Istanbul's Byzantine and Ottoman architectural masterpieces including Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque ● legendary ruins of Ephesus and the marble-paved Arcadian Way ● haunting medieval Armenian capital of Ani with thousand church spires ● Cappadocia's otherworldly landscapes with underground cities and rock churches ● Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest temple complex predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years ● King Antiochus's audacious mountaintop monument at Nemrut Dag

Borobudur: the world's largest stupa-style Buddhist monument ● Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary and a night at a Kinabatangan rainforest lodge ● Balinese Hindu culture — temples, dance and living tradition ● Samosir Island and the ancient animist world of the Batak people ● Brunei's golden mosques and the waterborne city of Kampung Ayer ● Sarawak Cultural Village and a traditional Iban longhouse in Borneo

Bustling Kuala Lumpur - city tour ● Historic Malacca tour ● Kuching: City Tour & Sarawak Cultural Village ● Kinabatangan River nature cruise ● Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary ● Brunei Darussalam area tour ● Borobudur: largest stupa-style Buddhist monument in the world ● Prambanan: most extensive Hindu temple site in Indonesia ● Bali - island paradise ● Lake Toba & Samosir island

Sun Moon Lake by boat and ropeway, then Tainan's temples and the Dutch-built Fort Zeelandia ● A Tokyo fish market and sushi class, then Lake Ashi beneath Mt Fuji and a kaiseki night at a Hakone ryokan ● Kyoto's Golden Pavilion, Ryoan-ji rock garden and the Philosopher's Path at cherry blossom peak ● Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park and Itsukushima Shrine standing in the sea at Miyajima ● Sakurajima volcano by boat, Chiran's samurai lane and a volcanic sand bath at Ibusuki ● Across the Ariake Sea to Unzen's steaming hells

Seoul: city tour & the DMZ ● Welcome dinner at top of Namsan Seoul Tower ● Unique & beautiful Jeju Island Immersion in Korean culture, ancient & modern ● Hakone Outdoor Museum ● Kyoto: Temples & shrines ● Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park ● Aso-Kuju National Park: five cone volcano ● Nagasaki: feudal castles, samurai houses, Meiji-era villas, smoking volcanoes

Magical Lahore, the Indus Valley Civilizations of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa, the stunning tombs of Uch Sharif, vibrant Karachi, and more!

Great Pyramids and Grand Egyptian Museum's treasures ● Valley of the Kings' painted royal tombs ● camel trek to ancient monastery ● Maasai Mara and Serengeti game drives with wildebeest migration ● Ngorongoro Crater's wildlife amphitheatre ● Mount Kilimanjaro views from Amboseli

Vibrant Taipei ● Historical Tainan ● Seoul: city tour & the DMZ ● Welcome dinner at top of Namsan Seoul Tower ● Busan city tour ● Unique & beautiful Jeju Island Immersion in Korean culture, ancient & modern ● Kamakura: Great Buddha ● Bullet Train to Hakone ● Hakone Outdoor Museum ● Kyoto: Temples & shrines ● Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park

Prague: one of the world's most magical cites ● Karlovy Vary-elegant spa town ● Exquisite gothic and baroque Cesky Krumlov ● Bratislava, including the historic Old Town ● Budapest walking tour ● The "painted monasteries" of Bucovina