For travellers with a yearning to get off the beaten track, Intrepid opens up a whole new world. With a wide variety of travel styles available, Intrepid travellers explore the world's most amazing places - discovering real people, real cultures and having incredible real life experiences along the way.

Geoff and Darrell started Intrepid in 1989 with a passion to get travellers off the beaten track in Asia. They wanted to develop a style of travel that was all together different, where as travellers we became a part of country - and not just tourists looking in. They wanted to have fun, meet people, learn things, explore, and do stuff they could never do at home. They wanted to travel by anything and everything, and stay anywhere and everywhere! They wanted to be intrepid!

Today Intrepid has over 600 staff, over 400 different trips, over 90 different destinations and many different styles of travel...And yet the philosophy on travel is unchanged.

Intrepid believes the smaller the group, the better the experience. That's why the average is just 10 travellers per trip. The Overland journeys are the exception where they use purpose built safari trucks that can carry up to 24 travellers.

Travelling in a small group means you get to experience more of the local culture. Small groups don't dominate; they can actually get to know the people they meet and do the things they do. Sharing their buses, their streets, and their homes, you're more likely to be asked to join in, not just to buy stuff.

Where you stay is all part of your Intrepid experience; whether it's a centrally-located city hotel, or a homestay in a tribal village, staying close to a region's people and culture is the guiding principle.

The choices are based on friendliness as well as facilities, character as much as convenience. Of course, standards vary according to trip style, with Comfort adventures offering a superior level, and Overland journeys camping out, but the chosen accommodation best captures the essence of the location.

It's all in the journey. Intrepid believes getting from A to B should be a highlight of your trip, not a chore. That's why Intrepid adventures come with all manner of weird and wonderful transport options, from the familiar to the downright bizarre.

The actual 'vehicles' will depend on when and where you go, as well as the trip style (Comfort and our Egypt adventures include private transport and Overland journeys travel on purpose built safari vehicles). You could find yourself riding an elephant, a bicycle or a bamboo raft, boarding a bus, a bemo, or an airplane. However you go, as with all things Intrepid, you'll go the local way.

Behind every great Intrepid trip is a great Intrepid leader. Their enthusiasm, versatility and knowledge of local culture are second to none - in many cases because they're taking you round their home country! Others are westerners with an urge to share their passion for travelling in foreign lands. And every one of them is the reason why so many travellers return to Intrepid year after year.

There are over 300 different trips in the Intrepid entire range in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, The Middle East & Australasia - so they are sure to have something for you.

"Think twice before booking" says Intrepid. This may sound like a strange thing to say, but it is important that you understand Intrepid's style of travel. Intrepid travels in a way that fully appreciates cultures and lifestyles very different from our own.

While striving to provide the very best holiday possible, they do not shield you from the cultural differences, inefficiencies and frustrations that are a part of the places visited. Indeed, the emphasis is on getting out there and experiencing the real world - warts and all. Please bear this in mind when choosing between travel styles and trip options. 

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