‘It's our take on the ‘where next?’ culture’: Intrepid Travel reveals 2025 Not Hot List

Intrepid’s Greenland Expedition spotlights modern life above the polar circle. Travellers experience the culture and history of local fishing towns and take guided hikes to Inuit settlements.

While Cape York, the northernmost Australian tip, attracts many Australian visitors, it remains relatively unknown internationally. Travellers encounter both local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities there.

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Four hours from New York, at six million acres, this area is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks combined. In 2025, the new Adirondack Rail Trail will raise its profile further.

Intrepid’s new train journey along the Trans-Mongolian Railway is a lesser-known alternative to the Trans-Siberian route. This journey allows visitors to take in views of the Gobi Desert with stops at remote communities like Sainshand.

Guyana has long remained one of South America’s least visited countries. The Rupununi Savanna is a vast green land housing Kaieteur Falls – the longest single drop waterfall in the world.

Intrepid describes this region, near the coastal resort of Agadir, as a long-overlooked trekking destination. It boasts ancient granaries carved into rock by nomads, which have now been restored to attract visitors.

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More flights to Ghana’s capital and a huge redevelopment of its waterfront including a beach promenade mean Accra should become a destination rather than just a gateway to beaches and national parks.

Intrepid describes this emerging new region’s olive groves and vineyards as hinting at Tuscany but long overshadowed by South America’s wine giants. Each December, international artists transform the village of Garzon into a giant installation.

According to Intrepid, Norway’s “quirky” capital offers “floating saunas, artsy communities, diverse architecture, international cuisine, wild swimming spots, and a dynamic night-life scene”. Yet it is only 30 minutes from the Nordmarka forest’s hiking, biking, skiing and sailing opportunities.