A country · 6 places · 2 regions

Nauru, all of it.

6 curated places across 2 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

Anibare Bay, Nauru
Anibare Bay · via Wikimedia Commons

Nauru reads below in 2 chapters — Aiwo District and Buada District — in any order you like.

Chapter I · Aiwo District · 1 place

Aiwo District

The highest point on Nauru, crowned by rusting Japanese guns and a communications bunker from the Second World War. It offers the island's broadest view over the phosphate plateau and reef.

Buada Lagoon, Nauruvia Wikimedia Commons

Chapter II · Buada District · 1 place

Buada District

A landlocked freshwater-to-brackish lagoon set in a green depression at the centre of Nauru. Ringed by palms and homes, it is one of the few pockets of the island untouched by phosphate mining.

✦ March to October

Every place in Nauru

6 places, one country.