Remote, exotic, mystical Gobi Desert ● Annua Naadam Festival ● Ancient capital of Karakorum ● Traditional cooking class and evening concert ● friendly nomadic herds people ● Sleep in a ger!

Medieval towns of Zurich, Bern, and Lucerne ● Engadine Valley trails beneath Piz Bernina ● eight-hour Glacier Express journey through UNESCO Alpine landscapes ● hiking at 3,089 metres below the Matterhorn ● Bachalpsee glacial lake walk in the Jungfrau region ● cog railway to Europe's highest station

Vibrant Addis Ababa ● Churches of Lalibela ● Colourful Timkat festival ● Spectacular Simien Mountain scenery ● Christian churches, gilded monasteries

'Experiential' Tokyo sightseeing ● Bullet Train to Hakone ● Hakone Outdoor Museum ● Historic Takayama ● Kyoto: Temples & shrines ● Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park

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

Experience a luxury flying safari in Kenya and Tanzania ● witness breathtaking aerial views of East Africa's landscapes and wildlife ● visit iconic destinations like Masai Mara, Serengeti, and Kilimanjaro ● stay in luxury tented camps ● enjoy unparalleled game viewing and cultural experiences ● explore vast plains, craters, and endless skies.

Hattusas UNESCO site and Hittite Empire capital ● haunting medieval ruins of Ani with thousand church spires ● cliff-hanging Sumela Monastery in Pontic Mountains ● Lake Van boat excursion to Akdamar Island's Armenian church ● King Antiochus's audacious mountaintop monument at Nemrut Dag ● Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest temple complex predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years