The Discoverer RTW allows access to 7 countries & up to 158 World Heritage sites

We were chatting today about the maximun amount of UNESCO Heritage Sites you could visit on an RTW. There are 890 in the world and obviously you couldn't visit them all on one round the world flights trip within a year. However, after a bit of head-scratching at RTW headquarters in Islington, and by the neat trick of crossing one of our most popular RTWs with the World Heritage sites within 7 different countries, we worked out you could, at a push, a real push, and with a lot of internal travel, visit up to 158 UNESCO World Heritage sites...that's a lot of culture...

This is the ticket; The 7 Stop Discoverer RTW from £1288:

UK - India - South East Asia Stop - Australia - New Zealand - Santiago surface Lima - Madrid - UK - see more price details here

And here are the potential World Heritage Sites

India

Agra Fort Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Taj Mahal Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Sun Temple, Konârak Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Kaziranga National Park Keoladeo National Park Churches and Convents of Goa Fatehpur Sikri Group of Monuments at Hampi Khajuraho Group of Monuments Elephanta Caves Great Living Chola Temples Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Sundarbans National Park Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Humayun's Tomb, Delhi Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Mountain Railways of India Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) Red Fort Complex

Thailand
Historic City of Ayutthaya Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex

Malaysia
Gunung Mulu National Park Kinabalu Park Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

China
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Mogao Caves Mount Taishan Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian The Great Wall Mount Huangshan Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa 7 Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu Lushan National Park Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Ancient City of Ping Yao Classical Gardens of Suzhou Old Town of Lijiang Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing Dazu Rock Carvings Mount Wuyi Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Longmen Grottoes Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System Yungang Grottoes Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom Historic Centre of Macao Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains Yin Xu Kaiping Diaolou and Villages South China Karst Fujian Tulou Mount Sanqingshan National Park Mount Wutai

Australia
Great Barrier Reef Kakadu National Park Willandra Lakes Region Lord Howe Island Group Tasmanian Wilderness Gondwana Rainforests of Australia Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Wet Tropics of Queensland Shark Bay, Western Australia Fraser Island Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) Heard and McDonald Islands Macquarie Island Greater Blue Mountains Area Purnululu National Park Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens Sydney Opera House

New Zealand
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand Tongariro National Park New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

Chile
National Park Churches of Chiloé Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Sewell Mining Town

Bolivia
City of Potosí Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos Historic City of Sucre Fuerte de Samaipata Noel Kempff Mercado National Park Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture

Peru
City of Cuzco Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Chavin (Archaeological Site) Huascarán National Park Chan Chan Archaeological Zone Manú National Park Historic Centre of Lima Río Abiseo National Park Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa Sacred City of Caral-Supe

Spain
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada Burgos Cathedral Historic Centre of Cordoba Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid Works of Antoni Gaudí 22 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) Garajonay National Park Historic City of Toledo Mudejar Architecture of Aragon Old Town of Cáceres Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville Old City of Salamanca Poblet Monastery Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida Route of Santiago de Compostela Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe Doñana National Park Historic Walled Town of Cuenca La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia Las Médulas Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Pyrénées - Mont Perdu San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture San Cristóbal de La Laguna Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco Archaeological Site of Atapuerca Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí Palmeral of Elche Roman Walls of Lugo Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza Vizcaya Bridge Teide National Park Tower of Hercules

See a complete UNESCO World heritage site here

Obviously it's also a heck of a lot of travelling within each country, but on our reckoning we think most passengers on an RTW would visit at least a dozen...

For example:

Agra Fort Taj Mahal Churches and Convents of Goa Mountain Railways of India Mahabodhi Red Fort Complex Ayutthaya Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns and George Town Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing an Imperial Garden in Beijing Temple of Heaven The Great Wall Great Barrier Reef Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Fraser Island Sydney Opera House Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand National Park Churches of Chiloé Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso City of Potosí City of Cuzco Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Chavin Chan Chan Historic Centre of Lima