TrailFinders Favourites!

Our staff gets around. In the past 18 months alone, we've stood within 550 miles of the North Pole and at the southern tip of New Zealand. In between we've travelled to Timbuktu (twice), Laos, Zanzibar, Chile, Egypt, Ecuador, Svalbard, Baffin Island, Wales,  Cambodia, Morocco, Tanzania, South Africa, Thailand, Namibia, Vietnam, Peru, Turkey, Cornwallis Island, Germany, Argentina, Greenland, England, Galapagos Islands and many other places in between -- ample opportunity to find some of the world's hidden gems!

From these recent visits (and from some previous trips), here are a few of our personal favourite locations, restaurants, tours, hotels, bars and whatever...

Yunak Evleri Cave Hotel, Cappadocia

Beitwakil Hotel & Restaurant - Aleppo, Syria

Caye Caulker, Belize

Horseback riding in Peulla, Chile

Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Gumboot Cafe, Robert's Creek, BC

Lago Apoyo, Nicaragua

Aboard the Monaco, on the Nile River, Egypt

The town of St. Andrews by the Sea, NB

Best fish and chips at the Bluebird Cafe, Regina Beach, SK

South African Airlines A340 J class - best lie flat seats & duvets

Desert Express train, Namibia

On a slow boat down the Mekong, Northern Laos

Baan Klang Nam restaurant, Bangkok

Hotel Puelche, Puerto Varas, Chile

Dogon villages on the Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali

The town of Hay on Wye, Wales

Casimiro Bigua restaurant, El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina

Afternoon tea at The Orangery, Kensington Palace, London

The Dome bar, Bangkok

La Bodeguita del Medio restaurant, Old Havana

Waterways in the historic centre of Brugge, Belgium

La Marmite restaurant, Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina

Ataturk Mausoleum, Ankara, Turkey

Pane e Vino restaurant, Hanoi, Vietnam

Le Chateau Montebello, QC

La Maison hotel, Timbuktu, Mali

Everywhere in the Pera area, Istanbul

If you would like more information on any of these, please call us.

Still Seats left for Egypt and Turkey
or...
Egypt or Turkey
 this May!

Our small-group journey through the cradle of civilization will take us through Cairo, Giza, Memphis and Sakkara, along the Nile River from Luxor to Aswan and down to Abu Simbel. From here we head for Turkey, visiting Istanbul, Troy, Kucukkuyu, the Mediterranean coast at Kusadasi, Ephesus and Cappadocia. This is truly a magnificent journey!

The trip, starting on May 6, is guaranteed to run and we still have seats available. Full details of the entire trip can be found on our website.

While the itinerary is designed as one continuous journey, we have decided to open it up to those who would prefer to visit only either Egypt or Turkey, since several of our clients have already visited one or the other. If you would like details of this option, please call us at 613-789-1900.

An Apartment in Lisbon

Need a spot to hang your hat in Lisbon?

Jonathan Lewsey, one of our clients who lives in London, England, has been with us on many of our journeys and has become a trusted friend in the process. He has recently purchased an apartment in Lisbon and spends as much time there as he can, however there are many weeks when Jonathan is working in London and the apartment is vacant. Consequently, it's available for short or long-term stays on many occasions throughout the year.

If you are interested, please check out his website. If you would like to reserve the apartment you can call us at 613-789-1900 or reserve directly with Jonathan through the website.

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