Itineraries

Vientiane is the gateway to Laos’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the living Buddhist town of Luang Prabang (2 hr by train) and the ancient Khmer sanctuary of Vat Phou in Champasak.

Rabat sits at the centre of a UNESCO arc spanning 250 km: the city’s own Almohad and colonial heritage, the medieval labyrinth of Fez, and the Roman mosaics of Volubilis.

Sydney sits within reach of three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Opera House on its harbour point, the eucalyptus wilderness of the Blue Mountains, and the remote volcanic gem of Lord Howe Island.

Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites are reachable from Auckland: the sacred volcanic peaks of Tongariro National Park and the vast temperate wilderness of Te Wāhipounamu on the South Island.

Two Jesuit mission ruins in Paraguay’s southeast — Trinidad and Jesús de Tavarangue — form part of a UNESCO trans-boundary site and rank among the best-preserved reductions in South America, reachable from Asunción in under four hours.

The Dja Faunal Reserve — 526,000 hectares of intact rainforest enclosed by the Dja River — is Cameroon’s most accessible UNESCO World Heritage Site from Yaoundé, 200 km to the southeast.

Three UNESCO World Heritage Sites lie within a day’s reach of Minsk: the Gothic Mir Castle, the Baroque Nesvizh palace complex, and the primeval Białowieża Forest.

Santiago is the starting point for two of Chile’s UNESCO sites: Sewell Mining Town in the Andes and the distant volcanic island of Rapa Nui, home to over 900 moai statues.

Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 177 km west of Montevideo — a Portuguese-founded colonial quarter where cobblestone streets and layered fortifications record three centuries of rivalry between two empires.