Back-Roads Touring unveils first Asia range


Juliet Dennis juliet.dennis@travelweekly.co.uk


Back-Roads Touring is expanding into Asia with its first foray into the long-haul market.


It is offering eight tours


for 2018-19 across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with a maximum group size of 14. The new tours are: five-day


Bangkok & The River Kwai; eight-day Temples of Thailand and Cambodia; 11-day Spirit of Cambodia; 13-day Wonders of Thailand; five-day Hanoi & Halong Highlights; eight-day Vietnam Adventure; 12-day Vietnam and


Meerkats, salt pans, salsa and safaris: it’s Kuoni’s tours range


Kuoni has released its latest escorted touring programme covering departures between January 2019 and December 2020. Botswana is featured as a


touring destination for the first time with an explorer trip taking in Victoria Falls, a meerkat clan and a sleep-out under the stars on the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. The operator claims to be


the first from the UK to offer a safari by rail in Kenya using the Madaraka Express travelling along the Mombasa-Nairobi line, which was completed last year. New photography tours, Images of Japan and Images of Russia, will be led by award-winning


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MEERKATS: Kuoni is offering tours in Botswana for the first time


photographer Neil Buchan-Grant. A revamped Cuban Explorer


tour covers art, history and culture, and includes salsa classes, a stay with locals in a private house, a behind-the-scenes tour with a Havana dance ensemble and a chat with locals who lived through the revolution. Group sizes are limited to 18.


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Maximum group size for Back-Roads’ new Asia programme


Cambodia Discovery; and 12-day Flavours of Vietnam. The Cambodia Discovery trip leads in at £1,689 and includes Siem Reap, the Royal Palace, Angkor Wat and local markets, as well as the chance to learn Khmer cookery skills with a traditional cooking class and demonstration. The tours aim to focus on lesser-


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