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About Discover

One place.
Every corner.

Discover is a family of independent travel guides. Every book takes one place and covers it properly: where to go and when, the routes that connect it all, honest practical advice, our own maps, and photography that makes you want to pack. Each destination has its own website with free articles, maps and trip planning, and this is where they all meet.

25guides in the series
14destinations and counting
4continents, from the Arctic to the Pacific

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From the Arctic to the Pacific.

Every pin is a destination with its own guides and its own website. Tap one to open it.

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Destinations

Where do you want to go?

Every destination has its own home: guides, maps, highlights and free trip planning. Pick one and dive in.

The moss-green cone of Mælifell rising from black sand plainsEuropeDiscoverIceland.The land of fire and ice PacificDiscoverHawaii.The islands of fire and ocean Karst islands and turquoise lagoons in Raja AmpatAsiaDiscoverIndonesia.Volcanoes, reefs and 17,000 islands A river winding through misty tropical rainforestAsiaDiscoverBali.The island of the gods A hiker on a volcanic ridge above Tenerife at sunsetAtlanticDiscoverCanary Islands.Seven islands of fire, sun and sea The Seceda ridge in the Dolomites under storm cloudsEuropeDiscoverDolomites.Summer peaks and winter slopes A dirt road through the African bush at golden hourAfricaDiscoverSouth Africa.Where two oceans meet The Supertree Grove and skyway at Gardens by the BayAsiaDiscoverSingapore.The garden city on the equator OceaniaDiscoverAustralia.Reefs, red earth and the open road
Aerial view of a coral reef edge and deep blue oceanComing soonDiscoverFiji.Turquoise lagoons and coral gardens
Granite boulders and palms on a Seychelles beachComing soonDiscoverSeychelles.Granite, coral and clear water
Giant sand dunes meeting the Atlantic at Sandwich HarbourComing soonDiscoverNamibia.Where the desert meets the sea
Giant sand dunes running into the Atlantic Ocean in Namibia

Why Discover

Made by travellers.
Not by algorithms.

Every Discover guide is researched place by place, mapped by hand and designed to be read, not skimmed. No sponsored picks. No filler. Just the places that matter and how to reach them.

Cover of Discover Canary Islands, The Complete Guide

New in the series

Canary Islands

The seven islands of fire, sun and sea off the coast of Africa.

One book for the whole archipelago: Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa. Volcanoes, beaches, hikes, maps and the practical tips that make island-hopping easy. Five island guides go deeper: Tenerife & La Gomera, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma & El Hierro.

CoversEight islands, one archipelago
InsideVolcanoes, beaches, hikes & maps
Island guidesFive companion books, one per island group
Websitediscovercanaryislands.org
Explore the Canary Islands

The Canary Islands collection

Cover of Canary Islands, Discover Canary IslandsCanary IslandsCover of Tenerife & La Gomera, Discover Canary IslandsTenerife & La GomeraCover of Gran Canaria, Discover Canary IslandsGran CanariaCover of Lanzarote, Discover Canary IslandsLanzaroteCover of Fuerteventura, Discover Canary IslandsFuerteventuraCover of La Palma & El Hierro, Discover Canary IslandsLa Palma & El Hierro
Aerial view of a sculpted granite boulder on a Seychelles beach

Inside a Discover guide

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

  • Our own mapsOverview, region, hiking, diving and road-trip maps drawn for each book.
  • Magazine-style designBig photography and clean layouts, like a travel magazine you keep.
  • Honest, practical adviceWhen to go, how to get around, what it costs and what to skip.
  • Deep divesVolcanoes, reefs, wildlife and history get books of their own.
  • A website for every destinationFree articles, highlights and trip planning alongside every guide.

The bookshelf

Every Discover guide.

Complete guides to whole countries and archipelagos, plus deep dives into volcanoes, reefs, wildlife and history. Tap a cover to visit its home.

A bison crossing the coloured terraces of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone

A new collection

The wildest places on Earth, protected forever. One park, one book.

Canyons, volcanoes, coral reefs and geyser basins, each with its trails, viewpoints, wildlife and the honest planning advice that makes a park trip work. The first guides are out now, with more on the way.

Out now
Cover of Grand Canyon, DiscoverUSAGrand CanyonFrom rim to river Cover of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes, DiscoverUSAHawaiʻi VolcanoesWhere the earth is still being made Cover of Wakatobi, DiscoverIndonesiaWakatobiReefs at the heart of the Coral Triangle Cover of Raja Ampat, DiscoverIndonesiaRaja AmpatIslands, reefs and birds of paradise
Steam rising over the orange and turquoise colours of a Yellowstone hot spring

Coming next

Ten more parks on the map.

  1. 01YellowstoneUSA
  2. 02YosemiteUSA
  3. 03ZionUSA
  4. 04KomodoIndonesia
  5. 05BunakenIndonesia
  6. 06Taka BonerateIndonesia
  7. 07GalápagosEcuador
  8. 08KrugerSouth Africa
  9. 09SerengetiTanzania
  10. 10KakaduAustralia

One destination at a time. Every road, every season.

We write the guides we wanted when we travelled: honest, practical and beautiful to hold. No sponsored picks, no filler. Just the places, the routes between them, the best time to go and the small details that turn a trip into the trip.

Our own mapsEvery guide is built around maps we draw ourselves, from island overviews to dive sites and hiking trails.
Honest adviceWhat it costs, how to get around, what to skip and when to go, written by travellers for travellers.
A website for eachEvery destination has its own home with free articles, highlights and trip planning.

The Discover family. Independent travel guides, one destination at a time.