Encounters Travel is an adventure tour operator, based in the UK but with representatives in Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. We run a wide selection of cultural and adventurous tours around the world, each carefully designed to help you get the most out of the country you're visiting.
Our tours range from historical sightseeing and Nile cruises in Egypt, through to long strenuous treks and white water rafting in Nepal or swimming with whales in Tonga. You can join other travellers on a small group departure, or personalise and tailor-make an itinerary for you to enjoy privately.
Whatever your preference, we have a team of experienced travel consultants ready to advise you and help arrange your next great adventure tour!
Our travellers have a passion to experience the vast diversity of our planet's scenery, wildlife, history and culture.
Those joining our group tours love the experience and peace of mind that comes with travelling with other like minded people. Our groups are made up of people of different nationalities and from different countries, aged from their early 20s to 70+ and provide a fun opportunity to meet new people while exploring a new destination. They are ideal for solo travellers, and are a cost effective way to explore some of the world's most exciting and interesting destinations.
Those booking tailor-made tours are looking for a more private and personalised experience, perhaps focusing on a particular interest. These tours can be customised to suit any budget, style of travel and duration.
Our Small Group adventure tours give you the chance to explore the world with fellow like-minded travellers. Similar in style, our lower budget Shoestring tours use slightly lower accommodation levels and larger maximum group sizes.
In Africa our Overland camping and accommodated adventures cover larger distances and multiple countries in comfortable expedition vehicles. We've also designed special family tours that you can enjoy with other families or just take your own family on an exciting and rewarding holiday.
Our Escorted group tours are hosted by specially selected experts who bring their knowledge and skills to add an extra dimension to the tour. Finally, we run a wide range of Tailor-made tours for people who would like our help in designing their own holiday. These include a popular range of Day Tours in Egypt.
We know that choosing and booking a holiday is an exciting time - we all love travelling ourselves after all. We want you to feel confident when booking your tour with us so you can look forward to your upcoming adventure in a relaxed frame of mind.
You can be reassured that your money is safe as we provide all our travellers with comprehensive financial protection either through ATOL (covers flight inclusive packages for UK bookers) or through International Passenger Protection (IPP).
While you are on holiday, we will provide you with a local contact number as well as a 24 hour emergency number here in the UK that you can call anytime should you need to.
The growth in global tourism inevitably impacts upon the fragile environments and cultures that travellers seek to experience. We understand the impacts of our operations, and pro-actively seek to ensure that they are as locally sustainable as possible.
Many of our tours, by definition, travel through a variety of different environments and cultures. We try to cause as little negative impact as possible during our tours and where possible to act in such a way to benefit the local communities and environment.
We use local guides on the vast majority of our tours, as we feel that a resident of the destination you're visiting can give you a better insight into their country, and many of our travellers find our guides a real highlight of their tour.
Tour name | Country | Days | Departures | Price | ||
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Discover Egypt | Egypt | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1099 |
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Jordan Encounters | Jordan | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£899 | View Tour |
Lebanon Encounters | Lebanon | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£951 |
View Tour |
Moroccan Melodies | Morocco | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1179 | View Tour |
Incredible India | India | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£879 | View Tour |
Classic Nepal | Nepal | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1099 | View Tour |
Bhutan Encounters | Bhutan | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1479 | View Tour |
Namibia & Botswana Uncovered | Botswana , Namibia , Zimbabwe | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1029 | View Tour |
Anatolian Adventure | Turkey | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£899 | View Tour |
Egypt on a Shoestring | Egypt | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£699 | View Tour |
Taste of the Balkans | Albania , Bosnia & Herzegovina , Croatia , Greece , Montenegro , Serbia | 11 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1399 | View Tour |
Best of Jordan | Jordan | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£669 | View Tour |
Nubian Adventure | Egypt | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£899 | View Tour |
Taj to Varanasi | India | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1299 | View Tour |
Everest Base Camp | Nepal | 16 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1399 | View Tour |
Okavango & Chobe | Botswana , South Africa , Zimbabwe | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1099 | View Tour |
Nabateans & Nubians | Egypt , Jordan | 16 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1699 | View Tour |
Egyptian Legacy | Egypt | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1099 | View Tour |
Classic Israel | Israel | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1169 | View Tour |
Jordan on a Shoestring | Jordan | 6 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£589 | View Tour |
Jordan & Egypt on a Shoestring | Egypt , Jordan | 13 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1199 | View Tour |
Golden Foothills | India | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1249 | View Tour |
Morocco Desert Safari | Morocco | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£599 | View Tour |
Taste of Turkey | Turkey | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£719 | View Tour |
Discover Turkey | Turkey | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£849 | View Tour |
Gods of Egypt | Egypt | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1199 | View Tour |
Classic Greece | Greece | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£839 | View Tour |
Nepal Exposed | Nepal | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1099 | View Tour |
Hidden Treasures | Sudan | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2299 | View Tour |
Tonga Whale Encounters | Tonga | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2399 | View Tour |
Vietnam Encounters | Vietnam | 11 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1199 | View Tour |
Wildlife & Waterfalls | Botswana , South Africa , Zimbabwe | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2099 | View Tour |
Temples & Tigers | India | 11 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1299 | View Tour |
Foothills & Faiths | India | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1599 | View Tour |
Biblical Israel | Israel | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1169 | View Tour |
Best of Israel & Jordan | Israel , Jordan | 11 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1749 | View Tour |
A Week in Jordan | Jordan | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£749 | View Tour |
Jordan & Egypt Explorer | Egypt , Jordan | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1349 | View Tour |
Gorillas & Plains | Kenya , Uganda | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2049 | View Tour |
Maldives Uncovered | Maldives | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£999 | View Tour |
Pharaonic Encounters | Egypt | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£679 | View Tour |
Sands & Seas | Egypt | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£929 |
View Tour |
Best of Turkey | Turkey | 11 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1169 | View Tour |
Turkey Encounters | Turkey | 17 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2029 | View Tour |
Ancient Encounters | Egypt , Jordan | 17 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1899 | View Tour |
Morocco on a Shoestring | Morocco | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£599 | View Tour |
Imperial Cities | Morocco | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£599 | View Tour |
Nile Family Adventure | Egypt | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£999 | View Tour |
Kathmandu to Bhutan | Bhutan , Nepal | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1329 | View Tour |
Pyramids & Petra | Egypt , Jordan | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£899 | View Tour |
Cambodia Encounters | Cambodia | 6 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£799 | View Tour |
Balkans Explorer | Bosnia & Herzegovina , Croatia , Greece , Macedonia , Serbia | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1619 | View Tour |
Delhi to Kathmandu | India , Nepal | 16 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2199 | View Tour |
North India Highlights | India | 16 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1799 | View Tour |
Jordan Family Adventure | Jordan | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1149 | View Tour |
Himalayan Kingdoms | Bhutan , Nepal | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2049 | View Tour |
Egyptian Family Adventure | Egypt | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1479 | View Tour |
Nepal Family Adventure | Nepal | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Vietnam Family Adventure | Vietnam | 13 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1949 | View Tour |
The Garden Route - 9 days | South Africa | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£829 | View Tour |
The Garden Route - 7 days | South Africa | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£749 | View Tour |
East African Odyssey | Kenya , Malawi , Tanzania , Zambia , Zimbabwe | 20 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2299 | View Tour |
The Grand Southern Safari | Botswana , Namibia , South Africa , Zimbabwe | 20 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1799 | View Tour |
Wet & Wild in Thailand | Thailand | 13 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1799 | View Tour |
Lesotho, eSwatini & Kruger | South Africa | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1239 | View Tour |
Nubians & Beaches | Egypt | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1249 | View Tour |
Aegean Legacy | Turkey | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1099 | View Tour |
Cairo Boutique Hotel Break | Egypt | 5 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£499 | View Tour |
Moroccan Mosaics | Morocco | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Morocco Uncovered | Morocco | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Nepal Wildlife Safari | Nepal | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1579 | View Tour |
Himalayan Discovery | Nepal , Tibet | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Machu Picchu Calling | Peru | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1849 | View Tour |
Taste of Vietnam | Vietnam | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1479 | View Tour |
Vietnam Experience | Vietnam | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1829 | View Tour |
Laos Uncovered | Laos , Thailand | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2899 | View Tour |
Lebanon & Jordan Encounters | Jordan , Lebanon | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1679 |
View Tour |
Magical Marrakech | Morocco | 4 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Istanbul to Athens Explorer | Greece , Turkey | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2269 | View Tour |
Discover the Balkans | Albania , Bosnia & Herzegovina , Croatia , Greece , Macedonia , Montenegro , Serbia | 16 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2069 | View Tour |
Classic Greece & Santorini | Greece | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1569 | View Tour |
Classic Turkey & Greek Islands | Greece , Turkey | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2249 | View Tour |
Beirut Mini Break | Lebanon | 4 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£229 | View Tour |
Petra & Dubai | Jordan , United Arab Emirates | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1199 | View Tour |
Abu Simbel Sun Festival | Egypt | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£999 | View Tour |
Long Nile Cruise | Egypt | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£4999 | View Tour |
Rajasthan Explorer | India | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1549 | View Tour |
Ladakh Explorer | India | 11 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1599 | View Tour |
India on a Shoestring | India | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£579 | View Tour |
Maldives Island Escape | Maldives | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Zanzibar Escape | Tanzania | 6 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£779 | View Tour |
Tanzania Wildlife Encounters | Tanzania | 6 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1899 | View Tour |
Fethiye to Marmaris Gulet | Turkey | 5 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£229 | View Tour |
Marmaris to Fethiye Gulet | Turkey | 4 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£229 | View Tour |
Fethiye to Olympos Gulet | Turkey | 4 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£249 | View Tour |
Marmaris to Fethiye Return Gulet | Turkey | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£289 | View Tour |
Bodrum & Gokova Gulet | Turkey | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£289 | View Tour |
Fethiye & Kekova Gulet | Turkey | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£319 | View Tour |
Maldives on a Shoestring | Maldives | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£749 | View Tour |
Lebanon Discovery | Lebanon | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1099 | View Tour |
Savannahs & Sands | Kenya , Tanzania | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1429 | View Tour |
Vietnam & Cambodia Encounters | Cambodia , Vietnam | 16 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1959 | View Tour |
Vietnam & Cambodia Explorer | Cambodia , Vietnam | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Nepal on a Shoestring | Nepal | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£679 | View Tour |
Highlights of Nepal | Nepal | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Thailand Encounters | Thailand | 12 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2179 | View Tour |
Thai Spice | Thailand | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1399 | View Tour |
Classic Thailand | Thailand | 13 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2599 | View Tour |
Mountains to the Lakes | Bolivia , Peru | 21 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2129 | View Tour |
Walking with the Incas | Peru | 19 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2499 | View Tour |
Bolivian Encounters | Bolivia | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1799 | View Tour |
Uzbekistan Highlights | Uzbekistan | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1399 | View Tour |
Istanbul City Break | Turkey | 4 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£449 | View Tour |
Cairo Luxury Hotel Break | Egypt | 4 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Classic Cambodia | Cambodia | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1279 | View Tour |
UNESCO Indochina | Cambodia , Laos , Vietnam | 13 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1879 | View Tour |
Druk Path Trek | Bhutan | 13 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Maldives Active Adventure | Maldives | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1599 | View Tour |
Maldives Sailing Safari | Maldives | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Colours of Rajasthan | India | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Golden Triangle | India | 10 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Plantations & Hill Stations | India | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2699 | View Tour |
Jungles & Beaches | Thailand | 11 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1679 | View Tour |
Classic Vietnam | Vietnam | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£999 | View Tour |
From Beirut to Byblos | Lebanon | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1499 | View Tour |
Cairo City Break | Egypt | 4 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£379 | View Tour |
Egyptian City Break | Egypt | 5 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1049 | View Tour |
Birds of Bhutan | Bhutan | 14 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£4999 | View Tour |
Rajasthan to the Ganges | India | 17 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1949 | View Tour |
Desert & Kasbahs | Morocco | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1199 | View Tour |
Siam Treasures | Thailand | 18 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2699 | View Tour |
Indochina Explorer | Cambodia , Vietnam | 16 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2149 | View Tour |
North Vietnam Explorer | Vietnam | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£999 | View Tour |
South Vietnam Explorer | Vietnam | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£749 | View Tour |
Laos Trekking | Laos , Thailand | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2399 | View Tour |
Classic Kilimanjaro Trek | Tanzania | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1499 | View Tour |
Kenya Family Safari | Kenya | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£0 | View Tour |
Beijing to Shanghai Express | China | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
|
£529 | View Tour |
China on a Shoestring | China | 25 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1499 | View Tour |
Highlights of China | China | 15 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£999 | View Tour |
Taste of Greece | Greece | 5 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
|
£479 | View Tour |
Cyclades Highlights | Greece | 8 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1289 | View Tour |
Ionian Delight | Greece | 9 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1229 | View Tour |
Annapurna Sanctuary | Nepal | 17 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1449 | View Tour |
Luxury Everest Trek | Nepal | 13 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£2449 | View Tour |
Annapurna Circuit & Nar Phu Valley | Nepal | 22 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1799 | View Tour |
Langtang, Gosainkund & Helambu | Nepal | 19 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1449 | View Tour |
Langtang & Tamang Heritage Trek | Nepal | 17 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1299 | View Tour |
Santorini & Mykonos | Greece | 7 | January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021 |
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£1059 | View Tour |
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