Photo Competition 2024
Photo Competition 2024 We had some great entries for our 2024 photo competition. So many good shots to choose from! The winner is Mark Frickleton for his moody picture from Antarctica. You can see all the other entries in the photo carousel below. [...]
News from the Road – Chase the Northern Lights
News from the road - Chase the Northern Lights - December 2024 Our journey began in Oslo, where one of the highlights was visiting Frogner Park to marvel at the sculptures of Gustav Vigeland. Braving the -4°C chill, we wandered through the park, immersed in his collection [...]
News from the Road – Antarctica
News from the road - Antarctica November 2024 The ultimate bucket-list trip to the remotest continent. Striking landscapes, icy seascapes and polar weather. Fascinating wildlife. A thought-provoking learning programme on board a comfortable modern ship with a friendly and professional crew. Our expedition cruise to Antarctica had [...]
News from the Road – Laos by Pandaw rivership
News from the road - Laos by Pandaw rivership - October 2024 Our tour started with a couple of nights in Singapore, a day out visiting the Joo Chiat area and the East Coast, and then a lovely stop at the always-entertaining Gardens on the Bay. We [...]
News from the Road – Marquesas by Passenger Freighter
News from the road - Marquesas by passenger freighter - August 2024 Looking back on our 12 days aboard the passenger freighter Aranui 5 the expression ‘he tangata, he tangata, he tangata’ springs to mind. The people, the people, the people. From the moment you step on [...]
News from the Road – Ireland
News from the road - Ireland - August/September 2024 One island but two countries, sharing beautiful landscapes, a long and complex history and a love for storytelling. Our tour around the Emerald Isle packed in cities, towns, villages and remote countryside, and we came away with an [...]
News from the Road – Alpine Walks In Europe
News from the road - Alpine walks in Europe - August 2024 This tour just finished on a very hot day in Munich having started nearly three weeks earlier in Zurich. In between Switzerland and Germany the group spent time in Austria and Italy. On the very [...]
News from the Road – Namibia and Botswana – June 2024
News from the road - Namibia & Botswana - June 2024 Truly an experience of a lifetime. Our group packed endless adventures into our recent tour of southern Africa, and we were left with indelible memories. As one of our group remarked a couple of weeks after [...]
News from the Road – Discover Japan – April 2024
News from the road - Japan - April 2024 Our ‘Discover Japan’ group has just had a wonderful tour of the Land of the Rising Sun. We were so fortunate that Mother Nature played ball and everywhere we went were cherry blossoms, all in full bloom. Magnificent [...]
News from the Road – India – March 2024
News from the road - India - March 2024 Incredible India. It engages all your senses with a riot of colour, movement, sound and smells, and of course delicious-tasting food. Our group explored India’s golden triangle of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur before venturing much further west into [...]
News from the Road – Gibbs Farm and Matakana – February 2024
News from the road - Gibbs Farm and Matakana - February 2024 The weather gods played ball as our group explored the amazing outdoor sculptures of Gibbs Farm. The farm perched on the edge of the mighty Kaipara Harbour has a number of site-specific art installations. Seeing [...]
News from the Road – Vietnam & Cambodia – October 2023
News from the road - Vietnam & Cambodia - October 2023 A lucky group has recently returned from exploring two fascinating Southeast Asian countries by land, sea and river. The tour was bookended by stays in Vietnam’s two main cities: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (or [...]
News from the Road – West Highland Way and Outer Hebrides (Scotland) – August 2023
News from the road - West Highland Way and Outer Hebrides (Scotland) - August 2023 Our Scottish adventure starts in Glasgow where we took in a city walking tour with a local guide who had a subversive sense of humour and wonderful stories of local legends such [...]
News from the road – Walking the Red Centre – July 2023
Our group just returned from a fantastic tour walking in the Red Centre of Australia.. A fabulous week with stunning weather (we didn't see clouds till day 6); such strikingly different landscape; great local walking guides and a very congenial group of 14 kiwis. We really hit the [...]
News from the road – Costa Rica – April 2023
News from the road - Costa Rica - April 2023 Our recent tour explored this gem of Central America. Not much bigger than Canterbury, Costa Rica packs in a lot with 30% of its land area protected in reserves and an incredible range of wildlife — 5% [...]
News from the road – Egypt & Jordan May 2023
Our recent sold-out tour to Egypt and Jordan was a real success. In Cairo the Pyramids and Sphinx wowed us and our lucky group got a sneak peek inside the new, yet to be opened, Grand Egyptian Museum. From Cairo we spent an evening in the coastal city [...]
News from the road – South Island Great Walks Explorer – March 2022
News from the road - South Island Great Walks Explorer Alastair Calder took a group on our ‘South Island Great Walks Explorer’ tour in April. Arriving into a stunning autumnal Queenstown the group feasted on a welcome dinner at the iconic Eichardts hotel [...]
News from the road – Remutaka Cycle Trail – March 2022
News from the road - E-Bike the Remutaka Cycle Trail A happy group completed nearly a week's cycling in Wellington and the Wairarapa recently, enjoying stunning views of Wellington harbour from the base of Pencarrow lighthouse. Andrew Matheson led the group of e-bikers [...]
News from the Road – East Cape Feb 2021
News from the road - East cape - Feb 2021 Penny took a group of 15 on the most amazing tour of the East Cape. Many tour companies whiz through the area with a few obligatory stops, but that’s [...]
News from the Road – Walking Wanaka & Siberia Valley Feb 2021
News from the road - Walking Wanaka & Siberia Valley - Feb 2021 In February, we had two groups depart on our ‘Walking Wanaka & Siberia Valley’ tours. Based at the Edgewater hotel on the lakeside in Wanaka, our groups enjoyed a [...]
News from the road – Pelorus Sound & Golden Bay – January 2021
News from the road - Pelorus Sound & Golden Bay - January 2021 Andrew Matheson recently returned from our Walking Pelorus Sound and Golden Bay tour. This is the second time we had run this tour over the summer. Lush native [...]
News from the road – Gibbs Farm & Matakana – November 2020
Peter Gibbs took a sold out tour on a short break to Matakana. We were fortunate to have excellent weather and we made the most of it, cruising to Kawau Island and exploring the sculpture parks of Matakana at Brick Bay [...]
News from the road – Tongariro, Taranaki & the Forgotten World – October 2020
The first of our New Zealand tours post-covid attracted a full house of 18 participants with Warwick Silvester hosting the group as tour manager and John Lawson behind the wheel of our coach. In Ohakune, Warwick lead us around his stomping [...]