Young Pioneer Tours

Worldwide Adventures

Each year we strive to include more ‘hard to reach’ and least visited destinations from around the world. We conduct research trips to pioneer the best possible way to offer you the chance to visit these locations still untouched by regular tourism and at the lowest possible cost.

All our unique tours are run in accordance with YPT’s branding and ethos: a competitive price, expert guides, and most importantly an adventure that will stick with you for life. Every tour is accompanied by an experienced western YPT guide and to encourage friendships and good times we cap our tour groups at a maximum of 24 people. Once we hit 25, we divide our tours into two different groups with their own vehicle, local guides and western YPT guides. Group sizes are usually around 10 – 12 people. As we like to say, “we do group tours for people who hate group tours”.

If our scheduled worldwide group tours don’t match your travel dates or interests, we can create your very own private tour. Our independent tours are suitable for all solo travelers, couples, friends, families and travel groups. During your private tour you will be accompanied by local guides (several languages are available), and you will have your own driver and air conditioned vehicle. YPT provides full visa support.

  • East Asia: China, Mongolia, Tibet, Russia, Xinjiang
  • Latin America: Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, The Galapagos, The Guyanas, Haiti, Venezuela
  • Pacific: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Region), the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
  • Polar Regions: Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula, Falkland Islands, South Georgia), Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
  • South-East Asia: Cambodia, East Timor, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Vietnam, West Papua
  • South Asia: Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal
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  • $895 / $1195

Cuba New Year: Che Guevara and Missile Base Tour

Fun in the Cuban sun with missile bases, revolutionary sites and mojitos!

  • Start Date : December 26th 2024
    End Date : January 2nd / 4th 2025
  • Duration: 8 days / 10 days
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  • €4700/ €6165

The Grand South Atlantic Tour: South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha & Saint Helena

Sail to the most remote places on Earth!

  • Start Date : March 23rd 2025
    End Date : April 15th / 25th 2025
  • Duration: 24 days / 34 days
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Guyana Tours and Travels
  • $2495

The Guyanas April Tour

Explore one of South America's most underrated countries!

  • Start Date : April 4th 2025
    End Date : April 11th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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Cambodia open to tourism by October
  • $995 / $1195

Cambodia Dark Tourism Tour

Explore the dark tourism of one of South East Asia's most fascinating countries

  • Start Date : April 8th 2025
    End Date : April 14th / 16th 2025
  • Duration: 7 days / 9 days
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  • $1495 / $1895

Myanmar Water Festival and Burmese New Year Tour

Be one of the very few tourists to visit Myanmar and celebrate the popular Water Festival with the locals!

  • Start Date : April 13th 2025
    End Date : April 22nd / 24th 2025
  • Duration: 10 days / 12 days
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  • €1995

Venezuela Angel Falls And Bolivarian Revolution Tour

Explore the incredibly diverse and fascinating country of Venezuela!

  • Start Date : April 16th 2025
    End Date : April 21st 2025
  • Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
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  • $1295

Extreme Philippines Tour

Crucifixions, hanging coffins and beaches! Not your typical Philippines visit!

  • Start Date : April 17th 2025
    End Date : April 25th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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Cutud Lenten Rites Festival
  • $150 / $195

Cutud Lenten Rites Day Trip – April 2025

Spectate a live crucifixion in the Philippines on our exclusive one day tour

  • Start Date : April 18th 2025
    End Date : April 18th / 19th 2025
  • Duration: 1 day / 2 days
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  • $595 / $945 / $1295

Cuba May Day Revolutionary Tour – April 2025

Part Soviet era parade, part Latin American carnival; there’s really only one place to be on May Day

  • Start Date : April 25th 2025
    End Date : May 2nd / 4th 2025
  • Duration: 5 days / 8 days / 10 days
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  • $1295

Colombia Civil War & Narcos Tour

From drug lords to Marxist rebels, explore Colombia's history up close!

  • Start Date : May 5th 2025
    End Date : May 13th 2025
  • Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
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East Timor crew
  • $1995

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 14th 2025
    End Date : May 22nd 2025
  • Duration: 8 nights, 9 days
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  • $4195

East Timor & West Papua Tour

Celebrate National Day in East Timor and explore the unexplored in Indonesian West Papua

  • Start Date : May 14th 2025
    End Date : May 29th 2025
  • Duration: 15 nights, 16 days
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  • $2495

Discover West Papua Tour

Explore the remote and pristine villages and valleys of West Papua

  • Start Date : May 22nd 2025
    End Date : May 29th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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  • €2495

Across the Arctic Circle: Fair Isle, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen

Whether you’re a seasoned Arctic adventurer or a first-time explorer, this is for you.

  • Start Date : May 31st 2025
    End Date : June 9th 2025
  • Duration: 9 nights, 10 days
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  • $445 / $1895

Belize Overland & Islandia Tour

Be one of the very first people to be stamped on arrival in The Principality of Islandia.

  • Start Date : June 14th 2025
    End Date : June 17th / 23rd 2025
  • Duration: 4 days / 10 days
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Chairman Mao
  • €995

Chairman Mao & Nanjiecun Collective Village Revolutionary China Tour

Experience life in a Maoist collective village!

  • Start Date : June 23rd 2025
    End Date : June 29th 2025
  • Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
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  • $995 / $1295 / $2295

Ultimate South East Asia Adventure

The best of South East Asia in one juicy combo

  • Start Date : June 23rd 2025
    End Date : July 4th / 9th 2025
  • Duration: 6 days / 12 days / 17 days
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The people of Bangladesh
  • $1195

Bangladesh Unbound Tour

From paddleboat to shipbreaking yards through markets and mosques, fully experience Bangladesh.

  • Start Date : June 24th 2025
    End Date : 30th June 2025
  • Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
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YPT Bhutan Tour
  • $2245 / $2745

Bangladesh, Bhutan & Nepal: Unexplored South Asia Tour

A tour of extreme contrasts in South Asia! The tuktuks of Bangladesh, the Takins of Bhutan, and the Namastes of Nepal!

  • Start Date : June 27th 2025
    End Date : July 4th / 7th 2025
  • Duration: 8 days / 11 days
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Doderma buddha statue in Bhutan
  • $1745

Kingdom of Bhutan Tour

The cheapest and most in-depth way to explore the best of Bhutan

  • Start Date : June 30th 2025
    End Date : July 4th 2025
  • Duration: 4 nights, 5 days
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  • $995

Laos Secret War Tour

Go beyond the usual sites in Laos and explore the most "secret place on Earth" according to the CIA

  • Start Date : July 4th 2025
    End Date : July 9th 2025
  • Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
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  • $1495

Iconic Sri Lanka by Train Tour

A tour with the best food and the most beautiful train journeys in the world!

  • Start Date : July 8th 2025
    End Date : July 17th 2025
  • Duration: 9 nights, 10 days
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  • $1595

Mongolia Naadam Festival & Wilderness Tour

Spectate at Mongolia's most important festival on this perfect summer getaway!

  • Start Date : July 10th 2025
    End Date : July 17th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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  • $2995 - $12895

Least Visited Countries Summer Combo

Nobody gives you this amount of access to the Pacific Islands more than YPT

  • Start Date : July 11th 2025
    End Date : August 8, 2025
  • Duration: 7-29 days
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Tibet
  • €1495 / €2145

Tibet Roof of the World & Everest Base Camp Tour

Explore the least visited side of Mt. Everest

  • Start Date : July 13th 2025
    End Date : July 20th / 24th 2025
  • Duration: 8 days / 12 days
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  • $2945 / $5745

Papua New Guinea Mount Hagen Festival Tour & Bougainville Tour

Watch the tribal festival of a lifetime in this fascinating country

  • Start Date : August 12th 2025
    End Date : August 20th / 25th 2025
  • Duration: 9 days / 14 days
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Bougainville Guide
  • $2995

Papua New Guinea Bougainville Tour

Explore more of PNG, and possibly the world's next newest country!

  • Start Date : August 19th 2025
    End Date : August 25th 2025
  • Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
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  • €3395

Svalbard Soviet Frontier: Pyramiden & Barentsburg Arctic Ghost Towns

Visit some of the northernmost settlements in the world in ex-Soviet Svalbard!

  • Start Date : August 22nd 2025
    End Date : 27th August 2025
  • Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
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  • €595

The Icelandic Adventure: Don’t go chasing waterfalls

Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.

  • Start Date : September 2nd 2025
    End Date : September 4th 2025
  • Duration: 2 night, 3 days
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  • €4750

Eastern Greenland Arctic Cruise 2025

Take in the Northern Lights and land on wild Greenland on the cruise trip of a lifetime!

  • Start Date : September 4th 2025
    End Date : September 14th 2025
  • Duration: 10 nights, 11 days
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Goroka Festival
  • $2645 / $3745

Papua New Guinea Goroka Festival Tour 2025

We go off the beaten path to partake in the Goroka Festival in PNG!

  • Start Date : September 16th 2025
    End Date : September 22nd / 24th 2025
  • Duration: 7 days / 9 days
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  • €1495

China’s Far West: Xinjiang Tour

This is your opportunity to explore China's largest and least visited province

  • Start Date : September 20th 2025
    End Date : September 26th 2025
  • Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
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Palawan Island Hopping Tour
  • $1295

Ultimate Palawan Island Hopping Adventure

YPT don't normally do beaches, but when we do...

  • Start Date : September 26th 2025
    End Date : October 5th 2025
  • Duration: 9 nights, 10 days
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  • $1545 / $1995

Myanmar Lighting Festival Tour

Be one of the very few tourists to visit Myanmar and celebrate Lighting Festival with the locals!

  • Start Date : October 3rd 2025
    End Date : October 12th / 14th 2025
  • Duration: 10 days / 12 days
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  • $1995

Explore East Timor

Understand the recent history of Timor and explore markets and beaches rivaling anywhere in Asia

  • Start Date : October 6th 2025
    End Date : October 13th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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Yan'an China, a key conference room where China began along the path of joining socialist countries.
  • €995

China Revolutionary Red Base Tour

Join us for some truly Red tourism and travel to the unexplored hinterlands of the Communist Revolution!

  • Start Date : October 11th 2025
    End Date : October 18th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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Mt Hagan Festival
  • $2895

Papua New Guinea Morobe Show and Homestay Tour

Be apart of the Morobe Show and an exclusive Homestay program in PNG

  • Start Date : October 13th 2025
    End Date : October 20th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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Guyana Tours and Travels
  • $2495

The Guyanas October Tour

Explore one of South America's most underrated countries!

  • Start Date : October 20th 2025
    End Date : October 27th 2025
  • Duration: 7 nights, 8 days
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  • €945

Divided Cyprus TRNC National Day Tour

Take part in the incredible Northern Cyprus National Day Celebrations!

  • Start Date : November 14th 2025
    End Date : November 19th 2025
  • Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
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Bhutan Tours
  • $1745

Kingdom of Bhutan National Day Tour

The perfect time to visit the jewels of Bhutan

  • Start Date : December 16th 2025
    End Date : December 20th 2025
  • Duration: 4 nights, 5 days
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Pitcairn Silver
  • $6595

Pitcairn Pacific Cruise Tour

Set sail to the Pacific’s most remote and fascinating settlements - Pitcairn island

  • Start Date : January 6th 2026
    End Date : January 13th 2026
  • Duration: 8 days/7 nights
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  • €6250

Antarctica Frozen Continent Expedition – March 2026

Explore the world's last frontier, the frozen continent of Antarctica.

  • Start Date : March 10th 2026
    End Date : March 20th 2026
  • Duration: 10 nights, 11 days
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The hectic beat of Dhaka
  • $1195

Unbound Bangladesh Tour 2026

From paddleboat to shipbreaking yards through markets and mosques, fully experience Bangladesh

  • Start Date : June 23rd 2026
    End Date : June 29th 2026
  • Duration: 6 nights, 7 days
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The world's famous Tiger's nest monastery in Bhutan
  • $2245 / $2745

Bangladesh, Bhutan & Nepal: Unexplored South Asia Tour

A tour of extreme constrasts in South Asia! The tuktuks of Bangladesh and the yaks of Bhutan!

  • Start Date : June 26th 2026
    End Date : July 6th 2026
  • Duration: 11 days / 18 days
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  • €3395

Svalbard Soviet Frontier: Pyramiden & Barentsburg Arctic Ghost Towns

Visit some of the northernmost settlements in the world in ex-Soviet Svalbard!

  • Start Date : August 30th 2026
    End Date : September 4th 2026
  • Duration: 5 nights, 6 days
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  • €6395

The Arctic Adventure: Spitsbergen & North East Greenland

Don't miss out on a thrilling and unforgettable journey in the far north

  • Start Date : September 4th 2026
    End Date : September 17th 2026
  • Duration: 13 nights, 14 days
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