Cultural Tour activities in Asia
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Kyrgyz Concept
Offers cultural programmes at the higher end of the travel spectrum. Can arrange visa support, Bishkek homestays, horse trekking, cultural shows and can even put you in touch with a Kyrgyz costume designer. It is also a reliable international ticket agency. Credit cards accepted.
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Conservation Adventure Tours
Conservation Adventure Tours
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Travel Club
Operates tribal and wildlife tours.
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Antrek Tours & Travel
Reliable, well-established and able to arrange treks, tours and adventure activities.
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Goodwill Guide Group
The Goodwill Guide Group gives free one-hour tours of Matsumoto-Jō Castle by advance notice.
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Toi's Tours
If you need a French-speaking guide, this is a good option. There's a second office on Th Tha Makam.
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Tseren Tours
Dutch- and Mongolian-run outfit that does countrywide tours, biking trips and stays with nomad families.
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Mr Chen's Tours
Mr Chen's Tours can organise trips to almost anywhere you want to go, including flights and overland trips to Lhasa.
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Wind Of Mongolia
French-run tour operator offering creative and off-beat trips, including rock climbing, dog sledding (in winter) and tours that focus on Buddhism. Contact Joel Rauzy.
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Sahara View Travel & Tours
Sahara View Travel & Tours is a much smaller operator, running city tours taking in Chinatown, a batik factory, Pulau Duyung and more. It also offers day trips and packages to Redang.
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Community-Based Tourism Project
A Community-Based Tourism Project at Khustain allows visitors to stay with nomad families, ride horses, learn felt-making and experience daily life in the countryside. See the website for details.
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Panmunjeom Travel Centre
In this tour to the DMZ, you'll have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to question a defector from North Korea with help from an interpreter. The tour costs around ₩580, but doesn't include a cross into the DMZ at Panmunjeom.
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Lao Youth Travel
Highly recommended for its focus on community-based ecotourism. One- and two-day tours between Vientiane, Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang, and rewarding multiday trips to minority villages in the far north. Prices around US$35 to US$50 per day, all inclusive.
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Sergio's Tours
From Sergio's rooms behind his sister Tina's guesthouse, Sergio's Tours offers day trips including food and transport to places such as Tamaraw Falls. We're not sure what he's alluding to, but Sergio's card promises 'Only the right and true information', which is a big relief.
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Traditional Activities
Through Agir Pour le Cambodge, you can participate in traditional activities such as honey collecting and the hunting of frogs and rice-field crabs (around US$10 for a group). It may also be possible to visit local silk weavers.
A ride out to Banteay Top costs around US$5 by ox-cart or around US$6 by koyun (tractor).
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Audio Guide Walk
The Municipal Corporation has collaborated with the House of MG to develop an ingenious audio guide walk. Beginning at the famed hotel, this 80-minute MP3-guided walk takes an alternative route through the Old City, ending at the Bholantah Divetia Haveli. This carefully restored, finely carved house is now a museum, shop and cafe rolled into one.
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Local Tour Guide - Peck Choo
A recommended local tour guide is party-loving Nonya guide Peck Choo, who knows every nook and cranny of Melaka better than just about anyone. She can lead tours on anything from short historic walks to several-day jaunts around the province and beyond. She is buddies with most of the other guides and can help set potential clients up with another guide or a specialist if need be.
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Rinky Dink Travel Mongolia
As the name indicates, this is a small tour company that keeps its trips simple, safe and fun. It has homestays in ger districts and takes you out of Ulaanbaatar to meet nomad families. It is involved in social development programmes in poor neighbourhoods and invites tourists to volunteer for its projects. There is no actual 'office' to drop into - you just contact them and they will pick you up.
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Marwar Eco Cultural Tours & Travels
Jodhpur is renowned for its village safaris – jeep trips to local Bishnoi villages, potters and dhurrie (rug) weavers. The Bishnoi are a tribal sect who believe in the sanctity of the environment. Their desire to protect trees and animals dates from the 15th century. It’s a well-worn trail, so it can feel touristy – your enjoyment depends on how good your guide is. Marwar Eco Cultural Tours & Travels is a recommended private operator.
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Municipal Corporation
The Municipal Corporation runs fascinating heritage walking tours through the old city. They start from the Swaminarayan Temple in Kalupur at 8am and finish near the Jama Masjid around 10.30am. It’s advisable to book. The tours, through narrow, confusing streets and past dilapidated, carved wooden houses, are an excellent way to get a feel for the city and its pols (gated neighbourhoods). Commentaries are given in English and there’s a brief slide show beforehand.
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Eco Bike Tour
For something different and to explore the fascinating landscape around Melaka, join Alias for his popular three-hour bike ride through 20km of oil-palm and rubber-tree plantations and delightful kampung communities surrounding town. Pick-up is from the Travellers' Lodge. Alias changes the tour around local events or festivals in the area such as a stop at a local wedding ceremony (only when available, of course).
The tour can leave at either 08:00 or 15:00 any day of the week as long as there are at least two people. There aren't any big hills and water is supplied.
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TDCP Tours
Operating two daily city tours (per person around Rs450, 3½ hours) The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab conducts tours of Lahore. The fee does not include applicable admission fees to the sites. An air-con minibus picks up passengers at the TDCP office on Lawrence Rd, as well as at the Holiday Inn, Ambassador, Pearl Continental and Avari hotels.
The morning tour leaves the TDCP at 08:30 and takes in Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Fort, Jehangir's Tomb and the Lahore Museum. The afternoon tour leaves the TDCP at 14:30 (15:30 summer) and covers Shalimar Gardens, Old City, the Mosque of Wazir Khan, Sunehri Masjid and the Royal Baths. The TDCP can also arrange tours beyond…
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Diethelm Tours
Plain of Jars and Muang Khoun tours plus kayaking on the Nam Nguen from May to September.
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Heritage Tours
Organises customised tours of tribal villages and markets for about US$60 per person (based on twin share) per day.
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Nam Ha Ecoguide Service
At the time of writing, tours were offered by the Nam Ha Ecoguide Service, a wing of the Provincial Tourism Office.
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