Small Group Experiential Travel
Retaining our Cultural Tours' hallmark of authentic immersion and natural appreciation, this series of trips features captivating city tours, historical site visits, and leisurely strolls through towns and cities. Enjoy busy days filled with discovery, seamless travel, and light walking, all while remaining comfortably grounded. Itineraries are carefully planned to accommodate travellers of average abilities who appreciate a steady pace and engaging exploration.
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Western China Tour
13 Days
Tour Code: WC10
May, Sep
1 Country
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Standing before the 8,000-strong funerary army at Xi'an's Terracotta Warriors ● Exploring the ancient bazaar quarter of Kashgar, where Central Asia begins ● Driving the Karakoram Highway to glacial Karakul Lake ● Riding the high-speed rail across the Gobi Desert from Turpan to Dunhuang ● Entering the painted caves of Mogao — the greatest repository of Buddhist art on earth ● Watching the sun descend over the wind-sculpted formations of the Yardang Geopark at dusk
$6,390/ppCAD
History
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An Ionian Odyssey Tour
13 Days
Tour Code: IG10
May, Sep
1 Country
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Follow the route of Homer's Odyssey through the islands Odysseus sailed ● Explore Corfu's UNESCO-listed Old Town on foot, where Venetian alleyways open into hidden garden squares ● Glide across Melisani's underground lake where sunlight falls through a collapsed ancient roof ● Spend a day cooking and eating at a local home on Kefalonia, from market to table ● Island-hop by ferry through five distinct Ionian worlds, each shaped by a different history
$6,800/ppCAD
Off The Beaten Path
13 Day Mongolia Tour
13 Days
Tour Code: MN1
Jun, Jul
1 Country
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Remote, exotic, mystical Gobi Desert ●
Annua Naadam Festival ●
Ancient capital of Karakorum ●
Traditional cooking class and evening concert ●
friendly nomadic herds people ●
Sleep in a ger!
$7,400/ppCAD
Off The Beaten Path
13 Day Northern Ethiopia Tour
13 Days
Tour Code: ET1
Jan
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Vibrant Addis Ababa ●
Churches of Lalibela ●
Colourful Timkat festival ●
Spectacular Simien Mountain scenery ●
Christian churches, gilded monasteries
$7,820/ppCAD
History
Essential Japan Tour
13 Days
Tour Code: JP1
Mar, Apr, Oct
1 Country
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'Experiential' Tokyo sightseeing ●
Bullet Train to Hakone ●
Hakone Outdoor Museum ●
Historic Takayama ●
Kyoto: Temples & shrines ●
Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park
$7,910/ppCAD
Off The Beaten Path
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England's North: Romans to Romantics Tour
13 Days
Tour Code: JHNE
Sep
1 Country
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John Rylands Library, Manchester's neo-Gothic masterpiece ● the Roman frontier at Vindolanda and Hadrian's Wall ● Durham Cathedral, the finest Norman interior in England ● crossing the tidal causeway to Holy Island, Lindisfarne ● York's medieval walls, Viking underworld and soaring Minster ● the Mersey waterfront and a farewell ferry crossing at Liverpool
$7,990/ppCAD
Wildlife
13 Day Tanzania Tour
13 Days
Tour Code: TZ4
Feb, Sep, Oct
2 Countries
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Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park
Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder
Endless Serengeti plain
Great Rift Valley
Exotic spice island of Zanzibar
$8,640/ppCAD
Off The Beaten Path
Kenya & Tanzania Special Fly-in Safari Tour
14 Days
Tour Code: MCKT
2 Countries
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Experience a luxury flying safari in Kenya and Tanzania ● witness breathtaking aerial views of East Africa's landscapes and wildlife ● visit iconic destinations like Masai Mara, Serengeti, and Kilimanjaro ● stay in luxury tented camps ● enjoy unparalleled game viewing and cultural experiences ● explore vast plains, craters, and endless skies.
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History
14 Day Eastern Turkiye Tour
14 Days
Tour Code: TE10
Apr, Sep, Oct
1 Country
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Hattusas UNESCO site and Hittite Empire capital ● haunting medieval ruins of Ani with thousand church spires ● cliff-hanging Sumela Monastery in Pontic Mountains ● Lake Van boat excursion to Akdamar Island's Armenian church ● King Antiochus's audacious mountaintop monument at Nemrut Dag ● Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest temple complex predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years
$4,800/ppCAD
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