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 interact with locals, and witness the visual reality of what is the Iranian Revolution. On the trip itself […]

Our Spring incursion through the Middle East continues from Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon with this great combo taking us to two of the world’s oldest countries, Iran and Iraq. 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 […]

The trip Following the fall of ISIS in 2017, YPT conducted its 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 […]

During this tour, you’ll visit Sinuiju’s grand central square where the bronze statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il stand, watch an incredible children’s performance at the local kindergarten, visit a revolutionary museum, inspect a cosmetics factory, stop by a local folklore park to mingle with the locals, and walk along the river that divides Korea and China and much […]

There are few places in the world quite as surreal as the annual international arms fair in Amman, Jordan. This vast display is hosted by King Abdullah of Jordan and is attended by the world’s generals, dictators and other assorted people in need of the latest killing machines on the international market, as well as […]

We begin in the capital of Mali, Bamako for the start of our grand African tour. We’ll be heading to Segoukoro, former capital of the Bambara Kingdom, where we’ll meet the village chief. When we’ve had our fill, we’ll sail down the Niger river until we arrive at Segou. From here, we visit Djenne, the […]

We’ve designed our DPRK Express August tour to take you from the heart of China’s capital straight into Pyongyang whilst exploring the sights and sounds along the way. By taking advantage of China’s modern fast rail this will give us extra time to explore Dandong – the border town city directly across from North Korea. […]

This time, YPT takes you… nowhere! That’s right — we’ve pushed the boundaries by being the first company to arrange Bir Tawil Tours! This is a piece of land stuck between Sudan and Egypt which isn’t claimed by either of them. It is the world’s only inhabitable land that isn’t claimed by anyone, and we […]

Join YPT and make your first tour of the year exploring Africa’s largest and least visited country in North Africa. Although Algeria is most commonly compared to other French-speaking nations in North Africa – it is far from being exposed to mass tourism like its neighbours Morocco and Tunisia. Algeria is one of the hardest […]

Join YPT for our New Year’s tour in a land that we know and love, the nuclear wasteland of Chernobyl and unrecognised country of Transnistria, reminders of what the Soviet Union was and both complemented by the atmospheric Eastern European winter. Beginning in the vibrant Ukrainian capital of Kiev, we will venture into the nuclear […]