Underrated travel destinations: Travel writers' secret places revealed

By Ute Junker
Updated July 27 2015 - 8:08am, first published 7:38am
Scuba divers with a giant fan coral off the island of Palau in the Pacific Ocean.
Scuba divers with a giant fan coral off the island of Palau in the Pacific Ocean.
Rock scrambling up the Wolfberg Cracks, South Africa. Photo: Alison Stewart
Rock scrambling up the Wolfberg Cracks, South Africa. Photo: Alison Stewart
The Rock Islands of Palau.
The Rock Islands of Palau.
Lake Rhona, Tasmania. Photo: Andrew Bain
Lake Rhona, Tasmania. Photo: Andrew Bain
The Church of the Assumption in the middle of Lake Bled, Slovenia.
The Church of the Assumption in the middle of Lake Bled, Slovenia.
The Rock Islands of Palau.
The Rock Islands of Palau.
The Rock Islands of Palau.
The Rock Islands of Palau.
The Rock Islands of Palau.
The Rock Islands of Palau.
A horse carriage taxi in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
A horse carriage taxi in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

The job description of a travel writer is fairly simple. Find somewhere interesting. Explore every aspect of it. Go and tell the world. But there's the rub. It is one thing to send back dispatches from typical tourist hot spots, whether you are covering Brooklyn's newest bars or Peru's best mountain lodges. Sometimes, however, you come across a little gem so special, so unspoilt, you really don't want the rest of the world to know about it. You want to keep it to yourself. Some of these places are hiding in plain sight: a hidden swimming hole in the glorious Daintree Rainforest; a hip Roman suburb where the bars and restaurants are packed full of locals.

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