Visit Thingvellir Travel Guide

Thingvellir National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site

Our updated guide on how to best visit Thingvellir National Park, Iceland’s national shrine. We recently visited Thingvellir National Park in the region of Bláskógarbyggð. It’s located than an hour from Reykjavik in the southwest of Iceland. This guide has more than 30 tips, insider information and our lessons learned to make the most out of your time. With our curated suggestions, ideas and maps we set you up on a great 1/2-day literary.

Visit Surtsey / Heimaey Travel Guide

Surtsey UNESCO World Heritage Site

Our updated guide on how to best visit Surtsey, a tiny island close off the southern coast of Iceland. Surtsey was created by a massive 4 years long underwater volcanic eruption in the 1960s. It makes it the youngest place on Earth. It’s because of this a scientist’s wet dream for studying how life evolves from scratch. We recently visited Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands). It’s the closest you can actually get to Surtsey itself. You can see Surtsey from there. This guide actually has more than 30 tips, insider information and our lessons learned to make the most out of your time. With our curated suggestions, ideas and maps we set you up on a great 1-day literary.

Visit Calakmul Maya Ruins Travel Guide

Calakmul Maya City UNESCO World Heritage Site in Campeche, Mexico

Our updated guide on how to best visit Calakmul, the ancient remains of this huge Maya city buried deep in Mexico’s tropical forest. From 500 BC to 1000 AD the Maya civilization peeked here. Then it was suddenly abandoned and has been for 1000 years. It’s also the third-largest biodiversity hotspot in the world and home to jaguars and pumas. We recently visited Calakmul on the Yucatán Peninsula, in southern Mexico. This guide actually has more than 30 tips, insider information and lessons learned to make the most out of your time. With our curated suggestions, ideas and maps we set you up on a great 1-day literary.