At Young Pioneer Tours our motto is “destinations your mother would rather you stay away from”. This usually entails places like Syria, Iraq, or North Korea, but what would your mum think of you attending TedFest? Well after successfully attending in 2023, YPT are again going back and again have exclusive rights to sell both […]

Join our Socotra Yemen Island Tour as we will be taking the Yemenia Airways flight from Cairo, to Hadibu, Socotra via Aden in mainland Yemen. Suffering civil war, coups, revolutions and bombings in recent years, the Republic of Yemen is generally off the radar for tourists. Unless, that is, you know about the island of […]

Sun, sand, sea, cocktails, and communism. It is an exciting time to visit Cuba, as it is just ushering in a post-Castro era. We show you Cuba in all its glory the YPT way. The trip begins in the iconic, time-warped capital Havana, home to a contemporary night scene. So naturally, this will include sampling […]

Join Young Pioneer Tours as we embark on the ultimate road trip, the Karakoram Highway. Regarded as one of the best journeys in the world. Your tour will take you across northern Pakistan to China’s most northwestern locations. You’ll follow in the footsteps of weary travellers from the ancient Silk Roads and witness new empires […]

As soon as it became possible in 2018 for tourism to resume, we were the first to take you there. Now that life is returning to normal again and travel is back on the cards, we’re excited to be amongst the first to be returning to running tours to Syria, a country that we fell […]

While often just a pit-stop for our pioneers traveling to Syria, Lebanon has a unique history that not only stretches back thousands of years but also remains hugely relevant in the contemporary world. Lebanon has not been without its troubles in recent decades, suffering from a 15-year-long civil war, occupation by Israel and the controversy […]

While often just a pit-stop for our pioneers traveling to Syria, Lebanon has a unique history that while stretching back thousands of years is still just as important in the contemporary world. Thus, we present the Ultimate Lebanon Tour! Lebanon has not been without its troubles in recent years, having a civil war, occupation by […]

The Feast of the Cross is one of the most important festivals for Orthodox Syrian Christians, as it marks the events of St. Helena found the ‘true cross’ (the Cross Jesus Christ was crucified on) in 326 AD. Many Syrians travel to Maaloula for this festival and observe the processions through and bright candlelight through […]

After years of experience, we have designed our Mauritania Iron Ore Train tour to become the most thrilling and affordable tour to take place in this unique part of the world. Your grand adventure begins in Mauritania where you’ll have the opportunity to explore Nouakchott, the capital city. Once arriving we’ll make our way and […]

Covid has been rough on us all, including a bunch of those here at YPT who’ve been forced to relocate from our cozy office in China. But you know what they say, when life gives you lemons, make the best-damn-dark-tourism-itinerary-you-can-find-ade. With many long months under our belt staying here, we’ve forged the contacts, we’ve gone […]