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Beginning with mega-metropolises to remote islands, Asia's fascinating travel spots offer a strong blend of adventure, ancient history, culture, religion. The whole world, de-facto packed within the boundary of a continent, Asia remains wide open to welcome everyone, again and again. Difficult to list the mesmerizing destination though, there are many not to be missed locations like…
Bali
Synonymous with "Heaven" Bali is in true sense a ‘Shangri-La.’ Bali forces one to dream of fascinating landscape lined with volcanoes and deep green canopy lined with sandy shores bound by curving and surfing coastlines. All to be blessed by holy pagodas.
Be it luxurious spa treatments, decadent cuisine or lazy sunbathing, it’s at Bali. And again Bali is for aficionados of different interests from history to Geology to explore the temples with rich past or active volcano in Kintamani to study.
Tokyo
Japans Mega city Tokyo is always vibrant, active, scintillating and buzzing. Sidewalks, silk smooth cars, subway trains, cruising ships flooded with bright lights and loud signs here are omnipresent to make one feel what modernization is.
Still the city, more known for its rich monuments and traditional culture, can offer cool and calm place for you to rediscover your inner self while enjoying the taste of sushi.
Hong Kong
A unique place where the policy is ‘One Country Two systems’ to make it best possible friendly to visitors. With Hong Kong dollar (HKD) as official currency, English and Chinese both are official languages here. Hong Kong differs from other Chinese cities like Shanghai and Beijing with its British-Chinese mixed culture and ambience. A blend of high density sky scrapers with vast landscape with sandy beaches here offers lung full of clean air full of fresh O2.
Singapore
A remarkable balance of green space and skyscrapers, this city of Lion is also a mix of a little India and Chinatown. Though most modern in look, Singapore is rich in its heritage and history with many museums. Large wetland provides a stark contrast to its otherwise modern pulse. A cosmopolitan destination one cannot afford to miss visiting.
Australia
In the land of Kangaroos, it’s a tough game to decide, where to go and what to do. The bucket is too big and options are too diversified making the process of decision making a complicated task for even seasoned travelers. Here again Global Compass comes up with its razor sharp needle to show you the best direction to suit your need and likings.
The list undoubtedly begins with the Opera House in Sidney, the iconic feature of Australia to be followed by Harbour Bridge, Bondi/Manly beaches or great Taronga Zoo in the capital city of the great Island.
The amazing golden glow of setting sun at the tip of the lighthouse at Byron Bay in New South Wales and rich range of music festivals make the place a must visit for international travelers with a mind full of quest to have something different. Miles of pristine beaches, charming weather, exciting surfing, scuba diving, and other attractions ensure that Byron Bay remains as one of the musts in your travel plan.
The 243 km long Great Ocean Road in Victoria is one of the world’s best scenic attractions. A day long travel along the narrow and windy lane with panoramic views of the ocean and cliffs is a real delight. And its winds on the way through cool climate of rain forests along with many beaches to swim or small townships en route make it a copper plate engraving in your memory.
Daintree Rainforest in northern Queensland is Australia's largest rainforest and a wonderland hosting about 30% of Australia's reptile, marsupial and frog species, 65% of the country's bat and butterfly species, and 20% of Australia's native bird species. Above all, it is the home to a prehistoric bird, the Cassowary! The to do list here includes Crocodile boat tours, visiting one of several animal sanctuaries, going on a mangrove adventure tour, hikes, local Indigenous tours. Each one with own super special attraction and excitement.
While Great Bareer reef is a not to be missed destination, Whitsunday Islands are absolutely stunning. With snorkelling and scuba diving areas literally everywhere there, you are bound to get submerged under a whole ocean of excitement.
In the Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world, over 120 kilometres of pristine sandy stretch keeps encircled an inland of fresh water lakes, rainforests with rare flora or the ferocious Dingo.
Experience the chill of watching a salt water crocodile along with enjoyment of observing many other natural attractions including many stunning, gorgeous, rare and endangered animals and plants. All these at Kakadu National Park, a World Heritage Site.
The ‘what to do’ list is even larger for Australia. Try some good award winning Australian wines. Near 800 out of total around 5500 awards from global Wine & Spirits Competitions reached Australia in 2013. Get outdoor to learn how to through a Boomerang. Try learning Didgeridoo, a game believed to be played by our great great grand fathers 40,000 years back, long before the dawn of civilization. Or swim with whale sharks in Ningaloo Reef on the Coral Coast, in Western Australia.
USA
America, a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the extreme Northwest and Hawaii to touch the Pacific Ocean.
With the Statue of Liberty as a national icon, the United States is known as the Land of Liberty. A great nation with a land of diversity from its landscapes to its culture, cuisine, politics and religion with many great cities and locations to visit, each packed with many attractions.
Exactly at a mile high in Altitude over mean Sea level “Mile-High City” Denever is Colorado’s capital and largest city. Located just close to Rocky Mountains, Denver is a world’s favorite winter sport destination with reach cowboy history side by side its modern arts and culture.
The capital and largest city of Georgia, Atlanta modern city with urban skylines blended with picturesque scenery of rolling hills, pine forest, magnificent old oak trees and charming magnolia and peach trees. Among the city’s top attractions there are CNN Center, World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium that hosts world’s largest captive aquatic ecosystem.
IN Southwestern Texas, there is Houston to host NASA Houston Space Center. Primarily established upon the oil trade, the city is now a focal point for shopping, dining, sports and arts scenes.
Packed with the wilderness and spectacular scenery, Denali National Park is a dreamland for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. Proud presence of Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest peak, makes this US national park a remarkable place to visit.
With distinct French Creole culture, cuisine, and architecture as well as jazz music and the annual Mardi Gras celebration, New Orleans is one of the most unique cities in the USA. The rebuilding of the city after devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is something that deserves global appreciation.
Niagra Falls between the state of New York and the province of Ontario, is one of the most spectacular natural wonders on the North American continent. Three different falls, the American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Horseshoe Falls forming this natural wonder are amiong the olargest visited tourist spots of the whole world.
Sunny beaches of Miami or its nightlife, political and policy level heartland of the whole nation Washington DC with White House in it or the glittering Las Vegas with its casinos, luxury hotels, comedy acts, musical productions and extravagant shows are the places not at all to miss.
Besides, Yellowstone National Park is the world’s first national park. Natural Geysers spew out hot springs there forming a great biodiversity and rugged beauty of nature. Its one of the finest wildlife habitats in North America.
Australia
In the land of Kangaroos, it’s a tough game to decide, where to go and what to do. The bucket is too big and options are too diversified making the process of decision making a complicated task for even seasoned travelers. Here again Global Compass comes up with its razor sharp needle to show you the best direction to suit your need and likings.
The list undoubtedly begins with the Opera House in Sidney, the iconic feature of Australia to be followed by Harbour Bridge, Bondi/Manly beaches or great Taronga Zoo in the capital city of the great Island.
The amazing golden glow of setting sun at the tip of the lighthouse at Byron Bay in New South Wales and rich range of music festivals make the place a must visit for international travelers with a mind full of quest to have something different. Miles of pristine beaches, charming weather, exciting surfing, scuba diving, and other attractions ensure that Byron Bay remains as one of the musts in your travel plan.
The 243 km long Great Ocean Road in Victoria is one of the world’s best scenic attractions. A day long travel along the narrow and windy lane with panoramic views of the ocean and cliffs is a real delight. And its winds on the way through cool climate of rain forests along with many beaches to swim or small townships en route make it a copper plate engraving in your memory.
Daintree Rainforest in northern Queensland is Australia's largest rainforest and a wonderland hosting about 30% of Australia's reptile, marsupial and frog species, 65% of the country's bat and butterfly species, and 20% of Australia's native bird species. Above all, it is the home to a prehistoric bird, the Cassowary! The to do list here includes Crocodile boat tours, visiting one of several animal sanctuaries, going on a mangrove adventure tour, hikes, local Indigenous tours. Each one with own super special attraction and excitement.
While Great Bareer reef is a not to be missed destination, Whitsunday Islands are absolutely stunning. With snorkelling and scuba diving areas literally everywhere there, you are bound to get submerged under a whole ocean of excitement.
In the Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world, over 120 kilometres of pristine sandy stretch keeps encircled an inland of fresh water lakes, rainforests with rare flora or the ferocious Dingo.
Experience the chill of watching a salt water crocodile along with enjoyment of observing many other natural attractions including many stunning, gorgeous, rare and endangered animals and plants. All these at Kakadu National Park, a World Heritage Site.
The ‘what to do’ list is even larger for Australia. Try some good award winning Australian wines. Near 800 out of total around 5500 awards from global Wine & Spirits Competitions reached Australia in 2013. Get outdoor to learn how to through a Boomerang. Try learning Didgeridoo, a game believed to be played by our great great grand fathers 40,000 years back, long before the dawn of civilization. Or swim with whale sharks in Ningaloo Reef on the Coral Coast, in Western Australia.
New Zealand
Beginning with soft beaches and lash green rainforests through geothermal wonderlands and snow-capped mountains, New Zealand’s landscapes are as mesmerizing as they are varied. This is the place where time freezes and that makes one glued with beauty. Global Compass can arrange varied kinds of travel plans to suit your need and to give the best of this place within your own time window or budget.
Far away from citylights, the diamond studded night sky at Lake Tekapo will make one speechless. The great show of Milky way or Andromeda galaxy will make you feel the vastness of the Universe. You can calm yourself in a private pool in the Glacier Hot Pools near Franz Josef. Then get into the safe haven for rare wildlife species at Wellington where you too can experience of being in paradise. Or step into Raglan to find purity of nature.
Take a cruise to Mokoia Island on Lake Rotorua to search the height of Romanticism or to experience the genuine insight of Maori culture.
Go for a journey with setting Sun on one of the wild black beaches of Auckland’s West Coast and enjoy the delicacies there.
The Moonlight washed sight of dense Kauri forest at night and the giant Tane Mahuta tree is a life time experience. Maori legend marks the tree as the Lord of the Forest and father of all living forest creatures.
Get your electrifying outdoor innerself out with kayaking through Milford Sound’s calm waters. Indulge the local Seals and Dophines to become your friends along the rock cliffs and the cascading waterfalls.
The ambience by millions of glittering glow worms in theWaitomo Caves – will offer an out of the world experience to remain alive for lifetime in everyone’s mind. Finally a gastronomic delight with sea fresh Bluff oysters on Stewart Island as the height of wilderness of New Zealand.
Antarctica
The massive, ice-bound continent of Antarctica at the bottom of the globe has captured the imagination of travelers and travel companies around the world. Global Compass brings open the continent that once remained as a destination for only the most seasoned explorers. Be a week-long cruise or a month-long expedition- trip, we are there to arrange all for you to have an adventure of a lifetime.
Antarctic summer, that starts in December and runs through till about March, is the best window when the sky is usually bright and the temperature is no colder than a crisp, sunny European winter day.
The real heaven at this bottom of the Planet Earth is Paradise Bay where still waters and fascinating icebergs make it the icon of Antarctica. Exquisite ice sculptures standing tall and majestic. Or an Albatrosses spreading its gigantic wings on the canvas of deep blue sky. Or leopard seals bask in the Sun on an ice float.
But the real pleasure is playing with Penguins there with snow capped mountains in the background. Sliding around on their bellies and splash around in the water, forming cacophony with squawking and cooing these little creatures will get you into a different world of enjoyment and pleasure. Global Compass can cater all these to you in this majestic land.
Want to touch an Iceberg? Where would you go other than Antarctica for that? The gigantic beasts made of solid water standing tall and wide against the sky. Seemingly still, but always moving, these are the visual pleasure indeed, but not so good friend of sailors, even today.
At Port Lockery, you can post yourself a Post card stamped with Antarctica Stamp as memorabilia.
Stunning view of Ross Ice Shelf and views of Mt. Erebus is truly what Mother Nature herself refers as ‘Wonderful.’
And it is definitely a joy to have a natural hot water bath at this land of round the year Sub Zero mercury. Thanks to the warm volcanic soil.
Finally, it’s South Pole. Visit the spot with Coordinate 90°S and 0°W. Here you can have your compass needle not floating over its Pivot horizontally any more but standing almost vertical. May be geomagnetism is the technical cause. But seemingly the compass there says, “This is that very spot where you have been destined to be by the almighty destiny.”