Join YPT for a month-long trip through Colombia and Ecuador absolutely packed full of variety. From Bogota, the cocaine capital of Medellin and the colonial town of Cartagena in Colombia we head through Pablo Escobar and Cali Cartel country on a Narcos themed tour. We then travel overland through stunning scenery to Ecuador where we […]

The least visited part of North Korea that is actually more open to foreigners than the rest of the country. Rason has plenty to offer to return visitors and those interested in the DPRK’s unique economy. This is the only part of the country where tourists can visit public markets and use the local currency […]

YPT’s Guyanas Combo Tour is back and better than ever. We’ve resurrected this classic adventure covering the three least-visited countries in South America: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Known collectively as the “land of many waters”, each of these hidden gems boasts a unique colonial legacy, vibrant culture, rich biodiversity and some of the finest […]

The Passion of the Christ and its re-enactments are one of the most well-known phenomena of the Philippines, but the Cutud Lenten Rites Festival takes things to a whole new level. The penitents involved in the Rites not only flagellate themselves, but the Rites culminate with their being literally nailed to crosses. This is the […]

Join YPT in Seoul as you’ll witness a historic World Cup qualifier between North Korea and South Korea. We will spectate the second match to be held between North and South for the FIFA qualifier as last year’s match ended with a tense 0-0. This tour is open to Americans and is the best chance […]

Home of YPT’s regional European office, Bulgaria is a country we have a soft spot for. Home to warm, Balkan hospitality, excellent food and a whole host of communist-era treasures, it is a country often overlooked on the trail of those who hunt for the red relics of its communist past. On our Red Bulgaria […]

Following on from our Saudi Arabia tour and right before our Iran tour we will be heading back to Kuwait, a perfect stop off for country collectors! We spend a day looking around Kuwait City, from its Andalucian influenced Grand Mosque to the very macabre War Museum – the Iraqi invasion of 1990 is very […]

Think you know Saudi Arabia? Well we will challenge you on that! Join us on our tour of South Saudi in the Asir region. Here you’ll find the most stunning landscape of the Arabian Peninsula and all just a stone throw away from the Yemenite border. For years this area was known as the conservative […]

Celebrate Easter with YPT in a land that we know and love, the nuclear wasteland of Chernobyl and unrecognized country of Transnistria. Beginning in the vibrant Ukrainian capital of Kiev, we will venture into the nuclear exclusion zone of Chernobyl, featuring the ghost city of Pripyat. Led by our guide who was born inside the […]

The Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – and their capitals are popular amongst long weekend holidays makers and partygoers. But Young Pioneer Tours are different, and are here to explore the Baltics Soviet past, hard hitting and informative. We’ll go travel into history and to secret locations unknown to the outside world! Your […]