Creative Escapes

Highlights

• Even the most traveled are underprepared for that breath-stealing moment its gates are traversed and this magnificent world wonder comes into focus. Surely the most beautiful building on the planet.
• Spectacular dusk fire ceremony performed by priests on the banks of the holy river, before myriad small candles are placed on a flower raft and floated down the Ganges.
• Varanasi is a veritable paradise for pilgrims, who throng the ghats of the Ganges for spiritual rewards like deliverance from sin and attainment of nirvana. A truly incredible spectacle.
• Pushkar Camel Fair is one of India’s most highly-rated travel experiences, a spectacle on an epic scale, an opportunity to witness the color, spectacle and carnival of one of the last great traditional meals.

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• The iconic symbol of Yosemite grandeur, we’ll take you to the exact point where Ansel shot one of his most famous images in 1960, before ascending way above the treeline for our fave view from Glacier Point.
• Discover myriad multi-coloured vistas at the lowest point in the USA; a blistered, surging landscape, like the mountains of the moon, and quite certainly one of the most unusual places you’ll ever have the pleasure to visit.
• Massive, ancient giant sequoias live in three groves in Yosemite National Park - estimated to be around 4,600 years old and spanning upwards of 200 feet in the air.
• Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, made him the most famous ever landscape photographer.

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• See Colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter; locals markets meld carefully with boutique hotels and hip bars. There is truly something for everyone in Siem Reap.
• Encounter Angkor Wat, the mother of all temples, the world’s largest religious building, the ultimate expression of Khmer genius. Built in 1100 and surrounded by a vast moat, Angkor Wat is one of the most inspired monuments ever conceived by the human mind.
• Visit Wat Bo, the largest Buddhist temple in the region.
• See and hear the meditative melodies of the monks chanting in unison at prayer time.
• Visit Ta Prohm, the site of cinematic adventures. It’s series of narrow galleries and pillars are held hostage under the grip of gigantic cotton tree roots. Our fave - and in the dawn light, all to ourselves.

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• Architectural wonders seem to appear on every corner. Stupas radiating colorful prayer flags; frantic vegetable and spice markets. This is Kathmandu - ancient, spiritual and totally alive.
• See five of the highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest, on our optional 45-minute mountain flight. Our special plane has only window seats, so you get a birds eye view on the roof of the world. Wow.
• kilometers of lush forest, marsh and grassland – with sizable populations of endangered Indian Rhino, Tigers, Leopards and rare Dolphins. A feast for the nature lover.
• Perfect triangular mountains; three the highest anywhere. Millpond calm lake - perfectly reflecting the snowy peaks. And a buzzing lakeshore village. Welcome to Pokhara.
• Tibetan monks in maroon robes and with shaved heads wander the prayer flag–decked streets while pilgrims spin prayer wheels and stock up on yak butter and tsampa

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• Visit to Sri Lanka’s most important Buddhist shrine, The Temple of the Tooth.
• Enjoy some seclusion on Sri Lanka’s southernmost shores overlooking the Indian Ocean.
• See the a World Heritage site and Sri Lanka’s most perfectly preserved colonial town
• Visit the canopied jungles of Ella, everyone’s favorite hill country village.

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• Encounter the nomadic tribe of the Sahara once travelled the desert in great numbers, but after invasions and wars they have been reduced to small groups, scattered across the sandy hills of this unforgiving desert.
• Explore myriad labyrinth of ancient alleys, where artisans hammer, weld, scuplt and, of course, seduce passers by. Our guides will take you directly through this magical, ancient marketplace.
• Visit Marrakesh, a city steeped in ancient artistry that continues to thrive, including zellij, terra cotta tilework covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster. This form of Islamic art is one of the main characteristics of Moroccan architecture.
• Deep inside the highest dunes in the Sahara lies Erg Chigaga, eight luxury tents, replete with king beds, egyptiancotton and wall to wall kilims; a romantic hideaway with open bar and divine cuisine; Sahara in style.

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• Visit the Shoot ‘street’ in the old alleyways of historic Fort Cochin
• See the Capture behind the scenes of a Keralan dance drama, before the show starts
• Experience the Long exposures at dusk, fronting the 500-year old Chinese Fishing nets
• Visit the Climb the world’s highest tea plantation, shooting candid portraits of pickers
• Explore backwater villages by luxury houseboat, photographing families in homes

Highlights

• Our Sky Walk tour includes over 2.5 kilometers of trails, and 6 suspended bridges across deep canyons at the level of the treetops – the perfect place to see the cloud forest in action.
• A true eco-Disneyland, where adrenaline sports meets garden of Eden. From sleeping sloths to zipliners to miniature orchids only a few millimeters across, this one truly fascinating place to explore.
• Costa Rica has over 200 identifiable volcanic formations dating back 65 years, today only a handful show activity, and we’ll be on hand from a safe distance to photograph green-blue lakes and any night-time eruptions.
• Almost on the border of Panama, this stunning Caribbean beach hangout is far from the west coast tourist crowds, offering one of the last remaining authentic ramshackle locations on this coast. Incredible.