Asia

A city tour with a difference. Rather focus on sightseeing, the aim is to get you off the tourist trail and discover a city's hidden gems thet few visitors know about. Your Imaginative Traveller leader will take you to locations that aren't in any guidebook and you'll visit the places the locals do - to get that really authentic experience.

Varanasi (Benares), the holy city on the River Ganges, is the most important place of pilgrimage for Hindus. Pilgrims make their way down to the river to bathe in its holy waters, washing away their sins. This 3 day extension in Varanasi gives a fantastic insight into this most mystical of India's cities.

Sri Lanka has just about everything the traveller could want - superb ancient sites, magnificent scenery, a delicious cuisine, incredibly friendly and welcoming locals and lovely white palm fringed beaches. We explore all of this and more on this comprehensive tour of Sri Lanka, the ‘pearl of the Indian Ocean’.

Starting by the beach at Kovalam, in the wonderful state of Kerala, our journey takes us through palm-lined backwaters, hiking in the mountains, exploring the most exotic temple city in South India, the magnificent Maharajah’s Palace in Mysore, and the fascinating ruins at Hampi. We finish with two days to sample the lifestyle of Goa.

The people are friendly and love children, the hotels are comfortable and most have swimming pools and there are lots of activities to keep children of all ages happily occupied. On our tour you get to see all the highlights of Thailand and then have a wonderful two days to relax on the beach at the end.

This is a fascinating tour to one of the lesser known parts of India, the remote northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland. From the tea plantations in the far east of Assam to the tribal villages of northern Nagaland, from the wildlife-rich Kaziranga National Park to the beautiful hills of Meghalaya, this is a journey to hidden India.