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List of National Geographic Traveler's top 20 trips for 2014

From the wildlife refuges of Rwanda’s rainforests, a cacao trail in Ecuador to the “immutable, imperishable” city of New Orleans, National Geographic Traveler’s list of top places to visit in 2014 eschews trends and travel statistics.

Curated by the magazine’s network of global experts around the world, the Best Trips 2014 list is meant to reflect “what’s authentic, culturally rich, sustainable-minded and superlative in the world of travel today.”

Here’s National Geographic Traveler’s picks for 2014 (in alphabetical order):

Alentejo, Portugal
Arbil, Iraq
Bolaven Plateau, Laos
Cacao Trail, Ecuador
Cape Verde
Cathar country, France
Cordoba, Argentina
Derawan Islands, Indonesia (readers' choice)
Guyana
John Muir Trail, Scotland
Liechtenstein
Nahanni National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Northern Territory, Australia
Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
Puglia, Italy
Ranthambore National Park, India
Riga, Latvia
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sochi, Russia

National Geographic Traveler’s Best Trips 2014 are featured in the December 2013/January 2014 issue and hit newsstands December 3.