Join us in Syria as we partake in one of the largest celebrations held in the country – Marmarita Carnival! Syrian Christians gather on the streets of Marmarita known as the “Valley of Christians” to dress up in bizarre, crazy and hilarious costumes to dance, drink and party! Colourful floats, loud music and amazing street […]

Prepare yourself to experience the most beautiful scenery that the south coast of Iceland has to offer! Stunning waterfalls, otherworldly black sand beaches, creaking glaciers, lava fields and towering geysers!  We begin bright and fresh in Iceland’s capital Reykjavik. Although being the largest city here, it’s described as one of the most beautiful capitals in […]

Join our Socotra Yemen Island December 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 […]

Join our Socotra Island Yemen November 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 […]

With our tours of Sudan and South Sudan, we have been getting a lot of requests for an alternative tour of Egypt, and we couldn’t leave you disappointed. Sure, you could go and get swarmed by the hordes of tourists and sellers in Giza or in Luxor, we like to do things differently however, and […]

Following the enormous success of our numerous trips to the Mount Hagen Festival in Papua New Guinea, we have decided to add the equally impressive and slightly older Goroka Festival to our tour calendar. Our trip begins with us starting in Port Moresby, one of the most dangerous cities in the world, where we do […]

For an entire month during spring, YPT will be venturing on a Grand South Atlantic cruise, from Ushuaia (Argentina) to Cape Verde, via the South Georgia Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena and Ascension Island. Pack a good book, a deck of cards, bring your camera, and settle back to experience some of the most […]

Following on from our Socotra Tour and linking directly to our Saudi Arabia Tour, this is the ultimate pit-stop for country collectors. We spend a day exploring Kuwait City, from its Andalusian influenced Grand Mosque to the Al-Qurain Martyrs House which covers in detail the Iraqi invasion of 1990, which is still fresh in people’s […]

While often just a mere stop for people joining our group tours to Syria, our Lebanon revolutionary tour is great as an add-on, as well as a standalone “must see” tour of Lebanon. The country has quite literally been through the wars, which has included its 15-year-long civil war, occupation by Israel and now intense […]

Our first tour after a lot of requests is Egypt, an alternative YPT style one of course. We aim to please! Sure, you could go and get swarmed by the hordes of tourists and sellers in Giza or in Luxor, but we like to do things differently and show you the the lesser-seen side of […]