Join YPT for what we believe to be the cheapest ever travel package to take people into the DPRK as we visit all the must-see sites of Pyongyang. By making use of traveling from Dandong (which is easily reachable from most of China), and the more than comfortable Chongnyon Hotel in Pyongyang, we are able to […]

For almost 5 decades, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (which roughly translates to ‘Southern Slav Land’) consisted of the territories of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The Republic was led by the charismatic former partisan Josip Broz Tito until his death in 1980. In the years following his death, […]

Join Young Pioneer Tours to Transnistria – officially known the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) – as we experience Victory Day in true Soviet style. This event is traditionally celebrated by the 16 former republics of the Soviet Union and mark the victory over Nazi Germany during the Great Patriotic War. With Transnistria often being referred […]

This May YPT is taking you to the seldom explored islands of Timor and Papua! In true YPT style you will be celebrating Independence Day in East Timor, and with Papua New Guinea now a mainstay of our annual itineraries we just couldn’t resist a further foray into remote SE Asia with our inaugural trip to West […]

Join us in celebrating Independence Day in one of the newest and least visited countries in the world! Even better, we are doing it in true YPT adventure overland style! For a few years now YPT has been guiding tours to East Timor, a small and young country that truly captivates us. However, we are […]

Our Benin and Togo tour, in January-February 2026, is is packed with unique experiences that can’t be found in any of our destinations. As the birthplace of voodoo traditions, which have been kept very much alive, Benin and Togo are lands that are completely impregnated with mysterious beliefs and wild rituals. A place where people […]

Celebrate Easter with YPT in lands that we know and love, the nuclear wasteland of Chernobyl and unrecognized country of Transnistria as well as in the Autonomous Republic of Nakchivan. Beginning in the vibrant Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, we will venture into the nuclear exclusion zone of Chernobyl, featuring the ghost city of Pripyat. From […]

For exciting road trip aficionados and country collectors alike, join us as we take you to five of the countries in Central Asia, that is Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. During the tour you’ll be visiting the main highlights of these countries, giving you the opportunity to sample the flavours of each nation as […]

For exciting road trip aficionados and country collectors alike, join us as we take you to five of the countries in Central Asia, that is Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. During the tour you’ll be visiting the main highlights of these countries, giving you the opportunity to sample the flavours of each nation as […]

Once known as French Somalia, Djibouti may be small in size, but it delivers some of the most surreal and otherworldly landscapes on the African continent. With its bubbling sulphur lakes, lunar-like terrain, and dramatic desertscapes, this is a country where you’ll often feel like you’ve landed on another planet. Our tour takes you to […]