All Trips - Atlas Obscura

art & performance

Sustainable Design and Artistic Innovation in Puerto Rico

From $1,970 USD

history & culture

Morocco: Mountains, Desert & Berber Culture

From $4,515 USD

From the Atlas Mountains to the Sahara, experience Morocco's Berber culture

science & nature

Red Rock Astronomy & Cosmic Landscapes in the Utah Desert

From $1,330 USD

Explore outer space from two of the most iconic national parks in the U.S.

history & culture

Shifting Tides: Art in New Orleans

From $2,440 USD

Get to know the art, history, and dynamic culture of New Orleans—and the people who bring it to life.

art & performance

Desert Canvas: Art of Joshua Tree and the Mojave

From $2,360 USD

Join us as we venture deep into the High Desert, glimpsing massive sculptures, revitalizing domes, and fluorescent painted mountains along the way.

history & culture

Nova Scotia: Maritime Lyrics & Lore

From $2,825 USD

As we weave our way around the coast, we'll hear stories and shanties of sunken ships, glimpse 300 million-year-old fossils, and taste round-the-world rum.

science & nature

Texas Hill Country: Bat Caves & Beyond

From $1,195 USD

Explore aquifers, caverns, and karsts while tracking millions of Mexican free-tailed bats, and learn how they maintain balance in the Hill Country ecosystem.

history & culture

Tastes & Traditions of Jewish Montreal

From $2,280 USD

Delve into the layered history of Montreal's multicultural Jewish heritage, exploring its diverse cuisines, architecture, music, and more.

art & performance

Croatia: Coastal Palaces & Cutting-Edge Art

From $4,835 USD

Explore Croatia’s art and architecture, from the traditional to the cutting-edge.

history & culture

The Kingdoms of Andalucía: Secret Gardens and Haunted Palaces

From $3,535 USD

history & culture

Dartmoor's Ancient Woods & Folklore

From $2,820 USD

Explore the legends, lore, and history of southern England

history & culture

Bhutan's Festivals & Cliffside Temples

From $5,135 USD

Explore the contemporary culture and ancient traditions of this Himalayan kingdom during its lively festival season.

history & culture

Romania: Castles, Ruins, and Medieval Villages

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.

art & performance

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

From $3,215 USD

science & nature

Expedition Galápagos

From $5,250 USD

culinary adventures

A Mexico City Culinary Adventure During Day of the Dead

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.

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.

science & nature

Science in the Field: Tracking Wild Bumblebees in the Redwoods

From $1,315 USD

history & culture

Chernobyl by Day, Kyiv by Night

From $2,935 USD

Explore Ukraine's complicated past and fascinating present through hidden passages, towering monuments, lively meals, and living history.

culinary adventures

China: The Great Cuisines of the Middle Kingdom

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.

history & culture

Secrets of Newfoundland’s Irish Loop

Newfoundland and Labrador

From $2,430 USD

science & nature

Namibia's Towering Dunes & Desert Elephants

From $7,115 USD

history & culture

Tunisia Through the Sands of Time

From $3,660 USD

history & culture

Sailing Sardinia’s Hidden Coastlines

From $3,580 USD

science & nature

Science After Dark: Spotting Squid in the Tides of Oahu

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.

art & performance

Santa Fe Weekend: New Art, Ancient Traditions

From $1,280 USD

Spend a weekend immersed in the rich history, deeply rooted tradition, and constantly evolving art-scape of northern New Mexico.

culinary adventures

From Athens to the Islands: A Greek Easter Journey

From $3,465 USD

history & culture

Silk Road Cities of Central Asia

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan

From $4,945 USD

science & nature

Greenland and Wild Labrador: Expedition Cruise

From $9,395 USD

science & nature

Heart of the Arctic: Expedition Cruise

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.

Photographing Chernobyl in Winter

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.

science & nature

Mexico's Great Monarch Butterfly Migration

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.

culinary adventures

Istanbul: Exploring the Tastes of Two Continents

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.

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

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.

culinary adventures

Lisbon: Tracing the Roots of an Imperial Cuisine

From $3,820 USD

Journey beyond the city’s tiled buildings and narrow streets to discover the long legacy and vibrant present of culinary inventiveness in Lisbon.

culinary adventures

Barnacles, Bluffs, and Brine: A Galician Seafood Pilgrimage

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.

culinary adventures

In the Cradle of Wine: A Georgian Culinary Adventure

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.

culinary adventures

Layer by Layer: A Mexico City Culinary Adventure

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.

science & nature

Expedition Amazon

From $4,215 USD

Come experience rare wildlife and conservation biology on this adventure deep into the jungle.

history & culture

Scotland: Highland Clans and the Trail of Tartan

From $6,780 USD

science & nature

Expedition Galápagos with Volcano Trek

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.

culinary adventures

Springtime in Eastern China: Exploring the Birthplace of Tea

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.

history & culture

A Journey Through Bulgaria’s Abandoned Ruins and Otherworldly Monuments

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.

Barcelona Behind the Scenes: Cabaret and Carnival

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.

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

From $2,625 USD

history & culture

Kyiv, Chernobyl, and the Borders of Bessarabia

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.

history & culture

Past Future Monuments of the Balkans

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia

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.

art & performance

Cambodia: Contemporary Art, Spiritual Traditions, and Hidden Wonders

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.

culinary adventures

Culinary Naples: Producers, Purveyors, and Pizzaioli

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.

science & nature

Expedition Borneo: In Search of New Species

From $3,815 USD

history & culture

Uganda and the Mysteries of the Nile

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.

history & culture

Turkmenistan and the Gates of Hell

From $3,475 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.

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.

science & nature

Dinos and Dunes in the Colorado Desert

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.

science & nature

Science in the Field: Tracking Wild Bumblebees in Sequoia

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.

culinary adventures

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

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.

Dark Skies, Desert Beasts: Night Photography in Borrego Springs, California

Borrego Springs

From $1,470 USD

Journey deep into the desert of Southern California to explore and photograph the Dark Sky Sculptural Oasis of Borrego Springs.

history & culture

Legends and Lore of Southern England

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.