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www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/travel/ Norwegian Classic Round Voyage: THE HEART OF GREENLAND Bergen – Kirkenes – Bergen including flights from Stansted

Date: 24 June – 1 JULY 2012 Date: 10 – 21 September 2012 Number of days: 8 Number of days: 12 Price: from £4,487* Price: from £1,539

TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: To be confirmed. Professor Neil Kent, Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Kalaallit Nunaat is the Greenlandic name of the world’s biggest island. Another trip scholar to be confirmed. Meaning ‘land of the people,’ the name describes Greenland perfectly. MS Fram brings you not only close to the fantastic mountain formations, A round voyage from the cultural centre of Bergen to Kirkenes and endemic wildlife and icebergs, but also to the welcoming people of back again is the ultimate voyage with Hurtigruten. The complete Greenland. voyage takes 12 days. If you travel with Hurtigruten, you will get the Like no other polar destination, Greenland offers close interaction and opportunity to see and experience the most fantastic nature and culture unique cultural experiences together with breathtaking nature. The Inuit that Norway has to offer. You visit 34 ports and cover over 2500 people’s heritage and fascinating way of life is best told by themselves nautical miles. On the southbound leg you have a second chance to catch and we will take you to the storytellers. MS Fram fully understands the ports and experiences that you might have slept through as you and appreciates the contact and cooperation that we have with the headed north. Greenlandic communities and settlements visited en route. In our opinion, sustainability is the only way to operate and the best way to ensure our For over 100 years, Hurtigruten has been a part of daily life for the towns, customers get the best possible experience. villages and hamlets located along the shores and fjords of Norway’s dramatic coastline. As such, our captains know these waters and its people This expedition along Greenland’s west coast is a fascinating meeting with better than anyone else. And with their fleet of smaller, more intimate the Inuit culture and the stunning land they inhabit. Only accessible by ships, they take you closer to the heart of Norwegian life by exploring boat, the small settlements give you a genuine picture of Greenlandic life. narrower channels and stopping at the smaller ports that other larger The spectacular scenery and Midnight Sun provide a stunning backdrop for cruise lines are simply unable to reach. Join us and get closer to the real the voyage. Norway on this voyage of a lifetime.

*Book before 31 December 2011 to obtain an early bird discount.

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OXFORD ALUMNI TRAVEL PROGRAMME 2012 Livingstone’s Amazing Argentina: Eternal Egypt: THE Footsteps: VICTORIA BUENOS AIRES, NILE, WESTERN DESERT FALLS, CHOBE AND THE IGUAZU FALLS AND OASES & EXCAVATIONS OKAVANGO DELTA PATAGONIAN GLACIERS AT AMARN

Date: 28 February – 9 March 2012 Date: 2 – 13 March 2012 Date: 15 – 31 March 2012 Number of days: 11 Number of days: 12 Number of days: 17 Price: £4,295* from London Price: £3,995* from London Price: £2,825* from London

TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: Accompanied by an expert local guide Educated at the University of Cambridge, Chris Professor Mark J Smith, Professor of throughout. Sharpe is an ecologist who has lived and worked Egyptology, University College Oxford, in Latin America for over twenty years. He has specialises in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, as led over 100 specialist wildlife tours throughout well as Coptic Christianity. “Scenes so lovely must have been gazed the region. upon by angels in their flight” was David This version of our popular tour combines Livingstone’s thought upon being the first From the cafes of Buenos Aires, where European to see Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke Egypt’s key experiences into one impassioned tango dancers swirl through comprehensive journey: the Pyramids at that Thunders) which he named Victoria the night, to the magnificent spectacle of Falls. This special safari starts in Zambia Giza, a classic Nile cruise from Aswan to imposing Iguazu Falls and the breathtaking Luxor and a fascinating trip through the then crosses into Botswana, following in wilderness of Patagonia, Argentina offers Livingstone’s footsteps. Oases of the Western Desert to Siwa, and an experience unmatched anywhere in the to Alexandria, Cleopatra’s Capital. Most World. We spend three nights exploring Victoria Falls, excitingly, we shall join UK researchers as they excavate Tel el-Amarna, the including a visit to the Falls, walking tours and Our tour encompasses many of Argentina’s a cruise on the mighty Zambezi looking for fascinating New Kingdom capital of ancient incredible contrasting highlights, starting with Egypt built by ‘heretic’ Pharaoh Akhenaten. crocodiles, hippo and elephants and learning a tango show in sophisticated Buenos Aires and about Zambia’s cultural heritage with a visit to We shall explore Cairo and the Pyramids experiencing gaucho life on an estancia before before travelling to Tel el-Amarna. We will the Tokoleya people. We then cross the Zambezi flying up to see the 275 cataracts of the mighty from Zambia into Botswana. have behind-the-scenes access to this Iguazu Falls as it gushes 90 metres over its religiously important city, with its Project horse-shoe shaped precipice. We spend the next two nights at Chobe Safari Director on hand to bring the lives of its Lodge next to Chobe National Park. Host ancient Egyptian inhabitants to life. Further We fly to Welsh-speaking Puerto Madryn to south lie the Temples of Luxor and Karnak to unique birdlife and game viewing, these visit the wild isthmus of Peninsula Valdes, home waterways are best navigated by boat, where and the Valley of the Kings with tombs to penguins, elephant seals, armidillos and killer filled with wealth beyond dreams. we look for birds such as the night herons, whales, then finally south to Glacier National African skimmers and pygmy geese and large Park, where the magnificent Perito Moreno Our cruise on the Nile is one of the most mammals such as large herds of elephant, hippo glacier calves vast ice sheets into the stunning and buffalo. memorable ways of absorbing the atmosphere lake landscape. Private extensions to Salta, of ancient Egypt. Along its banks in Upper Egypt Bariloche, Chile, and other destinations in South are the Philae Temple at Aswan, the Ptolemaic Taking a scenic flight over the Chobe, we America can be arranged. travel onwards to the glittering waters of Temples of Horus at Kom Ombo and of Sobek and Horus the Elder at Edfu. the Okavango Delta, an amazing location for *Price per person including flight from London. Single viewing the wildlife. The Moremi Reserve is supplement £650. (Can be joined without flight). rated as one of Africa’s finest game-viewing Another highlight is a unique excursion through areas, offering sanctuary to abundant herds the oases of the Great Sand Sea of the Western of elephant, sable, giraffe, tsessebe, lechwe, Desert to the oases of Khârga, Dakhla and wildebeest, impala and waterbuck. Lion, leopard, Farafra, an experience of an unspoiled, Bedouin cheetah, wild dog and hyena are also resident Egypt. And in the great oasis of Siwah we can and the birdlife is superb. stand at the site of the oracular temple of Amon and listen for a whispered deification as once did Alexander the Great. *Price per person including flight from London. Single supplement £750. (Can be joined without flight).

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4 Petra and The Cradle of Eastern Turkey: the Taj Mahal: Mankind: South FORGOTTEN KINGDOMS MODERN WONDERS Africa A STUDY OF HUMAN ANCESTRY WITH THE SCHOLARS AND LOST EMPIRES OF THE WORLD AT THE CUTTING EDGE

Date: 22 – 31 March 2012 Date: 7 – 17 May 2012 Date: 26 June – 6 July 2012 Number of days: 10 Number of days: 11 Number of days: 11 Price: £2,495* from London Price: £3,395* from London Price: £2,995* from London

TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: Dr Maria Misra, lecturer in modern history Dr David Price Williams FRGS directed an Dr Peter Sarris is University Senior Lecturer in Late at the University of Oxford, specialises in environmental research project in southern Roman, Early Medieval, and Byzantine History politics, culture and economics of 19th century Africa for 15 years and has led many alumni and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His imperialism and colonialism. She is an expert on trips to Southern Africa. He is a Life Member research interests include the social and economic India and has written many books and articles of the Southern African Quaternary Research context of Justinian’s reform programme and the on the subject. Association (SASQUA). rise of Islam.

This special short tour of India and Jordan Who are we and where do we come from? From Rose Macauly’s enchanting ‘Towers of covers some of the finest monuments of Despite the fact that the investigation is Trebizond’ to the towering magnificence of these two countries, including two of the sown with political and cultural minefields Mount Ararat, Turkey’s highest peak at over architectural wonders of the world – the and riven with dissent, it is also one of the 18,000 feet, Eastern Turkey, the true border Taj Mahal and the rock-cut city of Petra. most dynamic subjects in modern science. between Europe and Asia, is alive with cultural New discoveries, new methods of dating echoes of the past. Spanning more than 3,000 In Jordan we shall visit the partly reconstructed and new analytical techniques all add to years of tempestuous history, its landscapes Roman city of Jerash before driving through the the constantly changing aspects of this and buildings are evocative of bygone ages. desert to Wadi Musa and the outstanding city of fascinating pursuit. Petra, capital of the Nabateans in the 1st century Explore dramatic eastern Anatolia with its fertile BC and 1st century AD. We shall also visit Wadi Our tour of South Africa focuses on the plateau, stunning lakes and mountains and the Rum, stunning haunt of Lawrence of Arabia. physical evidence – the sites, the scholars and architectural legacy of the Urartian, Armenian, the skeletal remains which have shaped our Seljuk and Ottoman kingdoms. In India, the Mughal empire held sway in the understanding of our own evolution – and on 16th and 17th centuries, leaving, along with the the ecological framework in which these events Beginning in Trabzon on the Black Sea, we visit Taj Mahal, enduring echoes such as the Red Fort took place. We shall visit Taung, from where the St Sophia with its fine Byzantine frescoes and at Agra. The later Rajput states are represented first hominid ever was described by Professor the 4th century Sümela Monastery, clinging to by a visit to Jaipur and the Palace of Deeg. Raymond Dart in 1925, and Sterkfontein, the sheer cliff face. We travel to Kars to visit the Whether visiting for the first time or returning largest hominid site in the world, and talk to the lost medieval city of Ani and drive along the Silk to gaze again at their grandeur, these sites team who are currently excavating here. We Road to the Ishak Pas, a palace with wonderful never fail to impress on the traveller the glories shall also see the original specimens on which views of Mount Ararat. of Asia’s past. the whole study is based. We explore Seljuk tombs at Ahlat and visit Private extensions to southern India and Sri In order to understand the context of these picturesque Akdam Island with its Armenian Lanka can be arranged on request. events we shall spend time in one of the finest Church of the Holy Cross. We finish with visits to game reserves in Southern Africa, at Madikwe the Urartian fortress built by the 9th-century-BC *Price per person including flight from London. on the Limpopo. Urartian King Sarduri and the Kurdish castle of Single supplement £450. (Can be joined without flight). Hosap. The scenery of Lake Van, the largest sodium No prior knowledge of the subject is needed. carbonate lake in the world, is breathtaking. The background will be filled in for you on the tour. A post tour extension is available to Nemrut , famous for the incredible 2,000-year-old *Price per person including flight from London. Single Mausoleum of Antiochus of Commagene, with supplement £625. (Can be joined without flight). statues littered around the peak.

*Price per person including flight from London. Single supplement £400. (Can be joined without flight).

Exclusive academic tours to every corner of the globe www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/travel 5 Heart of Burgundy Magical The Turquoise Cruise: ARCHITECTURE Madagascar: THE Coast: CRUISING AND WINES OF ZOOLOGY OF A THE SHORES OF CENTRAL BURGUNDY GONDWANA ISLAND ANCIENT CARIA

Date: 14 – 20 July 2012 Date: 26 August – 11 September 2012 Date: 8 – 22 September 2012 Number of days: 7 Number of days: 17 Number of days: 15 Price: £2,395* from London Price: £4,690* from London Price: £2,780* from London

TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: Dr Peter Collins, a Senior Research Fellow at Dr Ivan Scales is a Fellow of St Catharine’s Until recently, Mark Hassall taught at the the University of Oxford, was cellarer of St College, Cambridge. His PhD was on landscape Institute of Archaeology, University of London. Edmund Hall for 20 years. He has a passion for change in western Madagascar. He has led He has excavated at many sites, and was Burgundy and its wines and has led many of our alumni tours here before. Assistant Director of the excavations at Knidos. tours in this area. He is familiar with many of the He has led many alumni cruises to Turkey. vineyards in the region. Uninhabited by man until just 2,000 years ago, 80% of Madagascar’s species are Our favourite gulet itinerary cruises the Travel the relaxing way through France, by endemic, making it possible to witness azure waters of Ancient Caria, Turkey, classic hotel barge, in this case from the what happens when a large isolated island where the scenery and sea views are town of Dijon along the Burgundy Canal is left to evolve without big predators for surpassed only by the magnificence of the to meet up with a small section of the 165 million years. ruined cities. Mark will share with us his River Saone, and then on to the Canal du first-hand knowledge of ancient Knidos Centre. Whilst floating in comfort through A host of protected reserves and rainforests – set majestically tier upon tier above its the picturesque countryside, sample the contain amazingly diverse wildlife, from two harbours, its Temple of Aphrodite once various regions of French cuisine prepared impish ring-tailed lemurs and ‘dancing’ sifakas housing Praxitales’ famous statue and its on board by the excellent chefs, with to brightly-coloured chameleons, frogs and city-scape dominated by Sostratus’ famous the appropriate red and white wines to butterflies. Madagascar is one of the world’s colonnaded stoa. accompany your lunch and dinner, and each ten biodiversity hotspots and six of the world’s day take escorted visits to the medieval eight species of Baobab tree (Adansonia) are Along the peninsula lies Triopium, and towns and villages of historic Northern endemic to the island. passing the Greek islands we find evidence Burgundy. of the Dorian settlement of Asia Minor Bird lovers will find a superb array in each new at Kasara. Nearby is the well-preserved We shall visit the magnificent Hotel Dieu in habitat, with the beautiful crested coua and Hellenistic shore fort of Loryma, most Beane, the finest example of Burgundian- impressive helmet vanga to be found amongst probably built by the Rhodians to celebrate the Flemish architecture in existence. Also visit the six endemic families of birds and more than lifting of the siege of Rhodes in 304 BC. the medieval town of Chalon-Sur-Soane, the 70 species of singing birds and parrots. Chateau de Rully and the picturesque village of But it is the lemurs which really inspire the In eastern Caria on the sinuous Dalyan River Chagny. All this is punctuated by visits to the imagination. They are unique to Madagascar. lies the city of Caunos, with its complete fabulous vineyards of the Cote d’Or, such as There are over eighty species and sub-species, theatre, while further upstream are the Clos de Vougeot and Chateau Maguerite for a including the indris, largest of all the lemurs, famous royal tombs, and further east are the degustation of the local wines. whose singing haunts the tree tops; also the remains of Lydae and Arymaxa overlooking the red-faced grey lemurs and the various bamboo Bay of Fethiye. We have exclusive use of the hotel-barge lemurs. Caprice, a charming vessel taking just 21 Many previously un-noted Byzantine remains, passengers in comfort, with private en-suite For such a remote island, the accommodation especially those on Gemiler, tell of the birth of cabins, a large lounge with picture windows, isn’t at all bad, and the food is excellent, the early Christian Church and its final demise dining room and sundeck. For the energetic, recalling its original French influence. under the advance of Islam. As always we shall bicycles are carried on board for cycling along travel in comfort aboard classic Turkish yachts the pretty towpath or you can just relax and *Price per person including flight from London. Single with en-suite cabins and our own Turkish chef. watch the bucolic scenery pass by. supplement £595. (Can be joined without flight). *Price per person including flight from London. Single *Price per person including flight from London. (Can be joined supplement £650. (Can be joined without flight). without train/flights). One single cabin available without supplement.

6 TRIP SCHOLAR: The Galápagos TRIP SCHOLAR: Ancient Ethiopia: Professor David Nick Davies, Professor THE EMPIRE OF AKSUM AND THE Phillipson was Professor Islands and Ecuador: of Behavioural Ecology, ROCK-CUT CHURCHES OF LALIBELA ZOOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND of African Archaeology ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC University of Cambridge. at the University Professor Davies is an Date: 25 September – 7 October 2012 of Cambridge and Date: 7 – 18 October 2012 ornithologist and has Number of days: 13 has directed major Number of days: 12 accompanied many excavations at Aksum. successful alumni tours. Price: £3,395* from London Price: £4,650* from London

The fascination of Ethiopia lies in its ancient monasteries, rock- Experience first hand the astonishing ecology which contributed to hewn churches and dramatic mountain scenery. Our visit will Charles Darwin’s pivotal theory of evolution with this new version coincide with Meskel, a festival commemorating the discovery of of our ever-popular itinerary. the true cross, a piece of which is believed to be kept in Ethiopia. The tour begins in the Andes, at the northern extent of the Inca Empire in Aksum was the seat of an empire that reached across the Red Sea to Quito, the first city to receive World Heritage status. We visit the plazas Arabia, traded with India and China, had its own alphabet and was one and churches of Quito’s Old City and Otovalo’s famous market. of the four great powers of the ancient world. We shall visit Gondar’s fascinating castles and the unique church of Debre Berhane Selassie. Then In the Galápagos, we have arranged an eight-day private cruise exclusively we will look for the gelada baboon in the beautiful Simien Mountains for Oxford and Cambridge alumni aboard Coral I, a cruiser with just 18 before visiting the legendary sources of the Blue Nile. fully air-conditioned outside cabins, all with private facilities. She will visit key islands in the Galápagos to take in the astonishing bird life, iguanas and We conclude in Lalibela where, wreathed in mystery, the rock-cut churches of giant tortoises, as well as witnessing evolution in action on the islands Ethiopia’s ‘New Jerusalem’ have been welcoming pilgrims for almost 1,000 years. *Price per person including flight from London. Single supplement £1,950. (Can be joined without flight). *Price per person including flight from London. Single supplement £460. (Can be joined without flight). FOR A FULL ITINERARY PLEASE CONTACT THE TOUR OPERATOR: FOR A FULL ITINERARY PLEASE CONTACT THE TOUR OPERATOR: TEMPLE WORLD: +44 (0) 20 89404114 TEMPLE WORLD: +44 (0) 20 89404114

TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: Oman: Professor James Allan, Fire and Ice: Professor David Walton, a OASES, FORTS AND FJORDS Emeritus fellow of A VOYAGE FROM TIERRA DEL FUEGO practicing scientist with the St Cross College and TO ANTARCTICA British Antarctic Survey for 40 lecturer in Islamic Art and years. Professor Walton has Date: 9 – 20 October 2012 Archaeology, Oriental Date: 22 February – 08 March 2013 written and edited six books Number of days: 12 Institute, University of Number of days: 15 on research in Antarctica and Oxford. is editor in chief of the journal Price: £3,495* from London Price: £6,950* from London Antarctic Science.

This unusual itinerary features Oman’s more remote gems as well as We are delighted to offer our 2013 tour to the Antarctic Peninsula. its well-known highlights. The towering walls of ice and glistening glaciers of the world’s last untouched continent are awe-inspiring, whilst the abundant summer We go in search of bottle-nosed dolphins in the stunningly isolated Musandam wildlife of whales, penguins, leopard seals and multitudinous birds peninsula, known for its dramatic fjords. Flying to Muscat, we explore Grand contrast with the mesmerising, trackless landscape. Mosque and visit the historical souk and harbour at Muttrah. Turning towards the interior, we head for the verdant oasis of Nizwa, its massive 17th century fort We fly to Tierra del Fuego to embark our expedition ship Antarctic Dream. dominating the town. Nearby is the traditional town of Hamra with its Ya’arubi With just 39 outside cabins, all with en-suite facilities, this comfortable ship mud-brick houses, Jabreen Castle and Oman’s oldest fort at Bahla. Then we spend has been selected because it can get to remote locations to land passengers an exciting night in Bedouin style at a desert camp amidst the dunes at Wahiba for extended visits among the islands and continent of Antarctica. The cruise Sands, before returning to the coast and the town of Sur, famous for its dhows and crosses the Drake Passage to the magnificent scenery of the South Shetlands the sea turtles which lay their eggs nearby. and Antarctic Peninsula. Frequent landings enable the group to get close to penguin colonies. This tour is a chance to understand the importance of one of Ending in Muscat, for those with more time there is a three night extension to the most remote parts of our planet in comfort and in the company of a world Salalah, the land of frankincense. expert. The birdlife is superb with over 250 species. *Price per person including flight from London. Single supplement £750. (Can be joined without flight). *Price per person including flight from London. Single supplement £2,890. (Can be joined without flight). FOR A FULL ITINERARY PLEASE CONTACT THE TOUR OPERATOR: FOR A FULL ITINERARY PLEASE CONTACT THE TOUR OPERATOR: TEMPLE WORLD: +44 (0) 20 89404114 TEMPLE WORLD: +44 (0) 20 89404114 TRAVEL PROGRAMME 2012 TRAVEL ALUMNI OXFORD

Exclusive academic tours to every corner of the globe www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/travel 7 A Journey through A short Trek in the Gardens AND PALACES Central Asia Himalayan Mountains and Persia: of Persia Samarkand to Isfahan of Nepal

Date: 3 – 20 April 2012 Date: 28 April – 12 MAY 2012 Date: 12 – 26 April 2012 Number of days: 18 Number of days: 15 2 – 16 OCTOBER 2012 Price: £3,480* from London Price: £3,080* from London Number of days: 15

TRIP SCHOLAR: TRIP SCHOLAR: Price: £2,280* from London Dr Shearer is an Islamic expert who is currently on Since the first Oxford University visit to Iran over TRIP SCHOLAR: secondment as the Sackler Scholar at the British ten years ago, Mr Ali Sadrnia has accompanied Zara Fleming is a cultural historian specialising Museum. He has lectured and researched extensively on many very successful visits to Iran. He is co- in Himalayan and South Asian history, art and development and conflict archaeology. During the last author of the book Iran: A Chronological History culture. Since her first visit to Tibet in 1984, decade he has conducted on site research at the Minaret and is currently working on book whose working she has lived, worked and travelled extensively of Jam in Afghanistan, excavated at the city of Nishapur title is Iran: A Collection of Treasures. In 2011 he in the region. She has accompanied three very in Iran and in the Ferghana Valley of Uzbekistan. In 2009 accompanied the very successful Oxford alumni successful treks to Nepal for Oxford alumni. and 2011, he accompanied two very successful journeys tour to the Gardens of Persia. to Central Asia and Persia for Oxford alumni. Edging the utmost heights of the Himalayas, It is an illuminating experience to visit some Nepal is one of the world’s most spectacular Travel on this unique itinerary and learn of the oldest gardens and palaces in the countries whose history and culture are more of the history and culture of the world. In fact the Persian word pairidaeza steeped in ancient customs and traditions. region’s great kingdoms, whose magnificent meaning ‘a wall around’ was translated The itinerary involves an eight-day trek civilizations have produced some of Asia’s by the Greeks (who conquered Persia following one of the oldest trade routes most beautiful art and architecture. under Alexander the Great in 334 BC), as paradeisos and was later used to describe the between the Indian subcontinent and the Begin in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan Garden of Eden in the Greek translation of plateau of Tibet. The trip has been especially and travel to Samarkand. Visit the Registan, the Bible. Meant as an escape from the stark designed as a ‘first time’ trek and does not constructed over a period of two hundred years realities of desert life, Persian gardens and require any particularly high fitness levels. and described by Lord Curzon as ‘the noblest palaces are often secreted away behind high square in the world’. Drive to ‘Divine Bukhara’, brick walls and gates. They have, throughout The journey begins in Kathmandu with its bustling a town of hundreds of mosques, madrassas history, influenced building and garden design bazaars and exquisite temples. Continue by plane and minarets all linked by crooked alleys which throughout the Islamic and non Islamic world. to Jomsom, the capital of the still semi-restricted wind between the walls of clay-built houses. district of Mustang which is notably more The centuries old activity of Muslim scientists, The journey begins in the town of Kerman ethnically Tibetan – this is the starting point for the thinkers, architects and poets have endowed the in southeast Iran. It is a town of citrus and city with such titles as Dome of Faith, trek. Begin walking along the wind-swept alluvial pomegranate orchards. Discover the beautiful river valley of the Kali Gandaki with its timeless Noble Bukhara and Blessed City. 19th century gardens just south of the town Nepalese villages set against the magnificent at Mahan and nearby, the tomb of a sufi saint backdrop of the soaring Annapurna peaks. Across the Oxus River and the Karakum desert in and poet, set against a spectacular back drop of Turkmenistan, lies the oasis city of Merv - now a snow capped mountains. Enjoy a wonderful drive UNESCO World Heritage site. In the 12th century through orchards and pistachio estates to the From Kagbeni, an old medieval fortress town, this was the second most important city of delightful garden city of Shiraz with its glorious walk to the sacred, ancient site of Muktinath, Islam after Baghdad and today it offers a unique mirrored shrines. which highlights a blend of animistic, Hindu glimpse of five different walled cities. and Buddhist beliefs, and the village of Lubra Visit the ancient capital of Persepolis, one of the where the Bon religion is practised. Continue Cross into Iran and travel to Shiraz, famous world’s most inspiring archaeological sites and the on to Marpha, one of the prettiest villages in for its poets and exquisite gardens. In the 18th Palace of Pasargadae. This was the site of the first the Himalayas, surrounded by apple and peach century the Qashqai descendants of the Seljuks, ‘chahar bagh’ (four fold) garden, created in 550 orchards. Nearby, in Tukche, an old Thakali trading planted cypress, pine and orange trees and helped BC as a ‘paradise on earth’ by Cyrus the Great as town, there are sulphurous hot springs, ideal for the city gain its various names from City of Roses an emblem of the world’s first true empire. After soaking in after walking. to City of Love and City of Gardens. At this time visiting the desert city of Yazd, home to Persia’s of year, the scent of orange blossom fills the last Zoroastrian community discover the beauty The trek finishes in the beautifully situated town air. Nearby is the ancient ceremonial capital of and splendour of Isfahan. Explore this splendid Persepolis built by Darius the Great and now one of Pokhara with its patchwork rice terraces, citrus 17th century capital whose buildings are some of trees and bananas. The journey can be extended of the world’s most inspiring archaeological sites. the most exquisite in all Islam. The journey finishes to include a three-day safari through the Royal The journey finishes amidst the splendour and in Tehran, Iran’s cultural, intellectual and political beauty of Isfahan whose buildings are some of capital; beautifully situated in the foothills of the Chitwan National Park, one of Asia’s great the finest in the Islamic world. spectacular Alborz Mountains. wilderness areas. 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