Visit Gorée Island UNESCO World Heritage Site and explore Dakar's vibrant markets ● discover the rare salt-water hippos in Guinea-Bissau's Bijagós Archipelago ● experience traditional Bijagó island villages and witness unique matriarchal cultures ● explore Cape Coast Castle and confront the history of the transatlantic slave trade ● walk the canopy bridges above Kakum National Park's pristine rainforest ● visit Bunce Island slave castle and trace the footsteps of freed slaves who founded Freetown

Damascus and Aleppo's vibrant souks ● Palmyra and Babylon's majestic ruins ● Euphrates River's scenic beauty ● Kurdistan's rugged mountains ● Mosul's majestic mosques ● Local warm hospitality and shared stories

Colonial, Imperial Luang Prabang ● Lan Ha Bay overnight cruise ● Charming, historic Hoi An ● Mekong Delta boat trip ● Superlative Angkor Wat & Angkor Thom

Bustling Kuala Lumpur - city tour ● Historic Malacca tour ● Kuching: City Tour & Sarawak Cultural Village ● Kinabatangan River nature cruise ● Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary ● Brunei Darussalam area tour ● Borobudur: largest stupa-style Buddhist monument in the world ● Prambanan: most extensive Hindu temple site in Indonesia ● Bali - island paradise ● Lake Toba & Samosir island

Seoul: city tour & the DMZ ● Welcome dinner at top of Namsan Seoul Tower ● Unique & beautiful Jeju Island Immersion in Korean culture, ancient & modern ● Hakone Outdoor Museum ● Kyoto: Temples & shrines ● Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park ● Aso-Kuju National Park: five cone volcano ● Nagasaki: feudal castles, samurai houses, Meiji-era villas, smoking volcanoes

Vibrant Taipei ● Historical Tainan ● Seoul: city tour & the DMZ ● Welcome dinner at top of Namsan Seoul Tower ● Busan city tour ● Unique & beautiful Jeju Island Immersion in Korean culture, ancient & modern ● Kamakura: Great Buddha ● Bullet Train to Hakone ● Hakone Outdoor Museum ● Kyoto: Temples & shrines ● Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park

Vibrant Taipei ● Historical Tainan ● Seoul: city tour & the DMZ ● Welcome dinner at top of Namsan Seoul Tower ● Unique & beautiful Jeju Island ● Immersion in Korean culture, ancient & modern ● Hakone Outdoor Museum ● Kyoto: Temples & shrines ● Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park ● Aso-Kuju National Park: five cone volcano ● Nagasaki: feudal castles, samurai houses, Meiji-era villas, smoking volcanoes