Add a twist to your journey tales with these all-new, out-there journeys and experiences.
Typically, there are bundles of thought and reasoning that go into selecting your subsequent journey. And generally, it’s so simple as asking ‘why not?’. I imply, why wouldn’t you wish to swim in a pink-coloured lake in Senegal? Or find out how locals make their yurts in rural Kyrgyzstan?
Going past the same old is the Intrepid approach – so right here’s how you are able to do precisely that in 2025.
1. Uncover the sounds and sights of Senegal
What springs to thoughts whenever you consider West Africa? In case you mentioned full of life jazz bars and hanging pink lakes, we’re on the identical web page – and you’ll expertise that pure magnificence and cultural richness for your self on the brand new 12-day Senegal & The Gambia Journey. Go to the aptly named Pink Lake, the place you may select to take a dip within the brightly-coloured water, earlier than spending the evening in Saint Louis – a World Heritage website the place jazz rhythms and melodies resonate via the full of life streets.
2. Hop on over to the island of Hokkaido
Japan holds an enormous draw for a lot of travellers, however few select to move north. This all-new Northern Japan & Hokkaido Journey seems to shed new mild on the nation’s wealthy tapestry of tradition, historical past and pure magnificence. Expertise a slice of this throughout a go to to the Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum and be taught concerning the wealthy tradition of Ainu individuals – an Indigenous group from the northern areas of Japan. After, get accustomed to Ainu meals throughout a cooking demonstration showcasing Ainu dumplings (after which pattern some for your self).
3. Take heed to myths below Greenland’s midnight solar
Often, exploring such a distant nook of Earth could be a narrative in and of itself – however not for travellers on the brand new Greenland Expedition. When you’ve gotten your bearings in Nuuk, you’ll get to meet an area monster hunter and storyteller. Settle in and listen to all about native legends and mythological creatures just like the Mom of the Sea, the Mountain Walker and lots of others, in addition to the place your storyteller’s curiosity in monsters started. Later, when you get into the uncooked and wild landscapes, the tales will all begin to make sense…
4. Acquire a brand new appreciation for the afterlife in Ghana
‘Going out in model’ is given an entire new that means on this new Benin, Togo & Ghana Journey. In Accra, you’ll get to meet the fantasy coffin makers who construct elaborate coffins to characterize the occupation, desires and even vices of the deceased. Ancestors are believed to wield nice energy, so honouring them with a grand coffin – known as okadi adekai within the native Ga dialect – is a option to earn favour. Mix that with a Vodun ceremony, which showcases the standard non secular practices taken to the Americas by enslaved Africans.
5. Meet the yurt craftsmen of Kyrgyzstan
Take your self off the everyday vacationer observe and weave your approach alongside the Silk Highway (with all of the added extras) on a brand new 9-day Premium Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan journey. As you go, you’ll get to fulfill native artisans holding conventional crafts alive. In Kyzyk Tuu village, for instance, yurt makers will present you ways they make these iconic constructions with out electrical instruments – then that evening, you’ll get to expertise their creations up shut as you keep in a snug yurt camp.
6. Discover the hidden gems of Georgia and Armenia
Georgia and Armenia hardly leap out as peoples’ first selection as a vacation vacation spot. For others, although, that’s precisely the purpose. This new Georgia & Armenia Explorer journey will assist you to expertise the often-overlooked pure landscapes and welcoming, native individuals of those two neighbouring nations. A go to to the Arpa Protected Panorama will present you one of the best of each – on a guided hike, find out how the locals defend the wildlife, together with the uncommon Caucasian leopard, Armenian mouflon, European lynx, brown bears and bezoar goats.
7. Arrange camp (actually) in Alaska’s landscapes
Alaska’s residence to all kinds of adventures, and on this new eight-day Mountain climbing the Nice Land of Alaska journey, you will get even nearer to the motion. You’ll kayak alongside Homer’s spectacular coastal surroundings, keep proper in amongst all of it as you arrange camp every evening in Alaska’s different landscapes, and hike via forests of alder and cottonwoods to the Harding Icefield – seeing the ice stretch towards the horizon whereas listening to concerning the impacts of local weather change within the area.
8. Hear the tales of Saudia Arabia’s intrepid ladies
Whereas the eagle-eyed amongst us would’ve noticed the brand new Saudi Arabia Ladies’s Expedition going reside in 2024, 2025 marks its first full providing of exits. Designed with ladies throughout all parts of the journey, you’ll spend 12 days with a bunch of like-minded ladies, led by a feminine native chief. You’ll meet a wide range of native ladies, every of whom gives you an insider’s perspective on Saudi historical past and tradition whereas sharing their very own private tales. Different highlights embody a dawn go to to Hegra, a Nabataean website that serves as a lesser-known various to Petra.
9. Tuck into baursaki in Turkmenistan
Remoted geographically and lengthy secluded politically, there are few locations on Earth like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. However, with this new expertise on the Tashkent to Ashgabat journey, you’ll get an opportunity to find out about day by day life straight from an area. Go to a horse breeder’s farm for a cooking demonstration of baursaki, then sit down together with your host to get pleasure from a few of the fried-dough treats as you find out about his household and his ardour for Akhal-Teke horses. This breed of horse is particular to the area and has a popularity for its velocity, endurance, intelligence and distinctive metallic sheen.
10. Go to villages and valleys in Vietnam
Vietnam is likely to be certainly one of Intrepid’s most-loved and most-visited locations, however there’s all the time extra to discover. A brand new homestay on the Better of Vietnam journey proves this, as travellers will get to spend two nights within the stilted homes of Lam Thuong. By day there are possibilities to bike journey via the village and the valley, passing rice fields and studying concerning the native’s daily life, in addition to a go to an area handicraft workshop to find out about bamboo weaving, pure dyeing and the way the locals make Tay hats.
11. Get a firsthand account of El Salvador’s historical past
Suchitoto is extensively thought-about El Salvador’s cultural capital, however its tranquil lakeside setting belies a formative chapter of its – and the nation’s – historical past. On Nicaragua & Past, you’ll get the prospect to find out about this on a newly included go to to the bordering Cinquera Forest. Meet a former guerilla fighter to be taught concerning the forest’s significance through the Salvadoran Civil Warfare, see the previous camps and take a tour across the small mountain neighborhood. Dinner will spherical out the day of studying, with a hands-on cooking class of pupusas – a thick cake or flatbread made with cornmeal or rice flour.
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