Small Group Tours Departing in 2025

We are delighted to offer tours and cruises travelling in 2025, offering a range of experiences including ancient city tours, river cruises, inspiring cultural heritage, breathtaking landscapes and rewarding itineraries.

Church by Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia

Balkan Explorer

Touring a trio of intriguing countries, Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia, this journey highlights historic sites, spectacular scenery, and the cities whose heritage monuments and museums tell the tales of their ancient, Ottoman, medieval, and modern eras

More 7 nights from £1595
Panoramic View Of Biogradsko, Lake Biogradska Lake, Montenegro

Mountains & Marvels of Montenegro

Touring Montenegro from medieval towns to Mediterranean bays, via Europe’s most southerly fjord and its last virgin forest, this journey explores the ancient history of the young country, revealing its culture, customs and cuisine, at a relaxed, refreshing pace.

More 7 nights from £1695
Old Village River Temo, Bosa, Sardinia, Italy

Sea & Sardinia

In the footsteps of DH Lawrence, and enjoying the coast and countryside, culture and cuisine of the island, this tour explores Sardinia from charismatic Caglieri to Oliena’s mountains, La Maddalena Islands, medieval and modern Alghero, and elegant Oristano

More 7 nights from £2245

Ice & Lights

With dramatic landscapes at your feet and the brilliant Aurora Borealis in the skies above, this is a tour to remote locations and remarkable sights, from Iceland’s glacial lagoon to its largest icecap, steaming geysers, gleaming icebergs, and frozen waterfalls

More 6 nights from £2795
Leopard in tree, Masai Mara, Kenya

Wild Masai Mara

There is nowhere better to answer the call of the wild than the renowned Masai Mara, and the iconic Governors’ Camp, its riverside setting superb for scenery and safari

More 6 nights from £4445
Symi Island, Greece

Island of Rhodes

On this relaxing and revealing tour, a blissfully beautiful acropolis, a Doric city-state, a hilltop church in a deserted monastery, and a sail to beguiling Symi, complement the castle citadel of the crusader Knights of St. John, forming the fabulous Old Town of Rhodes

More 6 nights from £1795

'Ice' Land of the Northern Lights

Icelandic winters are a wonderland of hot springs and frozen waterfalls, glaciers and growling volcanoes, and the ethereal Aurora Borealis dancing in dark skies. This five-night tour takes you through the unique topography of ‘the land of ice & fire'

More 5 nights from £2125
View of Florence with the Duomo, Florence, Italy

Treasures of Florence

With five nights in Florence, a feast of art and architecture, an insight of medieval life under Medici rule, and every romantic, Renaissance monument within walking distance, this tour combines detailed discovery with ample time to enjoy the city on the Arno River

More 5 nights from £1345
Cairo, Egypt

Gems of Cairo

A superb short-break in Cairo takes you to Egypt’s most iconic monuments, the Pyramids of Giza, a tour to ancient Memphis and Saqqara, and visits the hallowed halls of the Egyptian Museum

More 4 nights from £1725
Jamaa El Fna Market Square, Marrakech, Morocco

The VJV Riad

A brilliant short break in magical Marrakech, this tour is based within the old medina, staying at the traditional Angsana Riad, where historic character is combined with contemporary comfort, and landmark sites, from souks to palaces, are all within easy reach

More 4 nights from £1295