know it or not. Highway 1—the stunning coastal drive that runs through the entire length of Big Sur—is a frequent filming location for Hollywood, and has been since the days of Alfred Hitchcock and Elizabeth Taylor.
A Big Sur honeymoon is perfect for couples looking to celebrate their nuptials in a region known for its coastal bluffs and vistas, hidden beaches and lush, old-growth redwood trees. It's hard not to feel the romance as you sit o...