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- Middle East – desert & dead sea
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Ideal Destinations
The Adventure Company offers over 250 activity holidays to many destinations spanning every continent. We have many perfect destinations for your adventure travel, whatever your needs
Family Holidays
- Family Holidays - why we're first for adventure
- Single Parent Family Holidays
- Teen Family Adventures – adventurous trips
- Young Family Adventures – easy going trips
- Family Adventures – trips for children 5-12 yrs
- Photographic Family Holidays
- Family Activity Holidays - for children 5-12 yrs
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Private Groups
Fancy one of our fantastic adventures but only want to travel with people you know? Do it your way as a private group. We make private group trips for everyone, from big families to scouts and cadets.
Holiday Types
- Activity Holidays – all action adventure
- Cultural Tours – lost cities & local life
- Wildlife Holidays – global wildlife encounters
- Trekking Holidays – peaks & summits
- Hands On Trips – conservation & your help
- Collection Trips – added comfort & style
- Astronomy Tours – eclipses & stargazing
- Expedition Cruises – polar experiences
- Photographic Holidays - photos for families
- Charity Holidays - do something amazing
- School Trips - exciting school trips abroad
- Northern Lights Tours - aurora borealis
- Private Groups - Create your own group
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Solo Traveller
We’ve developed a range of dedicated solo holidays & solo travel packages; exclusively for people booking on their own. Around 40% of all our passengers are solo travellers.
Amazing festivals around the world
Be inspired by a world of festivities for your next holiday destination. Feel the intoxicating rhythms of Rio Carnival, relive the ancient Inca rites at Inti Raymi, and see a million candles light up the sky over Diwali. Time your trip right, and fly out on one of our special festival departures. Make the most of your holiday and see the streets come alive. Here’s our inside guide to the best festivals where you can party like a local.
January
Timkat
Where and when? Ethiopia, 19 January 2013
Why go? Ethiopians celebrate Epiphany in style. A three day extravaganza, the most important festival begins as men, women and children clad in white robes gather for day and night-long ceremonies. To commemorate Christ’s baptism in the Jordan river, the pools and rivers are blessed and people bathe and splash onlookers with water. On the final day, the feast of St Michael, people tuck into special meads and breads.
Be there: 14 January, Discover Ethiopia
March
Holi Festival
Where and when? India, 27 March 2013
Why go? March is the month of the Holi Festival celebrations in India. Holi celebrations mark the beginning of spring with the locals painting themselves in bright colours to match the vivid yellows and purples of the natural blooms. This festival is about fun and freedom and covering your neighbour in a rainbow of coloured water and powder. Expect mess and merriment.
Be there: Celebrated all over India, India trips
April
Semana Santa
Where and when? Guatemala, Easter 24 March – 31 March 2013
Why go? You can celebrate Semana Santa – Holy week – across the Spanish speaking world. But we love Antigua, Guatemala, where the whole city pours out into the streets with colourful carpets, sculptures and symbolic dress in a magical, moving procession. While we don’t offer dedicated festival departures for Semana you can visit Antigua on our Guatemala trips at the right time of year, see below.
Be there: 24 March, Best of Guatemala & Mexico,
Luoyang Peony Fair
Where and when? China, April to May 2013
Why go? During the middle of April Luoyang Peony Fair takes place to celebrate the full bloom of peonies in Luoyang city. Chinese tourists flock to see the gardens awash with red, white, yellow and purple set against the thick dark leaves of the peonies and folk music performances performed in the Luoyang National Peony Garden.
Related trips: Explore China »
June
Inti Raymi
Where and when? Cusco, Peru, 24 June 2013
Why go? There are no human sacrifices these days at this revived Inca festival. So you can breathe easy and join the celebrations, as local Incas, priests and soldiers parade through the streets to honour Inti Raymi, god of the sun at winter solstice. Enjoy the feasting and dancing, as the festivities hot foot their way to the fortress city of Sachsayhuaman, Cusco.
Be there: 10 June, Classic Peru 19 June Taste of Peru, 15 June Flight of the Condor, 21 June Inca Trail, 20 June High Inca Trail,
October
Diwali
Where and when? India 3 November 2013
Why go? Think India and you always imagine vibrant colours of pink and indigo cities, exuberant temples and henna-painted hands. But some days are even brighter than others. Over Diwali, one of the most joyful of all the Hindu festivals, millions of candles are lit and hundreds of firework displays are held across India to celebrate the festival of light. It is customary to give gifts as a show of love and affection to family and friends.
Be there: 27 October, Tigers, Taj & Temples
November
Pushkar Camel Festival
Where and when? Pushkar, India, 7-16 November 2013
Why go? If you want to buy a camel, this is the place to go. But even if you don’t, the greatest camel fair in the world has to be seen to be believed. Thousands of people, pilgrims and camels descend on Pushkar, a sleepy village in Rajasthani desert to trade, worship and enjoy the madness. You can even enter the competition for the longest moustache.
Related trips: 4 November, Wildlife & Moghul Cities
