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20 places fit what you asked for in December.

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Humid, green, entirely waterborne

31°C in December · sea at 31° · 5h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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The Masai Mara, Kenya

Golden, wide open, big sky

27°C in December · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Cape Tribulation, Australia

Ancient, humid, quiet, wild

30°C in December · sea at 30° · 14h 20m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Yala, Sri Lanka

Dusty, thorny, adrenal at dawn

28°C in December · sea at 29° · 18h 30m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Ometepe, Nicaragua

Slow, rural, volcano-shadowed

27°C in December · sea at 27° · 5h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Moorea, French Polynesia

Dramatic, lush, gently paced

26°C in December · sea at 28° · 8h 25m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Sepilok and the Kinabatangan, Borneo, Malaysia

Humid, green, quietly astonishing

29°C in December · 15h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Lush, wildlife-rich, easy-going

27°C in December · sea at 29° · 5h 50m from Los Angeles · 2-3 days, as part of a wider costa rica trip

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Triglav, Slovenia

Alpine, earnest, quietly demanding

6°C in December · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Andasibe, Madagascar

Wet forest, loud lemurs, deep green

21h 50m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Remote, dense, gloriously noisy

5h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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Lake Bohinj, Slovenia

Quiet, green, properly alpine

5°C in December · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Spain

Vertical, green, properly wild

2°C in December · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Vast, dusty, humbling, off-grid

-6°C in December, and dry · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · two nights at the dunes, within a week in the gobi

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Cares Gorge, Picos de Europa, Spain

Vertical, green, bracing, unshowy

2°C in December · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Cairngorms, Scotland

Big, bare, weather-ruled

1°C in December · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Rugged, remote, quietly spectacular

-2°C in December · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Santa's home town, Rovaniemi, Finland

Snowbound, festive, briskly Finnish

-5°C in December · 10h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Icefields Parkway, Canada

Vast, glacial, gloriously empty

-8°C in December · 2h 55m from Los Angeles · 2 days, with a night en route

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Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany

Sheer, green, alpine and quiet

-5°C in December · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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