by Sarah Baxter
We humans don't just love wild places. We need them; we need their scale, their breath, their drama and enigma. Wild places can be a balm and a solace; an escape or a returning; a best friend; an inner cleanse. And they can remind us of our unimportance in the world.
Travel writer Sarah Baxter presents 25 untameable natural wonders that reveal the curious story of our wild planet and why we need to protect it.
Despite all the advances of human civilisation, we’ve yet to come up with anything to rival the majesty of Lapland's snow-capped mountain summits, the haunting song of humpback whales in a Namibian paradise or the epic sculptural forms of Utah's vast Canyonlands.
Escape to each of these unforgettable sites and more with Wild Places, an insightful and stunningly illustrated guide to all Mother Nature has to offer.
Discover spectacular and little-known gems with visits to...
Great Dismal Swamp, USA
Canyonlands, USA
Great Bear Rainforest, Canada
Cenotes, Mexico
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean
Ennerdale, England
Strumble Head, Wales
St Kilda, Scotland
Camargue, France
Sápmi, Lapland, Sweden
Green Belt, Germany
Wadden Sea, Netherlands
Stromboli, Italy
Las Medulas, Spain
Coa Valley, Portugal
Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Erg Chigaga, Morocco
Kinabatangan, Malaysia
Mount Siguniang, China
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Gangkar Puensum, Bhutan
Wilpena Pound, Australia
Wahipounamu, New Zealand
This is the perfect title for anyone who is fascinated by the marvels of the natural world.
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Black Sea Circuit
by The Raven Brothers
The legends of Jason and the Argonauts, Noah’s Ark and a tribe of fierce female warriors known as the Amazons all originate from the Black Sea. Gripped by curiosity, the Raven Brothers fire up their twenty year old Volvo that looks, “as rustic and weather-beaten as a Cold War tank” and embark on a quest to drive full circle around this ancient body of water at the birthplace of civilisation. In the shadow of rising tension in Ukraine, Simon and Chris get up close and personal with the fascinating people who inhabit the six nations that surround these colourful shores. Living on the road like the nomadic horse bowmen who once ruled the steppe grasslands, they explore Crimea, the Caucasus region of southern Russia’s “Wild West”, the Georgian kingdom of Colchis, Turkey’s Pontic coast, the megacity of Istanbul and complete their journey in Romania at the outfall of the mighty River Danube. A career in overland adventure travel was launched when the duo coaxed a rusty Ford Sierra across Siberia from the UK to Vladivostok. Priding themselves in going it alone, the Raven Brothers have been noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an “accurate view of what to expect”.