Top Attraction 1
The Riviera Maya. From Cancun’s resort-lined hotel strip to Tulum’s eco-chic vibe, some of the world’s finest, softest white-sand beaches are found here, providing the setting for Mexico’s biggest tourist region.
Top Attraction 2
Chichén Itzá. Declared one of the ‘New Seven Wonders of the World’, this great Maya city is intensely dramatic in both style and scale.
Top Attraction 3
Osa Peninsula. Wilderness, wildlife, and adventure: everything the eco-minded traveler comes to Costa Rica to find is here, located in the remotest part of the southern Pacific region with its legendary biodiversity.
Top Attraction 4
Diving in Belize. Part of the Mesoamerican reef, the world’s second largest stretch of coral provides countless opportunities for diving and snorkeling, such as the famous Blue Hole and the Hol Chan Marine Reserve.
Top Attraction 5
Arenal Volcano. Picture-perfect, cone-shaped Arenal stands out as the quintessential volcano. Although it is temporarily dormant on the outside, it still supplies the geo-thermal power on the inside to heat the ever-popular hot springs.
Top Attraction 6
Panama Canal. Cutting between the Atlantic and the Pacific, this recently expanded canal is one of the world’s most strategic waterways and a marvel of modern engineering.
Top Attraction 7
Lake Atitlán. This exquisite highland lake in a giant caldera (collapsed volcano) in Guatemala’s Sierra Madre is close to laid-back towns and Maya villages with distinctive customs and shrines.
Top Attraction 8
Ometepe Island. Two volcanoes, Concepción and Maderas, connected by a low isthmus, form Lake Nicaragua’s largest island, which is marked with wide beaches, petroglyphs, and rich farmland.
Top Attraction 9
Tikal. Soaring above jungle canopy, the colossal temple-pyramids of this once powerful Maya city, which dates to the 4th century BC, seem built to an unearthly scale.
Top Attraction 10
Joya de Cerén. Covered in volcanic ash and not discovered until 1976, this village in El Salvador – still being unearthed – is a Mayan Pompeii, revealing what life was like in the 6th century.