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Louis-Philippe Loncke

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2026

🌍 20 expeditions 👉 14 World Firsts 🌍 🏅European Adventurer of the year 2016 🏆 2012 London Olympics Torchbearer 🏆 🐵 Jane Goodall ambassador and Knight 🎬2 Films, more coming, 2 YouTube shows Follow ▶ @MeetExplorers ▶ @LouPhiTest M.Sc. Eng. Louis-Philippe Loncke is a Belgian adventurer, explorer and filmmaker. He is a Life Fellow of The Explorers Club (FI '10) and the only Belgian in the Société des Explorateurs Français. He is a specialist in unsupported treks mostly in deserts with 14 world firsts among his 20 expeditions. He has visited over 55 countries and done expeditions in countries like remote corners of Australia, Peru, Bolivia and Iceland. He is an outdoor guinea pig for a French scientist in her program Decision taking under stress in extreme environment. He is the founder of the Expedition Database. He holds a Master in Electromechanical engineering and a post-Master in Industrial management in IT. He is nicknamed "The Mad Belgian" in Australia after being the first person to cross the length of the Simpson Desert and Tasmania in winter. He enjoys geek stuff as well as climbing a remarkable mountain each year or a kayak/packraft trip. He is based in Brussels 🚩.
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The Twelve-Angled Stone

Cusco, Peru

The Twelve-Angled Stone

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Cerro Blanco

Nazca, Peru

Cerro Blanco

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

Similar rock formations cover other parts of the hill

Cusco, Peru

Rodadero Slides

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

San Pedro Cemetery of Ninacaca

Ninacaca, Peru

San Pedro Cemetery of Ninacaca

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

The Tambopata Research Center

Tambopata, Peru

Tambopata Research Center

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

Looking back on the road into the Park

Huallin, Peru

Huascarán National Park

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

Tambomachay

Cusco, Peru

Tambomachay

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge

Peru

Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

Mercado de Brujas

Lima, Peru

Mercado de Brujas

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

Usko Ayar

Pucallpa, Peru

Usko Ayar

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

Entrance to the Cueva de las Lechuzas.

Las Palmas, Peru

Cueva de Las Lechuzas

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

The Boiling River.

Puerto Inca, Peru

The Boiling River of the Amazon

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

The Ausangate trek.

Pitumarca, Peru

Rainbow Mountain

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Taquile Island

Puno, Peru

Taquile Island

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

Lake Amadeus

Petermann, Australia

Lake Amadeus

This large lake in Central Australia contains an estimated 600 million tons of salt.

The Sirius building in Sydney.

Sydney, Australia

Sirius Building

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

Ramalama Book Exchange

Wonthaggi, Australia

Ramalama Book Exchange

Leaning shelves and books galore, this location is a book lover's utopia.

Car park with bike racks.

Melbourne, Australia

South Lawn Car Park

A unique underground car park that has become a popular filming location.

Old Tailem Town.

Tailem Bend, Australia

Old Tailem Town

This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

Darwin oil storage tunnel.

Darwin, Australia

Darwin Oil Storage Tunnels

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

Starry Red Centre desert nights

Northern Territory, Australia

Rainbow Valley

This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.

Webb Bridge

Melbourne, Australia

Webb Bridge

This modern pedestrian bridge on the Yarra River was modeled after an Aboriginal fish trap.

Artist’s Lane

Windsor, Australia

Artist's Lane

This previously dilapidated alleyway has been transformed into one of Melbourne's finest hidden art locations.

Seahorse World

Beauty Point, Australia

Seahorse World

An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.

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