The British started fortifying the double peaked Brimstone Hill in 1690. Sitting at around 800ft it offers commanding views of the coastline and neighbouring islands and with such a steep …
Ammon Watkins
Member since November 2018
#51 524 164
Air traffic controller from Canada. Spent the better part of my 20's traveling around the world after finishing my bachelor degree. Made a friend on the road that suggested I look into the WH list if I didnt know what to visit somewhere. Excellent advice! Unfortunately got into the WHS thing a little too late to maximize my potential visits. I wont make that mistake again! Now my goal is to visit every country and as many WHS as i reasonably can and I'm rarely disappointed.
My travel experience is varied but has mostly ranged in the budget to extreme budget category which has made things very interesting at times. With a limited time and budget and to balance other interests I am more prone to skipping out on the less known natural WHS.
I still try to take holidays and visit new sites a few times a year, with an itinerary and prioritization that befuddles all, including the mrs.
Fun trivia: I proposed to my wife in the Rock Islands WHS in Palau. I married her in the Waterton/Glacier NP WHS in Canada :)
My most impressive site: So many to choose
Recent Visits
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30May 12, 2025Kernavė, Modernist Kaunas, Struve Geodetic Arc
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30May 11, 2025Białowieża Forest, Mir Castle, Nesvizh
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20May 6, 2025Leptis Magna, Sabratha
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About Ammon Watkins
- First name
- Ammon
- Member since
- November 2018
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #51
- WHS
- 524
- Tentative Sites
- 164
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 55
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Palenque 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Victoria Falls 5.0
- Bagan 5.0
- Preah Vihear Temple 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Olympia 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Sagarmatha National Park 4.5
- Machu Picchu 4.5
- Rhodes 4.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 4.5
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.5
- Calakmul 4.5
- Leptis Magna 4.5
- Mystras 4.5
- Lalibela 4.5
- Brugge 4.5
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 4.5
- Canaima National Park 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.0
- Bukhara 4.0
- Ellora Caves 4.0
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Yungang Grottoes 4.0
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Meroe 4.0
- Pantanal 4.0
- Crac des Chevaliers 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.0
- Byblos 4.0
- Damascus 4.0
- Rock Islands 4.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 4.0
- Los Glaciares 4.0
- Potala Palace 4.0
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Rio de Janeiro 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Asmara 4.0
- Hegra 4.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 4.0
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 4.0
- Copán 4.0
- Antigua Guatemala 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Sabratha 3.5
- El Fuerte de Samaipata 3.5
- Salvador de Bahia 3.5
- Diamantina 3.5
- Harar Jugol 3.5
- Shibam 3.5
- Sucre 3.5
- Gebel Barkal 3.5
- Ancient Ksour 3.5
- Timbuktu 3.5
- St. Petersburg 3.5
- Sana'a 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Djenné 3.5
- Chavin 3.5
- Caral-Supe 3.5
- Palmyra 3.5
- Sun Temple, Konarak 3.5
- Komodo National Park 3.5
- Chitwan National Park 3.5
- Orkhon Valley 3.5
- Old Town of Lijiang 3.5
- Ajanta Caves 3.5
- Tierradentro 3.5
- Hampi 3.5
- Samarkand 3.5
- Itchan Kala 3.5
- Joya de Ceren 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Rock Art in the Hail Region 3.5
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Potosi 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Sewell Mining Town 3.0
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.0
- Bosra 3.0
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.0
- Bisotun 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 3.0
- Soltaniyeh 3.0
- Fasil Ghebbi 3.0
- Tyre 3.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.0
- Bam Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Novgorod 3.0
- Baalbek 3.0
- Mammoth Cave 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Aleppo 3.0
- Paramaribo 3.0
- Kakadu National Park 3.0
- Lake Baikal 3.0
- Congonhas 3.0
- The Sundarbans 3.0
- Viñales Valley 3.0
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 3.0
- Churches of Chiloé 3.0
- Camagüey 3.0
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 3.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 3.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 3.0
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.0
- Rabat 2.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 2.5
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 2.5
- Shushtar 2.5
- Vigan 2.5
- Nasca Lines 2.5
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 2.5
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 2.5
- San Agustín 2.5
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Bagerhat 2.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 2.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 2.5
- Gobustan Rock Art 2.5
- Urbino 2.5
- Panamá 2.5
- León Cathedral 2.5
- Ruins of León Viejo 2.5
- Koguryo Kingdom 2.5
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens 2.5
- Olinda 2.5
- Erbil Citadel 2.5
- Al Ain 2.5
- Levuka 2.5
- Tiwanaku 2.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2.5
- Kunya-Urgench 2.5
- Chan Chan 2.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 2.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 2.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 2.0
- Campeche 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Zabid 2.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 2.0
- Pampulha 2.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2.0
- Cienfuegos 2.0
- Brasilia 2.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 2.0
- Goias 2.0
- Grand Pré 2.0
- Kaesong 2.0
- Le Morne 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Castel del Monte 1.5
- Aapravasi Ghat 1.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 1.5
- São Francisco Square 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.0
Tentative Sites
- The Historic Centre of Cajamarca
- Lake Titicaca
- Svalbard Archipelago
- Archaeological site of Ancient Messene
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- Sudd wetland
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II
- Vardzia-Khertvisi
- Etosha Pan
- Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Sites in the Mongolian
- Noréas de Hama
- Apamee
- Maaloula
- Abydos
- Catholic Doctrine Temples
- City of Granada and its natural environment
- Chalchuapa
- Mamayev Kurgan
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece
- Sigatoka Sand Dunes
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Reviews by Ammon Watkins


Levuka (Inscribed)
Levuka
I made a last-minute decision to visit Levuka when I found myself in Suva with a few extra days to spare. Previous reviewers have already described the town well. I …

Sigatoka Sand Dunes (On tentative list)
Sigatoka Sand Dunes
I had a day to spare between flights and like sand dunes so made a quick visit here in Sept 2024. This is an easy day trip from Nadi on …

The Royal Court of Tiébélé (Inscribed)
The Royal Court of Tiébélé
I visited Tiebele in April 2023 on my final day in Burkina Faso. Being not far off the main highway to Ghana, it was still safely accessible and was done …

Sya (On tentative list)
Sya
Visited April 2023. As part of a 5-day private tour of Burkina Faso I stayed 2 nights in Bobo-Dioulasso and was able to visit this site. The most recognizable part …

Sudd wetland (On tentative list)
Sudd wetland
Visited Apr 2023. The Sudd wetland is a very important inland freshwater ecosystem on a scale with the already listed Pantanal and Okavango delta. Throughout the year it's size is …

Rock Art of the Mediterranean… (Inscribed)
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin
I can understand this one having a poor rating as it really shouldn't take 700+ locations to make your point. But with that many locations we are going to need …

Minoan Palatial Centres (Nominated)
Minoan Palatial Centres
We visited 3 of the 5 sites during our visit to Crete in Feb 2022.
Our first introduction to Minoan ruins was actually at Phaistos. It was an easy …

Archaeological site of Ancien… (On tentative list)
Archaeological site of Ancient Messene
We visited this site in Feb 2022 en route from the Mani peninsula to Olympia. I would definitely recommend a visit and a car to get there. Our GPS took …

Mt. Myohyang (On tentative list)
Mt. Myohyang
I visited Pohyon temple and the Mt. Myohyang area during my North Korean tour in late 2017. As with all things while in the country, I had no control over …

Les ruines d'Ouara (On tentative list)
Les ruines d'Ouara
My visit to Ouara is more of a story about the journey and not much the destination itself. In Jan 2012, a friend and I convinced the relevant authorities (through …

Hegra (Inscribed)
Hegra
We felt lucky to have been able to get in to see this site in Feb 2020. It has been officially closed for quite a while and will continue to …

Rock Art in the Hail Region (Inscribed)
Rock Art in the Hail Region
We also visited the Jubbah section of the rock art in early Feb 2020. It is an easy day trip from Hail and we went on a friday afternoon. Note …

Asmara (Inscribed)
Asmara
I must admit that I didn't go all the way to Eritrea in Feb 2020 to specifically visit this WHS though it would be impossible to miss once you are …

Zabid (Inscribed)
Zabid
I managed to get to Zabid in March 2007, just before UNESCO gave it a "last chance" to fix itself up. It was in a terrible state of decay but …

The Historic City of Thula (On tentative list)
The Historic City of Thula
Unintentional visit Feb 2007. I hadn't set out to specifically visit Thula but while at the rock palace of Wadi Dhahr I was offered a ride with an American woman …

Maaloula (On tentative list)
Maaloula
Visited Feb 2007. Maaloula is less than an hour by minibus from Damascus but I made an overnight trip of it, staying overnight with the nuns in the Convent of …
Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Si… (On tentative list)
Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Sites in the Mongolian
On an 8-day road trip to the Gobi desert in the summer of 2005 we also visited Bayanzag which do indeed look and feel like flaming cliffs when you are …

Amarbayasgalant monastery (On tentative list)
Amarbayasgalant monastery
I was able to visit this monastery in the summer of 2005 during a jeep tour to Khovsgol Lake. It is a rather small and out of the way monastic …

Uxmal (Inscribed)
Uxmal
We visited as a day trip from Merida in August 2019. Having come from the southern Mayan sites of Palenque and Calakmul it is hard to believe this is still …