During their Christmas / New Year hiatus, our Tour Leaders had some downtime to consider a series of prying questions about their personal proclivities. In this issue, we feature five of our leaders, simply the best in the business!
Adventures Abroad tour leader Rachel Kristensen at Machu Picchu in Peru.Travel Insurance: Don't Leave Home Without It!
Travel insurance (or any kind of insurance for that matter), is one of those must-have items that always comes with a rub—who wants to even consider the possibility of having to cancel one’s tour? Or the possibility of getting sick or injured?
Travel insurance is as important as your passport when travelling. Don’t leave home without it!
New Things and Updates
Departures through 2016 & 2017 now available for booking! Click here to download our complete 2016/17 price book New Tours - Canada! After a few years’ hiatus, we are bringing Atlantic Canada back into our roster!
Upcoming Tours
The ‘Five Stans’ – Spring Booking Now The next running of our ever-popular tour of the Central Asian states collectively known as the ‘Five Stans’—Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz Republic (formerly Kyrgyzstan)—is currently booking up and, as usual, will likely run at full capacity.
What a site!
Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies near the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
Photo: J. Hodgson
Main Feature – Islands, Islands And More Islands!
Many of our tours have visited or have featured islands — Greece’s Cyclades, Sicily, New Zealand, Japan, Cuba and Iceland to name just a few — but we are particularly pleased with the popularity and success of new trips that feature multiple island nations or island groups in one regional itinerary.