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 …
Dennis Nicklaus
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About Dennis Nicklaus
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World Heritage Sites
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Rock Islands 5.0
- Lalibela 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 5.0
- Bethlehem 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Masada 5.0
- Calakmul 5.0
- Socotra Archipelago 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Olympic National Park 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Victoria Falls 5.0
- Nan Madol 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Ephesus 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Great Wall 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Cuzco 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Nasca Lines 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Uxmal 5.0
- Borobudur 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Dubrovnik 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Loire Valley 4.5
- Dolomites 4.5
- Antigua Guatemala 4.5
- Edinburgh 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Arles 4.5
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Rio de Janeiro 4.5
- Brú na Bóinne 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Kraków 4.5
- Kathmandu Valley 4.0
- Imperial Tombs 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Verona 4.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 4.0
- Taputapuātea 4.0
- Andrefana Dry Forests 4.0
- Joya de Ceren 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Luang Prabang 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Gyeongju 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- Biblical Tells 4.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 4.0
- Rhodes 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Sagarmatha National Park 4.0
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Polonnaruva 4.0
- Mammoth Cave 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- City of Bath 4.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.0
- Copán 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Old City of Acre 4.0
- Caral-Supe 4.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Vatnajökull National Park 3.5
- Cahokia Mounds 3.5
- Tongariro National Park 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 3.5
- Maritime Greenwich 3.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Burgundy 3.5
- Ancient Nara 3.5
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 3.5
- Toledo 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Himeji-jo 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Brugge 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Chitwan National Park 3.0
- Caceres 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Tarraco 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Arequipa 3.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Guanajuato 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Historic Cairo 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Old City of Berne 2.5
- Yogyakarta 2.5
- Maulbronn Monastery 2.5
- Canal du Midi 2.5
- Temple of Heaven 2.5
- Seville 2.5
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Sydney Opera House 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Schönbrunn 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 2.0
- Le Morne 2.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.0
- Ambohimanga 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.0
- Strasbourg 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Robben Island 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.0
- City of Luxembourg 2.0
- Willemstad 2.0
- Nice 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 NPs
- Bet She'an
- Jerusalem
- Sacred Titicaca Lake
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Nasca Aqueducts
- Network of fortresses of Carcassonne
- Nosy Lonjo d'Antsiranana
- Imeong Conservation Area
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of Dead Sea Scrolls
- 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
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Reviews by Dennis Nicklaus

Cara Sucia / El Imposible (On tentative list)
Cara Sucia / El Imposible

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 …

Socotra Archipelago (Inscribed)
Socotra Archipelago
Socotra is filled with stunning landscapes. The forest of iconic dragon blood trees on the Diksam plateau is truly unique in the world, and one of the main draws here, …

Ciudad Perdida (Removed from tentat…)
Ciudad Perdida
Teyuna, Colombia's Lost City, was inhabited between roughly 800 and 1650. It was only rediscovered about 50 years ago (ca. 1973) by looters. To get there now, you have to …

Chichen-Itza (Inscribed)
Chichen-Itza
I visited Chichen Itza in 2003 with my family, when you could still climb on and in the El Castillo pyramid. It's very enjoyable and iconic, I guess, but it …

Lalibela (Inscribed)
Lalibela
I only had time for two nights in Ethiopia as a layover at the end of my Rwanda-Uganda safari trip, and the first of those had to be in Addis …

Bwindi Impenetrable National … (Inscribed)
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
I think "Bwindi Impenetrable Forest" is my favorite park name in the world -- the most evocative of adventure. It lived up to its name and feeling for us with …

Imeong Conservation Area (On tentative list)
Imeong Conservation Area
For one day of our Palau vacation, we decided to rent a car and have a self-made circle-island tour of Babeldaob, the largest island of Palau. Armed with our Cultural, …

Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvr… (Inscribed)
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
This site was one I had never heard of before investigating the UNESCO sites of Israel, but it turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip. I …

Shaubak Castle (On tentative list)
Shaubak Castle
We were pretty thrilled that we arrived in the area in the late afternoon with just enough time to visit Shaubak Castle the evening before we went to Petra. This …

Town of Chichicastenango (On tentative list)
Town of Chichicastenango
Chichicastenango was a fascinating small city to visit. You don't come for nature's beauty, ancient stone artifacts, or grand palaces, but for its unique living culture. The people and their …

Network of fortresses of Carc… (Nominated)
Network of fortresses of Carcassonne
I'm happy to contribute the first review of this area!
I visited 7 of the 8 sites across four days October of 2017. The only one I missed was …

Fortified City of Carcassonne (Inscribed)
Fortified City of Carcassonne
I loved Carcassonne with its massive stone walls, pointy turrets, and the inner castle of Chateau Comtal. Sure, Viollet-le-Duc may have taken some artistic license, but the overall result is …

Palenque (Inscribed)
Palenque
The ancient Maya city of Palenque amazed me in its diversity. After walking in the main upper entrance, you first come across a row of pyramids. The last of these …

Tikal National Park (Inscribed)
Tikal National Park
Tikal was the first ancient Maya site that I ever visited, and it remains my favorite one. I've since visited about 20 others, but Tikal still stands above them all. …

Rapa Nui (Inscribed)
Rapa Nui
Like many of the people I talked to there, getting to Easter Island and seeing its Moai was something I've wanted to do since I was a child. It totally …

Rock Islands (Inscribed)
Rock Islands
The button-shaped, jungle covered islands Rock Islands were nice and interesting to see above the water as we cruised around on our tour, but the real attractions are below the …

Nan Madol (Inscribed)
Nan Madol
Nan Madol, on the island of Pohnpei, came as a wonderful surprise to me as part of my trip flying on United's Island Hopper flight between Honolulu and Guam. It …

Taputapuātea (Inscribed)
Taputapuātea
We visited Taputapuatea in 1991 when we had a short vacation on Raiatea. Taputapuatea is a set of ancient Polynesian marae, which you can think of as a large open …