Guided Valletta harbour cruise ● Pre-historic temples of Hagar Qim and Ggantija, beautiful Gozo ● colourful fishing village of Marsaxlokk

Bucharest: "The Little Paris of the East" ● The "Painted Monasteries" of Bucovina ● The spectacular Tihuta Pass over the Eastern Carpathians ● Bran Castle, mythical home of Dracula ● Huge German-Renaissance castles

Port Wine region, the Douro Valley ● Lisbon: Colonial elegance ● Celtic and Roman sites ● Arab, Jewish, Christian, Roman, Visigothic legacies

Snows of Kilimanjaro ● Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder ● Endless Serengeti plain ● Great Rift Valley

Prague: one of the world's most magical cites ● Renaissance chateau of Konopiste ● Karlovy Vary-elegant spa town ● Exquisite gothic and baroque Cesky Krumlov

Budapest walking tour ● Byzantine, Moorish, Romanesque and Hungarian legacies ● Holloko, Hungary's most beautiful town ● Eger: narrow streets, arcaded buildings, wrought-iron gates ● Southern Transdanubia - region of undulating hills, forest clad ridges and rural ambience

Acropolis and Ancient Agora with expert Athens city tour ● Mycenae's Lion Gate and Epidaurus Theatre in the Argolis ● Byzantine frescoes and fortifications at hilltop Mystra ● Temple of Zeus and Olympic Stadium at ancient Olympia ● Apollo's sanctuary and Pythian oracle at spectacular Delphi ● gravity-defying monasteries perched atop Meteora's stone pillars

Daily guided game drives through Africa's best game parks Lake Nakuru: ornithologist's paradise Maasai Mara's endless plains Meeting local tribal groups Karen Blixen "Out of Africa" Museum

Toledo, Granada, Cordoba - World Heritage cities ● Madrid: City tour & Prado ● Granada & the Alhambra ● Arab, Jewish, Christian, Roman, Visigothic legacies ● Andalucia: Orange groves, flower-filled patios