WHY GUIDED HOLIDAYS?
A year of adventure
In a world where anything seems possible, we all crave to go where few else have tried. The search for an adventure that is next level incredible has begun.
With G Adventures’ Limited Edition tours you get just that. A selection of new and unique " one-off " trips that are truly once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Designed for every type of traveller; the music fans, sporty types, wildlife lovers, foodies and culture vultures, they are vast but limited. Only occurring a few times a year.
So what are you waiting for? Here ' s your ticket to a year full of adventure. Starting now.
MARCH / USA
Iconic Mardi Gras New Orleans
6 DAYS, NEW ORLEANS A six day fully guided tour, led by your Chief Experience Officer( tour guide), to celebrate the USA’ s only Mardi Gras.
Beads, beer and blues music, New Orleans’ Mardi Gras is a chaotic explosion of celebration, with music and mayhem pulsating from every crack in the brickwork. With over 1000 revellers and more than 30 flamboyant floats, joyous chaos abounds. Saloon style bars shake to the throb of rhythm and people, with everyone letting off steam before Lent. Mardi Gras is French for ' Fat Tuesday ' and symbolises the last day of indulging before fasting. But with G Adventures you have six full days to spoil your taste buds; this is Cajun country, so get acquainted with lively flavours. Lock lips with an infamous beignet at Café du Monde in the French Quarter and descend on the bakeries, open predawn, for a traditional Mardi Gras‘ King Cake’. These gluttonous treats are ring-shaped and frosted. Inside there’ s a tiny plastic baby – find it and tradition insists you have to buy next year’ s cake.
JULY-AUGUST / TANZANIA / KENYA
Serengeti Migration Safari
9 DAYS, ARUSHA An annual migration of epic proportions. And memories just as immense.
Considered one of the world ' s most profound events, witnessing the annual wildebeest migration from the Serengeti Park in Tanzania to Kenya ' s Maasai Mara reserve is undisputedly, an experience of a lifetime. These are sights you may never observe again. A 1200-mile odyssey made by wildebeest, zebra and smaller( yet equally ambitious) creatures, you expect to be bowled over by their quest, but you’ ll be equally astonished by the terrain. Vast swathes of rain fall over a never-ending horizon and the savanna, barren yet beautiful, is a kingdom ruled solely by animals. From the Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park, with G Adventures you’ ll explore grasslands and grazing grounds, remote Maasai villages and boundless safari plains. By daybreak you’ ll be tracking the Big Five, by lunchtime you’ re dining with a local family. And by the ninth day you’ ll have participated in one of nature’ s greatest journeys. This one trumps everything. PRICE: FROM NZ $ 6439p p
PRICE: FROM NZ $ 2339p p
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