Journeys

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Adventure: the far places and the wild ones, from safari to the polar seas.

Journeys

A wide glacier flowing down between dark mountains into a calm blue fjord.

Alaska Ice, Hawaiian Fire

Glaciers and bears in Alaska, then volcanoes and beaches in Hawaii.

11 nights · United States

Penguins on a snow-covered slope on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Antarctica, Flying to the Peninsula

Seven nights from Punta Arenas, flying to King George Island and spending five nights aboard a small expedition ship off the Antarctic Peninsula.

Seven nights · Chile, Antarctica

A Maya temple rising above the forest at Caracol.

Belize, Rainforest and Reef

Three nights by a river in the Mountain Pine Ridge, then three on the beach at Ambergris Caye.

Six nights · Belize

A white dzong and village houses below forested hills and snow-capped peaks.

Bhutan's Five Valleys

14 nights across Bhutan, lodge to lodge, from Thimphu to the Tiger's Nest.

14 nights · Bhutan

The Okavango River seen from the air.

Botswana Safari and Stellenbosch Wine

Seven nights in the wild reserves of northern Botswana, then four among the vineyards of Stellenbosch.

11 nights · Botswana, South Africa

An aerial view of green floodplain, channels and islands in the Okavango Delta.

Botswana, Four Camps by Air

The Makgadikgadi Pans, Savute and the Okavango Delta, with a helicopter over the Delta.

12 nights · Botswana

An aerial view of buffalo crossing shallow water in the Okavango Delta.

Botswana, Three Private Reserves

The Selinda, Duba Plains and Moremi: three nights in each.

Nine nights · Botswana

The silhouette of Angkor Wat behind palm trees.

Cambodia, Angkor and the Cardamom Rainforest

Three nights in Siem Reap for the temples of Angkor, then three in a tented camp in the Cardamom rainforest.

Six nights · Cambodia

An aerial view of Cape Town, Table Mountain and Lion's Head above the sea.

Cape Town, the Sabi Sand, the Falls and the Delta

A city on the water, a private reserve beside the Kruger, the Zambezi and the Okavango.

11 nights · South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

Vineyards below a mountain in the Franschhoek Valley.

Cape Town, the Winelands, Walker Bay and the Kruger

Art above the harbour, a valley of vineyards, the whale coast and the bushveld.

10 nights · South Africa

A beach and turquoise water in the Bahamas.

Caribbean Honeymoon, Six Islands

Fourteen nights by the sea, from a private island in the Florida Keys through the Bahamas and the Leeward Islands to Dominica.

14 nights · United States, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Saint Barthélemy, Dominica

A circular deep blue sinkhole ringed by pale coral reef in turquoise sea, seen from the air.

Central America by Private Jet

Four countries in 10 nights, from the Belize reef to the islands of Panama.

10 nights · Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama

The Jal Mahal palace standing in a lake below dark hills under a pink and violet sky.

Delhi, Agra and Rajasthan

Old Delhi, the Taj Mahal, tigers and the Aravalli hills, flying privately between them.

Nine nights · India

A snow-covered mountain with trees and rocks near Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

Delhi, Tigers and the Himalaya

Six nights from Old Delhi to the tiger forest of Ranthambhore and on to the mountains above Manali.

Six nights · India

Palm trees leaning over a white beach and pale turquoise water, with a sailing boat moored offshore.

Delta to the Indian Ocean

Six nights in Botswana's wild north, then five on a Mozambique island.

12 nights · Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique

Aerial view of a palm-lined beach curving beside shallow turquoise water.

Dominican Republic, a Private Peninsula

A whole private resort on the north coast, for family and friends.

Seven nights · Dominican Republic

Houses on a hillside by the water below the Pitons in Saint Lucia.

Florida to Grenada, Five Islands

Ten nights south through the Caribbean, from the Florida Keys to Punta Cana, Antigua, Saint Lucia and Grenada.

10 nights · United States, Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, St Lucia, Grenada

Volcanoes catching early light above the calm surface of a large lake.

Guatemala and the Belize Coast

Colonial Antigua, Lake Atitlán, Tikal and the Belize reef in eight nights.

Eight nights · Guatemala, Belize

A volcano rising over a calm lake in the Guatemalan highlands.

Guatemala, Antigua and Lake Atitlán

A night in Guatemala City, three in colonial Antigua and three above Lake Atitlán, ringed by volcanoes.

Seven nights · Guatemala

Two outrigger canoes on a sandy beach, with Diamond Head across the water.

Hawaii, Island by Island

Three islands, their history and their volcanoes, at your own pace.

12 nights · United States

Aerial view of a grey glacier tongue curving down between dark mountains to a meltwater lake.

Iceland in Summer

The city, the south coast, a farm on the Troll Peninsula and a private lagoon.

Eight nights · Iceland

A snow-covered mountain ridge lit pink by low sun under layered cloud.

Iceland in Winter

Frozen waterfalls, a valley farm in the far north and the northern lights.

Eight nights · Iceland

A tiger standing on a dusty forest track, looking straight ahead.

India's Tiger Parks

Two of India's great tiger reserves, linked by private jet from Delhi.

Nine nights · India

A turquoise cove edged by a pale beach and dense pine woods under a clear sky.

Lošinj and the Kvarner Islands

Five quiet nights on Lošinj, among pine woods, harbours and resident dolphins.

Six nights · Croatia

A female cheetah on the lookout in open grassland.

Madikwe, Johannesburg and Madagascar

Four nights on safari in Madikwe, one in Johannesburg, then a week by the Indian Ocean in Madagascar.

12 nights · South Africa, Madagascar

The volcanic island of Stromboli seen from the sea.

Malta, Sicily and Salina

Two nights inside the walls of Mdina, two on the slopes of Etna, then three on Salina facing Stromboli.

Seven nights · Malta, Italy

Orange sand dunes rising behind a scattering of green trees on a flat desert pan.

Namibia, Savannah and Desert

Two nights near Windhoek, then three on granite boulders in the Namib.

Five nights · Namibia

The Taj Mahal and its four minarets under a warm golden sky.

North India by Private Jet

Mumbai to Varanasi by private plane, with Rajasthan's palaces and tigers between.

13 nights · India

Forested mountain valleys with low cloud drifting between the ridges.

Osa, Pacuare and Papagayo

Rainforest, white water and the Pacific, linked by private plane in six nights.

Six nights · Costa Rica

A crevassed blue glacier meeting still water, with a snow-streaked mountain behind under a clear sky.

Oslo and Svalbard by Sea

Oslo's museums after hours, then a week among Svalbard's glaciers, walrus and bears.

Nine nights · Norway

Aerial view of Uluru glowing orange at sunset, with the domes of Kata Tjuta on the horizon.

Outback, Rainforest and Reef

Australia's great landscapes in 12 nights, for a first visit.

12 nights · Australia

A ship in the lock chambers of a canal, with green hills and a cable-stayed bridge beyond.

Panama and the Osa Peninsula

Casco Viejo, the islands of Bocas del Toro and the Osa rainforest in eight nights.

Eight nights · Panama, Costa Rica

Aerial view of white limestone rocks and a pale beach beside clear green water.

Perth to Hobart

Across southern Australia in 18 nights, from the Indian Ocean to Tasmania.

18 nights · Australia

Mehrangarh Fort on its hill above Jodhpur in the golden light of evening.

Rajasthan, Desert, Forts and Tigers

Eleven nights across Rajasthan, from the dunes of Jaisalmer to the leopard hills of Jawai and the tiger forest of Ranthambhore.

11 nights · India

Rio de Janeiro from above, with Sugarloaf Mountain rising out of Guanabara Bay.

Rio and the Amazon

Three nights by the beach in Rio, then four in the southern Amazon.

Seven nights · Brazil

A mountain gorilla resting among green leaves and bamboo.

Rwanda, Forest and Volcano

Chimpanzees in Nyungwe's rainforest, then the mountain gorillas of Volcanoes National Park.

Six nights · Rwanda

Red deer stags grazing on open moorland below distant hills.

Scotland for Three Generations

Edinburgh, the Cairngorms, Inverness and Fort William, with something for every age.

11 nights · United Kingdom

The terraces and stone ruins of Machu Picchu in low golden light, with a steep green peak behind.

South America by Private Jet

Six countries, from the Galápagos to Cartagena, in 17 nights by private jet.

17 nights · Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia

An elephant rubbing against a tree in green woodland in South Luangwa.

South Luangwa and the Lower Zambezi

The home of the walking safari, then the river.

Eight nights · Zambia

Frosted birch forest glowing in low sun across a snowy valley, with a rounded fell behind.

Swedish Lapland in Winter

Stockholm, then five winter nights at a floating spa on the Lule River.

Seven nights · Sweden

A red train crossing a snow-covered alpine valley between steep wooded slopes.

Switzerland by Rail in Winter

Lake Geneva, the Matterhorn and the Glacier Express to St. Moritz in nine nights.

Nine nights · Switzerland

Green clifftops above a curved bay of deep blue sea.

Sydney, Kangaroo Island and the Hills

Sydney, a clifftop lodge on Kangaroo Island and the Adelaide Hills, for the Australian summer.

Nine nights · Australia

Jagged peaks lit pink at sunrise, reflected in a still bend of river.

Tetons, Yellowstone and the Bitterroot

Grand Teton, Yellowstone's geysers and a Montana ranch, driving yourself over 10 nights.

10 nights · United States

Victoria Falls at sunset, with spray rising from the gorge.

The Delta and Victoria Falls

Three nights in the Okavango, four on the Zambezi.

Seven nights · Botswana, Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls at sunset, with spray rising from the gorge.

The Falls, the Delta, the Cape

Victoria Falls, the Okavango Delta and Cape Town in eight nights.

Eight nights · Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa

A herd of wildebeest crossing the pale, dry Makgadikgadi Pans.

The Kalahari Pans and the Delta

Three nights on the salt pans with the meerkats, three in the waterways of Moremi.

Six nights · Botswana

A dhow under sail at sunset in the Bazaruto Archipelago.

The Sabi Sand, Gorongosa and Benguerra

Leopards on the Sand River, a park brought back to life, and five nights on an island.

12 nights · South Africa, Mozambique

An aerial view of a glacier flowing between dark mountain ridges into a bay of broken ice.

The South Pole and Emperor Penguins

From Cape Town to an emperor colony and the Pole, in one week.

Seven nights · Antarctica

An elephant crossing the Zambezi between wooded banks.

The Upper and Lower Zambezi

Four nights above Victoria Falls, four in the Lower Zambezi National Park.

Eight nights · Zambia

A mountain gorilla looking up through green forest in Bwindi.

Uganda, the Gorillas to the Nile

Bwindi's gorillas, the chimpanzees of Kyambura, and the Nile at Murchison Falls.

Nine nights · Uganda

The sun setting over a forested headland and a wide bay with low islands on the horizon.

Whistler, Clayoquot and Vancouver

Mountains, a tented lodge on the wild Pacific coast, and a city to finish.

Eight nights · Canada

A herd of bison grazing on a snowy riverbank among drifting geothermal steam.

Yellowstone in Winter

Wolves in the Lamar Valley, then the Tetons from the air, in six winter nights.

Six nights · United States

A dead tree standing in Lake Kariba against the setting sun.

Zimbabwe's Rivers and the Delta

The Zambezi at the Falls, the plains of Hwange, Mana Pools, Lake Kariba, and Botswana to finish.

14 nights · Zimbabwe, Botswana

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