The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

The "Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands" stands at the center of 20 acres of lush, tropical prayer gardens.

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.