We've got a range of tours which use local transport as opposed to travelling on tourist coaches. Discover the enjoyment of travelling on local transport be it trains, buses or even rickshaws. These tours allow you to see the world from a different perspective.


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Excellent, sensational, a must-do....Prepare yourself for an amazing mix of adventure and antiquities.
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A very good trip. Varanasi, the camaraderie of group members and our group leader and seeing India in action were the best parts of the trip.
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The most memorable parts of our trip must be the crazy cyclo tour through the streets of Saigon and eating insects in a bar overlooking Phnom Penh!
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Best holiday ever!!! Had a wonderful group of people on the tour, aged from 19 to 70, singles, couples. We all got on really well and enjoyed spending time together. Riding round Hue on the back of a motorbike.
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It was very memorable and exciting, and a good idea to go on a tour through a country that would be difficult to navigate alone.
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The overall holiday was excellent, and the group we travelled with were very nice. We thought that the trip itinerary was well designed and we thank the operator management and staff for the opportunity to have this wonderful experience.
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Most memorable was staying in a remote raft house in the middle of a lake surrounded by rainforest and gibbons!
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Sailing around Halong bay, Motor cycling through the back streets of Hue, dancing with the children in the villages were the highlights.
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I had such a good time, the size of the group was just right and the age band was not too wide. Our guide was very competent and really made the trip work, it was so stress free.
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The guides were excellent and very flexible, willing to change schedules if possible to suit our needs, the transport always turned up exactly on time, the accommodation was exactly as described and the places visited were all breathtaking in their beauty and animal and plant life.
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It was great, I learned a lot and enjoyed the company. the most exciting part was Getting to the crater of Mt Bromo.
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Had a great trip... seing Rhino from the back of an elephant was one of the most memorable experiences.
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Our journey along the Narrow Road was a delight, thanks to the planning and the for thought that produced the itinery, the operator made sure that we had the best experiences possible and the local economy benefitted from our journey.
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Hmmm, hard to choose just one most memorable part since the whole trip was so great!...Overall my trip to China was one of the best vacations I've ever had.
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I enjoyed so many things about my holiday, I had a truly fantastic time but if I had to choose I would say the hill-tribe trek, that was a great experience for many reasons, I especially loved seeing the tribes & the breath-taking landscape it was unbelievable I thought, a special experience.
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The whole holiday was amazing, but if I had to name the top three things I would say (in no particular order!) going to Iguazu Falls (especially the boat ride under the falls!), the boat trip we went on in Paraty and just being in Rio.
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The Perhentian Islands are breathtakingly lovely and so relaxing; the homestay was absolutely charming and we ate like royalty.
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