Articles tagged with: touring-holidays
Celebrate Tet , Vietnams biggest festival
The Tet Festival celebrates the beginning of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. It is the most significant celebration in the Vietnamese calendar, and sees people embarking in local traditional celebrations across the country.
G Adventures to restart Egypt trips in 2014
From January 1st, 2014, G Adventures will be operating its full programme of trips in Egypt, with slightly altered itineraries that use flights instead of trains while overnight trains are temporarily out of service.
Learn to photograph the Northern Lights with Aurora Hunters
Exclusive to WEXAS Travel, Northern Lights specialists Aurora Hunters is now offering travellers the opportunity to learn how to photograph the Northern Lights over five days in Norway’s Lofoten Islands.
Visit Albania on a Croatia to Greece Pass tour
Balkan Road Trip is launching a brand new two-day Albania add-on to its existing Croatia to Greece Pass tour.
Discover Sweden’s archipelagos
Take in Sweden’s west and east coasts on a two-week self-guided adventure.
Save £730 per person on a luxury getaway to Brazil
Latin America specialists Rainbow Tours are offering a 10-night 'Luxury Brazilian Escape’ for £3,495 per person – saving £730 – for travel until September 30th.
Foodie floating markets of Thailand trip
A treat for all the senses, Thailand’s bustling streets and shopping districts offer a truly alternative and authentic experience.
Brand new Viking tour of Denmark
Taber Holidays has launched a brand new Viking-themed tour, allowing holidaymakers to follow in their once-feared footsteps.
Save £600 on a luxury Madagascar trip in high season
Rainbow Tours has reduced the cost of an 11-night Southern Madagascar Forest & Beach Holiday by £600 per person for departures between June 25th and July 31st. This is high season in Madagascar, but the offer brings this holiday down to its low-season price of £3,890 per person.
Three Passes and Three Peaks in Nepal’s Himalayas
It was mid-October and the frost already lay thick on the ground, glistening in the light of the moon. As I looked out across the silhouetted snow-capped peaks beyond, I stopped and listened…complete silence. I couldn't have felt much further from the London rush hour.
Alaska trips with Discover the World
Discover the World has added an inspiring range of itineraries to Alaska to their portfolio.
New 'go slow' touring concept launched in New Zealand
Tour operator Discover the World has launched a fresh concept for travel in New Zealand, encouraging travellers to travel slowly and savour each area.
Sheep Shearing Festival in New Zealand
In a country where sheep outnumber people by 11 to 1, the New Zealand Sheep Shearing Festival – on the first weekend of March in Masterton on the North Island – is a pretty big deal in kiwi country.
Sri Lanka Culinary Tour
With British Airways returning to Sri Lanka next month after a 15-year absence, visiting ‘The Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ is becoming even easier. World Expeditions is offering a 12-day culinary tour of Sri Lanka for £3,250 per person.
Seasonal trekking guide: When to trek where
Want to go on a trekking adventure but unsure of where and when to go? With the help of World Expeditions, we’ve compiled a handy seasonal trekking guide, from spring-time hikes in Nepal to enjoying the long summer days in Alaska.
Wendy Wu Tours January sale
Wendy Wu Tours is offering £200 per couple off all group tours to China, Indochina and India this January. What better way to celebrate the Chinese New Year?
Life of Pi cinematic getaway in India
With the film of Life of Pi nominated for an impressive 11 Academy Awards, including best picture, Travel Indochina is preparing to welcome a fresh wave of travellers on its newly-extended “Secrets of South India” Small Group Journey, which spends two nights in the coastal town of Pondicherry where the film was shot.
Fly free to New Zealand
Austravel is offering a companion a free international flight to New Zealand, when booking its popular New Zealand Wonderland Tour.
Colourful fun at the Holi Festival in India
For those wanting to inject some colourful fun into the start of 2013, India's Holi Festival is certainly a spectacle not to be missed.
Treehotel and Icehotel tour, Sweden
Looking for a really unique experience? Look no further than the brand new ‘Treehotel and Icehotel’ tour from Taber Holidays.
Sri Lanka Exotic Isle Tour
Thomas Cook Tours is offering a 10 per cent discount on its Sri Lanka Exotic Isle Tour, departing London on January 31st.
The world's most expensive trek just got cheaper
The iconic 156-day Great Himalaya Trail, the world’s longest and most expensive trek (just below £20,000 per person) has just got cheaper.
Responsible Tourism Awards: winners announced
Reality Tours and Travel has been named overall winner of the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2012.
British Travel Awards: The Winners
The winners of the 2012 British Travel Awards have today been announced, with a whopping one million votes cast to determine the winners.
Editor’s blog: London's tastiest tour
Did you know that a single cocoa bean has more antioxidants in it than anything else on the planet? (I now plan to tell myself that every time I indulge in just one more square).