The Great Plain & Northeast Hungary (Chapter) Lonely Planet

There’s no arguing the spellbinding potential of the Great Plain’s big-sky country, especially around Hortobágy and Kiskunság National Parks. And for graceful architecture and history try Szeged, Kecskemét and Debrecen, while Northeast Hungary is the place to go to experience village life.

Coverage includes: The Great Plain, Tiszafüred, Debrecen, Hortobágy, Hajdúszoboszló, Kecskemét, Kiskunság National Park, Kalocsa, Szeged, Gyula, Northeast Hungary, Nyíregyháza, Nyírbátor and Bereg Region.

The Great Plain & Northeast Hungary (Chapter)

Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles - Seychelles (Chapter)

Having earned a reputation as a paradigm of ecotourism, the Seychelles is a top spot to watch birds and giant tortoises in their natural habitat, dive or hike jungle trails, while also indulging in fine dining and enjoying a sublime laid-back tempo.

splash around in the jewelled waters of Anse Source d'Argent, Anse Soleil, Petite Anse or Grande Anse - absolute heaven
dive with toothy critters at Shark Bank
take a guided walk in Morne Seychellois National Park to mug up on botany
live out that stranded-on-a-desert-island fantasy on secluded Bird Island

Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles - Seychelles (Chapter)

Borneo travel guide Lonely Planet

From ginger orangutans swinging through the canopy to tiny ground-dwelling frogs, Borneo’s jungle positively teems with life. Prime patches are easily accessible from multiethnic cities with great food.
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Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan, Brunei, Understand and Survival chapters.

Borneo travel guide 

Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland - Western Ethiopia (Chapter)

Western Ethiopia is undisturbed and seldom visited, yet it's one of the most beautiful regions in Ethiopia. Rainforests, coffee plantations and agricultural towns share the landscape with grasslands, wildlife-infested swamps and high plateaus carpeted in fields of tef (an indigenous grass cultivated as a cereal).

Coverage includes: Western Highlands, Gefersa Reservoir, Addis Alem, Ambo, Mt Wenchi, Guder & around, Nekemte & around, Bedele & around, Metu & around, Tepi & around, Mizan Tefari, Southwest Omo Valley, Jimma & around, Weliso, Menagesha National Forest, Western Lowlands and Gambela.

Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland - Western Ethiopia (Chapter)  

Botswana & Namibia travel guide - Lonely Planet

Botswana and Namibia: Fused together by epic landscapes, including Fish River Canyon, the Kalahari and the Okavango Delta, and some of the continent’s greatest concentration and diversity of wildlife, this is truly Africa.

Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Botswana, Victoria Falls, Namibia, Understand and Survival chapters.

Botswana & Namibia travel guide

Colombia - Caribbean Coast (Chapter)

Sun-soaked and stewed in culture, Colombia’s 1760km of Caribbean coastline covers a range of ecosystems, from the dense jungles of Darién Gap on the border with Panama in the southwest, to the barren desert of La Guajira near Venezuela in the northeast.

Coverage includes: Cartagena & around, Fuerte de San Fernando & Batería de San José, Islas del Rosario, Playa Blanca, La Boquilla, Volcán de Lodo El Totumo, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Minca, Taganga, Palomino, Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Tayrona, Ciudad Perdida, La Guajira Peninsula, Riohacha, Cabo de la Vela, Punta Gallinas, Valledupar, Southwest of Cartagena, Tolú, Islas de San Bernardo, Turbo and Capurganá & Sapzurro.

Colombia - Caribbean Coast (Chapter)

Kyoto - Kyoto Station (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Dominated by the eponymous Kyoto Station, this neighbourhood serves as the gateway to Kyoto. Apart from the impressive station building itself, you can visit Higashi Hongan-ji and Nishi Hongan-ji: two vast temples within walking distance of the station.

Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Explore: Kyoto Station Area, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights, Eating and Shopping.

Kyoto - Kyoto Station (Chapter)

Brazil - Minas Gerais (Chapter)

Geographically close to Rio and São Paulo, but with a culture entirely its own, Minas Gerais - with among Brazil's friendliest people, great food, a spectacular natural setting and beautiful historical architecture - is easy to reach and hard to leave behind.

Coverage includes: Belo Horizonte & around, Colonial Towns, Ouro Prêto & around, Mariana, Lavras Novas, Sabará, Congonhas, São João del Rei, Tiradentes, Diamantina, Serro, Central Parks, Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Cachoeira Tabuleiro, Parque Natural do Caraça, Southern Minas, Caxambu, Aiuruoca & the Vale do Matutu, São Thomé das Letras, Eastern Parks, Parque Nacional de Caparaó and Estação Biológica de Caratinga.

Brazil - Minas Gerais (Chapter)

Tibet - Lhasa (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Despite rampant modernisation and expansion, Lhasa (the Place of the Gods) is still a city of wonders. The red and white Potala Palace soaring above the holy city still raises the goose bumps, while the old Tibetan quarter continues to preserve the flavour of traditional Tibetan life.

Coverage includes: Itineraries, History, Planning, Tours, Sights, Activities, Walking Tour, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking, Entertainment, Shopping, Ganden Monastery, Drak Yerpa, Drölma Lhakhang and Shugsheb Nunnery.  

Tibet - Lhasa (Chapter)

Colombia - Boyaca, Santander & Norte De Santander (Chapter) Lonely Planet

The deep gorges, fast-flowing rivers and soaring, snowcapped mountains of Boyacá, Santander and Norte de Santander together form Colombia’s heartland, one of the first areas settled by Spanish conquistadores.

Coverage includes: Boyacá, Tunja, Villa De Leyva & around, Santuario de Iguaque, La Candelaria, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, El Cocuy, Güicán, Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) El Cocuy, Santander, San Gil, Barichara, Parque Nacional del Chicamocha, Bucaramanga, Norte de Santander, Pamplona, and Villa Del Rosario.

Colombia - Boyaca, Santander & Norte De Santander (Chapter) 

Timor-Leste - Dili (Chapter)

Visitors to Dili will find some of the world’s best diving, migrating whales, international events, and delicious seafood, all against a Portuguese colonial backdrop, reminders of the Indonesian occupation and the struggles since independence.

Coverage includes: Itineraries, Sights, Activities, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating & Drinking and Shopping.

Timor-Leste - Dili (Chapter)

Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef - Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Nature buffs will beeline it to World Heritage–listed Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island; but its seaside community launching pads are also refreshingly unaffected, while Bundaberg, the largest city in the region, overlooks a sea of waving sugar cane and is famous for its fiery, golden rum.

Coverage includes: Fraser Coast, Gympie, Rainbow Beach, Maryborough, Hervey Bay, Childers, Burrum Coast National Park, Bundaberg & around and Fraser Island.

Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef - Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast (Chapter) 

Bangkok - Ko Ratanakosin & Thonburi (Chapter) Lonely Planet

The artificial island of Ko Ratanakosin is Bangkok's birthplace, and the Buddhist temples and royal palaces here comprise some of the city's most important sights. Across the Chao Phraya River, Thonburi is a seemingly forgotten zone of sleepy residential districts connected by klorng (canals).

Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Best of, Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Sleeping and Sports & Activities.

Bangkok - Ko Ratanakosin & Thonburi (Chapter)

East Coast Australia - Byron Bay & Northern NSW (Chapter) Lonely Planet

From the surf-loving beaches of the Gold Coast to the wildlife-rich rainforests of the Daintree, Queensland spreads a dazzling array of wonders. The state’s most famous attraction is the marine-rich kingdom of the 2000km-long Great Barrier Reef.

Coverage includes: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Noosa & the Sunshine Coast, darling Downs, Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast, Capricorn Coast, Outback, Whitsunday Coast, Townsville to Mission Beach, Cairns & Around, Port Douglas to Cooktown, Gulf Savannah and Cape York Peninsula.

East Coast Australia - Byron Bay & Northern NSW (Chapter) 

China Phrasebook - Mandarin (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Get all your essential travel phrases, with sections on transport, accommodation, shopping, making conversation and more. A guide to pronunciation will have you chatting with the locals in no time.

China Phrasebook - Mandarin (Chapter)

Australia - Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef (Chapter)

From the surf-loving beaches of the Gold Coast to the wildlife-rich rainforests of the Daintree, Queensland spreads a dazzling array of wonders. The state’s most famous attraction is the marine-rich kingdom of the 2000km-long Great Barrier Reef.

Coverage includes: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Noosa & the Sunshine Coast, darling Downs, Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast, Capricorn Coast, Outback, Whitsunday Coast, Townsville to Mission Beach, Cairns & Around, Port Douglas to Cooktown, Gulf Savannah and Cape York Peninsula.

Australia - Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef (Chapter)  

Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra - Agra & the Taj Mahal (Chapter) Lonely Planet

For 130 years Agra was the centre of India's great Mughal Empire, and its legacy lives on in beautiful artwork, mouth-watering cuisine and, of course, magnificent architecture, including the beautiful Taj Mahal.

Coverage includes: History, Sights, Activities, Tours, Sleeping, Drinking, Entertainment and Shopping.

Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra - Agra & the Taj Mahal (Chapter) 

New Zealand - Bay of Islands & Northland (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Beaches are the main drawcard to this region and they're present in profusion, with barely a scrap of development or another human in sight. History hangs heavily here also, with the site of the earliest settlements of both Maori and Europeans.

Coverage includes: Mangawhai, Waipu & Bream Bay, Whangarei, Tutukaka Coast & the Poor Knights Islands, Bay of Islands, Paihia & Waitangi, Kerikeri, Whangaroa Harbour, Doubtless Bay, Karikari Peninsula, Cape Reinga & Ninety Mile Beach, Opononi & Omapere, Waipoua Forest and Trounson Kauri Park.

New Zealand - Bay of Islands & Northland (Chapter) 

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar (Chapter) Lonely Planet

If Mongolia’s yin is its pristine countryside, then Ulaanbaatar (UB) conforms nicely to its yang. An enormous city of pulsating commerce, heavy traffic, sinful nightlife and bohemian counter-culture, the Mongolian capital stirs as much shock as it does excitement.

Coverage includes: Sights, Activities, Courses, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking, Entertainment and Shopping.

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar (Chapter)

Guatemala - Guatemala City (Chapter)

Big, dirty and dangerous, Guate (as it's known) is either utterly forgettable or fascinating, depending on who you talk to. Either way, there's no doubt that there's an energy here unlike that found in the rest of Guatemala, with the extremes that categorize the whole country in plain view.

Coverage includes: History, Dangers & Annoyances, Sights, Guatemala City for Children, Tours, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking, Entertainment and Getting There & Around.

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Guatemala - Guatemala City (Chapter)