I was really pleased to visit the Tsingy de Bemaraha, because an article years ago in National Geographic about them was what really got me interested in visiting Madagascar. Climbing …
Dennis Nicklaus
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About Dennis Nicklaus
- First name
- Dennis
- Member since
- January 2018
- Country of Origin
- None
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- Rank
- #301
- WHS
- 179
- Tentative Sites
- 42
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 37
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World Heritage Sites
- Iguacu 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 5.0
- Lalibela 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Calakmul 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Victoria Falls 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Nan Madol 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Great Wall 5.0
- Uxmal 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Dubrovnik 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Bethlehem 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Masada 5.0
- Olympic National Park 5.0
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Cuzco 5.0
- Nasca Lines 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Borobudur 5.0
- Socotra Archipelago 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Rock Islands 5.0
- Ephesus 5.0
- Brú na Bóinne 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Antigua Guatemala 4.5
- Arles 4.5
- Rio de Janeiro 4.5
- Loire Valley 4.5
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Edinburgh 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Dolomites 4.5
- Kraków 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Prambanan 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Verona 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Joya de Ceren 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 4.0
- Taputapuātea 4.0
- Luang Prabang 4.0
- Stonehenge 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- City of Bath 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Gyeongju 4.0
- Biblical Tells 4.0
- Rhodes 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- Panamá 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Andrefana Dry Forests 4.0
- Copán 4.0
- Old City of Acre 4.0
- Kathmandu Valley 4.0
- Imperial Tombs 4.0
- Caral-Supe 4.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 4.0
- Polonnaruva 4.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.0
- Mammoth Cave 4.0
- Sagarmatha National Park 4.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 3.5
- Toledo 3.5
- Himeji-jo 3.5
- Ancient Nara 3.5
- Tongariro National Park 3.5
- Vatnajökull National Park 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Maritime Greenwich 3.5
- Burgundy 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Cahokia Mounds 3.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.5
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Caceres 3.0
- Guanajuato 3.0
- Tarraco 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Historic Cairo 3.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Brugge 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 3.0
- Arequipa 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- Chitwan National Park 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- Old City of Berne 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Yogyakarta 2.5
- Sydney Opera House 2.5
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 2.5
- Temple of Heaven 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Maulbronn Monastery 2.5
- Canal du Midi 2.5
- Schönbrunn 2.5
- Seville 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Nice 2.0
- Robben Island 2.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.0
- Willemstad 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Ambohimanga 2.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.0
- Strasbourg 2.0
- City of Luxembourg 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 1.0
- Aapravasi Ghat 1.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve
- Lake Titicaca
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Historical city of Izamal
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Hikone-Jo
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
- The Karlstejn Castle
- Sea of Galilee
- Caesarea
- The Crusader Fortresses
- Shaubak Castle
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Town of Chichicastenango
- Massif du Mont Blanc
- Central Park
- White Sands National Monument
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Lake Atitlán
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- City of York
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National P
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- Bet She'an
- Jerusalem
- Sacred Titicaca Lake
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Nasca Aqueducts
- The network of fortresses of the seneschalty of Ca
- Nosy Lonjo d'Antsiranana
- Imeong Conservation Area
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scroll
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
- Cara Sucia / El Imposible
- The Bodrum Castle
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Produ
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Reviews by Dennis Nicklaus


Ambohimanga (Inscribed)
Ambohimanga
Ambohimanga is one of those places I probably wouldn't have bothered to visit if it weren't a WHS. But I'm very glad I did because, the visit, combined with a …

Maritime Greenwich (Inscribed)
Maritime Greenwich
I was surprised to see so many people at Greenwich as I thought it was only going to be a few hardy science enthusiasts coming to visit the observatory. But, …

Bordeaux (Inscribed)
Bordeaux
While the Basilica of St. Michael might be the most notable monument of Bordeaux, the most memorable part of our stay was an excellent bicycle tour that we took. On …

Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (On tentative list)
Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
This site includes two of my favorite Maya ruins of Yaxchilan and Bonampak -- two very unique sites among the many Maya ruins I have visited.
Yaxchilan
You …

Historical city of Izamal (On tentative list)
Historical city of Izamal
Izamal is worth a visit for two primary reasons: Kinich Kak Moo -- ruins of an enormous Maya pyramid, and the convent of San Antonio de Padua. It's otherwise a …

Tiwanaku (Inscribed)
Tiwanaku
There's just enough left of the Tiwanaku site that I was able to get a decent appreciation for this ancient culture. The museums are very well done, featuring several impressive …

Lake Titicaca (On tentative list)
Lake Titicaca
I visited the beautiful Lake Titicaca from both the Peruvian and the Bolivian sides. From Puno, Peru, I took an excursion out to see the Uros floating islands. While they …

Arequipa (Inscribed)
Arequipa
Arequipa is a pleasant enough city and I enjoyed my stay there, but it didn't seem particularly outstanding to me. The main square and cathedral are quite nice, and there …

Nasca Aqueducts (On tentative list)
Nasca Aqueducts
The Nasca Aqueducts are a very impressive work of hydrological engineering from the pre-Columbian Nazca culture. The Cantalloc Aqueducts are the best preserved of these, just outside the city of …

Nasca Lines (Inscribed)
Nasca Lines
Seeing the Nazca lines was the biggest thrill of my April 2024 Peru trip. I had been to Peru about 25 years prior, but back then had not been able …

Robben Island (Inscribed)
Robben Island
Unlike some of the other reviewers here, I thought the required bus tour around Robben Island was a pretty good way to get an overview of the site. I also …

Caral-Supe (Inscribed)
Caral-Supe
The ancient buildings of Caral-Supe really impressed me. This most ancient city in the Americas has a good collection of major structures that are at least partially restored. The site …

Torres del Paine and Bernardo… (On tentative list)
Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National P
My "hidden gem" recommendation for Torres del Paine is the Mirador Ferrier trail, which was suggested to me by my hotel's activity concierge. This relatively short but steep hike starts …

Verona (Inscribed)
Verona
Prior to my three night stay in March of 2023, I mostly knew Verona as the setting of Romeo & Juliet. Turns out, I found the Casa de Giulietta to …

Vicenza and the Palladian Vil… (Inscribed)
Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
I was surprised how much I enjoyed Vicenza. We only had the briefest of visits, stopping off the train from Padua back to Verona after a day trip. So we …

Padua’s fourteenth-century fr… (Inscribed)
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
I was really dazzled by the frescoes of Padua. And I went on a Monday. Don't go on a Monday if you can avoid it -- several attractions are closed. …

Cara Sucia / El Imposible (On tentative list)
Cara Sucia / El Imposible
My daughter and I really enjoyed our visit to El Imposible in January 2023 and we had a really good hike here. We were driven up the same terrible access …

Vézère Valley (Inscribed)
Vézère Valley
I've wanted to visit this area for a long time, so I was thrilled to finally fit it into a trip. We visited three main sites: Font-de-Gaume, Combarelles, and Lascaux …

Olympic National Park (Inscribed)
Olympic National Park
Snowy mountains, rainforests, scenic beaches, pretty lakes, waterfalls, ... -- what more could you ask for in a National Park? My family and I had a day and a half …