Sailing the Spice Islands & Rumbling Volcano

Let me just start with this: if you want to feel like a 16th-century spice trader without the scurvy, or like you're starring in your own National Geographic episode (minus the camera crew and the budget), the Banda Sea is it. This pocket of the Indonesian archipelago is so remote, so raw, and so rich in history and biodiversity, that I honestly wonder why people aren’t tripping over themselves to get here.