Asia Tours in January 2027

As you’d expect from the map and itinerary, there’s a lot of time travelling on this trip, but the highlights visited are well worth it. Our tour leader, Tui, was exceptional in making the trip smooth, enjoyable and fun.

Varied countryside, fun taking two long train trips. Staggered to see the deprivations of the Railroad of Death (think Bridge over the river Kwai) brilliant spending 2 nights on a raft, and still had the best food of the trip

We really enjoyed the dramatic contrast in Oman's geography, which almost seemed to change at every corner, from its rugged limestone peaks, rocky canyons and refreshing wadis, extensive sand dunes through to the sub-tropical coastal plains.

The general guides in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos were very good. They were knowledgeable, energetic and spoke understandable English. The local guides were unacceptable. We could understand only about 50% of their English.

I was lucky enough to join this trip as an Exodus staff member, and enjoyed very minute! There were areas where other tourists were few and far between, and whilst I was prepared for beautiful deserts, the mountains were stunning. We were able to eat amazing meals for less than £2, and camping under the stars was unreal.

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip - such a variety of experiences and a wonderful tour guide ‘Mimi’ - he has a huge passion and wealth of knowledge about Sri Lanka (and a wicked sense of humour!) The accommodation was on the whole of a better standard than previous Explore trips I’ve been on. But this may have been down to the fantastic Sri Lankan people who were employed at the hotels. Highlight for me would have to be the Elephant Transit Home - it was slightly bittersweet in as much as you knew those young elephants had been orphaned but they were being given the opportunity to be rehabilitated. Some really interesting temples - although the trip maybe a little temple heavy in the fees few days.