Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Nestled in the jungles of Vanuatu are the remains of what was once a cannibal oven.

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

Megapodes incubate their eggs using the heat of an active volcano on this Pacific isle.

The ship that got left behind.

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

These ancient monoliths make up one of the largest archaeological sites in Palau.

The best place to encounter plants and animals that can only be found in New Caledonia.