Places in context: profiles connected to our guides, maps, sources and verified photographs.
Kiritimati is an atoll in Kiribati’s Line Islands, where the lagoon and intertidal flats shape the pace of a visit. Its main draws include guided fishing outings and birdwatching, including the Kiritimati reed warbler.
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Kjerkgata is a street in Røros, a mining town that remains inhabited. Its courtyards, stables and homes help show how mining work coexisted with domestic life.
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Klaipėda is a practical starting point for crossing to Smiltynė and exploring the Curonian Spit. From there, ferry and local bus connections link the settlements of Neringa.
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Knuckles is a mountain range in Sri Lanka with forests, grasslands and valleys. Fog and steep terrain shape the walks: Deanston has defined trails, while Riverston and Pitawala Pathana offer more open routes.
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Koh Ker is a spread-out former Khmer capital, with temples, water reservoirs and traces of urban planning. Prasat Thom and its pyramid form the main focus of a visit best explored at an unhurried pace.
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Kolovesi National Park is a lake landscape for travelling by canoe, kayak or rowing boat through narrow channels, rock faces and forest. Motorboats are prohibited in much of the park.
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Konaev is named as the setting for Tamgaly-Tas, a rock sanctuary beside the Ili River with Buddhist images and inscriptions in Tibetan and Oirat scripts.
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The Demilitarized Zone offers context for understanding the peninsula’s division, the armistice and the border through visits to nearby areas from South Korea.
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Koresand is a large sandbank southwest of Mandø, where raised sand, salt marsh and open sea meet. Guided excursions offer a way to experience this tidal landscape.
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Koutammakou is an inhabited cultural landscape in northeastern Togo, extending towards Benin, where takienta form part of family, agricultural, ritual and community life. Visiting requires consent, local mediation and a fresh security assessment.
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Krasno is mentioned as a possible starting point for arranging local access to Zavižan and Northern Velebit National Park. It can serve as a base for planning a mountain walk, provided transport is sorted out before setting off.
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Kratovo is a historic settlement of sloping streets, stone bridges and towers, with a layout shaped by hillsides and ravines. Its old town and mining past are best explored at an unhurried pace.
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Kroměříž invites visitors to explore a group of sites comprising the archbishop’s palace and two very different gardens: one formal and geometric, the other expansive and landscaped. A full day allows time to take in each place without rushing.
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Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s capital and a reference point for planning the first part of a trip. The available information does not describe its neighbourhoods or confirm current services or connections.
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Kuklica is a geological landscape of earth pillars and pyramids shaped by the erosion of volcanic and river materials. Its fragile forms are best viewed from the designated paths and viewpoints.
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Kuldīga is best explored on foot between the Alekšupīte stream and the Venta River. Its historic centre, waterside houses, brick bridge and Ventas Rumba waterfall form a connected walk through streets and along the riverbank.
Explore the place →The article presents the Kumoso Depression as the landscape beyond the Nyakazu escarpment in southeastern Burundi. The fault separates it from the central plateau, offering a broad view of the region’s terrain.
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Kunta Kinteh Island, in the Gambia River, preserves the ruins of a fort associated with control of river traffic. Its history is best understood alongside Albreda and Juffureh, in a landscape of fragile remains and riverside communities.
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