BBC Travel The black islands rising from the seaBBC Travel - By Jim O'DonnellWhile parts of the world are being flooded by rising sea levels, the Kvarken Archipelago, Finland’s only Natural World Heritage Site, is moving the other way. The little island of Valsörarna in the middle
BBC Travel The trees keeping Vietnam afloatBBC Travel - By Erin CraigRising sea levels threaten key coastal areas like the Mekong Delta, which produces the majority of Vietnam’s rice. The only thing standing between the country and the ocean is a tree. It was overcast,
BBC Travel The most sophisticated people you never knewBBC Travel - By John Scott LewinskiThe people who lived in Orkney, Scotland 5,000 years ago were extremely sophisticated – as John Lewinski discovers first-hand when he tries to learn the skills they used to survive. The clouds passing
BBC Travel The mysterious origins of the piñataBBC Travel - By Diane SelkirkThe piñata is a ubiquitous aspect of Mexican culture. Yet how it got to be that way is somewhat of a mystery. Six years ago, my family set sail around the world from the beach town of Bucerías on Mexico’s
BBC Travel Can Iran’s great bazaars survive?BBC Travel - By BBC World NewsIn Iran, the bazaar is more than a place of trade; it helped define the layout of the city as well as its social and cultural life. Join over three million BBC Travel fans by liking us on Facebook, or
BBC Travel The scent that’s pricier than goldBBC Travel - By Ingrid PiperHong Kong was once known as the fragrant harbour – the result of an ancient trade in agarwood. The fragrance of thousands of incense sticks wafted through the narrow shopfront of the Wing Lee Joss Sticks
BBC Travel An archipelago of killer catsBBC Travel - By Jack PalfreyEach year, approximately 30 people are killed by tigers in the Sundarbans - so why do locals revere rather than fear these killer cats? Phoni Gyen took a seat on a dock overlooking the still waterways
BBC Travel This remote Scottish island is coming back to lifeBBC Travel - By Karen GardinerMany British isles are struggling to retain residents. But the people of tiny Papa Westray, Scotland are fighting back to make sure the island not only survives, but thrives. A walk around Papa Westray
BBC Travel The US land that’s being lostBBC Travel - By Zack Frank Oregon only has just one national park, while its neighbours California and Washington have nine and three respectively.
BBC Travel A rare sighting of the Milky WayBBC Travel - By Roseann LakeDue to increased amounts of light pollution, Iceland is one of the few countries left in Europe where it can still easily be seen. In the late 1800s, an Icelandic poet and entrepreneur is fabled to have
BBC Travel Mexico’s 500-year jungle dwellersBBC Travel - By Susannah RiggThe Lacandon Maya lived deep in the jungles of southern Mexico with limited outside contact until the turn of the 20th Century, when loggers and missionaries began to arrive. I first met Daniel Chankin
BBC Travel The 350+ islands set to disappearBBC Travel - By Colleen HagertyPanama’s indigenous Guna tribe have called San Blas home for hundreds of years. But the entire idyllic archipelago is at risk of being underwater within a matter of decades. Ever since I’d arrived in I’d
BBC Travel The man solving Malaysia flight 370BBC Travel - By Dave SeminaraBlaine Alan Gibson has been called a modern-day Indiana Jones – though in temperament he’s probably a lot closer to Sherlock Holmes. Blaine Alan Gibson has been called a modern-day Indiana Jones – though
BBC Travel The ancient guardians of a sacred trailBBC Travel - By Sarah Marshall Living along the trail leading to Colombia’s Ciudad Perdida, the proudly traditional Kogi people believe it’s their duty to protect the natural world from ongoing threats.
BBC Travel The last of the Greek sponge diversBBC Travel - By BBC World NewsThere used to be hundreds of sponge boats on these Aegean waters – today, there are only five left as a result of pollution and climate change. Get the latest from BBC World News: international news, and
BBC Travel The port city that lost its waterBBC Travel - By Pascal Mannaerts Fishing boats lie stranded more than 100km from the sea, victims of a terrible environmental disaster.
BBC TravelKazakhstanQuote Symbol“Eagle hunters have been practicing the art of berkutchi across the Central Asian steppe for generations. Now they have allBBC Travel “Eagle hunters have been practicing the art of berkutchi across the Central Asian steppe for generations. Now they have almost all gone.” http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160926-mongolias-6000-year-tradition
BBC Travel Where the white rhino safely roamsBBC Travel - By Ben AndersonKenya’s Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is an incredibly special place, where men risk their lives every day to protect Africa’s most threatened wildlife. Set on 61,000 acres, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya,
BBC Travel Inside Ethiopia’s sizzling cauldronBBC Travel - By Dave StamboulisThe tribal Afar people have inhabited this arid moonscape for centuries, eking out a living by transporting salt across the brutal desert by camel caravans. It was a searing 43C in the shade, but Dawit,
BBC Travel Hawaii’s unpronounceable treasureBBC Travel - By Shannon WianeckiLocated 2,100km northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands, the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Monument is now the largest nature reserve on Earth. When master Hawaiian feather worker Shad Kane received
BBC Travel The last mermaids of JapanBBC Travel - By Mike MacEacheranThe Ama are Japan’s last population of female shell divers. But with their way of life and culture increasingly under threat, could this be the end of an age-old tradition? Kimiyo Hayashi sat warming by
BBC Travel Will Cinque Terre turn away tourists?BBC Travel - By BBC's The Travel ShowThe fishing villages of Cinque Terre now rely solely on tourism, but ironically, the only way to preserve them might be to cut the number of visitors by half. If you liked this story, sign up for the bbc.com
BBC Travel Stunning photos of a fragile worldBBC Travel - By Rowena HenleyPhotographer and journalist Arati Kumar-Rao documents climate change – and all that’s left in its wake. Pollution, drought, erosion, deforestation. For many people, these issues exist on the periphery
BBC Travel A man who saves eagles by helicopterBBC Travel - By Ryan MacDonaldIn a series of rescues akin to something out of a Mission Impossible film, research ecologist Peter Sharpe goes to extremes to save the bald eagles of California’s Channel Islands. Peter Sharpe led his
BBC Travel North America’s remote underwater wonderlandBBC Travel - By Nicole HaaseDry Tortugas National Park presents a unique challenge: how do you preserve an area where weather and predator damage are out of the rangers’ control? Dry Tortugas National Park, located about 70 miles
BBC Travel Where condors learn to soarBBC Travel - By Liz ShemariaFor Pinnacles National Park volunteer Richard Neidhardt, watching once endangered condors integrate into the flock is like “watching your kids grow up”. Doodlin’ Dody, Full Moon Party Rock and North Chalone
BBC Travel Cuba's endangered leaping crocodileBBC Travel - By BBC's Travel ShowCross breeding with the American crocodile is one of the biggest threats to the species’ survival. BBC's Travel Show brings you the latest insider travel news, a wealth of destinations, amazing experiences
BBC Travel How the Irish lost their wordsBBC Travel - By Rory BolandNew storytelling groups are reintroducing the Irish to ancient myths and the art of blarney. I always knew my Uncle Peter was setting up for a story when he’d lean back in his bar stool. Nothing dramatic,
BBC Travel A hauntingly beautiful disasterBBC Travel - By David de Rueda Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, urban explorer David de Rueda pays homage to the abandoned city of Pripyat.
