Asia & The Subcontinent

Whether you take a step back in time to ancient Angkor or catch a glimpse of the future in China, there’s no place on earth like Asia and the Subcontinent. Reserve knows where all her secrets are hidden and will make sure you enjoy uncovering them in the utmost style and comfort.

  • The Eastern & Oriental Express – Bangkok to Singapore

    Board one of the world’s greatest train journeys, where you will be transported to a time of elegance and charm, with unrivalled hospitality. Watch from the Observation Car as the landscape changes from skyscrapers to clear, unobstructed sky.

  • Tales of the Land of the Rising Sun

    Few places in the world manage to merge modern and ancient life as eloquently as Japan. Buddhist temples reside in the shadow of metropolises, while snow-capped peaks remind skyscrapers of their place, and neon cities bow to the rising sun. Centuries-old traditions not only persist, but provide a spiritual and symbolic grounding for all life.

  • Chronicles of the Himalaya: India, Nepal and Bhutan

    If this journey were a novel, it would be a sweeping historical saga, filled with legendary mountaineers and their pursuit of Mt Everest. Or perhaps it would be an architectural guide, the sheer size and scope of the Taj Mahal filling a chapter of its own. Then again, it could also be a cookbook, with each page dedicated to the spices and aromas that bring this part of the world to life. Or it could simply be an entire book dedicated to photographs of the Himalayan peaks at sunrise. Whatever the story, this is your chance to be part of it.

  • In the Footsteps of the Bengal Tiger

    The words of William Blake evoke the majesty of a magnificent animal. Search for the tiger and other denizens of the Indian wilderness on this unique safari that showcases the land and its wildlife, as well as its rich cultural heritage.

  • Journey through Sri Lanka

    The Arabs who visited Sri Lanka when it was part of the Silk Road between Europe and China named it Serendib, a name that we co~opted to make our own word, serendipity. Sri Lanka the ‘happy accident’, the ‘unexpected pleasure’. What better way to describe the beautiful but vertiginous drop at World’s End in Horton Plains?

  • Royal Rajasthan

    This Reserve journey is not called Royal Rajasthan by accident. The spirit of maharaji past pervades every royal corner of this state. Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh built the honeycombed Hawa Mahal, or ‘Palace of Winds’, in Jaipur so that his wives might enjoy the comings and goings of the world outside in unobserved modesty. 

  • China Revealed

    Is it possible to understand the world without at least some understanding of China? And not just the China of today, the producer of things, the purchaser of resources, but the China that has always been. For two thousand years, until the Industrial Revolution, ‘The Middle Kingdom’ was the centre of global innovation, thinking and economic activity. Citizens of the Song Dynasty enjoyed printed books four centuries before Gutenberg. The court to Kublai Khan dazzled Marco Polo, born and raised in the Dark Ages of Europe. And while North America’s inhabitants hunted and gathered, a million labourers built Beijing’s Forbidden City for a succession of Ming emperors. Today, once again, China is the fastest-growing country, economy and cultural influence in the world. Over twelve days with Reserve in China, we’ll show you this amazing destination where unfathomably deep history sits side~by~side with a country and culture hurtling thrillingly toward the future.

  • Mystical Myanmar

    For Westerners, Kipling is perhaps Myanmar’s most famous traveller. But it is an earlier visitor that remains its most influential. The Lord Buddha is believed to have journeyed through here around 500~550BC, and the stories of his journey are told in a collection of wonderful cities, pagodas and golden statues.

  • Ancient Angkor

    There are few buildings that arouse such passion that nations begin wars simply to take possession of them. But extraordinary Angkor Wat, in north-central Cambodia, is one of them. In August 1863, the French adopted Cambodia as a protectorate and invaded neighbouring Siam (Thailand) to get their hands on the Angkor area. Built in the 12th century as a capital for Khmer King Suryavarman II, many of its outer buildings have succumbed to the ages and surrounding jungle. But what remains will stay with you for life.

  • The Kingdom of Laos

    In the 14th century, Laos went by a far more romantic moniker: Lan Xang Hom Kao or ‘The Kingdom of a Million Elephants Under a White Parasol’. It referred to the formidable war machine of its monarch, Prince Fa Ngum. The metaphor remains apt today in a country that retains a deep connection with its jungle heart while adopting the gentleness of a living Buddhist faith.