27 Island Photos That Will Make You Want To Travel

Even if you've been everywhere on the continent, these dreamy locales (aka your new bucket list) will inspire serious wanderlust.

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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Motu Teta, Tahiti
If this doesn't make you want to pack your bags, we don't know what will. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Grenadines
By boat is the only way to reach Chatham Bay, an epic snorkeling spot that stretches along the west coast of Union Island. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Seychelles
On Mahe Island (the largest among the Seychelles), views like this one at the Constance Ephelia Resort are among the best in the Indian Ocean. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Kauai
The Na Pali flyover never gets old, even for locals who say views of the 17-mile-long coast and 3,000-foot cliffs still bring them to tears. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Zanzibar
The hotel is the Blue Oyster in Jambiani, but what stands out here is the octopus curry... and yeah, that view. | Zach Stovall
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Peter Island, BVI
Check out the space at this private island resort: six beaches, 1,800 acres and just 52 rooms. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | New Zealand
Behind those rocks is an actual working farm called Mount Nicholas Station. Stay overnight, then take the sheep-shearing class in the morning. | Zach Stovall
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Bali
The rice terraces around Sidemen Valley are dug by hand. Each small rice stalk is parted the same way — by hand. | Zach Stovall
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Greece
Aboard [Southern Cross Timer](http://www.southerncrossbluecruising.com/) is the idle way to see the Greek Isles. Here in Kalymnos, spotting a sponge diver is likely. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Oahu
The Byodo-In Temple, featured as a stand-in for Korea in the TV series Lost, was buil to honor the 100-year anniversary of the Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. | Lori Barbely
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Tasmania
Claiming to have the world's freshest air, this island off Southern Australia has a rugged coast that's a magnet for whales from October to December. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Panama
On the mainland and on its islands, Panama is thought to have more bird species than the U.S. and Canada combined. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Tahiti
Bora Bora's first overwater bungalows were built in the early 1970s. Overwater bungalows are still the no. 1 reason people travel to Tahiti. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Fiji
Is it any wonder that Fijians are considered the most contented people in the world? | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | St. Lucia
The towering Pitons flank the private hillside villas at Sugar Beach. | Zach Stovall
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Langford Island, Australia
The sands of the Whitsunday Islands are often hailed as the cleanest and squeakiest on the planet. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Tahiti
Tahiti's first overwater bungalows were built in 1968. They are now the ultimate South Pacific escape. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | New Caledonia
Of the 100,000 annual visitors to New Caledonia, only 12,000 make it out to the archipelago's Loyalty Islands. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Maine
The Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse on Mount Desert Island is a photographer's dream. It's also home to a family. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Panama
The 16 islands in the Islas Secas archipelago remain as pure as the snorkleing haven around them. | Jon Whittle
Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Hawaii
Mist emerges from lava rock at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Park on the always active Big Island. | Jon Whittle
Sicily
Castello di Venere takes in the last glimpse of daylight high above the Province of Trapani. | Jon Whittle
Seychelles
The island of La Digue is best known for gigantic boulders on the beach and enormous tortoises in the bush. | Jon Whittle
Jamaica
A daybed at the Geejam Hotel straddles the foothills of the Blue Mountains and the Caribbean Sea. | Zach Stovall
Kauai, Hawaii
The Na Pali coast is named for the "high cliffs" that keep the beach almost inaccessible. | Jon Whittle
Belize
This hut serves as a real-estate office in the only Central American country where English is the official language. | Jon Whittle

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