Worldwide Holidays & Tours

Costa Rica is a natural wonderland, filled with bountiful nature and incredible wildlife. Explore the abundant rainforest and cloudforest, keeping your eyes peeled for the monkeys, sloths and colourful birds that call it home.

New Zealand is one of those holiday destinations of a lifetime. Explore the very best parts of this beautiful country, discovering the breath-taking mountains, National Parks, rivers, and all the must-see attractions. 

We stay in Auckland before travelling to the sub-tropical Bay of Islands– a wonderful region of historic towns and a deeply indented coastline filled with golden coves. Heading south from Auckland to Hamilton, marvel at the world-famous Hamilton Gardens, before exploring Rotorua, one of the North Island’s greatest areas of geothermal activity with its spectacular geysers. We continue to the renowned wine-producing region of Hawke’s Bay, facing the Pacific Ocean. Here we stay in charming Napier, famous for its unique architecture. From Mt Victoria, there are outstanding views of the capital city’s harbour. New Zealand has gained a reputation as an outstanding wine-growing nation, and Marlborough on the north-eastern corner of South Island is certainly one of the key regions for producing premium quality wines. Our tour covers the highlights of this remarkable country, such as our trips on the TranzAlpine train and the helicopter flight over the beautiful Franz Josef glacier.

In all of Africa there are few counties as diverse and as dramatically beautiful as Namibia. Range among towering dunes, voyage on life-filled sea and safari through spectacular wilderness in a land that promises an amazing adventure.

Our Namibia Adventure tour will see you exploring the most iconic sites, delving into deep-rooted culture and dining on delicious cuisine.

Explore the golden beaches, glamourous towns, open roads and expansive national parks of California and visit three iconic US cities – Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego.

Slip on your sunglasses, it’s time to explore the USA’s Golden State. Incredible natural vistas, laid-back cities, beautiful coastlines and a world-famous wine region – California has it all. What else would you expect from a state whose motto is ‘Eureka’, literally ‘I’ve found it’?

Starting in San Francisco, we’ll explore three world-class cities, heading to the star-studded Los Angeles and ending our journey in laid-back San Diego. Along the way, we’ll taste the delicious wines that California is famous for and stop at charming coastal towns and cities that look out onto the Pacific Ocean. We’ll also visit one of the world’s greatest national parks, Yosemite to see its craggy mountains, post-card-perfect lakes and fragrant forests.

This holiday is ideal for travellers who don’t just want to say they visited California, but that they‘ve sampled everything it has to offer.

This adventure is ideal for travellers with a reasonable amount of time to spend and who want to see the very best bits of Japan. We have designed the tour to make the most of the time available to showcase the key highlights of Japan and have incorporated travel by road to give the opportunity to see the beautiful Japanese countryside.

On this classic India tour, you will have the chance to experience different sides of Indian culture; from the contrasts of Old and New Delhi, to the historic city of Agra, trying to spot the tigers in Ranthambore and exploring the beautiful palaces and architecture of Jaipur.

China is a land of many wonders – ancient and modern, natural and man-made. Our most popular tour, this comprehensive journey takes you through China’s most iconic sights, from the magnificent Great Wall and mysterious Terracotta Warriors to the mighty Yangtze River and Yangshuo’s picturesque countryside.

Tour Includes, Beijing, The Great Wall, Xian (For the Terracota Warriors), Yangtze River, Li River, Chongqing Panda House, Shanghai

Discover a duo of remarkable, contrasting cities on included tours, gaze in awe at Iguazú’s plunging waters and take in the jaw-dropping views from Sugarloaf and Corcovado mountains as you savour some of the continent’s finest wines, taste fine food and stay in a selection of four and five-star hotels. Spend time surrounded by astonishing new sights, unforgettable wonders and the verve and vibrancy of two of the world’s most colourful nations.

Spend three nights at five-star hotel on lively Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro
Take in the views from Sugarloaf Mountain
Discover the Christ the Redeemer statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the New World
Immerse yourself in the local culture with an included drink at a traditional carioca bar
Spend two nights at a four-star resort at Iguazú Falls
Explore both the Brazlian and Argentinian sides of the UNESCO-listed Iguazú Falls National Park
Enjoy three nights at four-star hotel in Buenos Aires, with an included city tour
An included farewell dinner and Tango show on your last night
The chance to join an optional Gaucho excursion into the pampas grassland surrounding Buenos Aires

Tap and sway in time to the unending tunes while travelling to the hometowns of two Tennessee-based stars and America’s greatest musical legends.

A visit to Birmingham’s diverse culinary and musical scene starts this pilgrimage on a high note. Tupelo in Mississippi, Elvis’ birthplace, is next, with a chance to visit his humble childhood home, followed by spirited Memphis, the source of all things blues, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll. Here, a ramble down Beale Street reveals world-class live music venues and is best experienced with a cold beverage and barbequed delicacy in hand.

Optional excursions to the Sun Studio and the famed Graceland allow you to pay homage to the big names before time spent in Nashville, the country music capital ensures a change of rhythm. Join excursions to RCA Studio B and the Country Music Hall of Fame before discovering the buzzing honky-tonks, breweries and distilleries. Exchanging the flurry for the forests of the Great Smoky Mountains, the tour will then spend a couple of nights in Sevier County, the birthplace of Dolly Parton, where an optional outing to the Dollywood theme park promises a day crammed with entertainment for all tastes.

Discover the culture and nature of the Philippines – South East Asia’s lesser visited gem. Journey from the stunning rice terraces of the northern highlands to colonial Vigan and the sand dunes of Laoag, before finishing on the beaches of Bohol to view the magnificent Chocolate Hills.

Embark on a glorious adventure, starting amongst the magnificence of the temples of Angkor before boarding the wonderfully intimate Victoria Mekong ship for a four-night cruise down the Mekong river. With shore excursions designed to give you an authentic glimpse of local life, cross into Vietnam to discover its many treasures. Explore vibrant Saigon, charming Hoi An and historic Hanoi, and sail the waters of Halong Bay.

An island of unchartered jungles and tribal culture, a Borneo holiday exudes adventure! Discover ‘headhunter’ heritage, see a wealth of wildlife, delve deep into nature and meet the beautiful orangutans of Sabah and Sarawak on this incredible itinerary.

There’s no better welcome to America than the gracious hospitality the Deep South is famous for. Here, you’ll hear the sounds of the South – rock n’ roll, the blues and country – in their birthplace, Nashville, and the swinging jazz bands of New Orleans. . 

Then we’ll continue our Deep South discovery on part of the iconic Route 66 stopping at quirky American sights, shops and diners, and visiting the incredible Grand Canyon.

This holiday is ideal for travellers with a fascination for retro-American culture or a hankerin’ for an epic road trip.

The winds of change are blowing through Saudi Arabia, which only recently opened to non-pilgrims. Discover ancient fortresses, camel markets and UNESCO World Heritage Sites in its vast deserts, then experience the cosmopolitan comforts of its cities and high-speed bullet trains. On the final night of your 9-day tour, enjoy a farewell dinner with a Saudi businesswoman and her family, and reflect on how this intriguing country is looking ahead to a new vision of the future.

Experience the magnificent Rocky Mountains on this Canadian tour, travel along the ‘road of steel’ and finally arrive at Vancouver as one of the most naturally beautiful cities.

The Canadian Rockies must surely rank amongst the very finest of scenic and wildlife holidays on earth. The magnificent Rocky Mountains are Canada’s crowning glory and we stay in Banff, the very heart of the mountains.

The magnificent Rocky Mountains are Canada’s crowning glory: home to bears, majestic elk, moose and beaver, with vast forests that seem to go on forever. Opaque lakes of stunning emerald green and turquoise reflect the magnificent scenery like no other place on earth. Carpets of wild flowers bedeck the green meadows spread beneath the towering glaciers – huge expanses of brilliant white ice and snow, contrasting with the muted greys and pinks of the jagged peaks. We stay in Banff, the very heart of the mountains, then travel along a monument to man’s engineering prowess, the ‘road of steel’ that is the great Trans-Canadian railway, on the incredible Rocky Mountaineer train. Crossing high passes, deep ravines and innumerable spectacular bridges, places that can only be seen by rail, the Rocky Mountaineer is acknowledged as the ultimate way to travel through the beautifully rugged terrain of Alberta and British Columbia.

Finally, we arrive in Vancouver, nestling beside the immense majesty of the Pacific Ocean, which ranks alongside Sydney, Cape Town and San Francisco as one of the world’s most naturally beautiful panoramas. With its gleaming glass skyscrapers reflected in the azure-blue ocean, Canada’s third largest city is a fascinating and cosmopolitan metropolis encircled by water and mountains.

Victoria Falls, arguably Africa’s greatest natural wonder, with often overlooked Botswana and incredible Cape Town, what a tour!

Our tour starts in Zambia, adjacent to the spectacular Victoria Falls. Nearby Botswana is a wild and beautiful country and remains one of the few places on earth that really is unspoilt – a true wilderness where animals are free to roam and migrate freely along their traditional routes.

Then it’s on to South Africa and stunning Cape Town set in a breath-taking location. Backed by ever-present blue skies and the iconic Table Mountain, fringed with white sand beaches and the nearby fertile, seemingly never-ending valleys of the Winelands, it is blessed with a surfeit of world-class natural wonders.

Our tour offers incredible variety: the amazing natural wonder of Victoria Falls, the enthralling safari experiences of Botswana and the sophisticated style of Cape Town. You will return home with some wonderful photographs and incredible memories: an invigorating and uplifting reminder of how wonderfully diverse and beautiful our planet really is.