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Our European tours are sometimes overlooked in favour of more far-flung destinations, but they offer a different kind of travel experience to the typical holiday here, one that explores lesser-known areas and traditional communities often untouched by mainstream tourism. Our...
Our European tours are sometimes overlooked in favour of more far-flung destinations, but they offer a different kind of travel experience to the typical holiday here, one that explores lesser-known...
28th May 2025
At twice the size of France, Mauritania is vast – but a full 90% of it is made up of the Saharan Desert, and a large swathe of its population...
9th April 2025
Saudi Arabia is not quite what many outsiders may expect, says our MD Jim O'Brien. Yes, it’s traditional, but it’s also a country that is rapidly evolving. The pace of...
19th March 2025
Like many of our African destinations, São Tomé & Principe offers a different twist on your average holiday. Despite its small size, it makes for a perfect short tropical getaway...
6th February 2025
From soaring mountains often covered by snow to sprawling deserts of stone or sand, Central Asia is home to some of the most breathtaking - and wild - landscapes on...
1st February 2025
Equatorial Guinea is most definitely one of our more unusual destinations and certainly not an obvious choice for a holiday. This country is still in the early stages of opening...
14th November 2024
The most recent addition to our amazing Native Eye team of travel experts is Karina, whose native country Brazil is renowned for its compelling cultures, spectacular landscapes, genuine hospitality, and...
13th November 2024
Kyrgyzstan is very much a place for community-centric tourism and exploring the great outdoors, with lots of hiking and trekking, plus traditional, homely accommodation in yurts and guesthouses in mountain...
24th September 2024
If you’re the type of traveller who yearns for adventure, exploring some of the world’s least-travelled and often furthest-flung regions of the world, Native Eye has it covered. From Albania...
19th September 2024
If, like many of our adventurous travellers, you’ve always wanted to visit Syria, now is a great time – as travel writer Rhonda Carrier discovered in conversation with Helen Youngman....
4th July 2024
What made iconic veteran travel publisher Hilary Bradt fall for the remote, sparsely inhabited archipelago of Socotra so deeply in 2020 that she crowdfunded a new guidebook to it? What...
31st May 2024
Our sales consultant, Megan has just returned from our 16-day Silk Road Explorer trip. Here is her pictorial guide to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, taking us from the bustling markets...
19th October 2023
West Africa is one of the most culturally diverse destinations in the world. There are over 600 languages spoken and far more dialects, a place where animist traditions are still...
29th June 2023
Is Algeria the most exciting country in North Africa? Thanks to a recent surge in bookings to the country, it seems that more of you agree, and who are we...
28th June 2023
Straddling the boundaries between the Sahel and the tropics, the colourful, vibrant country of Senegal is a microcosm of West Africa as a whole, making it a fantastic introduction to...
24th June 2023
It’s been the backdrop to some of the world’s most ancient civilisations and borne witness to the rise of the most popular religions on the planet, Islam and Christianity: no...
6th March 2023
Travel to Oman, like the country’s modern history, has transformed over the last few years. Once a rarely visited Arabian destination, Oman’s reputation has gone from an outlier to -...
20th February 2023
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