Vilnius's baroque Old Town and Trakai's island castle ● Hill of Crosses memorial ● Rundale Palace's Baroque interiors ● Riga's Art Nouveau district and Central Market ● Curonian Spit's sand dunes ● Tallinn's medieval Old Town

Reykjavik city tour ● 'Golden Circle' tour: Geysers, waterfalls ● Arctic terns, puffins, guillemots ● Bubbling mud craters ● Spectacular Snaefellsnes Peninsula

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!

Helsinki's Temppeliaukio rock church and Suomenlinna fortress ● Stockholm's Vasa Museum and Nobel Prize halls ● overnight Baltic Sea ferries ● Copenhagen's Rosenborg Castle and canal cruise ● Oslo's Viking Ship Museum ● Flåm Railway and Nærøyfjord cruise ● Bergen's Hanseatic wharf

L'Anse aux Meadows Viking settlement ● scenic Gros Morne fjord cruise and ancient Tablelands ● Red Bay's UNESCO Basque whaling station ● three nights on French Saint-Pierre and Miquelon islands ● Cape Bonavista and historic Trinity outport ● St. John's Signal Hill and Point Amour Lighthouse.

A comprehensive exploration of some of the smallest and most remote countries in the world - a 100% unique itinerary. Explore remote and far flung areas where few travellers venture. Visit countries where even the arrival of tourists is a newsworthy mention. Visit unique destinations that are not promoted in glossy guidebooks… places where you will not find crowds of tourists and luxury lodges.

Vilnius's Old Town and Trakai castle ● Hill of Crosses and Rundale Palace ● Riga's Art Nouveau district ● Tallinn's medieval quarter ● Helsinki's rock church ● Stockholm's Vasa Museum and Nobel Prize halls ● overnight Baltic ferries ● Copenhagen's royal castles ● Oslo's Viking ships ● Flåm Railway and Nærøyfjord cruise ● Bergen's Hanseatic wharf