Asa Wright Birdwatching, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Upper Okavango River, NW Botswana, Botswana
Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada
Kakadu, Australia
Tiri Tiri Mathanghi, North Island, New Zealand
Bird watching is a popular pastime for many people on vacation. It offers visitors a chance to see the local wildlife and to get out and about in nature. Many local tourist economies revolve around bird migration and subsequent bird-watcher migration cycles. Which of these world's best birding destinations would you most like to raise your binoculars at?
The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement.These days, many remnants of the original colonization remain. Which site on New Zealand's northern island would you most like to visit?
