Remote, exotic, mystical Gobi Desert ● Annua Naadam Festival ● Ancient capital of Karakorum ● Traditional cooking class and evening concert ● friendly nomadic herds people ● Sleep in a ger!

Medieval towns of Zurich, Bern, and Lucerne ● Engadine Valley trails beneath Piz Bernina ● eight-hour Glacier Express journey through UNESCO Alpine landscapes ● hiking at 3,089 metres below the Matterhorn ● Bachalpsee glacial lake walk in the Jungfrau region ● cog railway to Europe's highest station

Vibrant Addis Ababa ● Churches of Lalibela ● Colourful Timkat festival ● Spectacular Simien Mountain scenery ● Christian churches, gilded monasteries

John Rylands Library, Manchester's neo-Gothic masterpiece ● the Roman frontier at Vindolanda and Hadrian's Wall ● Durham Cathedral, the finest Norman interior in England ● crossing the tidal causeway to Holy Island, Lindisfarne ● York's medieval walls, Viking underworld and soaring Minster ● the Mersey waterfront and a farewell ferry crossing at Liverpool

Standing before the Tang Dynasty Three Pagodas of Dali ● Walking the ancient pilgrimage circuit of Barkhor Street in Lhasa ● Descending into Tiger Leaping Gorge — one of the world's deepest canyons ● Exploring the whitewashed lanes and murals of the oldest Naxi settlement at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain ● Standing before the Potala Palace, seat of the Dalai Lamas for three centuries ● Visiting Yungdrung Ling, one of Tibet's great Bon monasteries

Experience a luxury flying safari in Kenya and Tanzania ● witness breathtaking aerial views of East Africa's landscapes and wildlife ● visit iconic destinations like Masai Mara, Serengeti, and Kilimanjaro ● stay in luxury tented camps ● enjoy unparalleled game viewing and cultural experiences ● explore vast plains, craters, and endless skies.

Hattusas UNESCO site and Hittite Empire capital ● haunting medieval ruins of Ani with thousand church spires ● cliff-hanging Sumela Monastery in Pontic Mountains ● Lake Van boat excursion to Akdamar Island's Armenian church ● King Antiochus's audacious mountaintop monument at Nemrut Dag ● Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest temple complex predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years

Borobudur: the world's largest stupa-style Buddhist monument ● Samosir Island and the ancient animist world of the Batak people ● Balinese Hindu culture at its most concentrated ● Prambanan: the great 9th-century Hindu temple complex dedicated to the Trimurti ● A Balinese cooking class that begins at dawn in Ubud's traditional market ● The volcanic Karo Highlands and the Sipiso-Piso waterfall above Lake Toba

Exploring the canals of Tortuguero ● Soaking in Baldi Hotsprings ● Monteverde Cloud forest walk ● Boiling mud pots, fumaroles and thermal streams ● Manuel Antonio's spectacular beaches Granada, Nicaragua - One of Central America's most beautiful cities