Photo credits

Every journey photo on Odycairn comes from Wikimedia Commons under a free license — CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0 or public domain. Our thanks to the photographers; each image links to its source and license below.

The white ramparts of Cape Coast Castle above the Atlantic surf
Accra & the Gold Coast
Photo: Damien Halleux Radermecker
CC BY-SA 2.0 · source ↗
Colmar's Little Venice — half-timbered houses reflected in the Lauch
Alsace Wine Route
Photo: Krzysztof Golik
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Pastel houses of Positano stacked above the Tyrrhenian Sea
Amalfi Coast & Bay of Naples
Photo: Alexis Lours
CC BY 4.0 · source ↗
The Alhambra against the snowy Sierra Nevada
Andalusia Loop
Photo: Er Komandante
CC BY 2.5 · source ↗
Angkor Wat's towers reflected at sunrise
Angkor to the Cambodian Coast
Photo: Vladimir Pankratov
CC BY-SA 2.0 · source ↗
Volcanoes ringing Lake Atitlán's blue caldera
Antigua & Lake Atitlán
Photo: Francisco Anzola
CC BY 2.0 · source ↗
The seven-coloured hill rising behind Purmamarca village
Argentina's Northwest
Photo: Bernard Gagnon
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Tatev Monastery on its gorge-edge plateau
Armenia's Monasteries & Mountains
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
El Arco's stone arch where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez
Baja California Sur
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Baku's Flame Towers glowing over the old city
Baku & the Caucasus Foothills
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The lakeside temple of Ulun Danu Bratan in Bali
Bali Loop
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Tallinn's medieval spires and red rooftops from Toompea
Baltic Capitals by Rail
Photo: William John Gauthier from Denmark
CC BY-SA 2.0 · source ↗
Bruges' Rozenhoedkaai canal and medieval belfry
Benelux Cities by Rail
Photo: Ank Kumar
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Blue Ridge Parkway winding through autumn mountains
Blue Ridge Parkway
Photo: Frankaustx
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Cabot Trail hugging Cape Breton's highland coast
Cabot Trail
Photo: Eric Van Lochem
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The pyramids of Giza rising above the desert plateau
Cairo & the Nile Valley
Photo: kallerna
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
The gravel Carretera Austral threading Patagonia's peaks
Carretera Austral
Photo: Rakela
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
The hexagonal basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway
Causeway Coast
Photo: Chmee2
CC BY 3.0 · source ↗
Towering wax palms in the Cocora Valley's green pastures
Colombia's Coffee Axis
Photo: Bernard Gagnon
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Arenal volcano's cone rising over rainforest
Costa Rica's Classic Loop
Photo: Rhododendrites
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Machu Picchu's terraces beneath Huayna Picchu
Cusco & the Sacred Valley
Photo: Martin St-Amant
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Dubrovnik's walled old town jutting into the Adriatic
Dalmatian Coast
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
The three towers of Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites
Dolomites Loop
Photo: Wolfgang Moroder
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
A palm-fringed Fijian island ringed by lagoon
Fiji's Coral Coast
Photo: Rickard Törnblad
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Bloukrans Bridge arching over its forest gorge on the Garden Route
Garden Route
Photo: Dariusz Jemielniak
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Twelve Apostles sea stacks off the Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road
Photo: Dietmar Rabich
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Whitewashed houses and blue domes of Oia above the Santorini caldera
Greek Island Hopping
Photo: Giles Laurent
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Hai Van Pass coast road curving high above the South China Sea
Hanoi to Saigon by Rail
Photo: Steffen Schmitz
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A classic American car cruising Havana's Malecón
Havana to Trinidad
Photo: Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA
CC BY 2.0 · source ↗
Rows of lavender striping the fields of Furano
Hokkaidō Loop
Photo: 掬茶
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Mã Pí Lèng pass road carved above the Nho Quế river
Hà Giang Loop
Photo: Khánh Hmoong
CC BY 2.0 · source ↗
Turquoise Peyto Lake below glaciated peaks on the Icefields Parkway
Icefields Parkway
Photo: Thomas Fuhrmann
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Skógafoss waterfall thundering off the cliffs of Iceland's south coast
Iceland Ring Road
Photo: Jakub Hałun
CC BY 4.0 · source ↗
Iguazú Falls pouring around its jungle horseshoe
Iguazú & the Pantanal
Photo: Geographer
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Yurts and horses on the Song-Kul plateau at dusk
Issyk-Kul & Song-Kul
Photo: AseinMad
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Hot-air balloons drifting over Cappadocia's fairy chimneys
Istanbul to the Turquoise Coast
Photo: Wolfgang Moroder
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Chureito Pagoda framed against snow-capped Mount Fuji
Japan Golden Route
Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote
CC BY 4.0 · source ↗
Mount Bromo smoking above a sea of dawn cloud
Java's Volcanoes & Temples
Photo: Jakub Hałun
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The painted eyes of Boudhanath stupa over prayer flags
Kathmandu & Pokhara
Photo: Nabin K
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Wildebeest crossing the Mara river on the great migration
Kenya Safari Circuit
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
A houseboat gliding Kerala's palm-lined backwaters
Kerala's Backwaters & Hills
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg
CC BY 4.0 · source ↗
Kraków's Cloth Hall and Main Market Square at dusk
Kraków & the Tatras
Photo: Ingo Mehling
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Tea bushes contouring the Cameron Highlands hills
Kuala Lumpur to Penang
Photo: Jakub Hałun
CC BY 4.0 · source ↗
Steam rising across Mount Aso's vast green caldera
Kyūshū's Volcano Loop
Photo: 663highland
CC BY 2.5 · source ↗
The carved adobe walls of Chan Chan near Trujillo
Lima & Peru's North Coast
Photo: Velvet
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Red rorbu cabins beneath the peaks of Reine in Lofoten
Lofoten Islands
Photo: Ximonic
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Kuang Si's turquoise pools stepping through the forest
Luang Prabang & Northern Laos
Photo: Basile Morin
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A ring-tailed lemur troop warming up in the morning sun
Madagascar's RN7
Photo: Charles J
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The lit chedis of Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu above Mae Hong Son at dusk
Mae Hong Son Loop
Photo: Thanes Piamnamai
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Pangong Tso's impossible blues beneath bare mountains
Manali to Leh & Ladakh
Photo: KennyOMG
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A blue-washed lane climbing through Chefchaouen's medina
Morocco's Imperial Cities
Photo: Fbrandao
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Dead camelthorn trees on Deadvlei's white clay pan
Namibia Desert Loop
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Blazing red and orange fall foliage over a New England valley
New England Fall Loop
Photo: chensiyuan
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Emerald Lakes steaming on the Tongariro Crossing
New Zealand North Island
Photo: Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand
CC BY 2.0 · source ↗
Mitre Peak reflected in the still water of Milford Sound
New Zealand South Island
Photo: Krzysztof Golik
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The fjord walls of Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne
Newfoundland's Viking Trail
Photo: Aconcagua
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Sheer cliffs and waterfalls dropping into Geirangerfjord
Norway Fjords
Photo: Carsten Steger
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Emerald pools winding into the canyon of Wadi Shab
Oman's Grand Loop
Photo: dconvertini
CC BY-SA 2.0 · source ↗
Bixby Creek Bridge spanning a Big Sur cove on Highway 1
Pacific Coast Highway
Photo: King of Hearts
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Longtail boats beneath Railay's limestone cliffs
Phuket, Krabi & the Islands
Photo: Krzysztof Golik
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Golden sea stacks and grottoes of Ponta da Piedade at Lagos
Porto to the Algarve
Photo: Keith Yahl
CC BY 2.0 · source ↗
Český Krumlov's castle tower over the Vltava loop
Prague, Vienna & the Imperial Towns
Photo: Ingo Mehling
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The hilltop village of Gordes overlooking the Luberon valley
Provence & the Riviera
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Taj Mahal glowing white above its reflecting pool
Rajasthan & the Golden Triangle
Photo: Asitjain
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Rio de Janeiro's bays and Sugarloaf seen from above
Rio & the Costa Verde
Photo: Wilfredor
CC0 · source ↗
The half-timbered Plönlein corner of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Romantic Road
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
An open stretch of Route 66 running toward desert buttes
Route 66
Photo: Pavel Špindler
CC BY 3.0 · source ↗
The Salar de Uyuni mirroring the sky after rain
Salar de Uyuni & the Altiplano
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Ardvreck Castle ruin on Loch Assynt in the Scottish Highlands
Scotland North Coast 500
Photo: Cgfletch
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Gyeongbokgung Palace's throne hall and courtyard in Seoul
Seoul to Busan
Photo: Frank Schulenburg
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Lake Bled's island church backed by the Julian Alps
Slovenia's Lakes & the Soča
Photo: Krzysztof Golik
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A train crossing Ella's Nine Arch Bridge in the tea hills
Sri Lanka's Hills to Coast
Photo: Dr
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A red train crossing the Landwasser Viaduct into the cliff tunnel
Swiss Scenic Rail
Photo: Kabelleger / David Gubler
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Marble cliffs closing over the river in Taroko Gorge
Taiwan's Round-Island Rail
Photo: Huaiwun
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The green floor of Ngorongoro Crater from the rim
Tanzania Northern Circuit
Photo: Zenith4237
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Wineglass Bay's perfect curve from the Hazards lookout
Tasmania Loop
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Gergeti Trinity Church beneath Mount Kazbek's snows
Tbilisi & the High Caucasus
Photo: Arian Zwegers from Brussels, Belgium
CC BY 2.0 · source ↗
The Alaska Highway running empty toward distant peaks
The Alaska Highway
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Gjirokastër's stone roofs stacked on the hillside
The Albanian Riviera
Photo: Pudelek
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The aurora curling green over Abisko's frozen lake
The Arctic Circle by Rail
Photo: Pavel
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Valle de la Luna's ridges glowing at sunset
The Atacama Desert
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The orange dunes of Erg Chebbi at the Sahara's edge
The Atlas & the Sahara
Photo: Johannes K Becker
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Cotopaxi's snow-capped cone above the páramo grasslands
The Avenue of the Volcanoes
Photo: Bernard Gagnon
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Petra's Treasury glowing rose through the Siq
The King's Highway
Photo: Faraheed
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
Limestone towers around El Nido's turquoise lagoon
The Palawan Island Hop
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg
CC BY 4.0 · source ↗
The Blyde River Canyon's Three Rondavels above the river bend
The Panorama Route & Kruger
Photo: Dietmar Rabich
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Uluru glowing deep red at sunset
The Red Centre
Photo: Dietmar Rabich
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A lake on the Seven Lakes Road backed by Andean peaks
The Seven Lakes Road
Photo: Fernando
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The tiled madrasahs of Samarkand's Registan square
The Silk Road Cities
Photo: Kraftabbas
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Transfăgărășan's switchbacks climbing the Făgăraș range
Transylvania & the Transfăgărășan
Photo: Michał Derela
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A cypress-lined lane through the rolling hills of the Val d'Orcia
Tuscany Loop
Photo: Iaia quark
CC0 · source ↗
The long straight road into the buttes of Monument Valley
US Southwest Grand Circle
Photo: King of Hearts
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A mountain gorilla at rest in Bwindi's dense forest
Uganda's Gorilla Trail
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Victoria Falls thundering into its mile-wide gorge
Victoria Falls & Chobe
Photo: Diego Delso
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
A whale shark cruising Ningaloo's clear water
Western Australia's Coral Coast
Photo: Sylke Rohrlach from Sydney
CC BY-SA 2.0 · source ↗
The Cliffs of Moher rising from the Atlantic on Ireland's west coast
Wild Atlantic Way
Photo: Berthold Werner
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The rainbow rings of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone
Yellowstone & Grand Teton
Photo: Dietmar Rabich
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
Yosemite Valley's granite walls from Tunnel View
Yosemite to Death Valley
Photo: Diliff
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗
The stepped pyramid of El Castillo at Chichén Itzá
Yucatán Peninsula Loop
Photo: Daniel Schwen
CC BY-SA 4.0 · source ↗
The Yangtze surging through Tiger Leaping Gorge
Yunnan from Kunming to Shangri-La
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
CC BY-SA 3.0 · source ↗

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