10 June 2010

Get Lost Magazine - Escapes

Colombia

Cartagena & The Carnival- featured as No.1 escape.
From violent to vibrant, former drug baron Pablo Escobar’s stomping ground is loaded with colour, culture, crazy-Colombian (locombian) charisma and cracking good times...

Click here to read more.

2 May 2010

Independent feature on Serbia

Serbia

Follow Adrian Mourby as he discovers Serbia beyond Belgrade. Click here to read the article. Details of our Serbia tours can be found here.

Guaranteed departure on our Devil`s Town & The Danube tour (7 days) leaves 28 August 2010. Book soon as places are limited.

26 January 2010

BBC documentary - on Living Root Bridges

India

Watch a clip on these incredible living bridges. See our tour here.

23 January 2010

NE India tour featured in the Independent

India

The extraordinary bridges over the Khasi river valleys are living works of art - by Jini Reddy

I was in the wettest place on earth: Cherrapunjee, a region in the verdant, little-visited north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya. Now, though, the skies were a clear, brilliant blue. I`d come to trek to Cherrapunjee`s mysterious living-root bridges. These structures are as much works of art as examples of environmentally friendly bio-engineering. More

10 January 2010

Change in India visa rules

India

Foreign Office in India has introduced new regulations on tourist Visa with immediate effect which are as follows:

All travellers travelling on tourist visas to India must allow at least a 2 month gap before re-entering the country regardless of the purpose of their first visit.

Those transiting India en-route to visit a neighbouring country for tourism (i.e. Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Pakistan, etc…) then returning to India for tourism must apply for a re-entry permit before they depart from their home country or re-arrange their travel to avoid transiting in India. In case the traveller does not apply for a re-entry permit from their home country, they will not be allowed to re-enter India.

We do not encourage any traveller to leave their home country without attaining the re-entry permit which must be obtained from the respective Indian Embassy of the specific country.

For your information, the Government of India has decided to introduce `Tourist Visa-on-Arrival` for a period of one year for citizens of five countries -- Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore on an experimental basis with effect from 01.01.2010.

See http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk/ for the latest Indian visa requirements

4 January 2010

Trade fairs

UK

Travel The Unknown will be participating at London`s premier travel trade fairs.

Adventure Travel Live from 29-31 January 2010 at the Royal Horticultural Halls (stand A19)

Destinations Show 2010 from 4-7 February 2010 at Earl`s Court (stand AA7).

22 November 2009

Cover feature in the Independent

Southern Colombia

Adrian Mourby embarks on our Southern Colombia Explorer tour and writes about his experiences in the Coffee Triangle. Click here to read article.

1 November 2009

Featured in Lonely Planet

North East India

Recommended in Lonely Planet: North East India (2nd edition, 2009).

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