- The adventure starts in Finland and stops off in ten countries over 30 days
- Trip will see travellers flying in business class and staying in luxury hotels
- Journey includes stops in China, the US, India, Japan and Madagascar
If
you are looking for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday and have a lot of cash
to spare, a tour operator is prepared to take you on a fascinating trip
around the world.
Luxury
lifestyle website VeryFirstTo is offering a month-long trek to see ten
of the world’s wonders for the tidy sum of £77,500.
Holidaymakers
will be taken to destinations in countries such as India, Finland,
China and the US by a travel company that once offered an elaborate
two-year holiday visiting all 962 World Heritage sites across the globe.
The trip will begin with a visit to
Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in Finland where guests will be able to see
the spectacular Northern Lights while staying in a glass igloo
Billed
as a trip ‘like no other’, it has been arranged by luxury travel
specialists Hurlingham Travel, who have just been shortlisted for The
Luxury Travel Agency of The Year Award.
The
itinerary will begin with a trip to the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in
Finland where guests will be able to see the spectacular Northern Lights
while staying in a glass igloo.
From
there it is off to Petra in Jordan, the only ancient city in the world
that is part hewn from rock wall. It is iconic and instantly
recognisable in part due to its starring role in Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade.
Petra in Jordan is instantly recognisable after featuring in 1989 film Indian Jones and the Last Crusade
The
next stop on the journey is Turkmenistan’s ‘Door to Hell’ - the world’s
only burning natural gas field. It was created after Soviet geologists,
who were drilling at the site in 1971, tapped into a cavern filled with
natural gas.
In
an effort to prevent the poisonous gases escaping they set it alight in
the hope of burning it off. It is still burning more than 40 years
later.
The fourth destination is Madagascar and a visit to see the unique and endangered Adansonia Grandidieri tree.
The
tour will then travel to the Keibul Lamjao National Park in India,
giving travellers the chance to see the rare and endangered Sangai deer,
before a trip to see China’s Terracotta Army.
The
collection of sculptures that depict the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the
first Emperor of China, is a form of funerary art that was buried with
the emperor in 210–209 BCE and wasn’t rediscovered until 1974.
The tour will include a trip to see
China’s Terracotta Army, sculptures that depict the armies of Qin Shi
Huang, the first Emperor of China
Turkmenistan’s ‘Door to Hell’ - the
world’s only burning natural gas field. In an effort to prevent the
poisonous gases escaping, geologists set it alight in 1971. It is still
burning more than 40 years later
The eighth destination on the list is Japan with a visit to the spectacular wisteria tunnel located in the Kawachi Fuji Gardens
The
journey will continue onto the island of Komodo - the only place in the
world to see the magnificent Komodo dragon in its natural habitat.
The eighth destination on the list is Japan with a visit to the spectacular wisteria tunnel located in the Kawachi Fuji Gardens.
Guests are then flown to South Dakota in the US to visit the Corn Palace, the only one in existence.
The tour ends at Mexico’s San Juan
Parangaricutiro, a town buried by the eruption of the Volcan de
Paricutin in 1943. The ruins were featured in Henry Hathaway's 1954
Western, Garden of Evil
The fourth destination is Madagascar and a visit to see the unique and endangered Adansonia Grandidieri tree
Guests are flown to South Dakota in the US to visit the only Corn Palace in existence
The
tour ends at Mexico’s San Juan Parangaricutiro, a town buried by the
eruption of the Volcan de Paricutin in 1943. The ruins were featured in
Henry Hathaway's 1954 Western, Garden of Evil.
The
trip will include stays at luxury hotels including China’s Shangri-La,
the W Hotel in Minneapolis and the Jayakurta Suites in Komodo, while all
flights will be business class.
Those
who splash out on the round-the-world trip will also be able to buy a
set of ten shirts, designed by clothing company 1 Like No Other and with
fabric selected ‘from the finest European Mills’. The shirts have been
specially created to suit each destination.
A donation of £1,000 will be made to The Prince’s Trust charity each time the trip is purchased.
Other
holidays recently offered by VeryFirstTo include the TCS Global Icons
Private Jet Tour, which flies travellers to 35 of the world's most
iconic landmarks by private jet at a cost of £54,000.
