Organized group and private tours to Iraqi Kurdistan. Our Iraqi Kurdistan Tours allow you to explore all the Kurdistan has to offer.

Explore our 2023 and 2024 Iraqi Kurdistan and Federal Iraq tours.

Iran is one of our favourite places to visit, partly because of the (mostly) Farsi speaking local people. But, are there other languages of Iran that we should know about? Yes, indeed there are. To read about Korean click here. Official Languages of Iran Persian Farsi is the official language of Iran, the lingua franca […]

Young Pioneers Tour are pleased to offer our 2024 and 2025 Kuwait Tours and Travel packages. A real crossroads of old and new Kuwait offers ancient Arabic and Greek sites, combined with one of the most modern cities in the world, this is not a regular destination! Often overlooked by western visitors, there is much […]

Iran now open to tourism in news we had long hoped for and indeed expected. The opening is for vaccinated tourists and will mean a resumption of tours to the country! To read our Covid-19 update click here.  Iran Now Open To Tourism – what has been announced? People who have received their second dose […]

Can you drink in Iran? In short whilst Muslims are forbidden to drink alcohol, the local Christian Armenian population are allowed to produce consume and sell alcoholic beverages. So, yes you can drink in Iran. There are a lot of misconceptions about the Islamic Republic of Iran and quite how strict it is with things. […]

We here at YPT have been running multiple annual group tours to Iraqi Kurdistan for many years now. We’ve accumulated years of experience and gained hundreds of contacts in the region which has now put us in the position to be able to offer the best tailored made independent tours to Kurdistan for the lowest […]

YPT has been visiting Albania with our Eurasian Adventure, Balkan Badlands, and private tours for a number of years. With Pioneer Media, we also worked on a US horror movie for a number of months in the country. So it’s fair to say, we’re the go to experts when it comes to this underrated country […]

Shortly after disembarking from my Air Koryo flight in Beijing in January 2019, I called my parents to inform them that I had just visited North Korea for four days. My mother’s immediate reaction upon hearing my news was: “You better not go to Iran!” Although I promised her that I had no such plans, […]

Young Pioneer Tours are pleased at announce our Syria Tours program for 2024 and 2025. That includes group tours and independent packages to the Syrian Arab Republic. Back in 2017, we were one of the first travel agencies to offer Syrian packages after the war. We have now returned with a full program after the […]