The history of Magadan and the Kolyma region is inherently dark. As a hub for gulags during the most terrifying years of Soviet Rule, it became home to ‘’the Road of Bones’’, a highway stretching thousands of miles and costing thousands of lives. Prisoners who died simply buried on the spot and became part of […]

Join YPT in Irkutsk as we head to the stunning early winter in Lake Baikal. We’ll be exploring the city of Irkutsk, Siberia’s second city after Vladivostok, and one with an amazing history and culture of St Petersburg exiles and local ethnic groups. We’ll be spending 3 nights in and around Lake Baikal, its various […]

Join YPT in Irkutsk as we head to the stunning Lake Baikal. We’ll be exploring the city of Irkutsk, Siberia’s second city after Vladivostok, and one with an amazing history and culture of St Petersburg exiles and local ethnic groups. We’ll be spending 3 nights in and around Lake Baikal, its various villages and islands, […]

Join YPT as we journey once again on our Iran & Iraqi Kurdistan Combo tour!  Iran is a destination we know and love well; however, the lesser visited Kurdistan is a prospective new nation protected by the Peshmerga and at the forefront of the fight with ISIS.  Despite its significance and proximity to probably the […]

Join YPT for some truly Red tourism and travel to the unexplored hinterlands of the Communist Revolution! This tour takes you from the seat of Communist power Beijing to the ancient capital Xi’an, onwards north to Yan’an, the revolutionary Red Base of Chairman Mao, the CCP and the Red Army, combining the cities of Beijing […]

Embark on a journey with YPT to one of the most famous of the Russian republics, Chechnya. Known today for all the wrong reasons, it used to be one of the most touristic areas of the old Soviet Union due to its stunning natural beauty and the culture of the fiercely nationalistic yet incredibly friendly […]

What better way to follow up a trip to the Magadan Soviet Gulag than to journey with YPT to Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) – Birobidzhan – the Soviet Zion? Set in Russia’s far east and bordering China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang, Birobidzhan was set up as an autonomous Oblast for Jewish people by Stalin […]

Join YPT for full-on urban exploration in the ghost city of Kangbashi! If you’ve ever spent any time in a Chinese city you’ll be well used to the throng, walking the night markets where it seems like every conceivable snack is on offer or pushing your way through people trying to sell you things outside […]

Join YPT for full-on urban exploration in the ghost city of Kangbashi! If you’ve ever spent any time in a Chinese city you’ll be well used to the throng, walking the night markets where it seems like every conceivable snack is on offer or pushing your way through people trying to sell you things outside […]

Join YPT, as we travel on one of our signature trips, to Iraqi Kurdistan to welcome in Spring 2025 and celebrate the Newroz festival on our Iraqi Kurdistan Newroz Festival Tour! A prospective new nation protected by the Peshmerga which were at the forefront of the fight with ISIS.  Despite its significance and proximity to […]