Our Top Cultural Experiences

Bhutan

This peaceful Buddhist nation has an engrossing culture centered on religion and only lightly touched by the outside world. It is an exceptionally special place.

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Papua New Guinea

Much of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is essentially in the stone age, not all that influenced by departed European and Australian colonies or by past and present missionaries. Remarkably, the inner highlands were so inaccessible that outsiders never penetrated to make contact until two Australian brothers and their party went there in search of gold in 1932. The cultures are complex and paradoxical.

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Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Extraordinary funeral and burial customs are practiced by this Christian enclave in predominantly Muslim Indonesia. The unique architecture of buildings enhances the lovely countryside.

 

Maasai, Tanzania, Africa

Chiefly ranchers and hunters, the Maasai have maintained a way of life relatively undisturbed by modern society.

 

Yap, Micronesia

Although one can perceive common elements from other Polynesian cultures, such as the Maori or Fijians, Yap maintains a very interesting society.

 

Madagascar

Madagascar’s first humans came from Indonesia just prior to the middle of the last millennium. In subsequent centuries Europeans colonized it, importing African, Indian, and Chinese labor and generating a population with great physical beauty and a fascinating mélange of practices and beliefs.