{"id":20512,"date":"2026-01-22T17:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/the-best-places-to-travel-in-2026-must-visit-destinations-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T17:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:27:41","slug":"the-best-places-to-travel-in-2026-must-visit-destinations-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/the-best-places-to-travel-in-2026-must-visit-destinations-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Places to Travel in 2026: Must-Visit Destinations Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-observer-listicle__title h3\" id=\"antarctica\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Antarctica<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-observer-listicle__copy-button copy-to-clipboard\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-tooltip-text=\"Copied to clipboard!\" data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/list\/best-travel-destinations-2026\/#antarctica\" aria-label=\"Copy link to '&lt;strong&gt;Antarctica&lt;\/strong&gt;' to the clipboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12.763 7.4a.79.79 0 0 1 .175.87.807.807 0 0 1-.64.485l-.107.007a.809.809 0 0 1-.571-.233 3.266 3.266 0 0 0-4.423-.138l-.147.139-4.52 4.458-.122.13c-1.108 1.235-1.066 3.199.128 4.378 1.239 1.223 3.332 1.223 4.571 0l2.523-2.49a.815.815 0 0 1 .788-.223.803.803 0 0 1 .58.572.791.791 0 0 1-.226.779l-2.523 2.49c-.867.856-2.013 1.314-3.177 1.37l-.25.006c-1.25 0-2.499-.459-3.428-1.376-1.8-1.776-1.857-4.74-.17-6.592l.17-.177L5.906 7.4a4.897 4.897 0 0 1 6.856 0Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M18.606 1.376c1.804 1.78 1.857 4.753.159 6.604l-.168.171-4.504 4.45A4.867 4.867 0 0 1 10.665 14a4.866 4.866 0 0 1-3.428-1.4.79.79 0 0 1 0-1.127.816.816 0 0 1 1.142 0 3.267 3.267 0 0 0 4.422.137l.148-.138 4.514-4.457c1.239-1.221 1.239-3.289 0-4.511-1.192-1.177-3.178-1.22-4.43-.131l-.14.13-2.524 2.492a.814.814 0 0 1-.466.227l-.107.006-.106-.006a.807.807 0 0 1-.64-.486.79.79 0 0 1 .176-.87l2.532-2.499.16-.148c1.874-1.676 4.884-1.624 6.688.157Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-observer-listicle__subtitle-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-observer-listicle__subtitle-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo ways in: by air, or by sea through the Drake Passage\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-observer-listicle__copy\">Travel to Antarctica is at an all-time high, but the crowded Antarctic Peninsula\u2014reachable from Argentina in two days\u2014is no longer the only option. East Antarctica, accessed from Australia or New Zealand, offers something closer to what the heroic-age explorers found: fewer ships, towering tabular icebergs, and the best chance to see emperor penguins. Aurora Expeditions&#8217; purpose-built Douglas Mawson made its maiden voyage in December 2025, departing Hobart on itineraries that retrace Sir Douglas Mawson&#8217;s 1911 expedition; Scenic Tours&#8217; Ross Sea voyage in January 2026 brings polar explorer <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/person\/robert-swan\/\" title=\"Robert Swan\" class=\"company-link\">Robert Swan<\/a> aboard as lecturer. The journey takes about a week each way\u2014hardly uneventful, moving from open ocean to pack ice and the 160-foot walls of the Ross Ice Shelf rising from cobalt depths. Shore excursions include Cape Adare, home to 330,000 breeding pairs of Ad\u00e9lie penguins, and the preserved huts of Shackleton, Scott, and Mawson, now open-air museums. For those who&#8217;d rather skip the Drake altogether, White Desert flies guests from Cape Town to a private blue-ice runway in Queen Maud Land, where three camps\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/company\/whichaway\/\" title=\"Whichaway\" class=\"company-link\">Whichaway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/company\/echo\/\" title=\"Echo\" class=\"company-link\">Echo<\/a>, and Wolf&#8217;s Fang\u2014accommodate just 12 guests each. Rates start around $70,000 for eight days, including South Pole flights, ice climbing and champagne in a glacier bar. 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