From the iconic ruins of Machu Picchu to the ancient capital of Cuzco, the Inca’s intimate relationship with some of South America’s most spectacular geology is brilliantly displayed in modern-day Peru.

Traverse diverse desert geomorphology, take a self-drive safari in a 4×4 camper truck, and examine rocks that narrate Africa’s geologic and human history at your own pace.

A popular tourist destination, the Thai Peninsular has plenty to tempt the geotourist.

This famously beautiful Mediterranean coastline stretching between Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor north-west to Croatia’s Rab island, features craggy mountains, rugged islands in an azure sea, and waterfalls tumbling over travertine into emerald pools.

Join us for a geological tour of Big Bend National Park, Texas.

Boutique volcanoes, fossil forests and pillow lava fans are some of the amazing geological features around New Zealand's largest city.

The rocks which form the beautiful cliffs and beaches of south Pembrokeshire give a snapshot into the Variscan Orogen of south-west Wales.

Floating down the Irrawaddy River is a wonderful way to appreciate both the geological and manmade wonders of Myanmar.

As Olivier and Caroline continued their epic cycle through South America, they found crossing the high plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano to be a direct encounter with pristine and pure geology.

The iconic drive along the Great South West Edge of Australia is the trip of a lifetime with plenty to interest both the geo-tourist and the nature lover.

The locals call them ‘Kerry Diamonds’; beautifully clear, euhedral quartz crystals found in fault zones at the western end of the Dingle Peninsula in south-west Ireland – but the real gem is the Peninsula itself!

Admire soaring, fjord-like walls of Mesozoic limestone as you glide through the Strait of Hormuz by dhow, the type of traditional wooden ships that today share this strategic waterway with supertankers and flotillas of Iranian smugglers’ speedboats.

While wandering 240 km across California from Bakersfield to Death Valley, the geotourist can marvel at a range of superlative wonders, from the densest developed oil field to the deepest canyon and the lowest point in the United States.

Strike-slip motion – with a dash of divergence – along the Dead Sea transform fault has created a rugged landscape of arid, cliff-girt plateaus towering above the Dead Sea, the lowest exposed point on Earth.

The largest tar pit in the world, La Brea Pitch Lake in Trinidad, has a fascinating history and awaits approval as a Unesco World Heritage Site – even if it resembles a somewhat neglected car park!