Cultural Safaris

Superbly-guided exploration of choice islands, ruins, and landscapes with active days and comfortable accommodations.

Join Florine Herendeen for a unique entree into Andean Peru, with generous time in Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. Enjoy a special JOURNEYS base camp for the spectacular festival of the Virgen del Carmen, way off the tourist path.

Celebrate the food, festivities, landscapes, and nature on both sides of the Andes on this coast to coast small-group Latin adventure in Chile and Argentina.

Enjoy photography, birding, and exceptional wildlife viewing as part of a guided small group camping trip exploring the very best reserves and sanctuaries of Botswana.

Meditate on Africa's most colorful landscapes. Meet remarkable desert cultures. Track spectacular wildlife where you wouldn't expect it.

Join Bhutanese villagers in a Buddhist temple festival honoring sacred cranes and all of nature. This trip is about art, beauty, celebration, and understanding the Buddhist spirit of Bhutan.

This is a professionally-guided camping and photography safari in its most refined, luxurious, and comfortable style set in the wildest and most animal-rich sanctuaries of Botswana.

This high-value bush camping safari offers a superb insight into the cultures, wildlife, and natural environments of famous and little-known sanctuaries of Botswana.

This is a very personally- and compassionately-guided, non-trekking exploration of villages, monuments, and scenic sacred monasteries of the last Buddhist Kingdom.

Take time to reflect and meditate on the special wonders of Burma. Drift down the Irrawady from Mandalay and bask in the Buddhist spirit of an ancient land.

Sail by gulet to small Mediterranean coves, wander among fairy chimneys and cave dwellings in Cappadocia, explore some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in the world in Ephesus, and seek out grand mosques while experiencing everything Istanbul has to offer.

Explore historic, cultural, and scenic treasures of China on foot, by tram, ferry, bicycle, river boat, train, and van in a small group with an expert guide.

Combine a classic sing-sing show with explorations of the fabled Sepik River, Tari Highlands, and Waghi Valley, all with top-level accommodations.

Savor the wonders of Nambia from luxury camps in the wild bush.

Australia is too big to see all in one trip, but this exploration hits highlights in style and ensures the best guides, fully engaging activities, and a big dose of cheerful "G'Day" hospitality.

Join in the swirling color and passion of Timkat Festival at Lalibela, visit the castles of Gondar, the sacred city of Axum, the Gelada Baboons in the Simien Mountains and the peoples and markets of the Omo Valley.

Become one with the hypnotic drumming, chanting, dancing, and devotional fervor of Bhutan's most accomplished lamas as they honor and celebrate the unseen mountain spirits around them.

Japan is a spectacular dynamic destination for the entire family. Experience the profound traditions and the 21st century energy. Join a group in summer or visit on your dates. Early April is cherry blossom time!

If you don't need fancy lodges, luxury camps, and hotels, this is the perfect value safari for experiencing all the best of southern African nature and culture.

Accompanied by our great local guide, Cedric, and Journeys founder, Will Weber, witness the famous Hagen sing-sing show, then visit the fabled Sepik River, Tari Highlands, and Waghi Valley.

Join a group to explore the Incan archeological wonders and contemporary cultural traditions of Peru and Bolivia.

Reveal the wonders and delights of the Amazon, Andes, and all of Peru to your whole family with our expert, family-friendly naturalist guides.

If you have the time, love Asian foods, enjoy Buddhist culture, and want to combine all the best and most wonderful elements of Southeast Asia on a single trip, join this complete four-country, 21-day adventure.

Follow the famous Serengeti wildebeest migration through some of the best parks in Tanzania.

Japan is a spectacular destination, filled with beauty and wonderous sights. Travel to traditional destinations, or structure a visit around spring flowering season, or plan a winter adventure of skiing and onsen (natural hot springs). Your dreams are within reach.

Explore the ancient landmarks in Jordan and Israel. Visit the Dead Sea, the rose city of Petra, Wadi Rum, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem. (Also see Egypt itineraries.)

If your goal is to see and photograph the greatest possible number of large mammals of Africa on a small group safari, this is your best trip. Guide Makau Nzioka is among Kenya's best birders and naturalists.

Travel Down Under to be moved by the dramatic experience of a total eclipse, spending time before and after in Sydney, the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia's rain forests, and more.

This Guatemala tour offers a special perspective on Mayan culture, both past and present, and adapts to your specific interests for hiking, nature, crafts, archeology, and contemporary communities.

Witness the famous Hagen sing-sing show, then visit the fabled Sepik River, Tari Highlands, and Waghi Valley accompanied by great local guides.

This is an expert-guided, flexible exploration for non-hikers who enjoy wildlife, ancient traditions, spiritual discovery, and beautiful mountain scenery.

Join a small group with expert naturalists in this search for tigers and other wildlife in the parks of northern India and visit both famous and lesser-known sites and sanctuaries.

Focus on the heart of the ancient Inca Empire while based in comfortable ecolodges. Visit little-known sites and hike ancient off-the-beaten-path trails.

Combine Vietnam and Cambodia on an extended discovery of friendly villages, astounding ruins, compelling history, scenic waterways, and savory food.

Our favorite sites reveal themselves in the colorful and intensely spiritual, flower-filled celebrations of Holy Week. Join this special Signature Trip accompanied by JOURNEYS' photographer Wayde Carroll.

This relaxed nature and culture expedition takes you to the Sepik River, Tari Highlands, and Waghi Valley to meet local people and observe colorful traditions.

Southern India contrasts with the North, and this trip features the best of this greener, gentler India, including great heritage sites, parks, and friendly people.

This is the grand tour that local South Africans might choose for themselves, combining a great variety of culture, wildlife, scenery, and activity on a fast-paced adventure.

This very flexible auto safari adapts to your preference of sites, duration, route, accommodations, cuisine, and vehicle type. We'll help find the right mix for you on your dates.

The great Paro tsechu is the cornerstone event of a very personal guided exploration featuring blooming rhododendrons, Himalayan views, and encounters with remarkable people.

This safari seeks the greatest variety, numbers and concentrations of animals and birds on a dawn-to-dusk, fast-paced, intensive visit to the best parks and reserves in East Africa.

Understand the great game herds of the Serengeti in the context of local tribes and communities that live in harmony with wildlife and the natural environments.

Get involved as a volunteer. Learn about local crafts and skills. Discover Thailand and Cambodia by working with local people. It's all fun and pleasure.

Journey to Mexico's state of Michoacan, (MEECH-wa-cahn), where you will witness the wintering home of the monarch butterflies in the oyamel forests of the region. The trip begins in colonial...

Survey the wonders of Lhasa and Old Tibet with a memorable visit to the North Base Camp of Mount Everest. This a rugged trip for healthy travelers.

Explore the diversity of Tunisia's environments from Tunis and Carthage through the Sahara to the coast and Djerba Island. Meet Tunisians from all walks of life as you retrace North Africa's history and witness an historic ongoing transformation.

Visit one of the world's most amazing and beautifully austere mountain ranges, including the summit of Mount Toubkal -- at 13,300' the highest in north Africa -- on this trekking trip. Start and end in mysterious, magical Marrakech, one the most fascinating cities on earth.

Travel in modern, comfortable style on the legendary Silk Road, along which camel caravans plodded a thousand years ago.

This 22-day safari offers indigenous cultures, the greatest wildlife reserves and spectacular scenery of Namibia, the Okavango, and Victoria Falls.

Enjoy a classic exploration of Burma's greatest sites with JOURNEYS senior local. End with a coastal beach option.

Explore and understand the remarkable culture, ruins, history, and landscape. Travel beyond the beaches that confine most tourists. Expect excellent food.

Trekking through the tiny villages at the base of the towering Burmese Himalayas offers rich nature, tribal hospitality, and an unbounded exploration challenge.

On this ten-day immersion in Buddhist culture, you may catch glimpses of the forest spirits, the leaping lamas, or at least a Musk Deer, Bearded Vulture, or Black-Necked Crane. Hike to Tiger's Nest Monastery.

Enjoy the intensely colorful, flower-filled celebrations of Holy Week, and indigenous markets, villages, and textile traditions with Guatemalan textile expert Olga Reiche. Intimate, artistically-adorned accommodations are a feature of this trip.

Explore southern China's Yunnan Province, a feast of natural, scenic, and cultural diversity born of Himalayan mountains, deep valleys, and a history of isolation, Buddhist heritage, and adaptation.