Join YPT this summer in a land that we know and love, the nuclear wasteland of Chernobyl and unrecognized country of Transnistria. The tour begins in Bucharest where you’ll see the most important places in the story of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the former Communist dictator of Romania whose trial and execution were shown on TV around […]

Join Young Pioneer Tours for the next part of the Summer Soviet Adventure, when we embark on a trip to one of the most remote regions on earth, and a place embedded in Soviet folklore: Magadan! Your Soviet Adventure begins in Moscow where we board the night flight to Magadan. There we are taken to the city […]

Take advantage of the opportunity to explore Pyongyang and the DMZ as winter slowly fades away into spring. Come join us as we show you an insight on the lives of Pyongyangites as the weather warms, but more importantly this tour takes place just before the “high-season” and gives you the chance to have a […]

Join our Iranian Classics Tour and head onwards to frozen conflict zones and unrecognised breakaway republics. In Iran, this tour takes us to all of the major sites in Tehran as well as the ancient capitals of Shiraz and Esfahan. On top of the rich history of the region, this tour also offers lots of opportunities to […]

Beginning with the Buzkashi Horse Games (or “dead goat polo”) in the National Hippodrome in Bishkek, this tour kicks off with Kyrgyzstan’s unique Independence Day events. After experiencing some amazing national music, dance and food during the celebrations, we’ll leave Bishkek, and make our way into the phenomenal countryside of Kyrgyzstan, experiencing mountains and lakes […]

Following the fall of ISIS in 2017, YPT conducted our first research trip to Baghdad in April of 2018. The trip proved to be not only safe but incredibly informative and fascinating. This particular region has an abundance of ancient and modern historical sites completely unspoilt by tourism and ready for you to explore it […]

For the first time ever, YPT offers a combo that will take you to both Iraq and Syria. During this combo tour, you will have the opportunity to truly witness what was the forefront of news a year ago by visiting the sites of Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria which were on everyone lips. During this […]

As soon as it became possible in 2018 for tourism to resume after years of civil war, Young Pioneer Tours were the first to take you there. Now that life is returning to relative normal again and travel is back on the cards, we’re excited to continue taking you to Syria, a country that we […]

Beginning and ending in Lebanon’s vibrant capital, Beirut, this tour is your opportunity to see Syria at a unique point in its history. Until the recent war, the only thing most people knew about Syria was Palmyra, and now Syria’s famous but for all the wrong reasons. Travelling in Syria is truly a surreal experience, […]

YPT will take you everywhere you want to go in Ethiopia. We will venture to the Danakil Depression, one of the most extreme climates found on Earth. We’ll hang out with the Hamar, Mursi, Karo, Dassench and Ari tribes in the Omo valley, and you’ll have a chance to experience their culture, ceremonies and way […]