Red Zone Travel Advisory

Connected Sites: 105

Definition

WHS that are in areas given a "Red" or "Do Not Travel" advice by both the German and Australian authorities. Last update: April 30, 2025. See this blog post for more info.

Map

Connected Sites

Nesvizh

Belarus

Inscribed: 2005

2.51

95

6

Belarus fully off-limits
Mir Castle

Belarus

Inscribed: 2000

2.27

100

8

Belarus fully off-limits
Air and Téneré

Niger

Inscribed: 1991

3.14

2

1

Niger fully off-limits
Tell Umm Amer

Palestine

Inscribed: 2024

0

0

Palestine fully off-limits
Meroe

Sudan

Inscribed: 2011

4.04

34

4

Sudan fully off-limits
Gebel Barkal

Sudan

Inscribed: 2003

3.13

30

4

Sudan fully off-limits
L'viv

Ukraine

Inscribed: 1998

3.62

134

7

Ukraine fully off-limits
Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans

Ukraine

Inscribed: 2011

2.74

48

4

Ukraine fully off-limits
Tauric Chersonese

Ukraine

Inscribed: 2013

2.83

24

4

Ukraine fully off-limits
Tassili n'Ajjer

Algeria

Inscribed: 1982

3.62

23

2

border area with Libya
Anjar

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

3.16

76

5

Lebanon South and East
Baalbek

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

3.99

104

5

Lebanon South and East
Sukur

Nigeria

Inscribed: 1999

0

1

Northern Nigeria
Masjed-e Jâme'

Iran

Inscribed: 2012

3.22

96

3

Iran fully off-limits
Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil

Iran

Inscribed: 2010

3.17

24

4

Iran fully off-limits
Simien National Park

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1978

3.46

54

11

North of Ethiopia
Tyre

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

2.78

76

5

Lebanon South and East
Lakes of Ounianga

Chad

Inscribed: 2012

3.61

6

2

All of Chad except for the South
Lalibela

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1978

4.14

79

6

North of Ethiopia
Sanganeb

Sudan

Inscribed: 2016

3.04

5

1

Sudan fully off-limits
Primeval Beech Forests

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Inscribed: 2007

2.70

327

38

Ukraine parts fully off-limits
Tabriz Bazaar

Iran

Inscribed: 2010

2.60

46

4

Iran fully off-limits
Soltaniyeh

Iran

Inscribed: 2005

2.74

32

3

Iran fully off-limits
Golestan Palace

Iran

Inscribed: 2013

2.90

95

3

Iran fully off-limits
Persian Caravanserai

Iran

Inscribed: 2023

2.57

52

3

Iran fully off-limits
Timbuktu

Mali

Inscribed: 1988

3.45

27

2

Mali fully off-limits
Leptis Magna

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.91

34

3

Libya fully off-limits
Hawraman/Uramanat

Iran

Inscribed: 2021

2.07

8

1

Iran fully off-limits
Babylon

Iraq

Inscribed: 2019

3.13

33

3

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Ashur

Iraq

Inscribed: 2003

2.86

18

2

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Palmyra

Syria

Inscribed: 1980

3.96

70

4

Syria fully off-limits
Sangha Trinational

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic)

Inscribed: 2012

3.61

6

2

C.A.R. fully off-limits, Cameroon part as well due to proximity to C.A.R., only Congo part is not advised against
Odesa

Ukraine

Inscribed: 2023

3.19

66

2

Ukraine fully off-limits
Trans-Iranian Railway

Iran

Inscribed: 2021

1.98

27

1

Iran fully off-limits
Shushtar

Iran

Inscribed: 2009

3.19

32

2

Iran fully off-limits
Sana'a

Yemen

Inscribed: 1986

3.82

23

1

Yemen fully off-limits
Salonga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1984

0

0

DRC fully off-limits
Sabratha

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.43

32

3

Libya fully off-limits
Persepolis

Iran

Inscribed: 1979

4.38

106

3

Iran fully off-limits
Pasargadae

Iran

Inscribed: 2004

2.58

78

5

Iran fully off-limits
Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1996

1

0

DRC fully off-limits
Meidan Emam, Esfahan

Iran

Inscribed: 1979

3.78

109

2

Iran fully off-limits
Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1980

3.33

7

4

DRC fully off-limits
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town

Palestine

Inscribed: 2017

3.13

68

5

Palestine fully off-limits
Hatra

Iraq

Inscribed: 1985

3.40

21

5

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Gonbad-e Qâbus

Iran

Inscribed: 2012

2.72

11

3

Iran fully off-limits
Crac des Chevaliers

Syria

Inscribed: 2006

3.73

69

5

Syria fully off-limits
Bosra

Syria

Inscribed: 1980

3.08

52

7

Syria fully off-limits
Bethlehem

Palestine

Inscribed: 2012

3.15

197

9

Palestine fully off-limits
Battir

Palestine

Inscribed: 2014

1.38

61

5

Palestine fully off-limits
Ancient villages of Northern Syria

Syria

Inscribed: 2011

3.09

32

3

Syria fully off-limits
Aleppo

Syria

Inscribed: 1986

3.52

72

6

Syria fully off-limits
Aksum

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1980

3.22

55

6

North of Ethiopia
The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley

Iran

Inscribed: 2025

1.52

9

1

Iran fully off-limits
Zabid

Yemen

Inscribed: 1993

2.34

10

2

Yemen fully off-limits
Yazd

Iran

Inscribed: 2017

3.60

94

3

Iran fully off-limits
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region

Poland, Ukraine

Inscribed: 2013

3.26

134

8

Ukraine parts fully off-limits
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger

Inscribed: 1996

1.94

14

4

Niger fully off-limits, as are the parts the park lies in in Benin and Burkina Faso
Virunga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1979

3.99

13

2

DRC fully off-limits
Tomb of Askia

Mali

Inscribed: 2004

2.22

6

1

Mali fully off-limits
The Royal Court of Tiébélé

Burkina Faso

Inscribed: 2024

3.32

7

2

All of Burkina Faso except the main cities
The Persian Qanat

Iran

Inscribed: 2016

2.72

48

2

Iran fully off-limits
Tchogha Zanbil

Iran

Inscribed: 1979

3.39

32

4

Iran fully off-limits
Takht-e Soleyman

Iran

Inscribed: 2003

3.20

27

4

Iran fully off-limits
Tadrart Acacus

Libya

Inscribed: 1985

3.69

6

1

Libya fully off-limits
Susa

Iran

Inscribed: 2015

2.40

31

4

Iran fully off-limits
Struve Geodetic Arc

Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine

Inscribed: 2005

1.92

215

19

Ukraine parts fully off-limits
Socotra Archipelago

Yemen

Inscribed: 2008

3.79

21

3

Yemen fully off-limits
Shibam

Yemen

Inscribed: 1982

3.95

19

2

Yemen fully off-limits
Shahr-i Sokhta

Iran

Inscribed: 2014

2.48

7

2

Iran fully off-limits
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape

Iran

Inscribed: 2018

3.12

19

2

Iran fully off-limits
Ruins of Loropéni

Burkina Faso

Inscribed: 2009

2.06

6

2

All of Burkina Faso except the main cities
Preah Vihear Temple

Cambodia

Inscribed: 2008

3.47

98

13

Do not travel to areas within 50 kilometres of the Cambodia-Thailand border in the provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, Battambang, Pailin, Pursat and Koh Kong due to armed conflict between Cambodian and Thai forces, which included military strikes and violence, and the presence of landmines. (source)
Persian Garden

Iran

Inscribed: 2011

3.07

90

2

Iran fully off-limits
National History Park

Haiti

Inscribed: 1982

3.86

20

7

Haiti fully off-limits
Maymand

Iran

Inscribed: 2015

2.47

18

4

Iran fully off-limits
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris

Central African Republic

Inscribed: 1988

0

2

C.A.R. fully off-limits
Lut Desert

Iran

Inscribed: 2016

3.40

25

3

Iran fully off-limits
Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra

Ukraine

Inscribed: 1990

3.56

190

6

Ukraine fully off-limits
Hyrcanian Forests

Azerbaijan, Iran

Inscribed: 2019

2.22

29

5

Iranian parts fully off-limits
Hegmataneh

Iran

Inscribed: 2024

2.36

11

1

Iran fully off-limits
Ghadames

Libya

Inscribed: 1986

3.49

21

1

Libya fully off-limits
Garamba National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1980

1

1

DRC fully off-limits
Fasil Ghebbi

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1979

3.13

61

3

North of Ethiopia
Damascus

Syria

Inscribed: 1979

3.89

80

6

Syria fully off-limits
Cyrene

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.00

16

1

Libya fully off-limits
Comoé National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

Inscribed: 1983

1.82

5

2

Northeast of Cote d'Ivoire
Cliff of Bandiagara

Mali

Inscribed: 1989

3.46

31

2

Mali fully off-limits
Bisotun

Iran

Inscribed: 2006

2.66

29

2

Iran fully off-limits
Bam Cultural Landscape

Iran

Inscribed: 2004

2.82

27

2

Iran fully off-limits
Bale Mountains National Park

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 2023

3.01

15

1

North of Ethiopia
Bagan

Myanmar

Inscribed: 2019

4.45

133

6

Myanmar fully off-limits
Armenian Monastic Ensembles

Iran

Inscribed: 2008

3.29

34

4

Iran fully off-limits
Ancient Kingdom of Saba

Yemen

Inscribed: 2023

2.73

3

1

Yemen fully off-limits
Ancient Jericho

Palestine

Inscribed: 2023

2.75

71

4

Palestine fully off-limits
Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites

Burkina Faso

Inscribed: 2019

1.95

3

1

All of Burkina Faso except the main cities
Agadez

Niger

Inscribed: 2013

2.96

10

2

Niger fully off-limits
Pyu Ancient Cities

Myanmar

Inscribed: 2014

2.14

30

6

Myanmar fully off-limits
Djenné

Mali

Inscribed: 1988

3.66

33

2

Mali fully off-limits
Takht-i-Bahi

Pakistan

Inscribed: 1980

3.02

35

3

All in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
Ennedi Massif

Chad

Inscribed: 2016

4.06

6

2

All of Chad except for the South
Ahwar of Southern Iraq

Iraq

Inscribed: 2016

2.98

26

4

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Samarra

Iraq

Inscribed: 2007

3.02

30

5

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Minaret of Jam

Afghanistan

Inscribed: 2002

3.91

7

1

Afghanistan fully off-limits
Bamiyan Valley

Afghanistan

Inscribed: 2003

3.85

15

2

Afghanistan fully off-limits

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