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In this episode of “Planet of Treasures” presenter Christopher Clark travels the African continent, known as the cradle of humankind and bearing witness to this long and diverse past. His journey leads him to East Africa, which is home to a particularly diverse group of peoples and cultures. Egypt with its legacy of the pharaohs, Ethiopia with its imperial tradition and ancient Christian roots, Kenya and Tanzania with their dazzling landscapes.

In this episode of „Planet of Treasures” Christopher Clark explores the cultural wealth of Southeast Asia: Angkor in Cambodia, the old royal cities of Hue in Vietnam and Luang Prabang in Laos. Angkor once was the biggest city in the world, it was about the size of modern-day Berlin. Nowadays the temple city’s ruins are the largest religious monument in Southeast Asia. Ha Long Bay, the world’s biggest cave in Vietnam and Balinese rice terraces prove that nature and culture often go hand in hand.

Christopher Clark’s journey to Europe's cultural sites starts in Venice, a city that has been powerful in trading for a thousand years and leads on the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela. Afterwards he discovers castles in the beautiful Rhine Gorge, visits a German master organ builder and explores Paris with its unique architectural masterpieces like Notre Dame or the Eiffel Tower before lastly reaching the “Völklinger Hütte” as an example for the industrialisation and Kew Gardens in London.

On this journey presenter Christopher Clark visits highlights of the diverse and historic UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India and tries to answer the question as to what unites the 1,4 billion people on the subcontinent. His path leads him from the holy Hindu city of Varanasi to Mumbai and the caves of Elephanta Island, and on narrow rail tracks up to the Himalaya, from the legendary Taj Mahal to the monumental castles and palaces of Rajasthan. Lastly, Christopher Clark learns a lot about yoga.