Randi Thomsen

Norway \ Member since May 2013

#16 759 224 66

Together with Svein, we travel around the world to explore and enjoy new WHS, countries, culture and great food.  In 2010 we become WHS travellers, when we started planning our trips in order to visit WHS. 

Hunting for WHS makes us go off the beaten tracks and brings us to new and exciting places, trying to understand the OUV.  Travel is more than seeing new places, it’s  about learning history, new culture and enjoy excotic food and drinks. 

 

 

My most impressive site: There are so many impressive places in the world. I have a special feeling for Natural WHS like Galapagos, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Norwegian Fjords, but places like Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat and Rome is impressive

Recent Visits
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    Sommer 2025 - Georgia: Tbilisi Historic District
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    Sommer 2025 - Georgia: Alaverdi Cathedral, Mta-Tusheti
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    Aug. 5, 2025
    Sommer 2025 - Georgia: David Gareji Monasteries and Hermitage, Gremi Church of Archangels and Royal …
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About Randi Thomsen

Member since
May 2013
Country of Origin
Norway
Visits
Rank
#16
WHS
759
Tentative Sites
224
Website Participation
Reviews
42
Ratings

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World Heritage Sites
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Reviews by Randi Thomsen

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Yakushima by Randi Thomsen

Yakushima (Inscribed)

Yakushima

Having spent the last three weeks travelling “mainland Japan” we arrived Yakushima mid July 2023. The same means of transport (ferry) as everybody else took us from Kagoshima to Miyanoura …

Gusuku of Ryukyu by Randi Thomsen

Gusuku of Ryukyu (Inscribed)

Gusuku of Ryukyu

Visit June2023. It seems that most visitors of this site only visit the elements around Naha, the southern part of the Okinawa Island. Our Okinawa stay was three nights, and …

Hire Benkal by Randi Thomsen

Hire Benkal (On tentative list)

Hire Benkal

Visit December 2022 together with Philipp Peterer. On our way from Pattadakal to Hampi, we decided to check out this new tent site. So far no one in the community …

Dholavira: A Harappan City by Randi Thomsen

Dholavira: A Harappan City (Inscribed)

Dholavira: A Harappan City

This is a new site and has very few visitors from our community so far. Dholavira is an old Harappan city dating back to 3000 years BC, so we didn’t …

Chongoni Rock Art by Randi Thomsen

Chongoni Rock Art (Inscribed)

Chongoni Rock Art

Visit in July 2022.

This place is rather remote and gets very few visitors. 

The rock art of Chongoni is of international importance because it has large and …

Lake Malawi by Randi Thomsen

Lake Malawi (Inscribed)

Lake Malawi

July is a very good time of the year to visit this site. The temperature is simply perfect! Two nights on Mumbo Island, which is in the south end of …

The Central Slave and Ivory Trade Route by Randi Thomsen

The Central Slave and Ivory T… (On tentative list)

The Central Slave and Ivory Trade Route

Visit July 2022

Bagamoyo is one on several sub-sites in the tentative site of “The Central Slave and Ivory Trade Route”. It is now a small town, 1,5 hours …

Talayotic Menorca by Randi Thomsen

Talayotic Menorca (Inscribed)

Talayotic Menorca

We spent two short days in Minorca in October 2021 to check out the upcoming nomination to the list for next year. Presently there are 25 locations enlisted, but the …

Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape by Randi Thomsen

Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape (On tentative list)

Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape

The proposed Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape consist of three different locations the Makgadikgadi National Parks, Nxai Pan National Park and Nata Bird Sanctuary.

We managed to visit all three of …

The Holy place of worship of Ukonsaari by Randi Thomsen

The Holy place of worship of … (Removed from tentat…)

The Holy place of worship of Ukonsaari

As part of our 2020 summer trip to the north of Norway, we did a short cut through northern Finland. We stayed overnight at the shore of Lake Inari.

Vat Phou by Randi Thomsen

Vat Phou (Inscribed)

Vat Phou

Visit Januar 2020

Yet another Angkor Site, but has it’s own charm. Nice setting in the slopes of the holy mountain.

From the ticket office, there is an …

Preah Vihear Temple by Randi Thomsen

Preah Vihear Temple (Inscribed)

Preah Vihear Temple

We organized a day trip from Siem Reap with a private car and a driver, a three hour drive. The temple site sits on the top of a 700 m …

Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Nature Res by Randi Thomsen

Torfajökull Volcanic System /… (On tentative list)

Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Reserve

Visit august 2020

On the last day of our 10 day roadtrip on Iceland, we decided to visit this nature reserve, even though the weather forecast wasn’t too good. …

Vatnajökull National Park by Randi Thomsen

Vatnajökull National Park (Inscribed)

Vatnajökull National Park

This is a marvelous park! The national park is the largest in Europe and it’s mostly covered by the second largest glacier in Europe. What is the best way to …

Angkor by Randi Thomsen

Angkor (Inscribed)

Angkor

Angkor is truly an amazing place!

For me this is a childhood dream come through. As a little girl, I was fascinated about these temples in the jungle. We …

Victoria Falls by Randi Thomsen

Victoria Falls (Inscribed)

Victoria Falls

We visited Victoria Falls on a day trip, organized transfer, from Kasane Botswana. There is a transfer time of 1,5 hour including borderpassing and that gave us only five hours …

Tsodilo by Randi Thomsen

Tsodilo (Inscribed)

Tsodilo

We visited Tsodillo Hills in April, a very green and lush period. This is a remote and desolated area of Botswana. From the Caprivi strip Namibia we took a “detour” …

Gros Morne National Park by Randi Thomsen

Gros Morne National Park (Inscribed)

Gros Morne National Park

We visited the national park in late June. We approached the park from L’ans aux Meadows and took this scenic route all the way to Woody Point where we stayed.

Paquimé by Randi Thomsen

Paquimé (Inscribed)

Paquimé

On our US road trip in may 2018, we spent a day going south to visit Paquime. From Tucson we crossed the border at Aqua Prieta and we had no …

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station by Randi Thomsen

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (Inscribed)

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station

We visited this northern outpost in June 2018. This world heritage site is not the greatest, but our effort getting there, and the coastal surroundings made it one of the …

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