Ranking 7th on the list of Least Visited Countries in the World, the Solomon Islands are slowly opening up to foreign visitors after the resolution of the ethnic tensions which shook the country. It is a country rich in sceneries and cultures that are just waiting to be known, but it is also rich in […]

Colombia is a country in many ways still haunted by its past, but with the new partial end to the civil war, and the former cartels holding much less sway than they used to, the country is now seeing a huge influx of tourists. Yet when your country has had the past that Colombia has, […]

Kangbashi – a new city built to house 1.2 million people, where the Ordos Desert hits the grasslands in Inner Mongolia, China. With a static population of under 100,000, it’s China’s most famous ghost city.   Whether you’re interested in urbanism and development in China, or just urban exploration and adventure, Ordos is the place […]

You might think that working for YPT means constant adventure and travel. But if you do, you’re a little off the truth. A lot of our time is spent in research and development of tours, whether in North Korea or any of our other destinations. And we also spend a lot of time on the […]

YPT’s John tells us about the Karakoram Highway and why you should go to this part of the world quick before the Chinese developers get there! The Karakoram Highway is one of the ultimate travel destinations. Yeah, it’s just a road, but this is no normal road. Linking Pakistan and China, National Highway 35, or […]

Travelling for weeks, we made our way through the Caucasus from Europe, taken a ferry across the Caspian Sea to Turkmenistan, and gone through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, ending up in Kazakhstan. Almaty, Kazakhstan, is a beautiful and modern Russian-esque city not far from the border with Kyrgyzstan; a great place to rest for a few days. […]

On Thursday, August 31, 2017 my Korean guides drove me to Pyongyang Train Station. I had just completed 6 days of filming YouTube and blog content for Young Pioneer Tours. After saying goodbye to my guides, I boarded the 10:30 AM train to Dandong, China via Sinuiju. The train rolled through the North Korean countryside, […]

YPT International Tour Manager Shane talks you through his recent camping holiday! However, being the Soviet history nerds and pursuers of adventure travel that we are, we swapped the south of France for a former Soviet gulag in the far east of Russia! Here’s how it went: The Russian far East is home to many […]

Whether you’re moving to a new country, or just travelling to a new city, adapting to your new surroundings can be equally exciting and nerve-wracking. From exploring new places, trying new foods, and meeting new people, there is so much you can do when familiarising yourself in new surroundings. Wherever you’re heading, here are some […]

YPT prides itself on travel to unrecognized countries. This year we added our last “frozen conflict zone” to the list thus becoming the first travel company to offer regular tours to Abkhazia, Nagorno Karabakh, Transnistria – and now South Ossetia. We had been planning on cracking South Ossetia for years. And, after overcoming various issues […]