Each year we strive to add more adventurous destinations around the globe, running research trips to find out the best way to offer you the chance to visit the mysterious corners of the world still untouched by regular tourism.
We run tours to Palau, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa in the Pacific, including our annual Least Visited Countries tour for Christmas and New Year. We also run regular tours to Papua New Guinea and the province of Bougainville, East Timor including the Oecusse exclave and Myanmar. We also regularly run tours in China, including the road trip of a lifetime along the border of China and North Korea, and Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia and the Philippines.
In the Americas we have been visiting Cuba for as long as we can remember, and offer great packages to Colombia, Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands, Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana, Venezuela and also Haiti. We also travel as far and wide as Antarctica, Greenland, Svalbard and for the ultimate passport stamp visit the budding micronation of Islandia off the coast of Belize City with our friends at Let’s Buy an Island.
All our international tours are run in accordance with YPT’s branding and ethos: a super price, expert guides, and most importantly an adventure that will stick with you for life. We run tours for people who hate group tours, and we do not run groups larger than 25 people (at 26 we split into two) but the average size is 10 people. All groups are led by expert guides that know the destinations and are passionate about what they do. We also strongly believe in value, and generally, our prices are unbeatable.
We can offer independent tours to any of our worldwide destinations year-round, which are organised by our regional offices across the globe. For independent tours to Cuba please check out Cuban Pioneers. On top of this, if you have a dream destination in mind on a road less travelled, we can tailor packages for you to any destination you can think of, at great prices. Our independent tours are done according to your needs and we are always on the lookout for new and exciting destinations to add to our list of worldwide adventures. Contact us today to organise your tailor made pioneering adventure to places your mother wished you stayed away from.
Is there anywhere we won’t go?
Yes of course, though we will go almost anywhere unless there is an active war taking place in the specific area and the situation is considered too dangerous. Contact us with your request and we will let you know if it is possible.
If I want to do a combo tour but can’t do all of it is that possible?
Yes, our long combo tours are open to people on any leg. You can join later or leave early depending on your schedule, just get in touch for an exact quote!
How often do we add new destinations?
Our list of destinations is constantly updating and we add many new tours every year – sign up for our mailing list or like us on Facebook to keep up to date!
- ¥5495
North Korea Borderlands & Mt. Paektu Tour
North Korea Borderlands - What we believe to be the most fascinating border ever.
- Start Date : October 2nd 2020
End Date : October 6th 2020 - Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
- $895-$1190
Cuba: Che Guevara and Missile Base Tour (November 2020)
Find out more about El Comandante and his past in Che’s Cuba
- Start Date : November 2nd 2020
End Date : November 9th / 11th 2020 - Duration: 8 days to 10 days
- $2695
Cuba & Colombia Combo (November 2020)
Explore Che Guevara's Cuba before going in depth in to the Marxist and drug lord history of Colombia
- Start Date : November 2nd 2020
End Date : November 20th 2020 - Duration: 18 nights, 19 days
- €1595-€2895
Microstates of Europe Road Trip
Country-hop European microstates and geographic anomaly on our unique Road Trip!
- Start Date : November 11th 2020
End Date : 22nd November 2020 - Duration: 10 nights, 11 days
- $1295
Colombia: Civil War and Narcos Tour (November 2020)
From drug lords to Marxist rebels, explore Colombia's history up close!
- Start Date : November 12th 2020
End Date : November 20th 2020 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- $5995
Colombia & Ecuador Mega Combo
An epic one month adventure through Colombia and Ecuador!
- Start Date : November 12th 2020
End Date : December 12th 2020 - Duration: 30 nights, 31 days
- $745 - $3995
Ecuador Amazon Rainforest and Galapagos Islands Tour
Venture deep into the Amazon on our inaugural Ecuador tour!
- Start Date : November 26th 2020
End Date : December 9th 2020 - Duration: 5 days / 11 days / 14 days
- $10995
Least Visited Countries Combo Tour
The ultimate adventure exploring 6 of the world's least visited countries
- Start Date : December 18th 2020
End Date : January 16th, 2021 - Duration: 28 nights, 29 days
- $2995
Least Visited Countries: the Prequel
Party in Palau and spend Christmas in the Federated States of Micronesia!
- Start Date : December 18th 2020
End Date : December 26th 2020 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- €895
Myanmar Christmas Adventure
Spend Christmas in the mountains of Myanmar and celebrate with the locals!
- Start Date : December 20th 2020
End Date : December 27th 2020 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- $3195
Least Visited Countries Tour Part 1
Have a New Year's Eve like no other in the least visited country in the world - Nauru!
- Start Date : December 25th 2020
End Date : January 4th, 2021 - Duration: 11 nights, 12 days
- $2995
Least Visited Countries Tour Part 2
Get even more out of your Pacific holiday with a visit to three more countries, including the 3rd least visited in the world – Tuvalu!
- Start Date : January 5th 2021
End Date : January 13th, 2021 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- $2295
Least Visited Countries Part 3
Check off countries 10 and 11 in the Pacific to complete the whole set!
- Start Date : January 13th 2021
End Date : January 15th, 2021 - Duration: 3 nights, 4 days
- $1195
Extreme Philippines Tour
Crucifixions, hanging coffins and cockfights - think you know the Philippines? Think Again.
- Start Date : April 1st 2021
End Date : April 8, 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- $95 / $150
Cutud Lenten Rites Day Trip
Ever seen a live crucifixion? Here's your chance!
- Start Date : April 2nd 2021
End Date : April 3, 2021 - Duration: 1 day / 2 days
- €495
Kangbashi-Ordos Ghost City Tour (April)
Urban exploration in ghost city of China
- Start Date : April 8th 2021
End Date : April 10th, 2021 - Duration: 2 nights, 3 days
- $895-$1195
Cuba May Day Revolutionary Tour 2021
Part Soviet era parade, part Latin American carnival; there’s really only one place to be on May Day
- Start Date : April 25th 2021
End Date : May 4th 2021 - Duration: 7 days to 9 days
- $2495
Cuba May Day & Colombia Combo
Explore Che Guevara's Cuba before going in depth in to the Marxist and drug lord history of Colombia
- Start Date : April 25th 2021
End Date : May 12th, 2021 - Duration: 17 nights, 18 days
- $1295
Colombia Civil War and Narcos Tour 2021
From drug lords to Marxist rebels, explore Colombia's history up close!
- Start Date : May 6th 2021
End Date : May 12th 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- $1495/$1795
Timor Independence Day Overland Tour
A real exploration of South East Asia's least visited country - crossing from Indonesia into East Timor
- Start Date : May 16th 2021
End Date : May 24th 2021 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- $3395 - $3695
East Timor & West Papua Tour
Celebrate National Day in East Timor and explore the unexplored in Indonesian West Papua
- Start Date : May 16th 2021
End Date : May 29th, 2021 - Duration: 14 nights, 15 days
- $1495-$1995
West Papua Tour
Explore the remote and pristine villages and valleys of West Papua
- Start Date : May 23rd 2021
End Date : May 29th, 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €1695-€2595
Moscow to Pyongyang By Train Tour
Travel with YPT as we ride on the longest train journey in the world!
- Start Date : May 24th 2021
End Date : 10th June 2021 - Duration: 8 days / 17 days
- Flight option: €300 flight out
- €995
All Koreas Part 1: North Korea Borderlands
North Korea Borderlands - What we believe to be the most fascinating border ever.
- Start Date : June 18th 2021
End Date : June 25th 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €2190-€2990
Unexplored South Asia (Bangladesh & Bhutan) Combo Tour
A tour of extreme constrasts in South Asia! The tuktuks of Bangladesh and the yaks of Bhutan!
- Start Date : June 21st 2021
End Date : July 7th, 2021 - Duration: 11 days / 18 days
- €695-€1495
Bangladesh Unbound
From paddleboat to shipbreaking yards through markets and mosques, fully experience Bangladesh
- Start Date : June 21st 2021
End Date : July 1st, 2021 - Duration: 4 days / 11 days
- €1740
China and North Korea Political Interest Combo
A spectacular tour to learn about the history and poltics between China and the DPRK.
- Start Date : June 28th 2021
End Date : July 11th, 2021 - Duration: 12 nights, 13 days
- Flight option: €200 flight one way or €250 return
- €795
Chairman Mao & Nanjiecun People’s Commune Tour
Communist China from Mao’s hometown to his mausoleum. Plus a remaining commune!
- Start Date : June 28th 2021
End Date : July 4th, 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €1495
Kingdom of Bhutan Tour
The cheapest, funniest and easiest way to see the best of Bhutan
- Start Date : July 2nd 2021
End Date : July 7th, 2021 - Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
- €2990-€3690
Kingdoms of the Himalaya (Bhutan, Nepal & Tibet) Combo Tour
Take in the best of the isolated and ancient kingdoms of the Himalayas!
- Start Date : July 2nd 2021
End Date : July 19th-21st, 2021 - Duration: 18 days / 20 days
- €995
All Koreas Part 3: South Korea Tour
Explore with us not one but two other rural DMZ areas from the south. A very off the beaten track DMZ tour.
- Start Date : July 3rd 2021
End Date : July 9th 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- Ship option: Ferry from China to South Korea included
- €645
Inner Mongolia & Kangbashi-Ordos Ghost City Tour
The best of Inner Mongolia, zipping through the grasslands to visit China's most infamous ghost town and its dinosaur town
- Start Date : July 5th 2021
End Date : July 10th 2021 - Duration: 4 nights, 5 days
- €1595
Inner-Outer Mongolia Combo Tour
Visit Inner Mongolia and the ghost town of Ordos-Kangbashi as well as Outer Mongolia and the Naadam Festival
- Start Date : July 5th 2021
End Date : July 17th, 2021 - Duration: 13 nights, 14 days
- €1990-€2495
Mongolia & Russia: Naadam, Buryatia and Lake Baikal Combo Tour
Venture through the Mongolias in time for Naadam festival and see the wonders of Buryatia and Lake Baikal
- Start Date : July 5th 2021
End Date : July 25th, 2021 - Duration: 14 days / 22 days
- €995
Mongolia Naadam Festival and Wilderness Tour
Spectate at Mongolia's most important festival on this perfect summer getaway!
- Start Date : July 10th 2021
End Date : July 17th, 2021 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- €1195 / €1895
Tibet Roof of the World & Everest Base Camp
Watch debating monks and cross 5000m mountain passes before taking on the roof of the world
- Start Date : July 10th 2021
End Date : July 21st, 2021 - Duration: 8 days / 12 days
- €795
Cambodia Dark Tourism Tour
Explore the dark tourism of one of South East Asia's most fascinating countries
- Start Date : August 5th 2021
End Date : August 11th 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- €1640 / €1790
Cambodia Dark Tourism & North Korea Liberation Day Combo
Explore the dark tourism of one of South East Asia's most fascinating countries, and finish off celebrating with the locals in Pyongyang!
- Start Date : August 5th 2021
End Date : August 17th / 18th 2021 - Duration: 14 / 15 days
- Flight option: €195 flight one way or €295 return
- $2895-$4390
Papua New Guinea Mount Hagen Festival & Bougainville Tour
Watch the tribal festival of a lifetime in this fascinating country
- Start Date : August 10th 2021
End Date : August 23rd 2021 - Duration: 9 days / 12 days
- €795
Vietnam Summer Tour
Explore the main sights and sounds of Vietnam by train
- Start Date : August 12th 2021
End Date : August 19th 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €695
Divided Cyprus Tour
Explore Turkish controlled Northern Cyprus with war-torn ghost towns, arms dealers mansions, stunning beaches, and Roman relics!
- Start Date : August 15th 2021
End Date : August 20th, 2021 - Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
- $1495
Papua New Guinea Bougainville Tour
Explore the province of Bougainville, a place of recent history and untouched beauty!
- Start Date : August 17th 2021
End Date : August 23rd, 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- $2995
Central Asian Summer Combo Tour
Taking in three of the ‘Stans - see all the main sights of Central Asia
- Start Date : August 20th 2021
End Date : September 6th 2021 - Duration: 17 nights, 18 days
- €1595
Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan: Pamir Highway Tour
Explore remote Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan, and even peek across the river into Afghanistan driving along majestic Pamir Highway
- Start Date : September 19th 2021
End Date : September 28th, 2021 - Duration: 9 nights, 10 days
- €895
Palawan Island Hopping Tour
YPT doesn’t normally do beaches, but then we saw these beaches!
- Start Date : September 30th 2021
End Date : October 9th 2021 - Duration: 10 days, 11 days
- €1740
Party Foundation Day Tour & China Red Base Tour
Take in the Party Foundation in the DPRK first, then celebrate the Chinese revolution!
- Start Date : October 6th 2021
End Date : October 19th 2021 - Duration: 11 nights / 12 days
- Flight option: €195 flight one way in
- €1995
Svalbard: Soviet Frontier Arctic Cruise
Visit some of the northernmost settlements in the world in ex-Soviet Svalbard!
- Start Date : October 10th 2021
End Date : October 15th, 2021 - Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
- €2495
Ultimate Leaders Tour
Visit the Mausoleums of Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Lenin in one go!
- Start Date : October 11th 2021
End Date : November 2nd, 2021 - Duration: 21 nights, 22 days
- €795-€995
Vietnam and South West China Tour
Explore the main sights and sounds of Vietnam by train all the way up into South West China.
- Start Date : October 11th 2021
End Date : October 18th / 21st, 2021 - Duration: 10 nights, 11 days
- €795
China Revolutionary Red Base Tour
Follow the footsteps of Chairman Mao where he set up the first real communist 'red bases' in China before taking power nationwide!
- Start Date : October 12th 2021
End Date : October 19th, 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €1995
Svalbard: Soviet Frontier Cruise (Second Departure)
A second chance to visit some of the northernmost settlements in the world in ex-Soviet Svalbard!
- Start Date : October 13th 2021
End Date : October 18th 2021 - Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
- €495
Kangbashi-Ordos Ghost City Tour
Urban exploration in THE ghost city of China
- Start Date : October 20th 2021
End Date : October 22nd 2021 - Duration: 2 nights, 3 days
- $2095
The Guyanas Tour
Explore one of South America's most underrated countries!
- Start Date : October 23rd 2021
End Date : October 30th, 2021 - Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
- €395-€2995
Eurasian Adventure Tour
7 weeks, 21 post-Soviet countries or Unrecognised Countries. Taking in the whole iron curtain: The true Young Pioneer Tour
- Start Date : October 26th 2021
End Date : December 5th 2021 - Duration: 2 days to 39 days
- $2495-6495
Latin America Mega Combo: Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador
All the excitement on offer in our Latin American tours, in one tour!
- Start Date : November 1st 2021
End Date : November 19 - December 2nd, 2021 - Duration: 19 days to 32 days
- $895-$1190
Cuba: Che Guevara and Missile Base Tour (November 2021)
Find out more about El Comandante and his past in Che’s Cuba
- Start Date : November 1st 2021
End Date : November 8th-10th 2021 - Duration: 8 days to 10 days
- $1295
Colombia: Civil War and Narcos Tour (November 2021)
From drug lords to Marxist rebels, explore Colombia's history up close!
- Start Date : November 11th 2021
End Date : November 19th, 2021 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- $745 - $3995
Ecuador Amazon Rainforest and Galapagos Islands Tour
Venture deep into the Amazon on our Ecuador tour!
- Start Date : November 19th 2021
End Date : November 23rd - December 2nd 2021 - Duration: 5 days to 14 days
- $5895
Antarctica Frozen Continent Expedition
Explore the world's last frontier, the frozen continent of Antarctica
- Start Date : December 15th 2021
End Date : December 24th, 2021 - Duration: 9 nights, 10 days
- $5290-10995
Least Visited Countries Combo Tour
The ultimate adventure exploring all 11 of the Pacific island countries
- Start Date : December 17th 2021
End Date : January 15th 2022 - Duration: 28 nights, 29 days
- $2995
Least Visited Countries – The Prequel
Party in Palau and spend Christmas Eve in the Federated States of Micronesia!
- Start Date : December 17th 2021
End Date : December 24th, 2021 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- €895
Myanmar Christmas Adventure
Spend Christmas in the mountains of Myanmar and celebrate with the locals!
- Start Date : December 20th 2021
End Date : December 27th 2021 - Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
- $3195
The Least Visited Countries Tour – Part 1
Have a New Year's Eve like no other in the least visited country in the world - Nauru!
- Start Date : December 24th 2021
End Date : January 4th, 2022 - Duration: 11 nights, 12 days
- $2995
Least Visited Countries Tour – Part 2
Get even more out of your Pacific holiday with a visit to three more countries, including the 3rd least visited in the world – Tuvalu!
- Start Date : January 4th 2022
End Date : January 12th, 2022 - Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
- $2295
Least Visited Countries Part 3
Check off countries 10 and 11 in the Pacific to complete the whole set!
- Start Date : January 12th 2022
End Date : January 15th, 2022 - Duration: 3 nights, 4 days
