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

Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder Endless Serengeti plain Great Rift Valley Exotic spice island of Zanzibar

The Namib, world's oldest desert ● Apricot dunes at sunrise ● Kaleidoscope of cultures ● Swakopmund: charming seaside town ● Rugged Skeleton Coast ● Etosha: Africa's undiscovered wildlife gem

Soweto township tour ● Kruger Park safari ● Kingdom of Eswatini: Switzerland of Africa ● Famed 'Garden Route' ● Ostrich farm tour ● Table Mountain Cable Way ● Cape Winelands tour and wine tasting ● Robben Island Museum

Vienna bookend experience: ship introduction plus two immersive nights for museums, opera, and coffeehouse culture ● Schonbrunn Palace baroque gardens with time beyond cruise-day visits ● Exclusive Oktoberfest celebration aboard ship with Bavarian music ● UNESCO Wachau Valley scenic cruising past terraced vineyards ● Melk Abbey's baroque masterpiece and medieval manuscripts ● Budapest's Szechenyi thermal baths where locals play chess in steaming pools ● Jewish Quarter including Europe's largest synagogue and ruin-pub architecture ● Belvedere Palace and Klimt's "The Kiss" with unhurried gallery time.

Sapporo city touring ● Ainu cultural experiences at Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum and hands-on cuisine ● Scenic countryside touring in Furano and Biei ● Relaxing at an onsen resort ● Exploring Jigokudani's geothermal wonders ● Riding the bullet train and visiting historic Hirosaki Castle

Opulent Buenos Aires: "Paris of the South" ● Ushuaia - world's southernmost city ● Beagle Channel Cruise ● Perito Moreno & Uppsala Glaciers ● Ruggedly beautiful Patagonia

Carnac's megalithic alignments and Jersey's Neolithic passage graves ● Loire Valley châteaux including Chambord and Chenonceau ● D-Day beaches at Juno and Omaha with the Normandy American Cemetery ● Mont Saint-Michel's gravity-defying medieval abbey ● car-free islands of Sark and Herm with dramatic coastlines ● Jersey War Tunnels and the Atlantic Wall fortifications

Dian Fossey's Parc National des Volcans ● Maasai Mara's endless plains ● Meeting local tribal groups ● Karen Blixen "Out of Africa" Museum