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Download All Dates As Group Tour Dates 2022 January 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 5th January India: Classic Rajasthan 11 days $2,933 7th January Inside The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia 11 days $6,433 8th January Ethiopia: Timkat Festival Tour 14 days $5,425 8th January Guatemala: Tikal & Beyond 16 days $3,857 9th January Rajasthan: Taj, Temples & Tigers 15 days $4,151 9th January Myanmar (Burma): The Road To Mandalay 14 days $4,739 15th January Beneath the Sands of Sudan 8 days $4,193 15th January India: Gujarat & Rann of Kutch 16 days $3,913 16th January Heart of Indochina: Laos and Cambodia 14 days $4,795 17th January Inside The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia 11 days $6,433 18th January South Indian Odyssey 19 days $5,355 20th January Oman Desert Adventure: Wahiba Sands & Empty Quarter 11 days $4,193 22nd January Darwin's Ecuador: Andes to Galapagos 16 days $7,637 22nd January El Salvador & Honduras: Secrets of Central America 2021 14 days $3,535 24th January Egypt: Cairo & Slow Boat to Aswan 13 days $5,768 30th January Southern Pakistan: Journey Through The Indus Valley 12 days $3,773 February 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 2nd February India: Classic Rajasthan 11 days $2,933 6th February Inside Kerala and Karnataka 14 days $4,193 6th February Laos Unlocked with Mark Steadman 14 days $3,983 6th February Rajasthan: Taj, Temples & Tigers 15 days $4,151 6th February Nicaragua Explorer 14 days $4,543 10th February Oman Desert Adventure: Wahiba Sands & Empty Quarter 11 days $4,193 16th February India: Classic Rajasthan 11 days $2,933 20th February Cambodia Explorer 14 days $3,731 Central American Odyssey: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras & 20th February 21 days $6,237 Guatemala (New Tour) 26th February Sri Lanka: Highlights of the Sacred Island 14 days $3,493 27th February Laos Unlocked with Mark Steadman 14 days $3,983 March 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 2nd March Uzbekistan: Land of Silk Road Treasures (Alternative Routing) 10 days $2,121 4th March Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon - Punakha Festival Tour 13 days $4,690 5th March Vietnam Explorer 14 days $3,745 6th March Journey Through America's Deep South (Recce Tour) 13 days $7,273 6th March Rajasthan: Taj, Temples & Tigers (Holi Festival) 15 days $4,179 Date Tour Name Duration Price 6th March India In Slow Motion (Holi Festival) 14 days $4,403 10th March Iran: Persian Explorer 10 days $3,451 Discover Eritrea: Highlands & Dahlak Archipelago of The Horn of 11th March 9 days $4,053 Africa (Recce Tour) 11th March Jordan: Lost city of Arabia 10 days $3,073 11th March Inside The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia 11 days $6,433 13th March Viva Colombia 14 days $4,837 19th March Guatemala: Tikal & Beyond (Lent) 16 days $3,857 25th March Chinese Silk Road Taklamakan Adventure 18 days $6,013 April 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 1st April Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon - Talo Festival Tour 13 days $4,690 9th April Classic Madagascar 15 days $3,885 16th April Georgia: Land of Myths and Mountains 9 days $2,191 16th April Ethiopia: Easter Explorer 13 days $5,355 16th April Uzbek & Turkmen: Cities of the Silk Road 14 days $5,145 23rd April Georgia: Land of Myths and Mountains 9 days $2,191 23rd April Italy: Walking and Wine in the Apennines (Recce Tour) 8 days $3,003 24th April Walking and Wine in the Heart of Catalonia (Recce Tour) 7 days $2,100 24th April Lebanon: Jewel Of The Levant (Recce) 7 days $3,073 30th April Azerbaijan Georgia & Armenia – Across The Caucasus 15 days $4,543 May 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 1st May Highlights of Romania: Beyond Transylvania 15 days $3,955 6th May Northern Greece: Along The Via Egnatia 9 days $3,605 11th May Uzbekistan: Land of Silk Road Treasures 10 days $2,583 11th May Pakistan: Hindu Kush Adventure (Spring Festival Departure) 15 days $4,193 12th May Algerian Colours 11 days $4,193 14th May Azerbaijan Georgia & Armenia – Across The Caucasus 15 days $4,543 14th May Uzbek & Turkmen: Cities of the Silk Road 14 days $5,145 15th May Iran Unveiled 15 days $5,131 17th May Tunisia Uncovered (Recce Tour) 12 days $3,955 20th May Pakistan: Hindu Kush Adventure 15 days $4,193 21st May Georgia: Land of Myths and Mountains 9 days $2,191 21st May Italy: Walking and Wine in the Apennines 8 days $3,003 21st May Portugal: Secrets of the Alentejo 8 days $3,115 22nd May Galicia: Camino, Compostela and Costa da Morte (Recce Tour) 8 days $2,723 22nd May Mongolia: Land Of The Great Khan 13 days $3,815 27th May Walking in Romania: Along the Enchanted Way 10 days $2,625 27th May Silk Road - Kazakhstan: Across The Kazakh Steppe 10 days $3,493 27th May Walking In Southern Albania - Coastal Trails & Ancient Empires 8 days $1,953 28th May Walking in Montenegro 8 days $2,093 28th May North-East Turkey: Walking In the Kaçkar Mountains 9 days $1,771 Date Tour Name Duration Price 29th May Alladale: The Wild Side of the Scottish Highlands 7 days $3,290 29th May Lebanon: Jewel Of The Levant 7 days $3,073 June 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 1st June Tastes of Georgia: A Culinary Tour with Carla Capalbo 9 days $4,165 3rd June Chinese Silk Road Taklamakan Adventure 18 days $6,013 3rd June Walking in Northern Albania - Into The Accursed Mountains 8 days $1,323 Peru: Lost Treasures Of The Cloud Warriors (Raymillacta 4th June 14 days $4,249 Festival) 4th June Madagascar Encompassed 22 days $5,873 5th June Into The Balkans: Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina 14 days $4,179 5th June Turkey: From The Black Sea to The Golden Horn (New Tour) 11 days $2,870 11th June Azerbaijan Georgia & Armenia – Across The Caucasus 15 days $4,543 11th June Israel & Palestine: Ancient Lands, Modern Challenges 11 days $5,145 11th June Karakoram Adventure - Kashgar to Kashmir 21 days $7,175 12th June Georgia Explorer 15 days $3,255 12th June Silk Road: The Five 'Stans of Central Asia (Ashgabat - Almaty) 29 days $8,953 15th June Uzbekistan: Land of Silk Road Treasures 10 days $2,583 17th June Northumbria: England's Wild Frontier 8 days $2,940 18th June Walking in Montenegro 8 days $2,093 20th June Italy: Walking & Wine in the Southern Alps (Recce Tour) 7 days $2,933 24th June Walking in Romania: Along the Enchanted Way 10 days $2,625 24th June Poland & Slovakia: Krakow, Tatras & Bears (Recce Tour) 9 days $2,933 25th June Armenia: Heartland of The Caucasus 8 days $2,184 29th June Walking in Bulgaria: Epic Landscapes of Ancient Thrace 11 days $2,079 July 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 2nd July Georgia: Land of Myths and Mountains 9 days $2,191 2nd July Scotland: Exploring the Orkneys & Shetlands 7 days $3,059 2nd July India: High Road to Kashmir - Hemis Tsechu Festival Departure 16 days $4,333 2nd July Pakistan: Summer Mountain Explorer (Shandur Polo Festival) 22 days $5,313 3rd July Kyrgyzstan Explorer 15 days $2,709 3rd July Tajikistan: The Pamir Highway (New Tour) 16 days $5,579 3rd July Namibia: Sands of Time 14 days $5,243 8th July Northumbria: England's Wild Frontier 8 days $2,940 10th July India: Journey to Ladakh 14 days $4,305 Walking in North Macedonia: Mountains, Lakes & Wine (Recce 10th July 8 days $1,715 Tour) 14th July Georgia: Walking In The Svaneti Mountains 10 days $2,373 14th July Siberia Explorer 16 days $7,931 16th July Pakistan Summer Mountain Explorer 21 days $5,033 17th July Mongolia: Land Of The Great Khan 13 days $3,815 18th July Italy: Walking & Wine in the Southern Alps 7 days $2,933 Date Tour Name Duration Price 24th July Belarus, Ukraine & Moldova: Undiscovered Europe (New Tour) 14 days $4,823 30th July Darwin's Ecuador: Andes to Galapagos 16 days $7,637 30th July Silk Road Odyssey 23 days $6,013 31st July Kyrgyzstan Explorer 15 days $2,709 August 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 4th August India: High Road to Kashmir - Dakhtok Tsechu Festival Departure 16 days $4,333 6th August Azerbaijan Georgia & Armenia – Across The Caucasus 15 days $4,543 6th August Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan - Mountains and Cities of the Silk Road 16 days $4,039 7th August Belarus, Ukraine & Moldova: Undiscovered Europe 14 days $4,823 9th August Tribal Lands of Papua New Guinea Hagen Festival Departure 17 days $11,893 12th August Northumbria: England's Wild Frontier 8 days $2,940 13th August Georgia: Land of Myths and Mountains 9 days $2,191 13th August Silk Road Odyssey 23 days $6,013 17th August Along the Pamir & Karakoram Highways with Chris Aslan 21 days $7,973 18th August Georgia: Walking In The Svaneti Mountains 10 days $2,373 18th August Pakistan: Hindu Kush Adventure (Kalash Uchaw Festival) 15 days $4,193 20th August Azerbaijan Georgia & Armenia – Across The Caucasus 15 days $4,543 20th August Scotland: Exploring the Orkneys & Shetlands 7 days $3,059 20th August Karakoram Adventure - Kashgar to Kashmir 21 days $7,175 21st August Mongolia: Land Of The Great Khan 13 days $3,815 22nd August Italy: Walking & Wine in the Southern Alps 7 days $2,933 26th August Walking in Romania: Along the Enchanted Way 10 days $2,625 27th August Uzbek & Turkmen: Cities of the Silk Road 14 days $5,145 28th August Kyrgyzstan Explorer 15 days $2,709 28th August Viva Colombia 14 days $4,837 28th August Turkey: World Nomad Games (New Tour) 11 days $3,465 30th August The Great Silk Road Adventure: Xi'an to Istanbul 48 days $16,373 September 2022 Date Tour Name Duration Price 2nd September Chinese Silk Road Taklamakan Adventure 18 days $6,013 2nd September Pakistan: Hindu Kush Adventure 15 days $4,193 3rd September Armenia: Heartland of The Caucasus 8 days $2,184 3rd September Walking in Montenegro 8 days $2,093 3rd September Georgia: Land of Myths and Mountains 9 days $2,191 3rd September Scotland: Exploring the Orkneys & Shetlands
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