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The Taj Mahal glowing white above its reflecting poolDelhi, Agra & Rajasthan Heritage RoadAsitjain · CC BY-SA 3.0Steam rising from Umi Jigoku hot spring in BeppuKyūshū Cities and Caldera Road Loop663highland · CC BY 2.5A painted Buddhist figure in a mural at the Mogao Caves in DunhuangHexi Corridor by Rail: Xi'an to DunhuangG41rn8 · CC BY-SA 4.0The lit chedis of Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu above Mae Hong Son at duskMae Hong Son LoopThanes Piamnamai · CC BY-SA 3.0The Hai Van Pass coast road curving high above the South China SeaHanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on the Reunification RailwaySteffen Schmitz · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Bromo and Mount Batok above the Tengger calderaJava by Rail: Temples, Bromo & IjenJakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0

One journey from each of the six countries with the most here, longest first.

When these journeys are at their best

Most journeys in seasonMay59 of 107 journeysFewest journeys in seasonJul26 of 107 journeys

What travel in the quieter months is like

What travel here actually looks like

Every country these journeys visit, assigned by coordinate rather than by the route's country label.
Journeys
107
Countries and territories
29
Typical distance
~350 km
Typical length
6 days

Every journey here

The Taj Mahal glowing white above its reflecting poolⓘ

Oct–Feb

Delhi, Agra & Rajasthan Heritage Road

India · 1,050 km · 8–10 days

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Hot-air balloons drifting over Cappadocia's fairy chimneysⓘ

Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct

Istanbul, Cappadocia & Antalya

Turkey · 1,280 km · 10 days

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Golden dunes stretching across the Liwa Desertⓘ

Nov–Mar

UAE City, Oasis & Coast Loop

United Arab Emirates · 972 km · 5 days

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The face towers of Bayon reflected in still water, Angkor Thomⓘ

Nov–Feb

Angkor, Battambang, Phnom Penh and Kampot by Reserved Road Transfer

Cambodia · 610 km · 8 days

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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park — Zhangjiajie & Fenghuangⓘ

Apr–May · Sep–Nov

Changsha to Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang

China · 470 km · 6 days

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A mirror lake in Jiuzhaigou's valleyⓘ

May–Jun · Sep–Oct

Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou by Rail and Shuttle

China · 460 km · 6 days

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Library of Celsus Ephesus — The Aegean: Ephesus to Bodrumⓘ

Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct

Türkiye's Aegean heritage: İzmir to Bodrum

Turkey · 538 km · 4 days

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Mount Bromo and Mount Batok above the Tengger calderaⓘ

May–Sep

Java by Rail: Temples, Bromo & Ijen

Indonesia · 1,200 km · 10–12 days

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A painted Buddhist figure in a mural at the Mogao Caves in Dunhuangⓘ

May–Jun · Sep–Oct

Hexi Corridor by Rail: Xi'an to Dunhuang

China · 1,618 km · 7–9 days

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Tea bushes contouring the Cameron Highlands hillsⓘ

Jun–Aug

Kuala Lumpur to George Town

Malaysia · 451 km · 5 days

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The Golden Temple on its sacred poolⓘ

Mar–May · Oct–Nov

Shimla, Mandi, Dharamshala and Amritsar by Reserved Road Transfer

India · 450 km · 8 days

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The gates of Hue's Imperial Cityⓘ

Feb–Aug

Heritage & Caves: Hue to Hoi An

Vietnam · 550 km · 5–7 days

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A southbound Taiwan Railways EMU3000 crosses rice fields at Fuli on the Hualien–Taitung lineⓘ

Oct–Jan

Taipei to Kaohsiung around the East & West Coasts

Taiwan · 900 km · 7–9 days

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The Qingshui cliffs dropping straight into the Pacificⓘ

Oct–Apr

Taipei to Taitung via the East Coast

Taiwan · 420 km · 6–8 days

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Chureito Pagoda framed against snow-capped Mount Fujiⓘ

Feb–Jun

Japan Golden Route

Japan · 505 km · 7–18 days

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Varanasi ghats dawn — Varanasi & the Buddhist Circuitⓘ

Oct–Mar

Varanasi to Patna Buddhist heritage road

India · 421 km · 5 days

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Hattusa lion gate — Anatolian Heartland: Safranbolu to Amasyaⓘ

May–Jun · Sep–Oct

Anatolian heritage: Safranbolu to Amasya

Turkey · 604 km · 4 days

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Hampi's boulders and temple towersⓘ

Oct–Feb

Goa, Gokarna and Hampi by Reserved Road Transfer

India · 500 km · 7 days

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Itsukushima torii Miyajima — Hiroshima & the San'in Coastⓘ

Apr–May · Oct–Nov

Hiroshima to Tottori San’in Road

Japan · 380 km · 5 days

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Huangshan sea of clouds — Hangzhou to the Yellow Mountainsⓘ

Apr–May · Sep–Nov

Hangzhou to Huangshan and Wuyuan

China · 330 km · 5 days

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Sigiriya rock fortress rising above Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangleⓘ

Jan–Apr

Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle

Sri Lanka · 249 km · 5 days

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Konark sun temple wheel — Odisha: the Golden Triangle of the Eastⓘ

Nov–Feb

Odisha: Temples, Puri & Chilika

India · 155 km · 4–5 days

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The tiled madrasahs of Samarkand's Registan squareⓘ

Mar–May · Sep–Oct

Tashkent to Khiva via Samarkand & Bukhara

Uzbekistan · 1,000 km · 7–9 days

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Gers on the open steppeⓘ

Jun–Sep

Ulaanbaatar & the Steppe

Mongolia · 600 km · 6 days

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The painted gopuram of Madurai's Meenakshi templeⓘ

Nov–Feb

Tamil Nadu Coastal Temple & Heritage Trail

India · 460 km · 6–8 days

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Tatev Monastery on its gorge-edge plateauⓘ

May–Jun · Sep–Oct

Monastery Road: Yerevan to Tatev

Armenia · 327 km · 5 days

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A train crossing Ella's Nine Arch Bridge in the tea hillsⓘ

Jan–Mar

Sri Lanka's Hills to Coast

Sri Lanka · 480 km · 9 days

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Baku's Flame Towers glowing over the old cityⓘ

Apr–Oct

Baku & the Caucasus Foothills

Azerbaijan · 700 km · 7 days

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Orangutan Bukit Lawang — North Sumatra: Orangutans to Lake Tobaⓘ

May–Sep

North Sumatra: Orangutans to Lake Toba

Indonesia · 300 km · 8 days

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Limestone towers around El Nido's turquoise lagoonⓘ

Dec–Apr

Puerto Princesa, El Nido & Coron

Philippines · 460 km · 7 days

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Yungang grottoes Buddha — Shanxi: Datong to Pingyaoⓘ

May–Jun · Sep–Oct

Shanxi heritage: Datong to Pingyao

China · 498 km · 4 days

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Ayutthaya Buddha head roots — Ayutthaya & the River Kwaiⓘ

Nov–Feb

Ayutthaya & the River Kwai

Thailand · 370 km · 6 days

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The white temple of Wat Rong Khunⓘ

Nov–Feb

Chiang Mai to the Golden Triangle

Thailand · 320 km · 6 days

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The lit chedis of Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu above Mae Hong Son at duskⓘ

Nov–Feb

Mae Hong Son Loop

Thailand · 600 km · 7 days

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Petra's Treasury glowing rose through the Siqⓘ

Mar–May · Sep–Nov

The King's Highway

Jordan · 430 km · 7 days

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The tiled dome of Yasawi's mausoleum at Turkistanⓘ

Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct

Silk Road: Almaty to Turkistan

Kazakhstan · 980 km · 7 days

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Steam rising from Umi Jigoku hot spring in Beppuⓘ

Mar–May · Oct–Nov

Kyūshū Cities and Caldera Road Loop

Japan · 700 km · 6 days

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Nachi Falls pagoda — Kansai Deep: Nara, Koyasan & Kumanoⓘ

Apr–May · Oct–Nov

Nara to Kumano Sacred-Sites Road

Japan · 300 km · 5 days

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The painted eyes of Boudhanath stupa over prayer flagsⓘ

Feb–May · Oct–Dec

Kathmandu, Bandipur and Pokhara by Reserved Road Transfer

Nepal · 250 km · 7 days

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Rinjani crater lake — Lombok & the Gili Islandsⓘ

May–Sep

Lombok Coast, Gili Air & Senaru

Indonesia · 190 km · 5–6 days

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Khone Phapheng falls — Bolaven & the Four Thousand Islandsⓘ

Nov–Feb

Pakse, the Bolaven Plateau, Wat Phou and Don Det with Confirmed Transfers

Laos · 320 km · 7–11 days

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Taktsang monastery on its cliff faceⓘ

Oct–Nov

Paro to Bumthang with a Guide and Driver

Bhutan · 300 km · 7–9 days

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The Hai Van Pass coast road curving high above the South China Seaⓘ

Mar–May

Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on the Reunification Railway

Vietnam · 1,726 km · 8–13 days

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A cargo barge on the Bassac River, Mekong Deltaⓘ

Dec–Apr

Ho Chi Minh City to Chau Doc through the Mekong Delta by Reserved Road Transfer

Vietnam · 290 km · 7 days

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Ulsanbawi's granite wall in Seoraksanⓘ

May–Oct

Eastern Heritage Trail: Busan to Seoraksan

South Korea · 470 km · 5–7 days

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Rani ki Vav stepwell — Gujarat: Ahmedabad to the White Rannⓘ

Nov–Feb

Gujarat: Ahmedabad to the White Rann

India · 570 km · 5–6 days

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Mayon Volcano above the Cagsawa landscape — Bicol: Mayon Heritage & Donsol Whale Sharksⓘ

Nov–Jun

Bicol: Mayon Heritage & Donsol Whale Sharks

Philippines · 120 km · 3–5 days

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Magome post town — The Nakasendo Wayⓘ

Apr–May · Aug–Nov

The Nakasendo Way

Japan · 185 km · 4 days

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Al Zubarah Fort beneath the blue sky of Qatar's northern coastⓘ

Nov–Mar

Doha & North Qatar Heritage Coast

Qatar · 114 km · 3 days

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Vang Vieng's karst peaks rising beyond green rice fields at duskⓘ

Nov–Feb

Luang Prabang to Vientiane

Laos · 314 km · 5 days

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Emerald water on the Okinawa coastⓘ

Mar–Apr · Oct–Nov

Okinawa Main Island

Japan · 110 km · 4–6 days

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Emerald pools winding into the canyon of Wadi Shabⓘ

Nov–Mar

Oman's Mountains, Sands & Wadis

Oman · 1,020 km · 7–8 days

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Howrah bridge Kolkata — Bengal: Shantiniketan to the Sundarbansⓘ

Nov–Feb

Shantiniketan, Kolkata and the Sundarbans with Confirmed Transfers

India · 385 km · 8 days

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Gergeti Trinity Church beneath Mount Kazbek's snowsⓘ

May–Oct

Tbilisi & the High Caucasus

Georgia · 700 km · 7 days

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Gergeti Trinity Church alone on its ridge above Stepantsminda, the Caucasus wall behind itⓘ

May–Oct

The Georgian Military Road: Tbilisi to Stepantsminda

Georgia · 155 km · 3 days

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The Azusa river under the Hotaka peaks at Kamikōchiⓘ

May–Oct

The Japan Alps: Matsumoto to Kanazawa

Japan · 250 km · 5–7 days

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Sapa rice terraces — Sapa & the Tonkinese Alpsⓘ

Apr–May · Sep–Oct

Hanoi to Sapa with a Reserved Mountain-Road Transfer

Vietnam · 330 km · 4 days

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Ban Gioc waterfall — Cao Bang & the Ban Gioc Fallsⓘ

Oct–Apr

Hanoi, Cao Bang, Ban Gioc & Ba Be with a Local Driver

Vietnam · 480 km · 5–6 days

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Sukhothai Wat Mahathat — Sukhothai & the Northern Plainsⓘ

Nov–Feb

Sukhothai and the Northern Plains

Thailand · 269 km · 4 days

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Sumela monastery cliff — The Black Sea: Trabzon to the Kaçkarsⓘ

Jun–Sep

Trabzon, Sümela & the Eastern Black Sea

Turkey · 230 km · 4 days

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Toshogu shrine Nikko — Nikko & the Samurai Northⓘ

May–Jun · Sep

Nikkō and Aizu Heritage Road

Japan · 230 km · 4 days

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Oludeniz blue lagoon — The Turquoise Coast: Fethiye to Antalyaⓘ

Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct

The Turquoise Coast: Fethiye to Antalya

Turkey · 300 km · 6 days

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Jeonju hanok village — Jeollaⓘ

Apr–Jun

Jeolla: Jeonju, Gwangju, Suncheon & Yeosu

South Korea · 200 km · 4–5 days

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The Yangtze surging through Tiger Leaping Gorgeⓘ

Oct · Dec

Yunnan from Kunming to Shangri-La

China · 700 km · 7–10 days

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The tiled facade of the Khudayar Khan palace in Kokandⓘ

Apr–May · Sep–Oct

Tashkent to Namangan through the Ferghana Valley

Uzbekistan · 487 km · 6 days

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Mysore Palace illuminated — Karnataka: Mysore, Coorg & the Coastⓘ

Oct–Feb

Karnataka: Mysuru, Coorg & the Coast

India · 415 km · 4–6 days

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Banaue rice terraces — North Luzon: Baguio, Sagada & Banaueⓘ

Nov–May

North Luzon: Manila, Baguio, Sagada and Banaue with Reserved Mountain Transfers

Philippines · 450 km · 7 days

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Hegra tomb Madain Salih — The Hejaz: Jeddah to AlUlaⓘ

Oct–Apr

The Hejaz: Jeddah to AlUla

Saudi Arabia · 720 km · 6 days

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Living root bridge Meghalaya — Meghalaya: the Abode of Cloudsⓘ

Oct–Apr

Guwahati, Shillong and Sohra by Reserved Road Transfer

India · 155 km · 6 days

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Mestia Svan towers — Svaneti: Batumi to the Tower Villagesⓘ

Jun–Sep

Svaneti: Batumi to the Tower Villages

Georgia · 300 km · 6 days

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The lakeside temple of Ulun Danu Bratan in Baliⓘ

Apr–Jun · Sep

Bali Loop

Indonesia · 300 km · 8 days

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Rows of lavender striping the fields of Furanoⓘ

May–Sep

Hokkaidō Summer Road Loop

Japan · 550 km · 7 days

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Sighnaghi city walls — Kakheti Wine Countryⓘ

Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct

Kakheti heritage and wine country

Georgia · 65 km · 3 days

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Gwalior fort — Madhya Pradesh: Gwalior to Khajurahoⓘ

Oct–Mar

Madhya Pradesh: Gwalior, Orchha & Khajuraho

India · 295 km · 3–5 days

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Shimanami Kaido bridge — Setouchi: Art Islands & the Shimanami Kaidoⓘ

Apr–May · Oct–Nov

Setouchi Art Islands & Shimanami Kaido

Japan · 210 km · 5–6 days

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Lake Issyk-Kul under the Tian Shan mountainsⓘ

Jun–Sep

Issyk-Kul & Song-Kul: Bishkek Loop

Kyrgyzstan · 1,038 km · 7 days

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Ritsurin Garden's pines and bridgesⓘ

Apr–May · Oct–Nov

Shikoku Four-Prefecture Road Loop

Japan · 500 km · 6 days

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A houseboat gliding Kerala's palm-lined backwatersⓘ

Oct–Feb

Kerala: Kochi, Munnar, Thekkady, Alappuzha and Varkala by Reserved Road Transfer

India · 480 km · 9 days

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Turquoise bay and forested headland, Perhentian Islandsⓘ

Apr–Sep

Kota Bharu to Kuantan

Malaysia · 375 km · 5–6 days

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Dalat Crazy House — Dalat & the South-Central Coastⓘ

Jan–Apr

Mui Ne, Da Lat & Nha Trang Road Journey

Vietnam · 295 km · 4–5 days

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Darjeeling tea Kangchenjunga — Darjeeling & Sikkimⓘ

Mar–May · Oct–Nov

Darjeeling and Gangtok by Reserved Road Transfer

India · 165 km · 6 days

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Seongsan Ilchulbong's sunrise craterⓘ

Apr–Jun

Jeju Volcanic Coast Loop

South Korea · 284 km · 4–6 days

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Mount Tai sunrise — Shandong: Qingdao, Mount Tai & Qufuⓘ

Apr–May · Sep–Oct

Qingdao, Mount Tai and Qufu

China · 430 km · 5 days

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Mount Kinabalu above the cloud lineⓘ

Mar–Sep

Sabah: Borneo's North

Malaysia · 330 km · 6–9 days

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The turquoise tiers of Cambugahay Falls, Siquijorⓘ

Nov–May

Dumaguete, Apo & Siquijor

Philippines · 150 km · 3–4 days

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Padar Island's three-bay lookoutⓘ

Apr–Oct

Flores & Komodo

Indonesia · 470 km · 6–7 days

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Bako proboscis monkey — Sarawak: Kuching & the Rainforest Coastⓘ

Mar–Oct

Kuching, Bako & the Rainforest Coast

Malaysia · 225 km · 4 days

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Pangong Tso's impossible blues beneath bare mountainsⓘ

Jul–Sep

Leh and Pangong Tso: Acclimatized Ladakh

India · 320 km · 7 days

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Tana Toraja tongkonan — Sulawesi: Makassar to Tana Torajaⓘ

Jun–Sep

Sulawesi: Makassar to Tana Toraja

Indonesia · 320 km · 4 days

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The Chocolate Hills rolling to the horizonⓘ

Dec–May

Cebu South Coast & Bohol

Philippines · 330 km · 7 days

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Gulangyu island Xiamen — Fujian: Xiamen & the Tulouⓘ

Mar–May · Oct–Dec

Quanzhou, Xiamen and the Fujian Tulou

China · 250 km · 6 days

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Hunza Valley and Baltit Fort — Upper Karakoram: Gilgit to Passuⓘ

May–Sep

Upper Karakoram: Gilgit to Passu

Pakistan · 155 km · 5–6 days

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Nilaveli beach Trincomalee — Sri Lanka's East Coastⓘ

May–Sep

Sri Lanka's East Coast

Sri Lanka · 250 km · 6 days

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Golden rice terraces on the hillsides of Longji near Guilinⓘ

Apr–Oct

Guilin & the Li River

China · 160 km · 4–6 days

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Alishan mountain ridges rising above a sea of clouds at sunriseⓘ

Oct–Dec

Sun Moon Lake to Alishan and Chiayi

Taiwan · 236 km · 4 days

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Wadi Darbat waterfall — Dhofar: Salalah & the Frankincense Coastⓘ

Jun–Sep

Dhofar: Salalah & the Frankincense Coast

Oman · 180 km · 4 days

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Sanya Yalong Bay — Hainan Islandⓘ

Nov–Mar

Hainan East Coast: Haikou to Sanya

China · 330 km · 5 days

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The Mã Pí Lèng pass road carved above the Nho Quế riverⓘ

Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov

Hà Giang Loop with a Reserved Local Driver

Vietnam · 350 km · 5 days

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Mu Ko Ang Thong islands seen from the Gulf of Thailandⓘ

Jan–Apr

Samui, Phangan & Tao by Passenger Ferry

Thailand · 190 km · 4–7 days

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Ko Lipe sunrise beach — Trang to Ko Lipe via Satun & Pak Baraⓘ

Dec–Apr

Trang to Ko Lipe via Satun & Pak Bara

Thailand · 240 km · 4 days

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Lakshman Jhula suspension bridge over the Ganges in Rishikeshⓘ

Feb–May · Oct–Nov

Rishikesh, Haridwar and Mussoorie by Reserved Road Transfer

India · 110 km · 6 days

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Khongoryn Els dunes on the Gobi Gurvansaikhan circuitⓘ

Jun–Sep

South Gobi: Gobi Gurvansaikhan Circuit

Mongolia · ~634 km · 5 days

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Kailasa temple Ellora — Ajanta & Ellora: Mumbai to the Cavesⓘ

Oct–Mar

Ajanta & Ellora from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

India · 290 km · 4–5 days

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One-horned rhinoceros Chitwan — Chitwan & Lumbiniⓘ

Oct–May

Chitwan & Lumbini

Nepal · 205 km · 4 days

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Longtail boats beneath Railay's limestone cliffsⓘ

Nov–Apr

Phuket, Krabi & the Islands

Thailand · 300 km · 6–8 days

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Gyeonghoeru pavilion reflected in its pond at Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoulⓘ

Mar–May · Sep–Nov

Seoul to Busan via Jeonju & Gyeongju

South Korea · 500 km · 5–8 days

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Hirosaki Castle framed by autumn maplesⓘ

Apr–May · Oct–Nov

Tōhoku: Sendai to Aomori

Japan · 560 km · 6–9 days

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