Dian Fossey's Parc National des Volcans ● Maasai Mara's endless plains ● Karen Blixen "Out of Africa" Museum ● Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park ● Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder

Apricot dunes at sunrise ● Kaleidoscope of cultures ● Rugged Skeleton Coast ● Etosha: Africa's undiscovered wildlife gem ● The Okavango inland delta ● Thundering Victoria Falls

Bratislava, including the historic Old Town ● Beautiful Pieniny National Park ● Budapest walking tour ● Holloko, Hungary's most beautiful town ● The "painted monasteries" of Bucovina ● Bran Castle, mythical home of Dracula

Prague: one of the world's most magical cites ● Karlovy Vary-elegant spa town ● Exquisite gothic and baroque Cesky Krumlov ● Bratislava, including the historic Old Town ● Budapest walking tour

Tashkent Old City tour ● Khiva: World Heritage Site ● Ashgabat: City Tour ● Visiting all '5 Stans' ● Scenic Lake Issyk-Kul

Charming, historic Cartagena ● Lively Bogota ● Verdant Hills ● coffee plantations Unspoiled villages, friendly locals Cathedral of Salt ● Colonial treasures ● Partial Canal transit ● Parque Metropolitano & Amerindian Village ● Inter-oceanic Train journey ● Chiriqui Highlands & La Amistad Park ● Bocas del Toro: White sands & coral reefs

Great Pyramids of Giza and Grand Egyptian Museum's treasures ● Valley of the Kings' hidden royal tombs ● camel trek to St. Simeon's desert monastery ● rose-red Petra through the dramatic Siq gorge ● Roman splendour at Jerash and Edfu ● floating effortlessly in the mineral-rich Dead Sea

The Great Pyramids & Sphinx ● Camel trek to San Simeon Monastery ● Daily guided game drives through Africa's best game parks

Qatar city touring ● Kuwait Towers & National Museum ● Spectacular Hajjar Mountains, Oman ● Oman's spectacular Mussandam Peninsula enclave ● Historic 'Frankincense Trail' ● Dubai's stunning modern skyline ● Oman Desert Camp experience