Cultural Tours

Ancient cities of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa & Sigiriya ● Dambulla's luminous cave temple & Kandy's Temple of the Tooth Relic ● Scenic train ride through Sri Lanka's tea highlands ● Wildlife safaris at Wilpattu & Yala National Parks ● Historic fort city of Galle ● Pristine beaches and coral reefs of Maafushi, Maldives

Ladakh's Buddhist monasteries including Hemis and Thiksey ● traditional village cultural immersion ● Darjeeling's UNESCO Toy Train journey ● tea estate tours with tastings ● four-night Brahmaputra River cruise ● Assamese silk-weaving workshops ● Kamakhya tantric temple ● Kaziranga safaris for one-horned rhinos and tigers.

Partial Canal transit ● Chiriqui Highlands & La Amistad Park ● Bocas del Toro: White sands & coral reefs ● Exploring the canals of Tortuguero ● Soaking in Baldi Hotsprings ● Monteverde Cloud forest walk

Untouristed, charming Paraguay ● Colonial charms of Uruguay ● UNESCO protected Jesuit ruins ● Winery tasting & lunch ● Stunning and varied natural splendours ● Remote, breathtaking Northwest Argentina ● High Andes, coastal scenery, vibrant cities

Chinguetti — UNESCO World Heritage caravan town and ancient trading centre ● The wild Atlantic coastline between desert and ocean ● Ouadane — remote UNESCO-protected ksar of mosques, houses and private libraries on the Adrar plateau ● The Western Sahara — dunes, rocky plateaus, mountains and ravines ● Mauritania's Adrar region — sand seas, sculpted rock, scorched plains and deep green oases ● Port de Pêche, Nouakchott — one of West Africa's busiest fish markets ● Terjit — the Adrar's only oasis with natural flowing water ● Tea under the stars in the remote Sahara

Melbourne: City Tour ● Canberra & Sydney: City Tours ● Cairns: Great Barrier Reef Cruise ● Darwin & Kakadu National Park ● The 'Red Centre'

Six days across Trinidad and Tobago ● Asa Wright's legendary verandah ● Pitch Lake and the oldest protected rainforest in the western hemisphere ● Kaieteur Falls, the world's highest single-drop waterfall ● three nights deep in Amazonian Suriname at Kabalebo Nature Resort, accessible only by air ● Paramaribo's UNESCO inner city ● the Iles du Salut — France's most notorious penal colony ● border crossing into French Guiana that is also a crossing into the European Union, on the shoulder of South America.

A comprehensive exploration of some of the smallest and most remote countries in the world - a 100% unique itinerary ● Explore remote and far flung areas where few travellers venture ● Visit countries where even the arrival of tourists is a newsworthy mention ● Visit unique destinations that are not promoted in glossy guidebooks

Victorian splendour at Osborne House, Queen Victoria's intimate Isle of Wight retreat with Indian-inspired Durbar Room ● dramatic car-free Sark featuring horse-drawn carriage rides through cliff-top lanes and breathtaking coastal panoramas ● Guernsey's cobblestone St. Peter Port where Victor Hugo's exile house showcases his imaginative interior design ● Jersey's ancient La Hougue Bie passage grave, one of Europe's finest Neolithic monuments dating to 3800 BC ● the historic Snaefell Mountain Railway ascending to summit views of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales ● Tynwald Hill on the Isle of Man, site of the world's oldest continuous parliament.