Plaza de Armas in Lima with its historic fountain and Francisco Pizarro's tomb ● scenic train ride to Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas" ● exploring Machu Picchu's stone terraces and temples over two days ● Cuzco's vibrant Inca heritage, including Sacsayhuaman's zigzag fortress walls ● Lake Sandoval canoe trip to spot giant river otters and macaws.

Guided walking tours of Rome, Siena, Florence ● Rome - The Vatican & the Sistine Chapel ● Walking the Cinque Terre ● The Accademia & Michelangelo's David ● Guided visit of the Uffizi Gallery

Guided colonial Quito tour ● Otavalo Valley - cultural centre ● Famed 'Avenue of Volcanos' ● Overnight at historic hacienda ● Cotopaxi Forest Reserve

Gold Museum, Lima ● Scenic Nazca Lines overflight ● Mysterious Machu Picchu-a must see! ● Exploring the "Sacred Valley of the Incas" ● Scenic 'vistadome' train to Cuzco ● Beautiful, ancient Cuzco

Krakow's Wawel Castle and medieval market square ● Wieliczka's subterranean salt cathedral ● Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial ● Warsaw's rebuilt Old Town and Museum of Polish Jews ● Gdansk's European Solidarity Centre ● Malbork's massive Teutonic fortress

Charming, historic Cartagena ● Lively Bogota ● Verdant Hills ● coffee plantations Unspoiled villages, friendly locals Cathedral of Salt ● Colonial treasures

Barcelona: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance ● Santiago de Compostela: Place of Pilgrimage ● Bilbao's Guggenheim ● Arab, Jewish, Christian, Roman, Visigothic legacies

George Town's UNESCO-listed multicultural streetscapes, where Chinese clan houses, Hindu temples and colonial landmarks share the same block ● Cameron Highlands tea estates and mossy montane forest on the roof of the peninsula ● Singapore's Marina Bay and the story of a city-state that reinvented itself in a generation ● Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka Square and the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia ● Ipoh's colonial railway station, limestone cave temples and celebrated local cuisine ● Langkawi mangrove and wildlife cruise through ancient karst formations on the Andaman Sea

Flight-seeing over Kaieteur Falls, the world's highest single-drop waterfall ● three nights at remote Kabalebo Nature Resort, home to 250+ bird species ● Essequibo River motorboat excursion to Sloth Island for wildlife spotting ● guided tour of the Ariane Space Centre ● full-day excursion to the infamous Îles du Salut penal colony ● exploring Paramaribo's UNESCO-listed colonial centre