Itineraries

Five UNESCO World Heritage Sites lie within a day’s drive of Kandy — from the sacred tooth relic at its centre to Dambulla, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa and Galle Fort.

Three UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Sambor Prei Kuk, Koh Ker and Preah Vihear — lie within a day’s drive of Phnom Penh, tracing a millennium of Khmer civilisation.

From the Tian-Shan peaks above Almaty to Bronze Age rock art at Tamgaly and Silk Road caravanserai ruins, Kazakhstan’s UNESCO sites reward those who venture beyond the city.

Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites lie within reach of Bishkek: the sacred mountain of Sulaiman-Too in Osh and the transboundary wilderness of the Western Tian-Shan.

Windhoek is the gateway to two of Africa’s most extraordinary UNESCO sites: the ancient San petroglyphs of Twyfelfontein and the towering dune landscape of the Namib Sand Sea.

Two UNESCO sites are accessible from Antananarivo: the sacred Royal Hill of Ambohimanga 24 km away, and the Rainforests of the Atsinanana, six parks of extraordinary endemic wildlife.

Uganda’s three UNESCO World Heritage Sites span a royal burial ground within Kampala, a mountain gorilla stronghold in Bwindi, and the glaciated Rwenzori summits.

Qatar’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, Al Zubarah, is a vast ghost town of pearl-trade ruins on the Gulf coast — 105 km and 75 minutes from Doha.

Manila is the gateway to four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: a 16th-century church in Intramuros, the colonial streets of Vigan, the Ifugao rice terraces, and the pristine reefs of Tubbataha.