Plitvice Lakes — 16 terraced emerald lakes and cascading waterfalls ● Hermitage of Blaca — cliff-clinging monastery reached by coastal boat on Brac ● Hvar summit hike to cave monastery above Adriatic island vineyards ● Napoleon's Road — stone-walled vineyard paths across Korcula's interior ● Mostar's reconstructed Ottoman bridge and Museum of War and Genocide Victims ● Kotor's medieval walls above the Mediterranean's only fjord

Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao and hands-on Basque cooking class ● Roncesvalles pilgrim blessing and beech forest walk ● Roman road sections through Navarre and medieval Estella ● Cruz de Ferro stone ceremony in the mountains above Astorga ● Final approach into Santiago's Plaza del Obradoiro on foot ● Celtic Galicia — Roman walls of Lugo and O Cebreiro highlands ● Finisterre lighthouse — the Atlantic edge where the medieval world ended

Ladakh's high desert monasteries at 3,524 meters ● climb to Khardung La Pass at 5,470 meters ● Bhutan's annual Tsechu festival with masked dances ● Nepal's Kathmandu Valley UNESCO sites ● sunrise over eight Himalayan ranges from Nagarkot ● Tiger's Nest monastery viewpoint at 900 meters above Paro Valley

Ladakh's high desert monasteries at 3,524 meters ● Bhutan's annual Tsechu festival with masked dances ● Nepal's Kathmandu Valley UNESCO sites ● trans-Himalayan flight past Everest ● Lhasa's Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple ● climb to Karo La Pass at 4,794 meters

Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder ● Endless Serengeti plain ● Leapin lemurs! ● Guided forest walks ● Unique flora and fauna ● Meeting the friendly locals ● Fascinating pre- and post-colonial history

Meeting local tribal groups Maasai Mara/Serengeti: endless plains Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder Exotic spice island of Zanzibar Leapin lemurs! Madagascar's unique flora and fauna