Australia to Asia in 21 Nights on Silver Cloud

The Philippine capital on Manila Bay: the walled Spanish city of Intramuros, San Agustin Church, Rizal Park and the famous sunsets over the bay.

The largest coral reef system in the Philippines, off Mindoro, a protected atoll-like reef with walls, turtles and reef sharks and a lighthouse on Apo Island.

A town on Sibuyan, the “Galapagos of Asia”, an island of forest and waterfalls under Mount Guiting-Guiting, with the sandbar islet of Cresta de Gallo offshore.

A fishing town in Sorsogon where whale sharks feed close to shore in the early months of the year, and fireflies light the mangroves of the Ogod River at night.

A small island off Leyte with a long white sandbar at each end, ringed by clear water and reef.

An island of the Chocolate Hills, tiny tarsiers in the forest, centuries-old stone churches and the white beaches of Panglao.

The old capital of North Borneo, near the Sepilok orangutan sanctuary and the Sun Bear centre, with the Sandakan Memorial Park recalling the death marches of 1945.

Sabah’s longest river, winding through forest where proboscis monkeys, orangutans, hornbills and pygmy elephants come to the banks.

A volcanic island in Tun Sakaran Marine Park off Semporna in Sabah, where a steep climb leads to a view over a turquoise lagoon and the islands around it.

A port on the west coast of South Sulawesi, the birthplace of former president Habibie, and a way up into the Toraja highlands.

A port town on the Gulf of Bone and the closest landing for the Toraja highlands, with their boat-roofed houses and cliff graves.

A small volcanic island off Sumbawa with a salty crater lake at its heart, a short walk up from the beach, and coral on the fringing reef.

Benoa is Bali’s main cruise port, on the south coast near Denpasar. Ubud’s rice terraces and temples, Uluwatu’s clifftop temple and the beaches at Jimbaran and Seminyak are all within reach.

Home of the Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard, which rangers take you to see on foot from Loh Liang. The waters of Komodo National Park hold some of the richest reefs in Indonesia.

A village on the south coast of Lembata where people still hunt whales by hand from wooden boats, as their ancestors have for centuries, under strict traditional rules.

The capital of East Nusa Tenggara, on West Timor, where Bligh landed after his open-boat voyage from the Bounty, with ikat weaving villages and Timorese markets nearby.

The Top End’s tropical capital. Walk the waterfront, see saltwater crocodiles up close at Crocosaurus Cove, or learn about the 1942 bombing of Darwin at the military museum. Litchfield National Park’s waterfalls are a day trip for the keen.