This Week · Aug 3–9
Peru's Sacred Valley
Dry season at its driest, and one dawn at Machu Picchu that every photo undersells. Eight stops, in the order we'd do them.
Read this week's dispatch →A New Place, Every Monday
Destination of the Week
Each week we pick one destination that actually fits the season, wherever in the world that happens to be, and go deep instead of wide. Puffin cliffs one week, terraced Inca ruins the next, whatever the calendar points to.
The Archive
every week so far
Wk 31 · Jul 27–Aug 2
the migration's river crossings
Maasai Mara
Two thousand wildebeest deciding, all at once, that today is the day they cross.
Wk 30 · Jul 20–26
lavender at peak bloom
Hokkaido
A cool-summer escape while the rest of Japan swelters, and a coastline where bears outnumber the boat tours.
Wk 29 · Jul 13–19
puffin cliffs and turf roofs
Faroe Islands
Eighteen islands, one good weather window, and a puffin colony that won't wait.
New every Monday. Wherever the season points us next.
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