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.

Magnificent Taj Mahal ● Jain temples of Ranakpur ● Varanasi: 2,000 temples and shrines ● Morning boat ride on sacred Ganges ● Red Fort (Agra) ● Amber Palace (Jaipur) ● Temples at Khajuraho

Guided game drives through Africa's best game parks ● Maasai Mara/Serengeti: endless plains ● Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park ● Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder ● Great Rift Valley ● Exotic spice island of Zanzibar

Dian Fossey's Parc National des Volcans ● Maasai Mara's endless plains ● Karen Blixen "Out of Africa" Museum ● Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park ● Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder

Apricot dunes at sunrise ● Kaleidoscope of cultures ● Rugged Skeleton Coast ● Etosha: Africa's undiscovered wildlife gem ● The Okavango inland delta ● Thundering Victoria Falls

Thundering Iguazu Falls ● Opulent Buenos Aires: "Paris of the South" ● Beagle Channel Cruise ● Perito Moreno & Uppsala Glaciers ● Exploring Torres del Paine National Park

Maipo-heart of Chile's wine country ● Exploring Torres del Paine National Park ● Catamaran cruise through the icy waters of the Chilean fjords ● Chilean Lakes District ● Atacama Desert and Valley of the Moon ● Vibrant Santiago ● Remote and mysterious Easter Island

Rwanda gorilla and chimpanzee trekking ● Kenya Maasai Mara wildlife safaris ● Kenya Amboseli elephant viewing ● Kenya Lake Nakuru flamingo sightings ● Tanzania Ngorongoro Crater exploration ● Tanzania Serengeti National Park game drives.

Dian Fossey's Parc National des Volcans ● Maasai Mara's endless plains ● Karen Blixen "Out of Africa" Museum ● Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park ● Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder ● Exotic Zanzibar