A touring holiday is one of the best ways to experience more of a destination without having to organise every detail yourself.
Travel with an expert guide and carefully planned itinerary, join a small group of like-minded travellers, or explore privately with your own driver-guide and an itinerary designed around you.
Touring doesn't have to mean spending every day on a coach. Your journey could involve local food, wildlife encounters, walking, rail journeys, cultural experiences and time to explore independently.
At Mapping Your Travel, we'll help you find the style of touring that suits you - from fully escorted journeys to private tailor-made adventures.
Explore Your Touring Holiday
Which Style of Touring Is Right for You?
Small Group Tours - Share the Adventure
Explore with a small group of travellers while an experienced tour leader takes care of the logistics.
Small-group tours can take you far beyond the main tourist trail, with local guides and experiences that help you understand the places you're visiting rather than simply seeing them.
Best for: Solo travellers • Couples • Culture • Meeting like-minded travellers
Nicola from Mapping Your Travel in Fez, Morocco on a small group tour.
Private Touring - Your Journey, Your Pace
Want the experience of a tour without travelling as part of a group?
A private tour gives you the freedom to explore with your own driver, guide or driver-guide, with an itinerary designed around your interests and the pace at which you like to travel.
Explore Sri Lanka with a private driver-guide, discover the temples and cities of India, travel through Southeast Asia or create a completely personalised journey through Latin America.
Private touring can work particularly well when you want the reassurance of having everything arranged without sacrificing flexibility.
Escorted Tours - Relax and Enjoy the Journey
For travellers who prefer everything to be organised, an escorted tour can make exploring multiple destinations remarkably easy.
Travel between carefully selected highlights with your accommodation, transport and sightseeing planned, accompanied by an experienced tour manager or guide.
Best for: Easy planning • First-time visitors • Solo travellers • Multi-centre journeys
We've experienced small group touring ourselves in Egypt, Morocco, Vietnam and Montenegro, so we understand first-hand what makes a great touring holiday.
One of the biggest advantages is knowing you're in safe hands. With your itinerary, transport and much of the organisation taken care of, there's no worrying about how to get from A to B. You can concentrate on enjoying the destination and the experiences along the way.
We'll help you compare the group size, pace, itinerary, accommodation and experiences included to find a tour that suits the way you like to travel.
Sometimes the best way to experience a destination is to slow down and travel through it.
Walk through spectacular landscapes, cycle between villages and vineyards or choose an itinerary combining sightseeing with more active experiences.
Best for: Walking • Cycling • Scenery • Active travellers
Your adventure could involve walking in the Canary Islands, cycling through Europe, hiking in the mountains or exploring rural communities on foot.
You don't necessarily need to be an experienced athlete either. Active tours range enormously in difficulty, and we'll help you find an itinerary that matches your experience and fitness level.
Food, Wine & Special Interest Tours
Sometimes a shared passion is the perfect reason to travel.
Discover a destination through its food, wine, history, gardens, wildlife or photography, travelling with people who share the same interests.
Best for: Food & wine • Culture • Wildlife • Special interests
Taste your way through Sicily, discover the vineyards around Porto, join a wildlife-focused journey or explore somewhere through its history and traditions.
Specialist tours can add another dimension to a destination, particularly when you're travelling with knowledgeable local guides.
Your tour doesn't have to begin and end with the organised itinerary.
We can add flights, private transfers, city stays, rail journeys, beach extensions or additional destinations, turning your tour into a larger tailor-made holiday.
You could explore India on a small-group tour before relaxing in Goa, add a few days in Sydney to an Australian journey, or finish an active adventure with some well-earned time beside the beach.
We'll bring the different elements together to create one journey around you.
