// Pacific Coast · 8–12 days
Pacific Coast Highway 1
Big Sur bridges, Channel Islands kelp, and Redwood giants on the Pacific.
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Stop 01Channel IslandsCalifornia · 2 days · best may–octoberThe 'Galápagos of North America' — five islands of endemic species an hour off Ventura.
Painted Cave on Santa CruzAnacapa archChannel Islands fox- Stop 02Monterey & Big Sur CoastCalifornia · 3 days · best april–june & september–october
Highway 1 above Pacific cliffs, sea-otter coves, and the bridges that defined a coast.
Bixby Creek BridgeMcWay Falls17-Mile Drive 
Stop 03RedwoodCalifornia · 2 days · best spring & fallThe tallest trees on earth stand in coastal fog north of the Lost Coast.
Tall Trees GroveFern CanyonPrairie Creek
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- Alaska Wild Five10–14 days · 5 parks
Brown bears, tidewater glaciers, and the tallest peak in North America.
- Amalfi & Southern Italy8–12 days · 3 parks
Cliff-clinging Amalfi villages and the Dolomite spires of the north.
- Andes & Amazon12–16 days · 3 parks
Machu Picchu sunrise, Huayhuash glacier ridges, and Tambopata jungle nights.
- Appalachian Arches & Gorges6–9 days · 3 parks
Skyline Drive, New River Gorge whitewater, and Red River sandstone arches.