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The Kingdoms of Andalucía: Secret Gardens and Haunted Palaces

Spain
From $3,535 USD
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history & culture

Dartmoor's Ancient Woods & Folklore

United Kingdom
From $2,820 USD
Explore the legends, lore, and history of southern England
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history & culture

Bhutan's Festivals & Cliffside Temples

Bhutan
From $5,135 USD
Explore the contemporary culture and ancient traditions of this Himalayan kingdom during its lively festival season.
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art & performance

Cambodia: Contemporary Art, Spiritual Traditions & Hidden Wonders

Cambodia
From $2,980 USD
Explore the vibrant art, religion, and food culture of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and spend time with the country's leading artists and performers. 
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culinary adventures

Corn, Cactus, and Chile: Exploring the Building Blocks of Mexican Cuisine

Mexico City
From $2,375 USD
Immerse yourself in the complex cultural identity of Mexico City through its street food, bustling markets, and well-seasoned history of gastronomic traditions.
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culinary adventures

Harvest Time in the Cradle of Wine: A Georgian Culinary Adventure

Georgia
From $3,320 USD
Come with us to Tbilisi, Georgia, on a one-of-a-kind culinary expedition filled with wine tastings, workshops, market tours, and much more.
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history & culture

Folklore and Magic of Southern England

United Kingdom
From $2,850 USD
Mythical castles and ancient witchcraft, ecological biomes and fairy-tale forests, sea tractors and flaming tar barrels—all this awaits you on our one-of-a-kind exploration of southern England's historic haunts and eccentric traditions.
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culinary adventures

A Mexico City Culinary Adventure

Mexico City
From $2,375 USD
Immerse yourself in the complex cultural identity of Mexico City through its street food, bustling markets, and well-seasoned history of gastronomic traditions.
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photography

Photography in the Field: Expedition Galápagos

Ecuador
From $5,250 USD
The Galápagos Islands have wildlife like no other place in the world—and in the company of local guides and expert wildlife photographers, this will be a tropical island experience unlike any other.
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history & culture

Romania: Castles, Ruins, and Medieval Villages

Romania
From $3,350 USD
Take in towering gothic churches, stunning palaces and monasteries, and a former salt mine that's been turned into an underground wonderland.
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art & performance

Cambodia—Battambang: Contemporary Art, Spiritual Traditions, and Hidden Wonders

Cambodia
From $3,215 USD
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science & nature

Expedition Galápagos

Ecuador
From $5,250 USD
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culinary adventures

A Mexico City Culinary Adventure During Day of the Dead

Mexico City
From $2,465 USD
Immerse yourself in the complex cultural identity of Mexico City through its street food, bustling markets, and well-seasoned history of gastronomic traditions.
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history & culture

Secrets of Newfoundland: Songs & Sounds

Newfoundland and Labrador
From $3,540 USD
Discover an island filled with natural wonder, rich history, fine art, and hyper-local cuisine—not to mention the incredible community of people who call it home.
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science & nature

Science in the Field: Tracking Wild Bumblebees in the Redwoods

California
From $1,315 USD
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history & culture

Chernobyl by Day, Kyiv by Night

Ukraine
From $2,850 USD
Explore Ukraine's complicated past and fascinating present through hidden passages, towering monuments, lively meals, and living history.
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art & performance

Santa Fe: Immersive Art and Otherworldly Landscapes

Santa Fe
From $2,480 USD
Join us, October 16-19, in the mysterious desert landscapes that have captivated artists from Georgia O’Keeffe to Judy Chicago.
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culinary adventures

China: The Great Cuisines of the Middle Kingdom

China
From $5,350 USD
From bustling night markets to fine-dining institutions, this journey down China’s east coast reveals the story of countless delicious dishes and culinary traditions.
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history & culture

Secrets of Newfoundland’s Irish Loop

Newfoundland and Labrador
From $2,430 USD
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science & nature

Namibia's Towering Dunes & Desert Elephants

Namibia
From $7,115 USD
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history & culture

Tunisia Through the Sands of Time

Tunisia
From $3,660 USD
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history & culture

Sailing Sardinia’s Hidden Coastlines

Sardinia
From $3,580 USD
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science & nature

Science After Dark: Spotting Squid in the Tides of Oahu

Hawaii
From $3,535 USD
Just beneath the waves off the Hawaiian coast, there are schools of tropical fish, flotillas of sea turtles, and squads of squid. We’re diving in to explore some of their secrets. 
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art & performance

Santa Fe Weekend: New Art, Ancient Traditions

Santa Fe
From $1,280 USD
Spend a weekend immersed in the rich history, deeply rooted tradition, and constantly evolving art-scape of northern New Mexico.
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culinary adventures

From Athens to the Islands: A Greek Easter Journey

Greece
From $3,465 USD
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history & culture

Silk Road Cities of Central Asia

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
From $4,945 USD
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science & nature

Greenland and Wild Labrador: Expedition Cruise

Greenland
From $9,395 USD
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science & nature

Heart of the Arctic: Expedition Cruise

Canada
From $7,395 USD
Journey with scientists, historians, Inuit artists, and culturalists to three distinct Arctic regions on this exciting voyage aboard the Ocean Endeavour expedition ship.
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photography

Photographing Chernobyl in Winter

Chernobyl
From $3,920 USD
A unique photography trip incorporating some of the country’s most remarkable visual experiences—from the markets and street art of Kyiv to hundred-year-old brickwork drains beneath the city streets, and from towering relics of Soviet might to a post-human landscape where space-age technology lies ruined in the snow.
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science & nature

Mexico's Great Monarch Butterfly Migration

Mexico
From $2,390 USD
Accompanied by local conservationists and expert wildlife biologists, join us for a living lesson on the ecology and conservation of one of North America’s most iconic species: the monarch butterfly.
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culinary adventures

Istanbul: Exploring the Tastes of Two Continents

Istanbul
From $3,530 USD
On this week-long culinary experience in collaboration with Culinary Backstreets, we’ll be studying the city of Istanbul through its kitchens—investigating the disparate influences that form the great mosaic that is modern-day Istanbul cuisine.
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hidden cities

Rome Behind Locked Doors: Music, Magic, and Secret Crypts

Rome
From $3,425 USD
Join us as we go beneath Rome’s streets and behind its locked doors to explore hidden and overlooked places, witnessing a capital city that most tourists rarely experience—strange, magical, and filled with intrigue.
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culinary adventures

Lisbon: Tracing the Roots of an Imperial Cuisine

Lisbon
From $3,375 USD
Journey beyond the city’s tiled buildings and narrow streets to discover the long legacy and vibrant present of culinary inventiveness in Lisbon.
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culinary adventures

Barnacles, Bluffs, and Brine: A Galician Seafood Pilgrimage

Galicia
From $3,380 USD
On this week-long seafood pilgrimage, we’ll delve deep into the world of barnacle hunters, oyster fisherman, lobster trap builders, razor clam-diggers, and net menders, along with the local chefs who are harnessing the incredible offerings of their coast, transforming Galician cuisine into something new and exciting.
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culinary adventures

In the Cradle of Wine: A Georgian Culinary Adventure

Tbilisi
From $3,320 USD
Come with us to Tbilisi, Georgia, on a one-of-a-kind culinary expedition filled with wine tastings, workshops, market tours, and much more.
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culinary adventures

Layer by Layer: A Mexico City Culinary Adventure

Mexico City
From $2,465 USD
Immerse yourself in the complex cultural identity of Mexico City through its street food, bustling markets, and well-seasoned history of gastronomic traditions.
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science & nature

Expedition Amazon

Peru
From $4,215 USD
Come experience rare wildlife and conservation biology on this adventure deep into the jungle.
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history & culture

Scotland: Highland Clans and the Trail of Tartan

Scotland
From $6,780 USD
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science & nature

Expedition Galápagos with Volcano Trek

Ecuador
From $5,930 USD
The Galápagos Islands have wildlife like no other place in the world—and in the company of local tour guides and expert wildlife biologists, this will be a tropical island experience unlike any other.
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culinary adventures

Springtime in Eastern China: Exploring the Birthplace of Tea

China
From $4,825 USD
From bustling night markets to fine-dining institutions, this journey down China’s east coast reveals the story of countless delicious dishes and culinary traditions. 
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history & culture

A Journey Through Bulgaria’s Abandoned Ruins and Otherworldly Monuments

Bulgaria
From $1,970 USD
Dive into one of Europe’s oldest countries as we explore ancient civilizations and marvel at otherworldly relics of a communist utopia that never came to be.
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hidden cities

Barcelona Behind the Scenes: Cabaret and Carnival

Barcelona
From $3,475 USD
Catapult yourself into Barcelona's complicated and colorful past for a week filled with unique historic tours, private musical performances, and an evening of performance in a private atelier.
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hidden cities

Hidden Berlin: Exploring the City’s Abandoned and Underground Spaces

Berlin
From $2,525 USD
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history & culture

Kyiv, Chernobyl, and the Borders of Bessarabia

Ukraine
From $4,225 USD
On this once-in-a-lifetime tour of Ukraine, Transnistria, and Moldova, we'll delve deep into local cultures and traditions, explore unusual underground spaces, and visit an unrecognized republic.
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history & culture

Past Future Monuments of the Balkans

Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
From $4,215 USD
Take a road trip across Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina with Atlas Obscura as we explore the Balkans in search of Yugoslav memorial sites.
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art & performance

Cambodia—Kampot: Contemporary Art, Spiritual Traditions, and Hidden Wonders

Cambodia
From $3,215 USD
Explore the vibrant art, religion, and food culture of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and spend time with the country's leading artists and performers. 
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culinary adventures

Culinary Naples: Producers, Purveyors, and Pizzaioli

Naples
From $2,825 USD
From street food to lavish feasts, piping-hot coffee to smooth aperitivos, folk songs to opera, hilltop farms to urban wilds, immerse yourself in the greatest culinary and cultural experiences of Naples, meeting lively local Neapolitani for whom this is the only way to live.
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science & nature

Expedition Borneo: In Search of New Species

Brunei
From $3,815 USD
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history & culture

Uganda and the Mysteries of the Nile

Uganda
From $4,435 USD
Journey to the shores of Lake Victoria to see the source of the Nile, and follow the river through the diverse cultural and ecological landscape of modern-day Uganda—from its traditional kingdoms to the rainforests and savannah.
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history & culture

Turkmenistan and the Gates of Hell

Turkmenistan
From $3,275 USD
On this sweeping, eclectic adventure through Turkmenistan, marvel at the towering white-marble structures of Ashgabat, roam through barren deserts and a world-class canyon, and spend the night camped out beside the flaming Gates of Hell.
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history & culture

Baltic Odyssey: Monuments, Myths, and Memory

Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania
From $4,715 USD
Take a deep dive into Baltic history and culture on this immersive adventure through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, covering everything from ancient traditions to bunkers, silos, and grand memorial complexes.
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science & nature

Wildlife in Florida’s Coastal Wetlands

Florida
From $2,130 USD
Join us for a five-day adventure as we search for those rare orchids, paddle our way through mangrove forests, and snorkel alongside sea turtles, all in the company of an experienced naturalist guide.
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culinary adventures

Only in Queens: Tasting Our Way Through New York’s Most Diverse Borough

Queens
From $830 USD
Manhattan may have name-brand recognition and Brooklyn a certain cachet, but Queens is the city’s largest and most diverse borough. Join us, October 4-7, to dig into Queens’ rich neighborhood life.
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science & nature

Dinos and Dunes in the Colorado Desert

Colorado
From $2,330 USD
Venture with us into the Colorado desert to unearth the mysteries of the prehistoric beasts that once roamed this very same ground.
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science & nature

Science in the Field: Tracking Wild Bumblebees in Sequoia

California
From $1,315 USD
Venture into the open meadows of the Sierra Nevada, June 13–16, to learn firsthand about the plight of the humble bumblebee.
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culinary adventures

Vietnam’s Most Delicious Dishes: A Culinary Adventure from Hanoi to Saigon

Vietnam
From $3,635 USD
On this nine-day journey, we’ll explore Vietnam through its unique cuisine, tasting our way across north, central, and south Vietnam by way of steaming pork belly meatballs in Hanoi’s Old Quarter and the white rose dumplings of Hoi An.
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photography

Photographing Myanmar's Ancient Sites and Landscapes

Myanmar (Burma)
From $4,980 USD
Join us on an immersive photographic expedition, slowly taking in the unique sights and sounds of Myanmar, from its grand palaces and pagodas to its vibrant festivals and floating gardens.
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history & culture

Morocco’s Mountains, Medinas, and Desert Oases

Morocco
From $3,190 USD
Explore ancient desert fortresses, wander maze-like medinas, and spend your nights in traditional riads and palm-grove oases. Join Atlas Obscura for a week of adventure across Morocco’s spectacular and sprawling terrain.
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photography

Moonlit Ghost Towns: Night Photography in Death Valley

Death Valley
From $3,210 USD
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history & culture

Jordan’s Ancient Ruins, Desert Landscapes, and Starry Skies

Jordan
From $3,590 USD
Explore Jordan's long-abandoned desert fortresses, spectacular mosques, Biblical landmarks, and Roman ruins, and travel across its magnificent orange desert by camel and jeep to sleep under starry skies.
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photography

Photographing Mongolia: An Expedition to the Golden Eagle Festival

Mongolia
From $5,490 USD
Mongolia’s vast steppe, alpine meadows, and snow-capped mountains are a photographer’s dream. Come with us to explore dramatic landscapes and action-packed festivals by foot and on horseback, and through your lens.
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history & culture

Legends and Lore of Southern England

United Kingdom
From $2,330 USD
On our immersive exploration of this historic region, we’ll experience medieval villages, sprawling moors, and Bronze Age ruins, hearing about the enduring tales they’ve inspired.
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history & culture

Festivals and Mountaintop Temples of Bhutan

Bhutan
From $3,890 USD
Be one of the lucky few outsiders to experience this tiny Himalayan kingdom during its lively festival season.
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history & culture

Northern India’s Colorful Cities, Villages, and Celebrations

India
From $3,190 USD
Visit towering forts and palaces, explore local villages, experience Diwali with an Indian family, wander centuries-old ruins, learn to cook in a family home, and witness the sunrise over the Taj Mahal and the River Ganges on this immersive tour of Delhi, Rajasthan, and Varanasi.
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photography

Photography in the Field: Ecuadorian Amazon

Ecuador
From $4,350 USD
Delve into this equatorial paradise for a week-long journey full of adventure, photography, and learning in some of the wildest corners of the Amazon basin.
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This was truly the best small-sized group tour that I have ever experienced.”
Jim Tillinghast
Newfoundland, 2018