Indonesia

the answer to what is the difference between a Komodo Dragon and a monitor lizard is basically about 40 kilos and several hundred dollars and while a day trip to Komodo gets our thumbs down, a combined Flores and Komodo tour deserves a resounding yes!

Going off-the-beaten-track half way round the World with people you don’t know, food you’ve never tried before and what appear to be extreme weather conditions. What can possibly go wrong?

A few tips on how to get the best out of your small group tour to Southeast Asia

Gluten intolerant or gluten allergic are terms we encounter increasingly frequently, so here’s a rundown of what to expect on a Southeast Asia tour

Some of the domestic and regional flights you’ll come across on our Southeast Asian small group tours

Myriad is not an exaggeration so this post is very much a rundown on just a few of the most iconic noodle soups of Southeast Asia you may come across on one of our small group tours of the region.

…pick up a green mango, give that durian a go, try a soursop shake in Phnom Penh’s Russian Market, or, if you’re really lucky, try Wi’s fresh passion fruit cheesecake but stuff the imported blueberries and perhaps forget the cashew fruit.

New tours for 2026-27 Every year, as soon as things quieten down after the November to February high season, it’s time to turn our attention to any necessary changes, tweaks and amendments or worthwhile additions to our existing range of Southeast Asia small group tours. Full details, tour by tour, can be seen by following the relevant links below but…

Southeast Asia a-arrival cards – how do they work? We’d say the new system of Southeast Asia a-arrival cards is probably, all things considered, a good initiative, but it does take a bit of getting used to and has occasionally caused a certain amount of confusion. We can’t remember which immigration department first came up with the idea – maybe…

Southeast Asia Travel Warnings Some guests, and prospective guests, are occasionally bemused as to which areas of Southeast Asia we can take you too and which we can’t and why. Well, frequently so are we. Firstly, as a UK-licensed tour operator, we’re obliged to follow British Foreign Office travel advice, so, it depends upon whatever Southeast Asia travel warnings the…

Southeast Asian countries and peoples When we say ‘we’, the post is, of course, written from the point of view of a native English speaker and we’re not going into the various, for example, French, German or Spanish names used to refer to Southeast Asian countries and their peoples. We’re comparing names currently in use today in the English language,…

Tips on visiting some of Southeast Asia’s busier destinations and which ones are possibly best avoided altogether