Every itinerary is a deliberately scripted journey. Places, timing, pace, accents.
A week in the kingdom of the fjords: a boutique hotel above the Aurlandsfjord, the Flåm Railway and four days aboard a private yacht through the Nærøyfjord, Sognefjord and Lustrafjord — with landings at Viking villages, glaciers and UNESCO stave churches.
An expedition to Antarctica aboard Ocean Nova, a genuine ice-class expedition ship. Ten days from Ushuaia across the Drake Passage to the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula: polar research stations, Zodiac landings among the icebergs, penguins and whales.
Two weeks on the equator: colonial Quito and Casa Gangotena, the indigenous market of Otavalo, the Avenue of the Volcanoes, the cloud forest of the Mashpi reserve, a four-day cruise through the Galápagos and days at Finch Bay on Santa Cruz among giant tortoises, boobies and sea lions.
Classic Japan, privately: Tokyo, three days in Kyoto with a geisha and maiko dinner show and a temple tea ceremony, Osaka and Nara, the hot springs of Hakone with views of Mount Fuji, Nikko or Kamakura — and Shinkansen bullet trains between the cities.
Indochina in nine days: sunrises over the temples of Angkor and the floating villages of Tonlé Sap, the dawn alms ritual and the elephants of Luang Prabang, a Mekong cruise to the Pak Ou caves — and Hanoi with the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and the water-puppet theatre.
Classic Kenya in two acts: three days of game drives in the Masai Mara reserve — land of the Great Migration, lions and cheetahs — then a flight to the Indian Ocean coast, the white sand of Diani Beach and the coral reefs of the Kisite-Mpunguti marine park.
A long weekend in Morocco: Jemaa el-Fna at sunset, the Majorelle Garden and the legacy of Yves Saint Laurent, the Atlantic port of Essaouira with argan groves along the way — and a Berber village in the Atlas foothills, reached by mule.
