Wojciech Fedoruk

Member since May 2012

#19 728 210

I try to spend every day of my vacation time (lately, limited to 28-30 days per year) travelling. I travel either solo or with my wife or with the whole family. Since 2024, when my children grew up a bit (as of 2024 the older is 12, the younger is 9) and do not require constant presence of their parents, I decided to increase the frequency and pace of my travels.

I love going to remote places and always plan visiting as many WH sites as possible. Although sometimes WHS (and especially TWHS) are not rewarding, in most cases visiting them gives me much better understanding of the region I visit.

Recently I focus my trips around regions that are WHS abundant. But when there is opportunity to visit a very remote WHS (such as the Minaret of Jam) on a budget (i.e. with like-minded people willing to share the costs), I forget about this rule. One rarely visited WHS is more worthy for me than 10 easy ones.


I find this site very helpful in planning my trips to WHS or TWHS and want to pay back by writing reviews of some places that are not on the bitten path.

My most impressive site: Angkor

My proposal for a new site: Khor Virap

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About Wojciech Fedoruk

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Reviews by Wojciech Fedoruk

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Anticosti by Wojciech Fedoruk

Anticosti (Inscribed)

Anticosti

During my visit to Newfoundland and Labrador, I really wanted to see Anticosti, and it turns out that the island can be perfectly incorporated into a trip to this province. …

Çatalhöyük by Solivagant

Çatalhöyük (Inscribed)

Çatalhöyük

After reading the reviews of other users of the site, I realized that visiting Çatalhöyük is completely different now and requires a new review. In the end of 2023, a …

Minaret of Jam by Wojciech Fedoruk

Minaret of Jam (Inscribed)

Minaret of Jam

The Minaret of Jam is an almost legendary place. For at least 20 years, from 2001 to 2021 (though actually since the outbreak of the Afghan war in 1978), it …

Bagh-e Babur by Wojciech Fedoruk

Bagh-e Babur (Nominated)

Bagh-e Babur

Babur's Gardens were founded by Babur, an eminent ruler and warrior, founder of the Mughal dynasty. Babur loved Kabul and the oasis of peace he had created so much that …

City of Balkh (antique Bactria) by Wojciech Fedoruk

City of Balkh (antique Bactri… (On tentative list)

City of Balkh (antique Bactria)

Balkh (ancient Bactria) is perhaps the most important archaeological site in Afghanistan. It is located about 30 km from Mazar-e-Sharif. The city has been inhabited since at least the 6th …

Bamiyan Valley by Wojciech Fedoruk

Bamiyan Valley (Inscribed)

Bamiyan Valley

I visited the monuments of Bamyan during one day in September 2024. For an appetizer, there was Shahr-i Ghulghulah, which can be translated as the City of Screams. This …

Band-E-Amir by Wojciech Fedoruk

Band-E-Amir (On tentative list)

Band-E-Amir

Site visited in September 2024. Band-E-Amir is a complex of wonderful lakes, created by natural travertine dams on rivers flowing down from the mountains of Hindukush. The lakes have vivid …

City of Herat by Wojciech Fedoruk

City of Herat (On tentative list)

City of Herat

Site visited in September 2024. Compared to the very conservative Kandahar from which I came, Herat looks like a city from another era. "Another" in this case means better, more …

Mana Pools by Wojciech Fedoruk

Mana Pools (Inscribed)

Mana Pools

Since the previous reviewers described their thorough yet expensive visits to the park, I will focus on practicalities how to get in and around on a budget as a family …

Ziwa National Monument by Wojciech Fedoruk

Ziwa National Monument (On tentative list)

Ziwa National Monument

Site visited in April 2024. Ziwa is not a place often visited by tourists – when we came the last entry in the visitors' book was from 12 days ago, …

Fasil Ghebbi by Wojciech Fedoruk

Fasil Ghebbi (Inscribed)

Fasil Ghebbi

Gondar is the third permanent capital of the Ethiopian Empire (the first was Aksum, the second was Lalibela, after which there was a period in which the capitals changed very …

Aksum by Wojciech Fedoruk

Aksum (Inscribed)

Aksum

Site visited in January 2024. Aksum is well covered by the previous reviewers, but since 8 years have passed since the latest review, I decided to add a new one.

The Cultural Heritage of Yeha by Wojciech Fedoruk

The Cultural Heritage of Yeha (On tentative list)

The Cultural Heritage of Yeha

Yeha is the remainings of the most ancient kingdom of present Ethiopia, which dates back to the 8th century BC. The Kingdom of Yeha maintained active contacts with Yemen and …

Sacred Landscapes of Tigray by Wojciech Fedoruk

Sacred Landscapes of Tigray (On tentative list)

Sacred Landscapes of Tigray

Of the places proposed by the state party, I visited only one, although probably the most spectacular - Abuna Yemata Guh, part of the Gheralta Sacred Landscape.

The …

Lower Valley of the Awash by Wojciech Fedoruk

Lower Valley of the Awash (Inscribed)

Lower Valley of the Awash

I'm pleased to announce that another blank spot on the review map on this site is being erased. Although this WHS has its reviews, they come from people who have …

Harar Jugol by Wojciech Fedoruk

Harar Jugol (Inscribed)

Harar Jugol

It's been 17 years since Solivagant visited Harar and wrote about it in a review that was so comprehensive that no one added a new one after that. Bowing to …

Bale Mountains National Park by Wojciech Fedoruk

Bale Mountains National Park (Inscribed)

Bale Mountains National Park

Site visited in January 2024.

It took almost 45 years to finally inscribe this place on the list and I am wondering why. After my visit I think the …

Gedeo Cultural landscape by Wojciech Fedoruk

Gedeo Cultural landscape (Inscribed)

Gedeo Cultural landscape

Site visited in January 2024 as a family trip.

The Gedeo cultural landscape is a recent entry on the UNESCO list, located in a very fertile place, on the …

Hermitage Blaca by Wojciech Fedoruk

Hermitage Blaca (On tentative list)

Hermitage Blaca

Having visited the island of Brač I couldn’t miss the opportunity to go to unreviewed TWHS of Hermitage Blaca. The journey from popular towns of Supetar or Postira takes about …

Bioclimatic Refugia of Western Arabia by Wojciech Fedoruk

Bioclimatic Refugia of Wester… (On tentative list)

Bioclimatic Refugia of Western Arabia

Out of 7 components of this serial nomination I contiously visited only one – Jabal Shada Nature Reserve. Looking at my itinerary, I must have driven near other components, such …

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