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TRAVEL CREATES
CONNECTIONS TO OTHERS
THE POWER
Of Travel If you’ve ever travelled before, you’ll have an understanding of the immense power of travel. It just does something to you; a seismic shift that is so strong it’s impossible to ignore. Knowing this, we found ourselves asking one simple question – does travel create better humans? And if so, how does the mind altering experience of travel translate to the real world? The answers to this simple question may just change your world…
TRAVEL CREATES
A SENSE OF BELIEF IN YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE
43%
Travellers are 43% more likely to be satisfied with their employment opportunities.
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Travellers are 42% more likely to actively seek out new friendships.
TRAVEL CREATES
A POWERFUL SENSE OF CITIZENSHIP
63%
TRAVEL CREATES
A MORE OPEN MIND
of travellers indicate that travel has shaped their perspective on global politics (compared to 36% of non-travellers).
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Travellers are 7% more likely to accept that some people have different beliefs to their own and different perspectives on how to live their life.
TRAVEL CREATES
A HAPPIER YOU.
19% Travellers are 19% more likely to be happy. CAYE CAULKER MEXICO
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Team Trip registration
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Before you travel, you’ll need to register for your trip online through MyContiki. Head to p119 for all the deets. contiki.com/registration
USA & CANADA 2 Countries × 31 Trips 6 Travel Styles
USA & CANADA
Food We’re pretty nuts about it (so much so we even gave it it’s own special name - Munch). Our Special Stopover Chefs and on-road Cooks serve up the tastiest local treats, and our Trip Managers will wow you with their Little Black Books of local foodie haunts.
CONTIKI AROUND @SHEWEARSFASHION
LATIN AMERICA 8 Countries × 30 Trips 4 Travel Styles
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Trip Managers, Drivers, On-Site Teams in Europe & expert Local Guides and Trip Manager teams across the globe will wow you with their knowledge, professionalism and 24-hour LOLs.
The Wo 300+ trips, in 64 Countries, across 6 regions worldwide.
LATIN AMERICA
Insurance
Travel Insurance is not only smart, it’s also compulsory when you travel with us. Buy it online before you travel at contiki.com/insurance.
EUROPE 42 Countries × 196 Trips x 8 Travel Styles
EVERY ONE OF OUR TRIPS HAS A UNIQUE HASHTAG C heck the hashtag on the trip page and let the Contiki alumni inspire your Adventures.
wifi
We know it’s important, which is why Wi-Fi is available on our coaches and in most of our accommodation.
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ASIA 10 Countries × 15 Trips 4 Travel Styles
Unique Accommodation
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Think boats, tree houses, luxe hostels, central hotels & even a Chateâu in France.
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Stay Longer For exclusive hotel rates before and after your trip, visit contiki.com/ staylonger.
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1 Country × 15 Trips 4 Travel Styles
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I’m a shy person, I never thought I would be able to talk to strangers, yet the strangers on my trip soon became my friends. Each day, these guys and girls made me laugh and I didn’t want the trip to end. When it did, I waved the coach goodbye and cried. I cried for everything I’d discovered over the last few weeks and saying goodbye to my incredible new friends. SARAH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU TRAVEL
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A complete social experience guaranteed to leave you with new friends all across the globe. Being led by the best in the business, by a team who train for up to 67 long, hard days straight to become Trip Managers. A huge appreciation for all things food, in the form of our Munch food philosophy. A choice of 8 totally unique ways to travel and a mix of accommodation styles that put budget, timeframe and personal interests centre stage. The sleekest, sexiest coaches on the road, with the lowest emissions possible and multiple ways to travel depending on what part of the world you are in. Ultimate free time, plus the choice of great Free Time Add-Ons to make your experience even more incredible. More No Regrets moments than you could count on your fingers AND toes, helped along by our No Regrets Inclusions, which are built into each and every trip. The peace of mind that you’re travelling with a family run business who care passionately about their travellers. That’s Contiki Know-How. Read on
WHAT WE
Know We’ve seen some monumental events happen in our lifetime; Apollo 11 landing on the moon, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Psy’s Gangnam Style. All moments that changed the world, albeit some in different ways to others. And over these years, we’ve learned a lot. We’ve made mistakes, we’ve had adventures that are now safely stored away in the archives labelled ‘NEVER tell the parents’, we’ve taken risks, and somehow we’ve become a company that young, brave and courageous travellers look to as their ticket to the world. This role in people’s lives - your lives - never ceases to amaze us. Because actually, the reason we do what we do, is for you. We know that it is your generation; those currently finishing exams, riding out the college years or working the daily hustle, who hold the future of the world in their hands. You are the ones who can change the status quo. You are the ones who can make a difference. Travel gives you the golden keys to knowledge, understanding and compassion. It opens you up to a whole new world of perspective. It changes who you are as a human.
That’s what Contiki does to you. You see, when you travel with us, it’s not just about the cool destinations you visit, or the unique places you sleep, or the experiences that have you telling stories for decades. These things are a given on any Contiki. But how our trips actually change you as a person, that’s through the people you meet; the strangers who become closer than family. For anyone who’s ever travelled with us, you’ll understand this. You’ll know the magic that happens when you put a group of young, spirited adventurers together. You’ll know that the friendship you created over that 3am gyros in Mykonos, is for life. So if you’re thinking about travelling with us, know this. What you’re buying isn’t just a ticket, or a space on a coach. It’s so much more than that. You’re buying memories, experiences, and friendships that might just change the course of your entire life. You ready?
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Well travelled, so knows a thing or two about the world Needs freedom to do their own thing Craves unique, one-of-a-kind experiences that speak to their passions Guilty of loving a sleep-in and a lazy breakfast or two
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A serious culture junkie who craves authenticity and unique experiences A food and coffee fiend with a nose for local hangouts More of a laid back, take your time approach to exploring new places Loves to experiment with new languages and get to know new people Swipe through to see all In-Depth Explorer trips.
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Lives for summer Potentially a mermaid in a past life Enjoys chill out time and party time in equal measure Thinks beach hair is the best kind of hair Swipe through to see all Sailing, Cruise & Beach trips.
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Risk taker with an active lifestyle A big fan of layering and steaming hot chocolates Has a serious appreciation for Christmas and all associated traditions Hates lines and paying peak season prices
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Spontaneous and fun Lives for music and dancing in fields Thinks life is all about the moments Seeking memories, not regrets
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hink getting from A to B is the boring part of travelling? We can’t wait to change your mind. Our super-sleek coaches in Europe, USA & Canada, Australia and New Zealand come complete with comfy seats, power outlets and WiFi. Whilst in Asia and Latin America we’re all about included flights, private mini vans, tuk-tuks, long-tail boats and even a bullet train in Japan. Yep, transport just got colourful.
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e’re proud of a lot of things, but when it comes to our team, proud doesn’t even come close. Our expert and highly trained team of passionate Trip Managers, Drivers, On-site Team (on 8 sites across Europe) and Local Guides seriously are the best in the biz, and will look after you from the very start to the very end of your Contiki experience.
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entral locations, home comforts and just a little bit of magic is how we’d describe our accommodation around the world, with options to suit every budget. Like the sound of sleeping in the treetops in Thailand, snuggling down into a cozy swag on a cattle station in Australia or waking up overlooking vineyards in a 16th Century Château in France? We firmly believe that the key to the best adventures is a great night’s sleep in authentic accommodation.
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USA & Canada
Every bit as delicious as it sounds, Munch is our commitment to local, authentic, and utterly delectable food experiences.
A FRESH SLICE OF NEW YORK PIZZA, LA’S IN’N’OUT & JONNY’S FOR DAYS. @LIZ.LYFE
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Latin America TRY NACHOS IN MEXICO, EMPANADAS IN ARGENTINA, & SEAFOOD SKEWERS BY THE BEACH
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LUSH COCONUTS, VIETNAMESE NOODLES, AND THAI LUNCHES
Europe
Australia
GREEK GYROS, SPANISH PAELLA & LUNCH FEASTS
@KEARAFRANKLIN FRESH SEAFOOD, SUMMER GELATO IN SYDNEY, & FRESH FRUIT SALAD IN TROPICAL QUEENSLAND
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TASTE YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD If you’ve been thinking about travel, we bet you’ve also been thinking about food. The buttery baguettes of France, the steaming bowls of Pho, the sticky BBQ chicken wings of the USA - all so good you can almost taste them. And that’s what travel is all about - immersing yourself in a new country and a new culture, through food. Like you, we’re utterly obsessed with all things foodie, so we created Munch, the word we use to describe our love affair with food. What does it mean? • It’s the bespoke menus we created in partnership with a European Masterchef, which are served exclusively at our Special Stopovers in Europe, that showcase local, authentic food at its very best.
• It’s a commitment with our restaurant partners to deliver fresh, local, delicious food.
New Zealand THE ORIGINAL FUSH’N’CHUPS, QUEENSTOWN’S; FERGBURGER AND THE HOME OF THE FLAT WHITE
• It’s the superior training of our Trip Managers in food culture, and their Little Black Book of foodie haunts in every destination you visit. • It’s breakfast included each and every day. • It’s the Free Time Add-On food experiences you won’t be able to resist. • And of course, it’s our foodie focused trips - Limited Edition Munch - which will see you nibbling your way across a country. Check out p16-17
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As well as snagging a spot on your first choice trip without the last minute panic, your organization could see you being rewarded with some killer savings. Head to contiki.com/deals to see what’s on offer.
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5% OFF Travelled with us before? Welcome to Contiki+, our program reserved exclusively for past travellers AND a guaranteed way to save 5% off your next Contiki adventure.
WHY PAY IN FULL WHEN YOU CAN TREAT YOURSELF TO ONE OF OUR SWEET DEALS AND SAVE SOME PRECIOUS $$$. HERE’S HOW:
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5% OFF Can’t decide between two trips? Do both! The incentive? You’ll save 5% off the lower priced trip. Mix & match trips from the same regional brochure* to save 5% off the lowest trip price. * Regional Brochures are Europe, Southpac (Australia & NZ), USA, South America & Asia.
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LAST MINUTE DEALS
We list all our deals online and constantly update this page, so checking back regularly could see you being rewarded big time for your efforts...
Who can say no to a little extra cash to splurge on their trip? Our last minute deals offer you the chance to save anywhere from 10-20% off Contiki trips departing soon.
The facts: All these discounts apply to the land portion of your trip price only (this excludes taxes, included flight costs, extra accommodation, any applicable food funds, Inca Trail permit & optional activities. Your trip price does not include the costs of international flights that start or end your trip). You can combine either the loyalty discount (‘Travelled Before’) or the 2nd trip discount with group discounts (‘Book Together’), & early payment (Book Early) discounts on trips of 7 days or longer. Book Early savings do not apply to bookings made within 45 days of trip departure and are not combinable with Last Minute Deals. Loyalty discounts are not combinable with multi-trip discounts. Group discounts (‘Book Together’) are available on all trips. Discounts are subject to availability & may be withdrawn at any point without notice. The 5% discount will be applied to the lower priced of your two trips. This is not combinable with ‘Travelling Again’ discounts – please contact Contiki or your travel agent to apply this discount when booking your trip. This discount applies to the land portion of your trip price only. Both trips must be 7 days or longer.
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BEING PART OF
The Travel Corporation
We’re part of the Travel Corporation family of brands, and being a family-owned business that means we operate with a ‘family first’ mentality. Just as you would go above and beyond for your nearest and dearest, doing anything to ensure their safety and happiness, that’s how we feel about our travellers.
Give you the freedom to change your mind Sometimes plans change, meaning you can’t travel at a certain time, or to a certain place. But thanks to Contiki’s Freedom Guarantee, you can swap onto a different departure or change your trip entirely, for zero cost. Just drop us a line, let us know which trip you want to swap to, if there’s space, and if we are outside 45 days to departure, we’ll do the rest. Visit contiki.com/freedomguarantee
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Make sure you get home, no matter what Sometimes incidents occur that you can’t plan for. Other travel companies have been known to leave their travellers stranded but at TTC, our travellers’ safety and happiness is our first and ultimate priority. We’ll always find solutions to get you home, or find alternative ways to ensure your trip has minimal disruption, in the event of an incident.
Say hello to FlexDeposit, another genius perk created by TTC. Our FlexDeposit guarantee is given for free once you’ve paid your deposit and works as credit towards your next adventure. So if you can’t travel, it means your deposit isn’t lost - it’s simply transferred. FlexDeposit is available until your 36th birthday (the maximum age you can travel on a Contiki is 35), after which time you can use it with any of our sister TTC brands, or gift it to a friend.
Leave the world a better place The Travel Corporation and TreadRight, our older & wiser sister on all things sustainable, are firm advocates for change. That’s why they’ll never ask for donations from travellers, but rather choose to donate their own profits to the projects they support. Visit Treadright.org to read more on our 40 plus sustainable tourism projects worldwide.
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FLORENCE ITALY
LOOKING FOR A TRAVEL EXPERIENCE THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR GREATEST PASSIONS? Want to spend your time nibbling your way down the Mediterranean coastline, tasting your way across Mexico, or deep diving into the land of BBQ in Southern USA? Or, if going a little more stylish is your thing, why not explore Italy via chic, boutique hotels? Back by popular demand, our 4 refreshed Limited Edition trips, Munch Europe, Munch Mexico, Munch USA & Boutique Local, will run for a second year. But how do these differ from a regular Contiki? Well, they’re built around experiences designed to help you realize and unleash your biggest passions.
EUROPE 13 DAYS | 5 COUNTRIES #CONTIKIMUNCH CONTIKI.COM/MUNCH
We’ve partnered with VizEat to invite you into locals’ homes, & onto rooftop gardens to have you eating like only locals know how.
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FRENCH RIVIERA (2 nights)
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#CONTIKIMUNCHUSA CONTIKI.COM/MUNCH-USA
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SAN ANTONIO (1 night)
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boutique Local 11 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
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Leaning Tower of Pisa
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All the good things you’ve heard about Australia? They’re all true. Embrace those dreams of learning to surf and living a beach bum lifestyle because nowhere else in the world does it quite like ‘Straya. Cool city vibes, miles upon miles of rolling outback beauty, world class surf, horizontally laid back locals and wall to wall sunshine really do make the land down under the place where dreams are made.
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THE BIG WALKABOUT 25 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #BIGWALKABOUT | CONTIKI.COM/WALKABOUT | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
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3 night in Special Stays, 15 nights in hotels & resorts, 4 nights in hostels, 2 nights lodge. Sailing option: substitute 2 nights in hotels with 2 nights on a boat
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F Helicopter ride over Uluru
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• Visit the Blue Mountains • Surf lesson in Coffs Harbour
F Whitewater rafting in Cairns
• Visit Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary • 4WD trip across Fraser Island
If seeing a small chunk of the great southern land simply won’t suffice, you’ll find the satisfaction you’re craving in The Big END Walkabout. Traipsing up the well-trodden east coast before DARWIN 25 24 (2 nights) taking flight from Cairns to Alice Springs, we’ll cover 22 KAKADU N.P. Litchfield N.P. (2 nights) the best of Australia’s beaches and cities, as well KATHERINE 21 Mataranka (1 night) as its dusty outback. Daly Waters
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TENNANT CREEK
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(1 night) The Olgas
Townsville Airlie Beach
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Simpsons Gap
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Devils Marbles Wycliffe Well
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BEACHES & REEFS 14 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
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FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
2 nights in Special Stays, 8 nights in hotels, 3 nights in hostels. Sailing option: substitute 2 nights in hotels with 2 nights on a boat
13 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 6 dinners (D), Sailing option: 13 breakfasts (B), 2 lunches (L), 7 dinners (D)
F Bungy Jumping in Cairns
• Visit the Blue Mountains • Surf lesson in Coffs Harbour
Tiptoeing along the coastline of Australia’s pristine east, this trip offers the country’s most iconic road-trip. With two weeks on our side we’ll have time to absorb the best, basking in the bright lights of Sydney and hippy rays of Byron Bay. The Great Barrier Reef will be our tropical cherry on top.
F Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
• Visit Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
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Townsville Airlie Beach
10
WHITSUNDAYS (2 nights) Mackay
QUEENSLAND
CATTLE STATION
9
Capricorn Coast
(1 night)
Fraser Island
7
NOOSA (2 nights)
Brisbane
5
SURFERS PARADISE
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
(2 nights) Currumbin
4
COFFS HARBOUR Don’t miss! Places visited NEW SOUTH (1 night) Port Macquarie Itinerary day WALES Sydney Special Stay
BYRON BAY (1 night)
3
Harbour Bridge
SYDNEY (2 nights)
22 WORLDWIDE
1
START
WHITEHAVEN BEACH WHITSUNDAYS
REEFS & RAINFORESTS 16 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #REEFSANDRAINFORESTS | CONTIKI.COM/REEFS | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
22
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
2 nights in Special Stays, 8 nights in hotels, 1 night in a lodge, 4 nights in hostels. Sailing option: substitute 2 nights in hotels with 2 nights on a boat
15 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 6 dinners (D), Sailing option: 15 breakfasts (B), 2 lunches (L), 7 dinners (D)
F Jungle Surfing (ziplining) in the
Shimmying our way up the East Coast of Australia, we’ll skip from sunny cities to laidback coastal towns and paradise islands. Cuddling koalas and toasting beers at a surf life saving club will leave you feeling like a true blue Aussie.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Aboriginal guided experience • Locally guided 4WD trip across
Daintree Rainforest F Snorkel or dive on an outer Great
Fraser Island
• Visit Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Barrier Reef cruise with lunch
1 Mossman Gorge START
CAPE TRIBULATION (1 night) Port Douglas
GREAT BARRIER REEF
2
4
CAIRNS (3 nights)
Adrenaline sports
Whitehaven Beach
Townsville Airlie Beach
WHITSUNDAYS
5
(2 nights)
Mackay
QUEENSLAND
CATTLE STATION
7
Capricorn Coast
(1 night)
Fraser Island
9
NOOSA (2 nights)
Brisbane
SURFERS PARADISE 11 (2 nights)
12 Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay
COFFS HARBOUR (1 night) NEW SOUTH WALES END
WHITSUNDAYS QUEENSLAND
DISCOVERER
15
16 14
Currumbin
BYRON BAY (1 night)
13
Port Macquarie Sydney Harbour Bridge
SYDNEY (2 nights)
WORLDWIDE
23
THE SUN SEEKER 10 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
DISCOVERER
#SUNSEEKER | CONTIKI.COM/SEEKER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
9
14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
1 night special stay, 6 nights in hotels & resorts & 2 nights hostels. Sailing option: substitute 2 nights in hotels with 2 nights on a boat
9 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 4 dinners (D) Sailing option: 9 breakfasts (B), 2 lunches (L), 5 dinners (D)
F Tandem skydive
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Noosa Surf Club dinner • Locally guided 4WD trip across
F Whitewater raft the mighty
Barron River in Cairns
Fraser Island with lunch & drinks
Watching the sun set over the islands of the Whitsundays?, The Sunseeker is a recipe for good times in Australia. Kicking off in Surfers Paradise we’ll follow the Vitamin D trail, stopping many times en-route to lively Cairns.
END
CAIRNS 8 10 (2 nights)
Townsville Airlie Beach QUEENSLAND
6 WHITSUNDAYS (2 nights)
Mackay
CATTLE 5 STATION (1 night)
Capricorn Coast
Lake McKenzie
Fraser Island
3 NOOSA Brisbane
(2 nights)
SURFERS PARADISE 1 (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay
24 WORLDWIDE
START
WHITEHAVEN BEACH THE WHITSUNDAYS
OUTBACK ADVENTURE 11 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #OUTBACKADVENTURE | CONTIKI.COM/OUTBACK | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
1 night special Stay 7 nights in hotels 2 nights in a lodge
10 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Dawn hot air balloon flight over the
• Alice Springs Aboriginal
desert & MacDonnell Ranges in Alice Springs F Helicopter flight over Uluru & Kata Tjuta
• Swimming at Florence Falls • Uluru sunset drinks & nibbles
Thermal pools, crocodiles, and aboriginal art work in the middle of the desert – it doesn’t get much more authentically Aussie than The Outback Adventure. We’ll float through lush national parks and visit the spiritual heart of Uluru, looping from Alice Springs to Darwin.
END
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
10
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS Dreamtime ‘Bush tucker’ tour
11 10 DARWIN (1 night) 8 KAKADU N.P. (2 nights) Litchfield 7 KATHERINE (1 night) N.P. Mataranka Daly Waters NORTHERN TERRITORY
Devils Marbles Wycliffe Well
Mt. Conner & Lake Amadeus
KINGS CANYON (1 night)
The
2
Olgas 3 ULURU
TENNANT 6 CREEK (1 night)
Aboriginal site Simpsons Gap
1 Uluru Cultural Centre
5
START
ALICE SPRINGS (2 nights)
(2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay
STUCK FOR TIME?
ROCK & RED
6 DAYS
KAKADU NATIONAL PARK NORTHERN TERRITORY
WORLDWIDE
25
WHITSUNDAYS SAILING, CRUISE & BEACH
SAILING ADVENTURE
2 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #CONTIKIAUSTRALIA CONTIKI.COM /SAILINGWHITSUNDAYS CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
2
NIGHTS COMMUNAL ACCOMMODATION
5
INCLUDED MEALS
The Whitsundays Sailing Adventure is for the sea-loving traveller. Hop from reef to beach, lapping up the ultimate combo of salt & sunshine on our exclusive Contiki racing yacht. WHITSUNDAYS QUEENSLAND
DIVE WITH CONTIKI 3/5 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #LEARNTODIVE #DIVETOADVENTURE CONTIKI.COM/DIVE CONTIKI.COM/DIVE-ADVENTURE CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
2/4
7
NIGHTS HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION
INCLUDED MEALS
If diving amidst rainbow marine life is high on your agenda, then the natural wonder of the Great Barrier Reef will be your dreams answered.
26 WORLDWIDE
GREAT BARRIER REEF QUEENSLAND
SYDNEY NEW YEAR 4 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #SYDNEYNYE | CONTIKI.COM/SYDNEY-NEW-YEAR | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
4
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
3 nights multi-share centrally located hostel accommodation
3 breakfasts (B), 1 dinner (D)
F Surf lesson on Bondi Beach F Climb the Sydney Harbour
Bridge (limited availability)
SHORT TRIPS & FESTIVALS
3
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Harbour cruise to experience the world-famous Sydney fireworks • City Tour of Sydney city • Day at iconic Bondi Beach
City exploring, beachy vibes & some seriously sparkly fireworks. Ring in the New Year with us (and some brand new besties) in this harbourside city of dreams. There’s plenty of time to explore and take in the city’s eastern beaches (lookin’ at you Bondi, you beautiful thing) before the festivities. Then get ready to watch Sydney be lit up from a boat on the harbour, with canapés, dinner & drinks all sorted. This’ll be one to remember for sure.
NEW YEAR’S EVE SYDNEY
WORLDWIDE
27
BAY OF ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND 28 WORLDWIDE
New Zealand
If life’s meant to be an adventure, then New Zealand is utopia. What this country lacks in size it sure as hell makes up for in charm, attitude and beauty. After all, this is the home of hobbits, world-class adventure sports, the All Blacks, intriguing and beautiful Maori culture, ‘fush ‘n chup’ dinners and views that will quite literally take your breath away. We dare you not to leave a significant piece of your heart in the Land of the Long White Cloud.
WORLDWIDE
29
A LOCA L KIWI TRIP M ANAGE R& DRIVER TEAM
EPIC SPECIAL STAYS, COOL HOSTELS & HOTELS
4
WA Y TRA S TO VEL
1 COU NT 8 TRIP RY S
FOOD UNCH A EPIC M NCES LIKE I G IE R N E A P H X E AL ITION TRAD S OF LOAD IME & FREE T E TIME RE EPIC F S N -O D D A
104 WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE 30
M YO ORE BR UR INC EA TR LU KF IP D AS PR ED T E IC IN VE E LI RY KE DA Y
THE BIG TIKI 19 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #THEBIGTIKI | CONTIKI.COM/TIKI | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
24
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
10 nights in hotels, 7 nights in lodges, 1 night in a Special Stopover
18 breakfasts (B), 6 dinners (D)
F Race down a hill inside an OGO ball F Sunset cruise on Lake Taupo F AJ Hackett bungy jump in
Queenstown
For 19 days we’ll traverse both NZ’s islands, hopping from lakes to caves and sparkling cities. If an adrenalin rush is what your inner daredevil is craving, then sign up for a bungy, skydive or speed boat ride. Those looking for something a little less wild will find solace soaking in hot springs and horse riding.
DISCOVERER
18
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Waitangi Grounds Guided Tour • Visit Hobbiton Village • Visit traditional Maori village for cultural performance & Hangi dinner
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start/end city Special Stay Milford Sound highlight optional
STUCK FOR TIME? THE BIG TIKI END QUEENSTOWN
17 DAYS
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND
WORLDWIDE
31
KIWIANA PANORAMA 16 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
DISCOVERER
#KIWIANAPANORAMA | CONTIKI.COM/KIWIANA | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
15
20
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
7 nights in hotels, 7 nights in lodges, 1 night in a Special Stopover
15 breakfasts (B), 5 dinners (D)
F Cruise stunning Milford Sound F Bungy jumping, Queenstown F Helicopter Flight & Glacier Hike F Glacier Kayak Tour
The Land of the Long White Cloud is soon to be ours, as we conquer the landscapes and side streets of New Zealand. With 16-days on tour we have time for both islands, meaning Christchurch, Queenstown and Wellington will all get our grand tick. Beaches, glaciers, cities and lakes – the Kiwiana Panorama sees everything.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Visit Hobbiton Village from The Lord of the Rings
• Visit traditional Maori village for cultural performance & Hangi dinner
START END
AUCKLAND
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start/end city Special Stay Milford Sound highlight optional
NORTH ISLAND Hobbiton
ROTORUA (2 nights)
TAUPO
3
(1 night)
4
1 Huka Falls Geothermal mud pools
MT. RUAPEHU (1 night)
Queen Charlotte Sounds Picton SOUTH ISLAND
5
WELLINGTON (2 nights)
Kaikoura
Hokitika Arthur’s Pass
FRANZ JOSEF & FOX GLACIER
7
8
(2 nights) Haast Pass Wanaka Mt. Cook
Milford Sound
15
Arrowtown
Lake Tekapo
CHRISTCHURCH
16
LAKE OHAU
(1 night)
START END
(1 night)
QUEENSTOWN 10 (4 nights)
14
14
DUNEDIN (1 night)
START END
STUCK FOR TIME? KIWIANA PANORAMA END QUEENSTOWN
32 WORLDWIDE
14 DAYS
ROTORUA NEW ZEALAND
NORTHERN ‘CHOICE’ 10 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #NORTHERNCHOICE | CONTIKI.COM/CHOICE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
12
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
8 nights in hotels, 1 night in a Special Stopover
9 breakfasts (B), 3 dinners (D)
F OGO ball racing
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Waitangi Grounds Guided Tour • Kiwiana fish ‘n’ chips dinner • Visit traditional Maori village
F Catamaran sailing, swimming
& snorkelling with lunch
for cultural performance & Hangi dinner
F Mt. Tarawera Volcano Crater Walk
From bright lights in Wellington and Auckland, to authentic Maori culture and serene Lake Taupo, New Zealand’s North Island is full of endless delights. Picture yourself simmering in hot springs at Rotorua, munching fish ‘n’ chips after a spot of dolphin watching, and being utterly spellbound by the Lord of the Rings landscapes.
PAIHIA (2 nights)
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
9
1 Parry Kauri Park
TASMAN SEA
AUCKLAND
3
(1 night) Sky Tower
START END
ROTORUA
Hobbiton
4 (2 nights)
NORTH ISLAND
Huka Falls
TAUPO (1 night)
6
7
MT. RUAPEHU (1 night)
COOK STRAIT
Picton
8
SOUTH ISLAND
10
Don’t miss! Kaikoura Places visited Itinerary day Optional start/end city Special Stay 10
WELLINGTON (2 nights)
START END
CHRISTCHURCH (1 night)
START END
MT TARAWERA NEW ZEALAND
WORLDWIDE
33
‘SWEET AS’ SOUTH 9 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#SWEETASSOUTH | CONTIKI.COM/SWEETAS | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
8
11
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
1 night in a hotel, 7 nights in lodges
8 breakfasts (B), 3 dinners (D)
F Scenic helicopter flight to see
• Tour & tasting at the iconic
Mt. Cook & land on Fox Glacier F Cruise stunning Milford Sound
• Thrilling Shotover Jet boat ride
Diving headfirst into a banquet of adventure, this ‘Sweet As’ trip uncovers New Zealand’s breath-taking South Island. From glacial lakes to cool student cities, we’ll enjoy an ever-changing landscape whilst swinging between hotspots. Adrenalin junkies, please fasten your seatbelts.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS Speight’s Brewery
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start/end city 10 day extension nightstop Optional extension route Milford Sound highlight optional
NORTH ISLAND
COOK STRAIT
Picton
10
WELLINGTON
SOUTH ISLAND
START END
Kaikoura Hokitika
FRANZ JOSEF & FOX GLACIER Wanaka Milford Sound
QUEENSTOWN (4 nights)
Lake
7 Tekapo
(2 nights)
Haast Pass
Arthur’s Pass
Mt. Cook
1
9
10
CHRISTCHURCH (1 night, extension option)
Church of the Good Shepherd
LAKE OHAU
Arrowtown
3 2
(1 night) Oamaru & Benmore Dam
DUNEDIN
START END
PACIFIC OCEAN
(1 night)
EXTEND YOUR TRIP ‘SWEET AS’ SOUTH END WELLINGTON
34 WORLDWIDE
10 DAYS
QUEENSTOWN NEW ZEALAND
ULTIMATE NZ SKI 7 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #ULTIMATENZSKI | CONTIKI.COM/NZSKI | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
8
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
6 nights multi-share lodge accommodation
6 breakfasts (B), 2 dinners (D)
F Tandem Skydive over Lake Wakatipu F Bungy Jump or Swing at the Nevis F Cruise Stunning Milford Sound
WINTER & SKI
6
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• 4-day Ski Pass • Daily transfers up and down the mountain
7 days shredding the Southern Alps of New Zealand – snow dudes, Queenstown is calling. We’ll ski or board to the backdrop of beyond-magic scenery, and heal our tired bones in town over a few local brews.
QUEENSTOWN NEW ZEALAND
WORLDWIDE
35
36 WORLDWIDE
Asia India
Colour, tastes, scents and exotic perfection collide to make Asia one of the most diverse, culturally rich and all out fabulous continents on the planet. We do Japan, we do India, we do Bali, we do Malaysia, and that’s us just warming up. Want to see what other roads we travel? You’d be mad not to.
PENANG MALAYSIA WORLDWIDE
37
TO S AY L W AVE
TR
4
S & LS AY TE L ST HO IA M EC IU SP EM UE PR IQ UN
TR TR AVE L TU AIN AS , CO K TU JUN IA B ND K K YP ITI & P BO LAN ON RIV AT E, ED AT , CO E A AC IR HE S
72 WORLDWIDE 38
EN CO GLIS H TEA NTIK -SPE KN MED I TRI AKIN PM G LO OW UP CA LED WI ANA L G GE TH GE R UID AB ES LE
SMA LL G OF 30 O ROUPS R LE SS
N ES IA NC AS RIE E AY M PE YD O EX T ES IE FAS VER AW OD EAK D E FO BR DE & CLU IN
10 C 15 T OUNTRIES RI
PS
ASIAN ADVENTURE 16 DAYS | 3 COUNTRIES #ASIANADVENTURE | CONTIKI.COM/ASIAN-ADVENTURE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
21
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
3 nights in Special Stays, 12 nights in 3-star hotel accommodation
15 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 3 dinners (D)
F Ziplining in Chiang Mai F Kuang Si waterfalls trip in
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Elephant Haven Sai Yok Kanchanaburi
• Sunrise at Angkor Wat
Luang Prabang F Sunset quad biking, Siem Reap
16 days spent getting to know the ins and outs of Asia, acquiring a genuine appreciation for its diverse cultures. We’ll take cooking classes in the rice fields of Chiang Mai, and learn lessons in history and love in Laos. The memories we make in these 3 beautiful countries are sure to stay with you for a lifetime.
8
PAKBENG (1 night)
DISCOVERER
15
LUANG PRABANG (2 nights)
7 LAOS
CHIANG MAI
VANG 10 VIENG
5
(2 nights)
12
VIENTIANE (1 night)
(2 nights)
4 (1 night)
THAILAND
KANCHANABURI Elephant Haven
(2 nights)
2
Ayutthaya
3
END
1
START
BANGKOK (1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay night Coach or train Plane or boat
KANCHANABURI THAILAND
16 14
SIEM REAP
CAMBODIA
(2 nights)
13
Killing Fields & Genocide Museum
PHNOM PENH (1 night)
WORLDWIDE
39
BANGKOK TO SINGAPORE ADVENTURE 14 DAYS | 3 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
#BANGKOKSINGAPOREADVENTURE | CONTIKI.COM/BANGKOK-SINGAPORE-ADV | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
13
15
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
2 nights in Special Stays, 1 night on overnight train, 10 nights in hotel accommodation
12 breakfasts (B), 1 lunches (L), 2 dinners (D)
F Half day Islands cruise, Krabi
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
F Sunset Cruise with Dinner, Langkawi
• Cheow Larn Lake Stay • Guided Walking Tour of Georgetown Street Art
Going off the beaten track to national parks, tea highlands and sandy archipelagos, the Bangkok to Singapore Adventure showcases this regions breath-taking diversity. Sipping cocktails in Langkawi and trawling the buzzing nightlife of Kuala Lumpur, we’ll find tingles down every hidden alley.
THAILAND
BANGKOK
START
(1 night) Grand Palace
1
2 (1 night)
KHAO SOK
Surat Thani
3
(2 nights)
KRABI
5
(2 nights)
LANGKAWI
7
Satun
(2 nights)
9
PENANG Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay night Coach or train Plane or boat
(1 night)
CAMERON HIGHLANDS 10
(2 nights) Tea Plantation
MALAYSIA
KUALA 12 LUMPUR
END
(1 night)
13 14
SINGAPORE (1 night)
40 WORLDWIDE
PENANG MALAYSIA
VIETNAM EXPERIENCE 12 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #VIETNAMEXPERIENCE | CONTIKI.COM/VIETNAM-EXPERIENCE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
2 nights in Special Stays, 9 nights in 3-star hotel accommodation
11 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 2 dinners (D)
F Cruise & swimming day trip,
A tapestry of colour and a feast for travel-hungry eyes, Vietnam packs a punch like no other. We’ll roam golden temples and float in emerald waters for hours, with lush green paddy fields and silk markets leaving us awe-inspired. Then there’s our cruise down the mighty Mekong River and a junk boat ride in Halong Bay to top it all off. Prawn Bánh mì, anyone?
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
11
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Guided bike ride through
Nha Trang F Street food tour, Hue
Hoi An old town
• Hue’s ancient Citadel • Visit the Cu Chi tunnels
VIETNAM Temple of Literature
12
11
9
10
HALONG BAY (1 night)
HANOI (2 nights)
END
HUE (1 night)
8 Da Nang
6
HOI AN (2 nights)
4
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay night Coach or train Plane
NHA TRANG (2 nights)
Cu Chi Tunnels
1 2
3
Notre Dame Cathedral
HO CHI MINH CITY
MEKONG DELTA
START
(2 nights)
(1 night)
HOI AN VIETNAM
WORLDWIDE
41
JAPAN UNRIVALLED 13 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#JAPANUNRIVALLED | CONTIKI.COM/JAPAN-UNRIVALLED | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
12
14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
2 nights in Special Stays, 10 nights in 3-star hotel accommodation
12 breakfasts (B), 2 dinners (D)
F Robot restaurant, Tokyo
• Locally guided city tour of Tokyo • Ferry to Miyajima Island & visit
F Sushi-making experience, Tokyo F Hida Beef dinner, Takayama
the Peace Memorial Museum
• Sightseeing tour of Kyoto
The home of sushi, sake, and samurai; there’s no place on earth quite like the land of the rising sun. Dabbling in all the quirks that make this great place so unique, we’ll stop at a robot restaurant, admire geishas and munch teppanyaki. A spot of karaoke and zen vibes in a temple? Why of course, the trip wouldn’t be complete without it.
JAPAN
TAKAYAMA (2 nights)
9
HIROSHIMA (2 nights) Itsukushima Shrine
7 Miyajima Island
OSAKA 12
(2 nights)
13
TOKYO
5
KYOTO
(1 nights) END
Matsumoto Castle Matsumoto
(3 nights) START
1
Mt Fuji
4
HAKONE (1 night)
11
MT KOYA (1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay night Coach or train
TRAVELLING IN WINTER? JAPAN – CITY TO SLOPES p.49
42 WORLDWIDE
12 DAYS
KYOTO JAPAN
CHINA ADVENTURE 12 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #CHINAADVENTURE | CONTIKI.COM/CHINA-ADVENTURE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
17
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
10 nights in 3-star hotel accommodation, 1 night on overnight train
11 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 3 dinners (D)
F Tang dynasty show &
• Lunch with a local family
dinner in Xi’an F Cooking class in Yangshuo
• Entry & guided visit of the
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
11
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS in a Beijing hutong Forbidden City
Take a stroll down the Great Wall, tour the Forbidden City, and try Peking Duck in its spiritual home. And when we get tired of walking in the footsteps of emperors we’ll catch a ride in a rickshaw – going local is our style in the Middle Kingdom.
START
Great Wall of China Forbidden City ) ht g i n (1
1
BEIJING (3 nights)
4 5
XI’AN
CHINA
(1 night) END
6
CHENGDU
THE GREAT WALL CHINA
SHANGHAI (2 nights)
(2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Guilin Itinerary day Special Stay night 8 Coach or train Plane
City God Temple Complex
10 12
YANGSHUO (2 nights)
WORLDWIDE
43
SOUTHERN SPICE 11 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#SOUTHERNSPICE | CONTIKI.COM/SOUTHERN-SPICE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
10
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
1 night in Special Stays, 9 nights in 3-star hotel accommodation
10 breakfasts (B), 4 lunches (L), 2 dinners (D)
F Hertiage Walking Tour
• Rickshaw ride to Meenakshi
in Pondicherry
Temple in Madurai
• Kalaripayattu Martial Arts
F Local family cooking demonstration
and dinner in Periyar
Performance
• Periyar Wildlife Boat Safari
A journey to where spices grow and palm trees slope, to India’s mesmerizing south. We’ll wander the streets of French infused Pondicherry and drift in a bamboo houseboat in Kerala. Temples, tea plantations and a tiger reserve – yes please and thank you. START
1
INDIA END
Auroville
COCHIN KERALA BACKWATERS (1 night)
4
(2 nights)
9 8
7
KUMARAKOM
Shore Temple
2
PONDICHERRY (2 nights)
KUMBAKONAM
Tanjore
11
CHENNAI
(1 night) Mahabalipuram
(1 night)
MADURAI(1 night) PERIYAR 5
6
(1 night)
(1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay night
44 WORLDWIDE
KERALA BACKWATERS INDIA
ETERNAL INDIA 12 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #ETERNALINDIA | CONTIKI.COM/ETERNAL-INDIA | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
13
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
11 nights in 3-star hotel accommodation
11 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 1 dinner (D)
F Ranthambhore NP Safari
• Locally guided sightseeing tours in Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur & Mumbai • Entrance into the Taj Mahal • Visit a Sikh Kitchen in Delhi
F Mumbai Bollywood Dance Class F Cooking demo & dinner with local
family in Jaipur
Stepping into the motherland that knows how to stir the soul, we’ll get a grand introduction to the mayhem and magic of India. Best bring the bucket list along as we’ll be doing some serious checking – practising our downward dog on a beach in Goa and admiring the Taj Mahal just for starters.
START
DELHI
1
(2 nights)
JAIPUR (2 nights)
UDAIPUR
Taj Mahal
3
5
AGRA (1 night)
4
RANTHAMBHORE NATIONAL PARK
7
(1 night)
(2 nights)
INDIA
MUMBAI
9
Bollywood
(1 night) END
GOA
(2 nights) 10 12
TAJ MAHAL AGRA
Sandy beaches
Don’t miss! Itinerary day Coach Plane
WORLDWIDE
45
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
11
NORTHERN THAI HIGHLIGHTS 7 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#NORTHERNTHAIHIGHLIGHTS | CONTIKI.COM/NORTHERN-THAI-HIGHLIGHTS | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
6
8
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
2 nights in Special Stays, 4 nights in 3-star hotel accommodation
6 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 1 dinner (D)
F Chiang Mai Cooking Class F Ziplining in Chiang Mai
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Elephant Haven, Sai Yok Kanchanaburi
• Sightseeing tour of the Grand Palace, Bangkok
Do traditional cooking classes and sessions of waterfall chasing sound like your spicy jam? How about a cycle through rice paddies and golden temples? The Northern Thai Highlights is a smorgasbord of flavours and adventure, taking you to the best between Bangkok and Chiang Mai.
END
CHIANG MAI
5
7
(2 nights)
4
THAILAND
(1 night) Erawan Falls
KANCHANABURI (2 nights)
2
3
Ayutthaya
1
START END
BANGKOK (1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional end city Start/optional end city Special Stay night Coach or train Plane or boat
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THAI ISLAND HOPPER WEST 8 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #THAIWEST | CONTIKI.COM/THAI-HOPPER-WEST | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
9
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
7 nights in 3 & 4-star hotel accommodation
7 breakfasts (B), 2 dinners (D)
F Day trip to ‘James Bond Island’
• Watch the sunset over the Andaman Sea from the highest viewpoint on Koh Phi Phi • Visit the well known beach of Ao Nang
F ‘The Beach’ experience, Koh Phi Phi
Who hasn’t dreamt of lazing away a bunch of days on the islands of Thailand? And this idyllic West Coast patch contains the dreamy limestone lands of Phuket, Phi Phi and Krabi. Offering a perfect concoction of nature, nightlife and culture, this dreamy holiday will leave you sun-kissed and blissed out.
SAILING, CRUISE & BEACH
7
THAILAND
James Bond Island
5
Rai Leh
Tiger Cave Temple
KRABI
(AO NANG) (3 nights)
START END
PHUKET
1
8
ANDAMAN SEA
(2 nights)
3
KOH PHI PHI (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Itinerary day Coach Boat
EAST COAST? THAI ISLAND HOPPER EAST
KOH PHI PHI THAILAND
9 DAYS
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BALI ISLAND HOPPER 8 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY SAILING, CRUISE & BEACH
#BALIISLANDHOPPER | CONTIKI.COM/BALI-ISLAND-HOPPER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
7
9
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
3 nights in a Special Stay, 4 nights in 3 & 4-star hotels
7 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 1 dinner (D)
F Lombok Monkeys &
• Ubud sightseeing including
Waterfalls day trip F Snorkeling day trip
Elephant Cave Temple, Tegalalang Rice Terrace & Monkey Forest
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
The Indonesian cluster of islands that the world can’t get enough of, where hedonism and spiritualism collide in perfect harmony. Staying in 3 & 4-star hotels and spending days soaking in perfect waters, glamorous Seminyak and soulful Ubud are both highlights on this agenda. GILI TRAWANGAN (3 nights)
2
BALI START END
Monkey Forest Ubud
8
7
1
5 Padang Bai
LOMBOK STRAIT
SENGGIGI (2 nights)
LOMBOK
SEMINYAK (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay night Boat
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JAPAN – CITY TO SLOPES 11 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #JAPANCITYTOSLOPES | CONTIKI.COM/JAPAN-CITY-TO-SLOPES | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
11
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
11 nights in twin-share hotels
10 breakfasts (B), 1 dinner (D)
F Onsen Experience, Tokyo F Izakaya Dinner, Osaka F Robot restaurant, Tokyo F Sushi Making Lunch, Tokyo
WINTER & SKI
11
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Included 2-day lift pass • Guided sightseeing in Tokyo & Kyoto
Experience the very best of Japan, from the bustling cities to the rolling slopes, as we move from tradition and serenity of Osaka to the futuristic Tokyo. Our world-class skiing & boarding will take place in the Northern Alps hub of Hakuba, where a playground of 35 lifts & more than 200 runs sprawl from a cute mountain village. END
Ski slopes
11
8
HAKUBA (4 nights)
KYOTO
Tsukiji Fish Market
JAPAN
Kinkakuji Temple
5
3
TOKYO (3 nights)
(2 nights)
1
OSAKA
START
(2 nights)
Don’t miss! Itinerary day Coach or train
KYOTO JAPAN
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USA CANADA A devilishly delicious blend of stylish cities, breathtaking natural beauty, foodie delights and golden shores, everyone deserves a taste of the USA & Canada pie. Whether you’re chasing the metropolitan thrill of NYC, the southern soul of New Orleans, the sunny skies of LA or the frosty excellence of Banff or Whistler, there’s no denying the pull of this part of the world. Come with the highest of expectations and expect to have them exceeded in every possible way.
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6 CONTIK I TRIP MANA GE POWER R & DRIVER TEAM
MUNCHY FOOD & EXPERIENCES ED BREKKY INCLUD MOST DAYS
RALLY MIX OF CENT LS LOCATED HOTE & BEAUTIFUL S SPECIAL STAY
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FREE TIME, PLUS TIME FRE AD HELIC D-ONS LIK E OPTE E R OV GRAN D CAN ER YON
WA Y TRA S TO VEL
GRAND NORTHERN 26 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES #GRANDNORTHERN | CONTIKI.COM/GRAND-NORTHERN | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
27
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
25 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
17 breakfasts (B), 10 dinners (D)
F Buffalo Safari Jeep ride
• Feel the student spirit on a
in Custer State Park F Architecture cruise in Chicago F Bike ride in Toronto
• Stroll Quebec on a walking tour • Cruise Niagara Falls
DISCOVERER
25
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS ‘Hahvahd’ (Harvard) tour
Take the scenic road to Vegas through 20 great states, two Canadian provinces, five National Parks, and so much more. Chomping through deep-dish pizza in Chicago and feeling the rush of Niagara Falls, there will be very little left on your USA & Canada bucket list once the Grand Northern is complete. QUEBEC CITY (2 nights)
CANADA MONTANA
CODY (2 nights)
USA
ONTARIO
QUEBEC
3
MONTREAL 5 (2 nights)
TORONTO Harvard (3 nights) 7 University (2 nights) 17 MADISON Custer State Park Niagara (1 night) TETON VALLEY 19 Grand Teton 15 Falls 13 (1 night) National Park Badlands 14 Milwaukee 10 N.P. SIOUX NEVADA WYOMING 11 CLEVELAND SALT LAKE CITY 20 UTAH (1 night) FALLS CHICAGO (1 night) (1 night) Bryce Canyon Yellowstone National Park
Zion National Park
LAS VEGAS 23 (3 nights) Los Angeles 26 CALIFORNIA
National Park
MAINE
CN Tower
MINNESOTA
MT. RUSHMORE
1 BOSTON (2 nights)
New Haven New York START
(2 nights)
21 KANAB (2 nights)
Grand Canyon National Park ARIZONA
END
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
GRAND CANYON ARIZONA
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EASTERN ESCAPADE 14 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
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13
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
13 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
9 breakfasts (B), 7 dinners (D)
F Boston Trolley tour
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Feel the student spirit on a ‘Hahvahd’ (Harvard) tour
F New York food cart tour F Bike tour of Boston
• Visit the Statue of Liberty • Cruise Niagara Falls
F Heli ride over Niagara Falls
Sliding down the East Coast in a whirl of metropolitan cities and natural beauty, we’ll devour Philly cheese steaks, perhaps see a baseball game along the way and admire the magnificent Niagara Falls. Topped off with a taste of political life in DC, this trip will leave you feeling distinctly in tune with the great states of ‘merica.
QUEBEC
MONTREAL
Parliament building
12
(2 nights)
ONTARIO
START END
LAKE ONTARIO
TORONTO 10 (2 nights)
9
NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW Concord YORK 14 1 BOSTON Quincy Market MASSACHUSETTS (2 nights)
NIAGARA FALLS
New Haven CONNECTICUT
(1 night)
3
PITTSBURGH
8
Gettysburg
(1 night)
5
NEW JERSEY
PHILADELPHIA (1 night)
Amish Country
WASHINGTON DC (2 nights)
Don’t Miss! Places visited Itinerary day
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NEW YORK (2 nights)
PENNSYLVANIA
6
White House
MARYLAND
MANHATTAN NEW YORK
GRAND SOUTHERN 26 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #GRANDSOUTHERN | CONTIKI.COM/GRAND-SOUTHERN | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
30
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
23 nights in twin-share hotels 2 nights in twin-share lodge
19 breakfasts (B), 11 dinners (D)
F Experience the high octane power of
HIGH ENERGY
25
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
the Thriller Jet Boat ride in Miami F Heli flight over the Grand Canyon F Durango horseback riding (seasonal)
• Party bus in Las Vegas • Entry into Grand Canyon National Park
• Tour Graceland - Home of Elvis Presley
Slicing into the soul of America’s unique South, we’ll dance in New Orleans jazz bars, visit the home of the Dallas Cowboys, and pay homage to Elvis. This trip is about getting back to America’s roots, leaving you with a deep appreciation for the quirks of its culture.
CANADA USA END
26 NEW YORK Philadelphia
LAS VEGAS (2 night) 1
LOS ANGELES START
Monument Valley DURANGO Route 66
5 3 GRAND 6 CANYON
Mojave Desert
WASHINGTON DC 23 (3 nights)
Smithsonian Museums
Richmond
MEMPHIS 22 RALEIGH (2 nights) Civil Rights (1 night) AMARILLO 10 Museum PANAMA 7 (1 night) Little Rock Charleston CITY (2 nights) Jackson BEACH 21 SAVANNAH ALBUQUERQUE (1 night) 8 (2 nights) (1 night) DALLAS/ 20 ST. AUGUSTINE (1 night) 14 12 FORT 19 DAYTONA BEACH 15 NEW WORTH Kennedy Space Center (2 nights) ORLEANS ORLANDO (2 nights) (2 nights) 17 MIAMI (1 night)
Santa Fe
(1 ni
(2 nights)
South Beach
Don’t Miss! Places visited Itinerary day
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
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EASTERN DISCOVERY 14 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
HIGH ENERGY
#EASTERNDISCOVERY | CONTIKI.COM/EASTERN-DISCOVERY | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
13
15
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
13 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
10 breakfasts (B), 5 dinners (D)
F Visit Kennedy Space Center F Parasailing in Daytona Beach F Miami party cruise
From the balmy Gulf of Mexico up the coast of the East, you’ll sample America at its finest on this 14-day masterpiece. Devouring a sweet Southern BBQ, rollerblading the boardwalks of Miami, and stomping through the historical homeland of DC… you’ll soon put your own meaning to the phrase “American Dream”.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Locally guided tour of historic Charleston
• Cuban dinner in Miami
NEW YORK
END
NEW YORK
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia
14
NEW JERSEY
White House DELAWARE
11
WASHINGTON DC (3 nights)
MARYLAND VIRGINIA Richmond
10
RALEIGH (1 night)
N.CAROLINA
S.CAROLINA
Charleston
GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI
ALABAMA
9
SAVANNAH (1 night)
PANAMA CITY BEACH
LOUISIANA
START
(1 night)
2 1
FLORIDA
8
ST. AUGUSTINE (1 night)
DAYTONA 7 BEACH
French Quarter
NEW ORLEANS (1 night)
Disney World
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
(1 night)
3
ORLANDO
Kennedy Space Center
(2 nights)
MIAMI (2 nights)
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5
MIAMI FLORIDA
WILD WESTERN
+ SKI OR BOARD LAKE TAHOE
14 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #WILDWESTERN | CONTIKI.COM/WILD-WEST | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
2 nights in Special Stay, 9 nights in twin-share hotels, 2 nights in lodge
8 breakfasts (B), 6 dinners (D)
F Hot air balloon flight in Phoenix
• Go loco as you feast on
F Bike across the Golden Gate Bridge F Experience the High Roller
• Entry into Grand Canyon
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS traditional Mexican cuisine National Park
in Las Vegas
The beloved West Coast is the ultimate heart stealer, with San Fran, LA, and San Diego nestled on its white sand beaches. Topped off with the Grand Canyon, Bass Lake and hedonistic Las Vegas, there won’t be a single dull moment on this 14-day tour of Western WOW moments.
HIGH ENERGY
13
• Party bus in Las Vegas
END
SAN FRANCISCO (3 nights)
14 11
NEVADA Golden Gate Bridge Yosemite National Park
9
Joshua trees
BASS LAKE (2 nights)
Fremont Street
CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES (1 night)
7 Mojave Desert
1 START
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stays
ROUTE 66 ARIZONA
Route 66
LAS VEGAS
5
GRAND CANYON (2 nights)
(2 nights)
Sedona ARIZONA
2
SAN DIEGO (2 nights)
Sonoran Desert
4
PHOENIX (1 night)
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BOOT, SCOOT ‘N’ BLUES 12 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
HIGH ENERGY
#BOOTSCOOTBLUES | CONTIKI.COM/BOOTSCOOTBLUES | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
11
15
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
11 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
10 breakfasts (B), 5 dinners (D)
F Kayaking, Austin
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Tour Graceland • Southern dinner & performance • Tour the Jack Daniels Distillery
F Craft beer tour, San Antonio F Cooking school, New Orleans F Sun Studios, Memphis
Shimmying our way through New Orleans, Nashville, Memphis, Austin and more, the Boot, Scoot ‘n’ Blues will see us uncovering what the South is all about. Imagine jazz-filled bars and monstrous servings of mouth-watering food, sandwiched between cowboy culture and hip and happening city haunts.
NASHVILLE (2 nights)
9 TENNESSEE
MEMPHIS
7
Graceland
(2 nights)
START
MISSISSIPPI Jackson Dallas
TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO (1 night)
3 The Alamo
11
ATLANTA
1
(1 night) GEORGIA
LOUISIANA
AUSTIN (2 nights)
4
HOUSTON (1 night)
French Quarter
5
NEW ORLEANS (2 nights)
FLORIDA
ORLANDO 12 END
Don’t Miss! Places visited Itinerary day
This trip gets even more appetising when you choose one of our Munch departures. Munch your way across southern USA, tasting Texan BBQ, fried chicken and Po Boys. If that wasn’t enough to satisfy your foodie cravings, try a masterclass that will see you whipping up Gumbo, Jambalaya & other Creole creations. Visit contiki.com/munch-usa for all the details.
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LA TO THE BAY
+ SKI OR BOARD LAKE TAHOE
11 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #LATOTHEBAY | CONTIKI.COM/LA-BAY | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
12
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
2 nights special stay 6 nights in twin-share hotels 2 nights in twin-share lodge
7 breakfasts (B), 5 dinners (D)
F Explore San Diego Zoo
• See Mann’s Chinese Theater &
F San Diego speedboat adventure F Heli flight over the Grand Canyon F 4WD jeep tour in Sedona
• Visit Old Town San Diego
HIGH ENERGY
10
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS the “Walk of Fame”
• Cross the Golden Gate Bridge
Settle into the West Coast life under a canopy of Californian sunshine, as we journey through LA, San Diego, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon. And if that’s not enough, a dose of Sin City should leave you utterly satisfied. END
NEVADA
Golden Gate Bridge
11 SAN FRANCISCO
BASS LAKE Yosemite National Park
9
(2 nights)
LAS VEGAS (2 nights)
START
7
CALIFORNIA
Route 66
GRAND 5 CANYON
Mojave Desert O.C. (Orange County)
Mission Beach
Don’t Miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special stay
VENICE BEACH LA
(2 nights)
1 LOS ANGELES (1 night)
Sedona ARIZONA
2
SAN DIEGO (2 nights)
Sonoran Desert
4 PHOENIX (1 night)
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CANADIAN ENCOUNTER 7 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#CANADIANENCOUNTER | CONTIKI.COM/CANADIAN-ENCOUNTER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
6
7
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
6 nights in twin-share hotels
3 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Visit CN Tower
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Cruise Niagara Falls • Sample some of Niagara’s best
F Heli flight over Niagara Falls
with a wine tasting
A week long journey around the Canadian East offers no shortage of culture, nature and adventure. It’s the chance to scrub up on your French, eat endless bowls of poutine, and swing by Niagara Falls. What more could us Canada-hungry travellers ask for?
QUEBEC
MONTREAL (2 nights)
5
Old Montreal
ONTARIO
TORONTO 3 (2 nights)
END
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord
CN Tower
BOSTON 7
NEW YORK
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
MASSACHUSETTS
2 NIAGARA FALLS (1 night)
PENNSYLVANIA
PITTSBURGH 1 (1 night)
START
Washington DC MARYLAND
Don’t Miss! Places visited Itinerary day
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TORONTO CANADA
CANADA & THE ROCKIES
+ CALGARY STAMPEDE
11/13 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #CANADAANDTHEROCKIES | CONTIKI.COM/CANADA-ROCKIES | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
10
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
2 nights in a Special Stay, 8 nights in twin-share hotels (10 nights Stampede departure)
5 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 4 dinners (D)
F Zipline adventure in Whistler F Trail ride Banff F Whitewater rafting in Jasper
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
10/12
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Discover the Athabasca Glacier on the ‘Ice Explorer’
• Entry into 5 National Parks • Picnic lunch in the Rockies
(seasonal)
More than just a haven for the ski crowd, Western Canada is the ultimate outdoor playground for all kinds of explorers. Travel by horse, helicopter, gondola & ice explorer, as we peel back the layers of Banff, Jasper and Vancouver. ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA
Mt. Robson
KAMLOOPS (1 night)
WHISTLER
JASPER (2 nights)
4
Columbia Icefield
3
1
8
(2 nights)
Athabasca Glacier Lake Louise
6
BANFF (2 nights)
VERNON
9
(1 night) Totem poles Stanley Park
11
VANCOUVER START END
CALGARY
(Stampede only)
(2 nights)
(2 nights)
Don’t Miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay Calgary Stampede option
CALGARY STAMPEDE? CANADA & THE ROCKIES
13 DAYS
WHISTLER BRITISH COLUMBIA
Calling all aspiring photographers. Loving this trip, but want it extra insta worthy? Choose a Limited Edition Snap departure; it’s the same great itinerary, but even more picture perfect. Snap your way about the glassy waters of Lake Louise, alpine fresh Whistler and hipster Vancouver. Ready for your next big adventure? ‘Coz we are. visit contiki.com/munch for all the details.
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Latin America The food, the history, the cities, the people, the beaches that personify paradise - where do we even start to convey just how all-out incredible Latin America really is? Vast and more varied than you could possibly imagine, this continent boasts Caribbean coastlines, thundering waterfalls, lush tropical rainforests, ancient Incan masterpieces and most of all, a massive place in our hearts. We love it, and we know you will too.
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CH S UN NCE M E TE ERI AY MA EXP ST I YD T UL OD KFA EVER FO BREA ED & CLUD IN
SM A GR LLER OU PS
8C 30 OUNTRIES TR IPS
INC VA LUDE N DP FLI S & RIV GH I TS NTER ATE NA L
L SP OCA E TR AKI L EN IP N G LO MA G C LIS CA N ON HL G AG TI UI ER KI DE & S
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O ST AY EL W V A TR
4
ARGENTINA & BRAZIL EXPERIENCE 9 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES #ARGENTINABRAZIL | CONTIKI.COM/SOUTHAM-EXPERIENCE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
11
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
8 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
8 breakfasts (B), 3 dinners (D)
F Helicopter flight over Iguassu Falls F Soccer game (when available)
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
F Cable car ride up Sugarloaf Mountain
Fiery, feisty and utterly fabulous, Argentina & Brazil will ignite feelings you didn’t even know you had. Sizzling city experiences in Rio and Buenos Aires, not to mention golden stretches of coastline and endless caipirinhas & the epic Iguassu Falls, the Argentina & Brazil duo are guaranteed stir the soul.
DISCOVERER
8
• Tango show & lesson in Buenos Aires
• BBQ feast in Iguassu
• City tour of Rio & Buenos Aires • Visit the Christ the Redeemer statue
BRAZIL Christ the Redeemer
6
PARAGUAY
9
RIO DE JANEIRO (3 nights)
4 IGUASSU FALLS Devil’s (2 nights) Throat
END
ARGENTINA
START
URUGUAY San Telmo
1 BUENOS
AIRES
Don’t miss! Itinerary day Plane
(3 nights)
RIO BRAZIL
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THE LATIN QUEST 36 DAYS | 4 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
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35
52
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
Unique Special Stay: 1 night Jungle Lodge, & 34 nights in twin-share hotels
35 breakfasts (B), 4 lunches (L), 13 dinners (D) Trekking option: 35 breakfasts (B), 5 lunches (L), 13 dinners (D)
F Hang gliding
36 days living and breathing the infectious Latino lifestyle, holá amigos – you’ve hit the jackpot! We’ll salsa our way through the likes of Lima, Rio and Buenos Aires, with a side of wildlife watching in the Galapagos. Ancient sites, great food and natural beauty - this trip has it all in equal measure. PUERTO VILLAMIL (2 nights)
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Go local at a salsa lesson • Tango show, lesson & dinner
F Rappelling (abseiling) &
• Entry to the Temple of Wiracocha
canyoneering day trip F Rafting
START
PUERTO AYORA (1 night)
9 7
10
QUITO
(1 night) Presidential 1 Palace ECUADOR
6
TENA
(2 nights)
2 4 BAÑOS (2 nights)
PERU
PUERTO GUAYAQUIL (1 night) BAQUERIZO AGUAS MORENO (2 nights) CALIENTES (Machu Picchu) (1 night)
AMAZON LODGE
BRAZIL
(1 night) 21 INCA PUERTO 24 TRAIL (3 nights) 12 MALDONADO Ollantaytambo (1 night) 25 SACRED VALLEY (1 night) 20
LIMA
CUSCO (4 nights) 18 Chivay
COLCA 15 CANYON (1 night)
16 PUNO/LAKE TITICACA
14 AREQUIPA
(2 nights) BOLIVIA Christ the Redeemer
33 36
PARAGUAY
31
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay Coach, mini-coach or van Plane, train or canoe
CHILE ARGENTINA
IGUASSU FALLS (2 nights)
RIO DE JANEIRO (3 nights) END
URUGUAY
27 BUENOS
AIRES (4 nights)
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LATIN LEGENDS 19 DAYS | 3 COUNTRIES #LATINLEGENDS | CONTIKI.COM/LATIN-LEGENDS | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
26
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
Unique Special Stay: 1 night Jungle Lodge, & 17 nights in twin-share hotels
18 breakfasts (B), 8 dinners (D)
F Mayan culture adventure
• Tour the pyramids of Teotihuacan • Visit the ancient ruins of
complete with ziplining, rappelling, canoeing & lunch! F Kayak the crystalline Caribbean
DISCOVERER
18
Chichen Itza
• Visit the Mayan ruins of Tikal
Looping our way around Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, this tasty blend of Mayan delights will see you falling head over sombrero for Central America. Ziplining through rainforest canopies and soaking in the Caribbean coastline – the only hard part will be the day it all ends. CANCUN (3 nights)
MERIDA
GUANAJUATO
(1 night)
(1 night)
4 1
3 Tequila
PUERTO VALLARTA (2 nights)
9
8 Chichen Itza
San Miguel de Allende
PLAYA DEL CARMEN
GUADALAJARA (1 night)
(2 nights)
MEXICO CITY 5
12
(3 nights)
START
MEXICO
Belize City
TIKAL NATIONAL PARK 16
14
CAYE CAULKER
BELIZE
(1 night)
Belize Barrier Reef
(2 nights) Santa Elena
GUATEMALA
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay Coach, mini-coach or van Plane
MERIDA MEXICO
ANTIGUA/ 17 19 GUATEMALA CITY (2 nights)
END
HONDURAS
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THE EXPLORER 18 DAYS | 3 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
#THEEXPLORER | CONTIKI.COM/SOUTHAM-EXPLORER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
17
25
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
Unique Special Stay: 1 night in Jungle Lodge, & 16 nights in twin-share hotels
17 breakfasts (B), 2 lunches (L), 6 dinners (D), Trekking option: 17 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 6 dinners (D)
F Kayaking trip on the
If your holy trinity looks a little like Peru, Brazil and Argentina, then hallelujah, this is the trip you’ve been looking for. Picture daysECUADOR spent roaming through the Amazonian Jungle and traipsing the ancient steps of Machu Picchu; we’re getting all lightheaded and excited just thinking about it. LIMA
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Walking tour of Cusco & entry
Tambopata River
to the Temple of Koricancha • Tango show & lesson in Buenos Aires • BBQ feast in Iguassu
F Polo match experience
in Buenos Aires
PERU
AGUAS CALIENTES (Machu Picchu) (1 night)
3
(1 night) INCA TRAIL 8 Ollantaytambo
CUSCO (3 nights)
1
BRAZIL
AMAZON LODGE 6
(1 night)
PUERTO MALDONADO
7 (1 night) 2 SACRED VALLEY (1 night)
5
La Catedral END START
BOLIVIA Christ the Redeemer
15 18
PARAGUAY CHILE
13
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay Coach, mini-coach or van Plane, train or canoe ARGENTINA
RIO DE IGUASSU JANEIRO (3 nights) FALLS (2 nights)
URUGUAY
9 BUENOS
AIRES (4 nights)
68 WORLDWIDE
RIO BRAZIL
THE ADVENTURER 24 DAYS | 3 COUNTRIES #THEADVENTURER | CONTIKI.COM/SOUTHAM-ADVENTURER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
34
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
Unique Special Stays: 1 night Jungle Lodge, & 22 nights in twin-share hotels
23 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 8 dinners (D) Trekking option: 23 breakfasts (B), 4 lunches (L), 8 dinners (D)
F Rafting adventure
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Entry to the Temple of Wiracocha • Walking tour of Cusco & the
F Cable car ride up Sugarloaf
Mountain
Temple of Koricancha
F Polo experience
It’s hard to predict the point at which this trip will really peak. Some would say whilst sipping cocktails on CopacabanaECUADOR Beach, whilst others will say it’s the moment they saw Machu PERU Picchu for the very first time. By the end it will all roll into AGUAS a kaleidoscope of life changing memories, with Peru, CALIENTES (Machu Picchu) AMAZON (1 night) Brazil and Argentina leaving us heart-eyed. LODGE
9
LIMA
(2 nights) INCA TRAIL 14 1 Ollantaytambo
CUSCO 6 (4 nights)
COLCA 3 CANYON (1 night)
8
PUERTO
13 MALDONADO
BRAZIL
(1 night)
SACRED VALLEY (1 night)
Chivay
START
(1 night)
12
4 PUNO/ LAKE TITICACA 2 AREQUIPA (1 night)
(2 nights)
BOLIVIA
Christ the Redeemer
21 24
PARAGUAY CHILE
Devil’s Throat
19
ARGENTINA
IGUASSU FALLS (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay Coach, mini-coach or van Plane
BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
RIO DE JANEIRO (3 nights) END
URUGUAY
15 BUENOS
AIRES (4 nights)
WORLDWIDE
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ANDEAN CROSSING 22 DAYS | 4 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
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21
36
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
Unique Special Stays: 1 night in Jungle Lodge, 18 nights in twin-share hotels, & 2 nights in multi-share hostels
21 breakfasts (B), 4 lunches (L), 11 dinners (D), Trekking option: 21 breakfasts (B), 5 lunches (L), 11 dinners (D)
F Sandboarding in
Clay lodges in the jungle and a llama farm in Sacred Valley – there won’t be a dull moment on the Andean Crossing. For 22 days we’ll take in the marvels of Latin America – Peru, Bolivia, Chile and a bout of Argentina.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Walking tour of Cusco • Locally guided walking
San Pedro de Atacama F Whitewater Rafting Adventure
tour of La Paz
• Visit the Great Train Graveyard
PERU
AGUAS CALIENTES
START
(Machu Picchu) (1 night)
6
1
INCA TRAIL
LIMA
Ollantaytambo
(1 night)
BRAZIL
AMAZON LODGE (2 nights)
2 Puerto Maldonado
5 SACRED VALLEY (1 night)
CUSCO 7 4 (3 nights)
BOLIVIA
La Catedral
COPACABANA 9 (1 night)
LA PAZ
10 (2 nights)
POTOSI 14 12 SUCRE (2 nights) (1 night) PARAGUAY UYUNI 15 (2 nights) 17 AVAROA NATIONAL RESERVE SAN PEDRO 18 (1 night) DE ATACAMA 20 22 SALTA (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay Coach, mini-coach or van Plane, train or canoe
(2 nights)
CHILE
END
ARGENTINA URUGUAY
70 WORLDWIDE
CUSCO PERU
BELLA BOLIVIA 13 DAYS | 3 COUNTRIES #BELLABOLIVIA | CONTIKI.COM/BELLA-BOLIVIA | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
20
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
10 nights in twin-share hotels & 2 nights in multi-share hostels
12 breakfasts (B), 2 lunches (L), 6 dinners (D)
F Sandboarding in San Pedro
Sampling both the quaint and the adventurous, the charming and the vibrant, we’ll peel back the layers of this Latin holy trinity. 13 days scampering through Bolivia, Chile and Argentina – we’ll be cultured as hell by the end of this trip.
DISCOVERER
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NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
•
de Atacama F Whitewater Rafting Adventure
Locally guided walking tour of La Paz • Visit the Great Train Graveyard • Visit to Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat
START
Witches market
BOLIVIA
PAZ 1 LA (2 nights)
3 SUCRE (2 nights)
5 POTOSI (1 night)
UYUNI 6 CHILE
(2 nights)
Worlds largest salt flat
8
SAN PEDRO 9 DE ATACAMA
AVAROA NATIONAL RESERVE (1 night)
(2 nights)
11 13
SALTA
Don’t miss! Itinerary day Coach, mini-coach or van Plane
(2 nights)
END
ARGENTINA
SALAR DE UYUNI BOLIVIA
WORLDWIDE
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MEXICO GRANDE 12 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
HIGH ENERGY
#MEXICOGRANDE | CONTIKI.COM/MEXICO-GRANDE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
11
15
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
11 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
11 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Mayan culture adventure F Pirate of the Bay Cruise
• Visit a tequila distillery • Visit the ancient site – Teotihuacan • Trajinera cruise
F Jungle Ziplining Puerto Vallarta
If you thought nachos and sombreros were an accurate summary of Mexico, we’re about to flip your perception and leave you love struck. Brimming with history, incredible food, and iridescent beaches, this country is a masterpiece of both culture and natural beauty.
END
START
1
(1 night)
GUANAJUATO
Tequila Distillery Tequila
(1 night)
8
4
CANCUN (3 nights)
9 12 Chichen Itza
3
San Miguel de Allende
PUERTO GUADALAJARA (1 night) VALLARTA (2 nights)
MERIDA
5
Teotihuacan Pyramids
MEXICO CITY (3 nights)
MEXICO
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Coach, mini-coach or van Plane
Up the foodie ante and choose a Munch departure of this trip. Munch your way across Mexico; touring a Tequilla distillery, learning how to mix up the perfect margarita, sample all of the flavours in a local market, & learn to cook traditional Yucatecan Cochinita (pork) Pibil. Visit contiki.com/munch-mexico for all the details.
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YUCATÁN HIGHLIGHTS 6 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #YUCATANHIGHLIGHTS | CONTIKI.COM/YUCATAN | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
7
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
5 nights twin-share hotel accommodation
5 breakfasts (B), 2 dinners (D)
F Cenote snorkelling & off-track
adventure
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Tour the pyramids of Teotihuacan • Turn back the clock at the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza
If great food is all you know of this incredible, cultured country, this 6-day trip will sure shake things up and inspire you. Whirling our way through the colourful streets of Mexico City and on to the party hub of Cancun, we’ll take in the shimmering buildings of Merida and the sacred Mayan centre of Chichen Itza. MERIDA (1 night)
CANCUN (3 nights)
3
2
START
6
Chichen Itza
MEXICO CITY 1
END
(1 night)
Teotihuacan Pyramids MEXICO
Don’t miss! Itinerary day Coach, mini-coach or van Plane
TEOTIHUACAN PYRAMIDS MEXICO
WORLDWIDE
73
HIGH ENERGY
5
ULTIMATE INCA TRAIL 8 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#ULTIMATEINCA | CONTIKI.COM/ULTIMATE-INCA | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
7
14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
4 nights in twin-share hotels & 3 nights camping on the Inca Trail
7 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 4 dinners (D)
F Rafting in Cusco
Trekking the well-trodden and much loved path to the lost city of Machu Picchu may just be the experience of a lifetime. We’ll sip hot cacao and admire colourful woven goods, and for 8 days we’ll immerse ourselves in the history of Peru. Trust us, that moment when you reach the Sun Gate and see this global icon for the very first time there really is nothing else like it.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Walking tour of Cusco & entry to Koricancha & San Pedro market
• Entry into the Sacred Valley & a guided tour of the Pisac ruins & Ollantaytambo
PERU Machu Picchu
INCA 3 TRAIL
Ollantaytambo
(3 nights)
SACRED 2 7 VALLEY (2 nights)
CUSCO 1 8 (2 nights)
Temple of Wiracocha
START END
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Coach, mini-coach or van Train
74 WORLDWIDE
MACHU PICCHU PERU
PERU UNCOVERED 14 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #PERUUNCOVERED | CONTIKI.COM/PERU-UNCOVERED | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
21
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
Unique Special Stays: 1 night in Jungle Lodge, & 12 nights in twin-share hotels
13 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 5 dinners (D) Trekking option: 13 breakfasts (B), 4 lunches (L), 5 dinners (D)
F Whitewater rafting on the
Welcome wild travellers to the breath-taking country of Peru, so varied and beautiful it deserves14 days all to itself. We’ll get lost in its spiritual history and unique culinary scene, sipping pisco sours with the locals that make this country so welcoming. Lima, Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca, and Machu Picchu – all this and many more on the agenda.
Urubamba River F Rainbow Mountain hike
PERU
START END
the Temple of Koricancha
AGUAS CALIENTES
(Machu Picchu) (1 night) 9
LIMA 14 1 (1 night)
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Entry to the Temple of Wiracocha • Walking tour of Cusco & entry to
Infierno community
INCA TRAIL Ollantaytambo Temple of Three Windows
SACRED VALLEY 8
12
AMAZON LODGE (1 night)
13 PUERTO MALDONADO (1 night)
(2 nights)
6 10 CUSCO
(4 nights) Chivay
COLCA CANYON 3 (1 night)
Don’t miss! 2 Places visited Itinerary day AREQUIPA Special Stay (1 night) Coach, mini-coach or van Plane, train or canoe
MACHU PICCHU PERU
4 PUNO/ LAKE TITICACA (2 nights)
WORLDWIDE
75
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
13
GALAPAGOS ISLAND HOPPER 6 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#GALAPAGOSHOPPER | CONTIKI.COM/GALAPAGOS-HOPPER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
5
8
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
5 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
5 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 2 dinners (D)
F Guided biking adventure San
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
Cristobal Island F Paddleboarding
•
• Snorkel Kicker Rock Visit the Charles Darwin Research station
Very few places on earth remain as untouched as the idyllic natural paradise of the Galapagos. For six squeal-worthy days we’ll delight in the company of giant tortoises, admire the playful nature of sea lions, and LOL at obscure blue-footed boobies. No need to bring your binoculars on this trip, we’ll be getting up close and personal. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS SANTA CRUZ Baltra ISABELA Wall of Tears
1
PUERTO VILLAMIL (2 nights)
PUERTO AYORA
SAN CRISTOBEL
(1 night)
3
ECUADOR
START END
Kicker Rock
4
Guayaquil
SAN CRISTOBAL (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Plane or boat
76 WORLDWIDE
PUERTO VILLAMIL GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
COSTA RICA UNPLUGGED 14 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #COSTARICAUNPLUGGED | CONTIKI.COM/UNPLUGGED | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
23
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
Special Stay experiences: 1 night in Rainforest Eco tents, 2 in nights Jungle Lodge, & 10 nights in twin-share hotels
13 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 7 dinners (D)
F Hot springs dip
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
13
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Locally guided tour of a cacao plantation
F Visit a country estate for dinner & a
• Coffee estate tour
look at the Tico way of life F Selvatura Park ziplining
• Visit Selvatura Park & visit the hanging bridges, butterfly & hummingbird gardens
Volcanic hot springs, cacao plantations, Caribbean beaches & Pacific surf; Costa Rica might be the most box-ticking country on planet earth. We’ll waste no time slipping in to the slow paced way of life here, with the only rush coming from our freshly harvested cloud forest coffee. Arenal volcano
ARENAL (2 nights)
SARAPIQUI (1 night)
5
4
COSTA RICA
PLAYA 7
TAMARINDO
9
Selvatura Park
MONTEVERDE (2 nights)
(2 nights)
1 SAN JOSÉ
(3 nights)
(2 nights)
START END
(1 night)
Quepos
MANUEL ANTONIO
TORTUGUERO 2
11 14 Manuel Antonio N.P.
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Special Stay
RAINFOREST COSTA RICA
WORLDWIDE
77
Europe Some say Europe is a rite of passage. We say it’s a life-defining adventure. Untouched beaches, romantic castles, Grecian vistas fit for the Gods, cities where the ancient and modern collide, snow-capped mountains – have we got your attention yet? Good, because you better believe this continent lives up to the hype.
78 WORLDWIDE
SEVILLE SPAIN
WORLDWIDE
79
TO YS L A W VE A TR
8 5
WAY S
TO S HOT TA E CAB LS, HOS Y INS T & SP ELS, STAY ECIA S L & C , SAILB AMP O SITE ATS S
ULTIMA TE FREE DOM & FLEXIBIL ITY WIT H OUR NEW T RAVEL STYLE: INDEPE NDENT INSIDE R
H NC R MU . OU D G IN CES TO OO AZ IEN ENT SH F M A PER ITM ELI EX MM & D CO CAL LO
80 WORLDWIDE
EC CO O-F CO AC RIEN CH ME HES DLY AR W TH GE ITH AT RS W & IFI, AI RC ON
ITED UNLIM GRETS NO RE SIONS U L C IN
42 C 196 OUNTRIES T RIPS
TRIP ON MANA -S G DRI ITE TE ERS, A V LOC ERS & MS, AL G UID ES
E TH CE R N E IE IV PER ST R EX ITH WE ING E EW N UIS IENC ORLD R C IW PER EX Y UN B U
LOADS OF FREE E TIME & FREE TIM ADD-ONS
WORLDWIDE
81
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 12 DAYS | 9 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
#EUDISCOVERY | CONTIKI.COM/DISCOVERY | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
11
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
11 nights twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
11 breakfasts (B), 5 dinners (D)
F Rafting, Tyrol (summer only) F Tuscan Evening, Florence
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Discover hidden Venice with our local specialist
• Gelato in Rome – on us
F Cabaret Show & Dinner, Paris
Whet your appetite for this incredible region on the 12-day European Discovery, journeying through the beauty of the Austrian Tyrol, the soul-warming culture of Rome, and the eclectic vibes of Amsterdam. Uncovering local ENGLAND only joints and adored icons alike, we’ll check London off 9 diverse countries on this trip.
NETHERLANDS
AMSTERDAM
START
1
GERMANY
(1 night)
Dover Calais
2
RHINE VALLEY (1 night)
BELGIUM END
Valley of the Somme
PARIS
12 10
FRANCE Louvre
(2 nights)
Burgundy Region
MUNICH
3
AUSTRIA
(1 night)
TYROL
4
SWITZ Innsbruck
(1 night)
9
LUCERNE
(1 night) Lake Como
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city
FLORENCE (1 night)
5
VENICE
(1 night) Apennine Mountains
Giotto’s Bell Tower
8 ITALY Trevi Fountain
6 Vatican City
82 WORLDWIDE
ROME (2 nights)
PARIS FRANCE
MEDITERRANEAN HIGHLIGHTS 13 DAYS | 5 COUNTRIES #MEDHIGHLIGHTS| CONTIKI.COM/MED-HIGHLIGHTS| CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
12 nights twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
12 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Flamenco Show with Dinner,
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Explore the Palace of the Spanish
Barcelona
Royal Family on our locally guided tour
F Monaco Dinner, Monaco
Taking the road most coastal from Madrid to Rome, this trip is for those with a thing for rivieras. In between our sea time we’ll drink in the secrets of fairytale cities… this Mediterranean story is a complete one. ITALY Leaning Tower of Pisa
FRANCE
AVIGNON 5
START END
Zaragoza
1
MADRID
(1 night) Monaco
Aix-enProvence
Pyrenees Mountains
SPAIN
3
Cinque PISA/ITALIAN Terre RIVERIA (1 night)
8
FRENCH RIVIERA
(2 nights) Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia
FLORENCE
Colosseum START END
BARCELONA (2 nights)
9
(2 nights) San Gimignano
6
11 13
ROME
(2 nights) Vatican City
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
(2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start / end city
Back for its second year, this trip has Munch departures to up the foodie ante. Like the look of this trip but not feeling satisfied yet? Before you get hangry, rest assured - it’s the same great itinerary, but with all of the foodie experiences you crave. Try cooking classes in Barcelona, eat your way through Italy, & even dine with locals thanks to our viz eat partnership. Time for a bigger belt. Visit contiki.com/munch for all the details.
FLORENCE ITALY
WORLDWIDE
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EUROPEAN ENCOUNTER 16 DAYS | 10 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
#EUENCOUNTER | CONTIKI.COM/ENCOUNTER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
15
21
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
15 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
15 breakfasts (B), 6 dinners (D)
F Lake Cruise, Lucerne
• See the East Side Gallery
F Cabaret Show & Dinner, Paris F Emperors & Gladiators Inc.
• Bike ride of Bohemian Prague with
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS in Berlin
our local expert (summer departures only)
Colosseum, Rome
With 16 days to make our way through Europe, that bucket list is going to get seriously checked. Offering a smorgasbord of the continent's finest, we’ll be running amok in the backstreets of Amsterdam one day, and stroking our chins over French architecture the next. There’s no shortage ENGLAND London of memory making experiences on this trip.
NETHERLANDS
START
2
1
(2 nights)
AMSTERDAM Calais
Dresden
GERMANY
(1 night)
Dover
BERLIN
BELGIUM
END
4
PARIS
16 14
(2 nights)
Notre Dame Cathedral
SALZBURG (1 night)
SWITZ
LUCERNE FRANCE
PRAGUE
(2 nights) CZECH REP
Valley of the Somme
(2 nights)
12
Swiss Alps
6 AUSTRIA
Chapel Bridge Lake Como
7
VENICE (1 night)
CINQUE TERRE
11
(1 night)
Pisa
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city
84 WORLDWIDE
10
FLORENCE (1 night) ITALY Pantheon
ROME
8 (2 nights) Vatican City
BERLIN GERMANY
EUROPEAN VISTA 21 DAYS | 11 COUNTRIES #EUVISTA | CONTIKI.COM/VISTA | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
30
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
20 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
20 breakfasts (B), 10 dinners (D)
F Cabaret Show & Dinner, Paris F Gondola Ride, Venice F Bike Ride & BBQ Lunch
DISCOVERER
20
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Exclusive ‘Paris by Night’ tour • Explore Florence on foot with our Local Guide
(summer departures only), Tyrol
The European Vista delivers a banquet of incredible moments, from idling on a gondola in Venice to admiring high kicks at the cabaret in Paris. A 21-day highlight reel smudged with some unexpected nooks and detours, this trip will both fuel and satisfy your appetite for European explorations. ENGLAND
NETHERLANDS Edam
END
London
GERMANY
(2 nights)
Dover Calais
START
Gable houses
AMSTERDAM
21 19
PRAGUE
18
BELGIUM
(2 nights)
RHINE VALLEY
16
(1 night)
Valley of the Somme
CZECH REP
Dachau
PARIS
1
Eiffel Tower
MUNICH 14
(2 nights)
TYROL 12
SWITZ
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city
15
(1 night)
Burgundy Region FRANCE
Charles Bridge
LUCERNE
(2 nights)
3
AUSTRIA (1 night)
Brenner Pass
(2 nights) Swiss Alps ITALY
10
Apennine Mountains Pisa
5
VIENNA
7
VENICE (2 nights)
FLORENCE(1 night)
Monaco
FRENCH RIVIERA
ROME
8 (2 nights)
(2 nights)
Vatican City
PARIS FRANCE
WORLDWIDE
85
EUROPEAN QUEST 25 DAYS | 11 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
#EUQUEST | CONTIKI.COM/EUROPEAN-QUEST | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
24
34
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
24 nights in quad-share hotel/ hostel accommodation
24 breakfasts (B), 10 dinners (D)
F Cabaret Show, Paris
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Exclusive ‘Paris by Night’ tour • Train along the Cinque Terre • Explore Florence on foot with our
F Cruise around the Isle of Capri,
Sorrento (summer departures only) F Eagle’s Nest, Salzburg (summer departures only)
11 culture brimming countries spanned over 25 memorable NORTH days – it doesn’t get much better than the European Quest. SEA ENGLAND We’ll honour Mozart in Austria, bar hop in Prague, and give a glamorous nod to the French Riviera. And did END we mention the day we’ll spend floating around London Calais islands off the coast of Italy? Dover
Local Guide
BERLIN NETHERLANDS Edam
25
21
(2 nights)
Dresden GERMANY
PRAGUE 19 (2 nights)
Valley of the Somme
PARIS
(2 nights)
AMSTERDAM 23
BELGIUM
START
Brandenburg Gate
CZECH REP
1
(2 nights)
SALZBURG 18
Loire Valley
Bridge of Sighs
FRANCE
3
BORDEAUX
CINQUE TERRE 10
SAN SEBASTIAN 4
8
NICE
Pyrenees Mountains Zaragoza
6
(2 nights)
86 WORLDWIDE
Monaco
(2 nights)
BARCELONA
Verona
16
VENICE (2 nights)
(1 night)
(1 nights)
(2 nights) St-Jean-de-Luz
AUSTRIA
(1 night)
Pisa
11
FLORENCE (1 night)
ITALY
14
ADRIATIC SEA
ROME(2 nights) Vatican City
Pompeii Don’t miss! Places visited SORRENTO 12 (2 nights) Itinerary day Isle of Capri Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city
BARCELONA SPAIN
EUROPEAN PANORAMA 28 DAYS | 13 COUNTRIES #EUPANORAMA | CONTIKI.COM/PANORAMA | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
40
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
25 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation 2 nights on board ferries
27 breakfasts (B), 13 dinners (D)
F Flamenco Show with Dinner,
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Exclusive ‘Paris by Night’ tour • Visit Mauthausen Concentration
Barcelona F Captain’s Cruise, Corfu F Paragliding, Tyrol
Art, adventure, beach jaunts and city dwelling – this trip is a mixed bag of life’s most enticing elements. Picture yourself sipping local wine in Bordeaux and catching rays on a beach ENGLAND in Corfu, all between tapas-tasting in Barcelona and London a trip to a cheese farm in Edam. *Happy sigh Dover START
END
(2 nights)
RHINE 25 VALLEY MUNICH
PARIS
(1 night) Mauthausen
(2 nights) FRANCE Loire Valley Château Chambord
3 (1 night)
21
Liechtenstein SWITZ Lucerne
(2 nights)
Carcassonne
6 Monaco
BARCELONA (2 nights)
4
AUSTRIA
FRENCH RIVIERA (2 nights) MEDITERRANEAN SEA
17
VENICE (2 nights)
FLORENCE
8
Leaning (1 night) Tower of Pisa
ROME
9 (2 nights) Vatican City
11
SORRENTO (1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city
CORFU GREECE
Pompeii
16 ht) nig (1
Pyrenees Mountains
VIENNA
19 (2 nights)
Dolomite Mountains
ITALY Pisa
TYROL
22 (1 night)
SWISS 23 ALPS
French perfumery
SPAIN
Lorelei Rock
(1 night)
Valley of the Somme
BORDEAUX
GERMANY
26 AMSTERDAM
Calais BELGIUM
1
Camp Memorial
Edam NETHERLANDS
28
DISCOVERER
27
Bari GREECE
12 (1 night)
13
CORFU
(3 nights) IONIAN SEA
WORLDWIDE
87
EUROPEAN EXPLORER
+ MYKONOS ISLAND OR GREEK ISLAND CRUISING OPTIONS
33 DAYS | 18-19 COUNTRIES
DISCOVERER
#EUEXPLORER | CONTIKI.COM/EXPLORER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
32
46
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
31 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation, 1 night on board a ferry
Mykonos Island option. 52 included meals for Greek Island option.
F Cabaret Show & Dinner, Paris
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Exclusive ‘Paris by Night’ tour • Special access Rome
F Flamenco Show with Dinner, Barcelona F A Classic Night out with Dinner,
sightseeing tour
• Day trip to the Isle of Capri
Vienna
If you’ve got just over a month to tackle this continent, we have a perfectly curated trip ripe for the picking. From old favourites like Rome and Paris to untapped diamonds like Albania, we’ll capture all the greatest places spanning between the UK and Turkey. Not least of all an optional 4-night cruise through the Greek Isles wedged perfectly in the trip’s middle.
NETHERLANDS Edam
ENGLAND
AMSTERDAM
33 31
END
RHINE
Dover
30 VALLEY
Calais START
GERMANY
(2 nights)
London
(1 night)
BELGIUM
Valley of the Somme
MUNICH
PARIS
Champs1 Élysées FRANCE Fontainebleau Burgundy Region
(1 night)
SWITZ
LUCERNE 28 LYON
25
VENICE
(2 nights)
SLOVENIA
Verona (2 nights)
CROATIA
St. Mark’s Square
8
(1 night)
VIENNA
AUSTRIA
Liechtenstein
(2 nights) Swiss Alps
3
Mauthausen
27
(2 nights)
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
Pisa
FRENCH RIVIERA
Pyrenees Mountains
6
10
(1 night)
Monaco Monte Carlo
ROME (2 nights)
SPAIN
BARCELONA
24
ZADAR (1 night)
Split 22 DUBROVNIK (2 nights) MONTENEGRO ADRIATIC SEA
ITALY
(2 nights)
4
FLORENCE
11 Vatican City
(2 nights)
Pompeii
21
Bari
SORRENTO (1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city
TIRANA
(1 night) ALBANIA
13 Isle of Capri
GREECE
14 (1 night)
20 PREVEZA (1 night) Corinth Canal Patras
IONIAN SEA
15
ATHENS (1 night)
MYKONOS ISLAND OR CRUISING OPTION
YOUR CHOICE GREEK ISLAND OPTION 33 DAYS MYKONOS OPTION 33 DAYS
88 WORLDWIDE
DUBROVNIK CROATIA
IBIZA & BEYOND 9 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #IBIZABEYOND | CONTIKI.COM/IBIZA-BEYOND | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
10
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
8 nights in quad-share hotel/ hostel accommodation
8 breakfasts (B), 2 dinners (D)
F Flamenco Show & Tapas F Visit to Medieval Toledo F Valencia Cooking Class
HIGH ENERGY
8
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Madrid City Tour • Barcelona Gothic Quarter Walking Tour
We’ll learn to make paella and take siestas during lazy beach days, with architecture, flamenco and tapas topping it all off. Going deep on the enviable Spanish culture, we’ll drift through Barcelona, Ibiza, Valencia and Madrid.
Park Güell
MADRID (2 nights)
9
7
1
BARCELONA (2 nights)
Plaza Mayor
START
END
IBIZA
SPAIN
(3 nights)
VALENCIA (1 night)
3
6
Ushuaia open air club
Denia
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
IBIZA SPAIN
WORLDWIDE
89
EUROPEAN HORIZON 10 DAYS | 8 COUNTRIES
HIGH ENERGY
#EUHORIZON | CONTIKI.COM/HORIZON | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
9
15
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
3 nights in Special Stopovers, 1 night in Contiki Village, 4 nights in hotels, 1 night in hostel accommodation
9 breakfasts (B), 6 dinners (D)
F Paragliding, Tyrol
• Exclusive ‘Paris by night’ sightseeing tour with champagne & escargot • Our legendary party nights
F Swiss Mountain, Swiss Alps F Cabaret Show, Paris
From staying in a cute as a button chalet in the stunning Swiss Alps, to watching sunsets whilst sipping champagne in Paris, this trip is a concoction of happiness inducing activities – a recipe perfected as masterfully as a traditional paella. 8 countries, 10 days, let’s do this!
NETHERLANDS
START
AMSTERDAM 1
ENGLAND
GERMANY
(1 night)
London
2
Dover Calais
BELGIUM
RHINE VALLEY (1 night)
St Goar
END
Valley of the Somme
PARIS (2 nights)
10
8
Eiffel Tower
MUNICH SWITZ
FRANCE
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city Special Stopover
90 WORLDWIDE
3
(1 night)
Burgundy Region
6
SWISS ALPS (2 nights)
AUSTRIA
4
Chapel Bridge Lucerne
TYROL (1 night)
Brenner Pass Lake Como ITALY
5
Bridge of Sighs
VENICE (1 night)
PARIS FRANCE
EUROPEAN HIGHLIGHTS 14 DAYS | 9 COUNTRIES #EUHIGHLIGHTS | CONTIKI.COM/HIGHLIGHTS | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
18
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
Special Stopovers: 1 night French Château, 4 nights Contiki Villages, 7 nights hotel, & 1 night hostel accommodation
13 breakfasts (B), 5 dinners (D)
F Cabaret Show, Paris
We’ll set the pace to full throttle and go deep on this continent, gliding out of London and into scenic vineyards, party hubs and cultured city scenes (with a little side step via our 16th century French chateau).
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Exclusive ‘Paris by Night’ sightseeing tour with champagne & escargot
F Guided tour of the Vatican, Rome F Gondola ride, Venice
NORTH SEA
NETHERLANDS Edam
14 12
END
AMSTERDAM
(2 nights) GERMANY
ENGLAND London Dover
11
ENGLISH CHANNEL
START
Calais
HIGH ENERGY
13
BELGIUM
St Goar
RHINE VALLEY (1 night)
Valley of the Somme
1
Dachau
PARIS
(2 nights) Fontainebleau Burgundy Region FRANCE
MUNICH
10
(1 night) Tyrol
AUSTRIA
Beaujolais Region
CHÂTEAU DE CRUIX
(1 night)
3
Brenner Pass Vineyards
THE RIVIERA
VENICE ITALY
(1 night) Apennine Mountains
9
6 FLORENCE Pisa (2 nights) Don’t miss! (1 night) Monaco Places visited 4 Itinerary day Optional start city MEDITERRANEAN Pantheon SEA Optional end city ROME 7 Optional start / end city (2 nights) Special Stopover Vatican City
EDAM THE NETHERLANDS
WORLDWIDE
91
EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE 20 DAYS | 11 COUNTRIES
HIGH ENERGY
#EUEXPERIENCE| CONTIKI.COM/EXPERIENCE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
19
32
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
Special Stopovers: 2 nights French Château, 2 nights Austrian Gasthof, 2 nights Swiss Chalet. 6 nights in Contiki Villages, 1 night hostel & 6 nights hotel accommodation
19 breakfasts (B), 1 picnic lunch (PL), 12 dinners (D)
F Gondola Ride, Venice
• Exclusive ‘Paris by Night’ sightseeing tour with champagne & escargot • French countryside picnic • Sample local wine at Contiki’s Châteauk
F Emperors & Gladiators Inc.
Colosseum, Rome F Rafting, Tyrol
A scenic road trip peppered with fabled cities and fabulous sights; welcome aboard the European Experience. Made special by two nights spent in our regal Château de Cruix, as well as gondola rides in Venice and a paragliding adventure in Austria.
NETHERLANDS Edam
20 18
END
AMSTERDAM (2 nights)
GERMANY
ENGLAND London Dover
17
ENGLISH Calais CHANNEL
St Goar
BELGIUM
RHINE VALLEY (1 night)
START
Valley of the Somme
1
Heidelberg Dachau
PARIS
Fontainebleau
(2 nights)
14
Burgundy Region SWITZ Beaujolais Region
CHÂTEAU DE CRUIX
15
3
Liechtenstein Lucerne
SWISS ALPS (2 nights)
(2 nights)
(1 night)
5
Monaco
THE RIVIERA (1 night)
12
AUSTRIA
TYROL (2 nights)
Brenner Pass
ITALY
Pisa
Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city Special Stopover
92 WORLDWIDE
Traditional beer hall
MUNICH
FRANCE
6
10
VENICE (2 nights)
FLORENCE (2 nights)
Colosseum
8 ROME MEDITERRANEAN Vatican City (2 nights) SEA
CHÂTEAU DE CRUIX FRANCE
ULTIMATE EUROPEAN
+ EGYPT OR GREEK ISLAND OPTIONS
45 DAYS | 16/17 COUNTRIES #ULTIMATEEUROPE | CONTIKI.COM/ULTIMATE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
66
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
43 Nights in Special Stop Overs and Cabins 1 Night on board a ferry
66/69 included meals
F Cabaret Show, Paris
• Exclusive ‘Paris by Night’ tour
F Flamenco, Tapas & Drinks, Barcelona F Belly Dancing Show & Dinner,
• Discover Florence on foot
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS with champagne & escargot with our Local Guide
Istanbul
The Ultimate European is the full-blown Contiki experience, dishing up 45 days, 16 countries, and 66 included meals. Western classics like Rome and Monaco complement Eastern hotspots like Sofia and Budapest, all delivered with plenty of down time and Free Time Add-Ons. ENGLAND London
HIGH ENERGY
44
• Locally guided tour of Athens & the Acropolis
END
Dover
START
Edam
NETHERLANDS
45 43
AMSTERDAM
1
4
Jungfrau Mountain
SWISS ALPS
(2 nights)
FRANCE
Arles
Pyrenees Mountains
6
(1 night)
MUNICH (1 night) Mauthausen 36 VIENNA (1 night) 37 AUSTRIA 34 BUDAPEST (2 nights) Lucerne TYROL HUNGARY 40 SWITZ
PARIS
(3 nights) Burgundy Region Liechtenstein
CHÂTEAU DE CRUIX
VALLEY
Heidelberg
Valley of the Somme Versailles
SPAIN
(2 nights)
42 RHINE Calais BELGIUM St Goar GERMANY
(2 nights)
8
(2 nights)
ITALY
Chain bridge
10 VENICE (2 nights) 33 BELGRADE (1 night)
Apennine Mountains
Pisa 12 Monaco
THE RIVIERA (2 nights)
39
FLORENCE
SERBIA
(2 nights)
Mt Vesuvius Vatican City Pompeii
BARCELONA Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city Special Stopover
(1 night)
KAVALA (1 night)
Bari
16
(2 nights)
SOFIA
32 BULGARIA
14 ROME (2 nights)
GREECE
(1 night)
ISTANBUL
27 Gallipoli 29 (3 nights) TURKEY Anzac Cave Troy 28
CANAKKALE
17 Thermopylae
CORFU
(1 night) Corinth Canal EGYPT OPTION
19
(1 night)
26
ATHENS (2 nights)
GREEK ISLAND OPTION
YOUR CHOICE GREEK ISLAND OPTION 45 DAYS EGYPT OPTION 45 DAYS
BARCELONA SPAIN
WORLDWIDE
93
GREEK WEEK 9 DAYS | 2 ISLANDS
HIGH ENERGY
#GREEKWEEK | CONTIKI.COM/GREEK-WEEK | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
8
9
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
8 nights in quad-share hotel accommodation
8 breakfasts (B), 1 dinner (D)
F Mykonos by Night, Mykonos F Sailing Spectacular, Ios F Island Tour, Delos
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• See the famous windmills in Mykonos
• Visit Ios Town
Lusting over iconic blue and white buildings and watching the sun drop before a balmy night of dancing – welcome to a week of dreamy moments on the Greek isles. Spending days soaking in emerald waters and ancient history, we’ll finish feeling satisfied in every sense of the word.
START END
ATHENS (2 nights) 9
8
1
Parthenon
GREECE
Famous Windmills
2
MYKONOS (3 nights)
5
IOS (3 nights) Sandy Beaches
Don’t miss! Itinerary day
94 WORLDWIDE
ATHENS GREECE
BEST OF BRITAIN 10 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES #BESTOFBRITAIN | CONTIKI.COM/BEST-BRITAIN | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
12
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
9 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
9 breakfasts (B), 3 dinners (D)
F London Eye
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
9
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• London City Tour • Visit Warner Bros, Harry
F Welsh Banquet at Cardiff Castle F Tour of Millenium Stadium
Potter Studio Tour
• Magical Mystery Tour Liverpool
in Cardiff
Roman baths, The Beatles, and Harry Potter…there’s so much to love in beautiful Britain. After exploring London we’ll head to Oxford and Cardiff, before tackling a few more cities on our loop back to ye olde Big Ben town. ENGLAND
LIVERPOOL
9
8
(1 night)
MANCHESTER (1 night)
WALES
WARWICK (1 night)
Stratford-upon-Avon Caerphilly Castle
CARDIFF
5
4
(2 nights)
BRISTOL Bath (1 night)
Banksy’s guerrilla graffiti
7 3
OXFORD (1 night)
Harry Potter Studio Tour
1
10
LONDON
START END
(2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
LONDON ENGLAND
WORLDWIDE
95
ITALIAN ESPRESSO 8 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#ITALIANESPRESSO | CONTIKI.COM/ESPRESSO| CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
7
9
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
7 nights twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
7 breakfasts (B), 2 dinners (D)
F Emperors & Gladiators Inc.
• Special access Rome
Colosseum, Rome F Tuscan Evening, Florence F Gondola Ride, Venice
• Locally guided tour of the
Oohing and aahing from one Italian icon to the next, we’ll sip Chianti & overdose on antipasto in a 16th century Tuscan winery and take boat rides through the canals of Venice. Learning about the leather craft in Florence and eating our body weight in pizza; these will be the cherries atop our gelato.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS sightseeing tour
Vatican museums
Bridge of Sighs
VENICE (2 nights)
Verona
6
8
ITALY
END
Duomo
Pisa
3
FLORENCE (3 nights)
Chianti Region
Apennine Mountains
San Gimignano
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional end city
Colosseum START END
96 WORLDWIDE
1
ROME
(2 nights) Vatican City
ROME ITALY
SIMPLY ITALY 12 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES #SIMPLYITALY | CONTIKI.COM/SIMPLY-ITALY | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
11 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
11 breakfasts (B), 3 dinners (D)
F Cruise around the Isle of Capri,
• Special access Rome
Sorrento (summer departures only) F Tuscan Evening, Florence F Burano Island Cruise & Dinner, Venice
• Enjoy a glass of Prosecco
Allow yourself to be romanced by the capital of pizza, home of gelato, and picture-postcard views of vineyards and crumbling coloured coastlines. Wandering around the boot of Italy for 12 days of bliss, we’ll visit Cinque Terre, Florence, Milan, Venice… the list goes on.
MILAN (1 night)
Lake Garda
8
Cinque Terre
Leaning Tower of Pisa
sightseeing tour
overlooking the Bay of Naples
• Day trip to the Isle of Capri
(2 nights)
6
Giotto’s Bell Tower
9 (1 night)
Pisa
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
VENICE Verona
ITALIAN RIVIERA
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
11
4
FLORENCE
(2 nights) Chianti Region
Apennine Mountains ITALY
START END
ROME (3 nights) 12 10
1
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City
Mt. Vesuvius Pompeii
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
Isle of Capri
2
SORRENTO (2 nights)
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TUSCANY ITALY
WORLDWIDE
97
FIESTAS & SIESTAS 12 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
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11
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
11 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
11 breakfasts (B), 5 dinners (D)
F Barcelona Bike Ride F Visit Cascais & Sintra F Madrid Farewell Dinner
• Tour of Barcelona Gothic Quater • Visit to the Madrid Palace • Salamanca Walking Tour
Blanketed in sunshine and spilling at the sides with culture, there’s no duo quite like Spain and Portugal. We’ll admire the royal palace in Madrid and sip local wine in Porto; the good life is what the Fiestas & Siestas is all about. BILBAO (2 nights)
3
San Sebastian Pamplona
SALAMANCA
1
(1 night)
PORTO (2 nights)
SPAIN
5
6 PORTUGAL
10
START
Zaragoza
12
MADRID
Sagrada Familia
BARCELONA (2 nights)
END
(2 nights)
LISBON (2 nights)
8
Bairro Alto
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
98 WORLDWIDE
LISBON PORTUGAL
SPANISH SPREE 14 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES #SPANISHSPREE | CONTIKI.COM/SPAIN | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
17
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
13 nights twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
13 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Valley of the Fallen, Madrid F Bike Tour, Barcelona F Guided Rock Tour, Gibraltar
Fabulously fierce and forever flamboyant, Spain will capture your heart and tantalize your senses. The flamenco, the sangria, the gothic architecture of Barcelona, and that’s before we’ve even mentioned the cuteness of Seville, & the summer nights in Ibiza. Prepare to be bedazzled by two perfect weeks on the Spanish Spree.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Explore the Palace of the Spanish Royal Family on our locally guided tour in Madrid
BILBAO (1 night)
San Sebastian
3
Guggenheim Art Museum
4
PAMPLONA
Pyrenees Mountains Zaragoza
(1 night)
Segovia
13 14
1
MADRID
(1 night)
(1 night)
11
7
IBIZA
(2 nights)
12 9
Sierra Nevada Mountains
GRANADA (2 nights)
Gibraltar
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
START END
SPAIN
SEVILLE
(2 nights)
Alcazar Fortress
Toledo
CORDOBA
BARCELONA 5
Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
(3 nights)
SEVILLE SPAIN
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
13
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
WORLDWIDE
99
SPAIN, MOROCCO & PORTUGAL 15 DAYS | 4 COUNTRIES
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#SPAINMOROCCOPORTUGAL | CONTIKI.COM/SPAINMOROCCO-PORTUGAL | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
14
21
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
14 nights twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
14 breakfasts (B), 7 dinners (D)
F Tour of Albaicin & Royal Chapel,
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Locally guided tour of Granada’s
Granada
Alhambra Palace
• Guided local tour of the Medina
F Welcome to Morocco dinner &
show, Fez
A curation of cultural goodness is what you’ll find in this tantalizing trio, as we admire medinas, cathedrals and Portuguese tiles. Winding through photographic streets will not wear us down - we’ll be fuelled by one too many plates of tapas and tagines of spicy couscous. You’re about to get all buzzed just reading about this fairy-tale through Spain, Morocco & Portugal.
of Fez
MADRID
START END
(3 nights)
PORTUGAL
15 14
1 SPAIN Toledo
12
LISBON
GRANADA
(2 nights)
10
SEVILLE Tarifa
ASSILAH (1 night)
(2 nights)
Sierra Nevada Mountains Algeciras Gibraltar Tangier
(2 nights)
ATLANTIC OCEAN
3
9
Royal Palace
5
Rabat Casablanca
FEZ (2 nights) Middle Atlas Mountains
MOROCCO
7
Koutoubia Mosque
MARRAKECH (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
EXTEND YOUR TRIP IBERIAN PENINSULA & MOROCCO
21 DAYS
STUCK FOR TIME? MOROCCO
100 WORLDWIDE
5 DAYS
LISBON PORTUGAL
ADRIATIC UNEARTHED
START SPLIT
15 DAYS | 7 COUNTRIES #ADRIATICUNEARTHED | CONTIKI.COM/ADRIATIC-UNEARTHED-SPLIT | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
18
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
14 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
14 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Gondola Ride, Venice F Captian’s Cruise, Corfu F Postojna Cave, Ljubljana
Combining the beauty of the Dalmatian coastline and the history of Rome, on top of the laidback beach vibes of Corfu and the uber cool cityscapes of Albania, this curation of Adriatic goodness uncovers a pocket of Europe that’s impossible not to love. Fresh seafood, balmy days and charming streets await. (1 night)
12
11
LJUBLJANA (1 night)
Postojna Cave (1 night)
10 ITALY
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
14 15 1
START END
ADRIATIC SEA
ROME 7 (3 nights)
Mt Vesuvius Pompeii
SALERNO 6 (1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Start city End city
CROATIA
Plitivice Lakes
PLITVICE 13
FLORENCE
• Guided tour of Dubrovnik’s old town • Private boat through canals of Venice
SLOVENIA
VENICE (1 night)
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
SPLIT (2 nights)
DUBROVNIK (1 night)
MONTENEGRO Kotor Bay
5
2
(1 night)
Bari
TIRANA (1 night)
ALBANIA GREECE
CORFU 3 (2 nights)
Water sports
STUCK FOR TIME? ADRIATIC SPIRIT
9 DAYS
START ROME? ADRIATIC UNEARTHED
FLORENCE ITALY
15 DAYS
WORLDWIDE
101
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
14
BEST OF BALKANS
START BUDAPEST
15 DAYS | 6 COUNTRIES
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
#BESTOFBALKANS | CONTIKI.COM/BESTOFBALKANS | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
14
20
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
14 nights twin-share hotel accommodation
14 breakfasts (B), 6 dinners (D)
F Guided War Tunnels Tour, Sarajevo F Folklore Dinner, Belgrade F Dinner Cruise, Budapest
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Walking tour of Ljubljana • Entry into the Plitvice Lakes • Locally guided walking tour of Dubrovnik
Buckle on up and get ready for the Balkans, the corner of Europe that Hungary, Serbia and Croatia all call home. We’ll have no shortage of scene changes and dazzle along the way, with a hearty dose of time spent coasting the Adriatic and all the mountain fun in Montenegro.
HUNGARY
BUDAPEST (2 nights)
1
13 15
START END
SLOVENIA
LJUBLJANA
1
(1 night)
2
(1 night)
ZADAR (1 night) 3 SPLIT (2 nights)
BELGRADE
CROATIA
PLITVICE
BOSNIAHERZEGOVINA
4
10
Diocletian’s Palace
6
DUBROVNIK (2 nights)
12
(1 night)
Kalemegdan Fortress SERBIA
SARAJEVO
Mostar (2 nights) MONTENEGRO Kotor
8
BUDVA
(2 nights) Sandy beaches
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Start city End city
102 WORLDWIDE
DUBROVNIK CROATIA
SCANDINAVIA & RUSSIA PLUS 22 DAYS | 8 COUNTRIES #SCANDINAVIAANDRUSSIA | CONTIKI.COM/SCANDI-RUSSIA| CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
32
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
20 nights quad-share hotel/hostel accommodation & 1 night quad-share Baltic cruise
21 breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 10 dinners (D)
F Viking Biking, Oslo F Bobsled, Lillehammer F Ice Bar, Stockholm
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Cruise stunning Geiranger Fjord • A locally guided tour of historical St. Petersburg
• Visit the Peterhof Gardens & fountains
Whether you’ve been dreaming about the dramatic landscapes of the Norwegian fjords or the ornate architecture of colourful Moscow, this 22-day trip will not disappoint. We’ll admire the progressive ways of the Swedish and bounce through the bars of Berlin, with a slice of Poland seasoning just GEIRANGER (1 night) 6 some of our time in between. Lom Sognefjord
5
VOSS (1 night)
FINLAND
Lillehammer
GULF OF BOTHNIA
GJOVIK
7
(1 night)
Hardangervidda 3 Region
(1 night)
OSLO
NOVGOROD
STOCKHOLM
(1 night)
(2 nights)
SWEDEN
(3 nights)
12
Petrodvorets
(1 night)
8
ST PETERSBURG
11
10
NORWAY (2 nights)
Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood
HELSINKI
15
RUSSIA
BALTIC SEA
DENMARK
1
COPENHAGEN
BELARUS
(1 night)
Berlin GERMANY
Brest Fortress 19
POLAND
START
END
22 20
Brest
Kremlin
Klin 16
MOSCOW (3 nights)
MINSK (1 night)
WARSAW (2 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start/end city
BOYABREEN GLACIER NORWAY
WORLDWIDE
103
IN-DEPTH EXPLORER
21
LONDON TO BERLIN 13 DAYS | 5 COUNTRIES INDEPENDENT INSIDER
#CONTIKILONDONTOBERLIN | CONTIKI.COM/LONDON-BERLIN | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
12
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
12 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
12 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Paris Patisserie Tour F Trabi Tour of Berlin
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
F Cocktail Mixology Class
• London Bike Tour • Montparnasse Tower • Third Reich Tour
4 of the favourites over 13 carefully curated days, there is nothing generic about this trip. Sipping craft beer in London before the theatrics of Paris… only the quirks of Amsterdam and bars of Berlin are enough to follow that duo. NETHERLANDS
LONDON
Brandenburg Gate
AMSTERDAM
ENGLAND
(3 nights)
1
(3 nights)
(3 nights)
BERLIN (3 nights)
Wimbledon BELGIUM
PARIS
10 13
7
4
GERMANY
Moulin Rouge
FRANCE
Don’t Miss! Start city End city Optional start/end city
INDEPENDENT INSIDER DESIGNED FOR FREEDOM This trip gives you ultimate flexibility to build your own itinerary. Build up 3 night blocks in 1, 2, 3 or 4 cities for unlimited trip variations. And once you’re there, it’s totally up to you what you do in each city. Plus Free-Time Add-Ons designed around your cultural passions. Check out contiki.com/ independent-insider for all the possibilities.
104 WORLDWIDE
LONDON ENGLAND
BERLIN TO STOCKHOLM 13 DAYS | 4 COUNTRIES #CONTIKIBERLINTOSTOCKHOLM | CONTIKI.COM/BERLIN-STOCKHOLM | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
12 nights in twin-share hotel accommodation
12 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Trabi tour, Berlin
Dramatic natural settings and culture fuelled cities, it’s the flawless combination of Scandinavia and Germany. We’ll ogle at the fjords of Norway and cycle the streets of Copenhagen, eyes in constant awe and amazement.
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Visit ABBA Museum in Stockholm • Berlin - Dinner with the Locals
F Viking Biking, Oslo F Ice Bar, Stockholm
by VizEat
NORWAY
OSLO (3 nights)
Vigeland Sculpture Park
7
STOCKHOLM (3 nights)
10 13
Vasa Museum
SWEDEN
DENMARK
COPENHAGEN
4
(3 nights)
GERMANY 1 Don’t Miss! BERLIN Start city (3 nights) End city Optional start/end city
INDEPENDENT INSIDER DESIGNED FOR FREEDOM This trip gives you ultimate flexibility to build your own itinerary. Build up 3 night blocks in 1, 2, 3 or 4 cities for unlimited trip variations. And once you’re there, it’s totally up to you what you do in each city. Plus Free-Time Add-Ons designed around your cultural passions. Check out contiki.com/ independent-insider for all the possibilities.
BERLIN GERMANY
WORLDWIDE
105
INDEPENDENT INSIDER
12
MEDITERRANEAN ESCAPE 10 DAYS | 3 COUNTRIES INDEPENDENT INSIDER
#CONTIKIMEDESCAPE | CONTIKI.COM/MED-ESCAPE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
9
12
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
8 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation, 1 night on board a ferry
9 breakfasts (B), 3 dinners (D)
F Cruise around the Isle of Capri F Express entrance to the
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
Colosseum, Rome
A 10-day stroll meandering the coasts and culture of Italy and Greece – it doesn’t get much better than the Med Escape. We’ll join forces in the time capsule capital of Rome, before meandering our way to Athens. With one night spent being lulled to sleep by the ocean, this trip will have you talking for years to come.
• Special access Rome sightseeing tour
• Guided tour of the Vatican
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ROME
(3 nights) Trevi 1 Fountain
Vatican City
ITALY
Pompeii
4 Capri Cruise Capri
Bari
AMALFI COAST (3 nights)
END GREECE
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ATHENS (2 nights)
8 10
Patras Parthenon
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
INDEPENDENT INSIDER DESIGNED FOR FREEDOM Want even more? This trip gives you ultimate flexibility to build your perfect itinerary, by connecting up seamlessly with other trips. Check out contiki. com/independent-insider for all the possibilities.
106 WORLDWIDE
CAPRI ITALY
GREEK ISLAND HOPPING 13 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #CONTIKIGREEKHOPPING | CONTIKI.COM/ISLAND-HOPPING | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
16
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
12 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
12 breakfasts (B), 4 dinners (D)
F Past & Present, Athens F Island Tour, Delos
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• See the traditional Cycladic-style houses of Mykonos
• See the famous windmills
F Highlights & Volcano Tour, Santorini
of Mykonos
Grab a slice of island life with 3 nights on 3 epic Greek islands. We’ll kick things off with party-loving Mykonos, before shimmying our way to idyllic Santorini. Raising our ouzo-filled glasses in laidback Ios will mark the end of our trip, but not the end of our love affair with this country. GREECE
ATHENS (3 nights)
13 12
1
Acropolis
MYKONOS (3 nights)
3
IOS
Windmills
9
(3 nights)
6
Don’t miss! Itinerary day
Oia sunset
SANTORINI (3 nights)
INDEPENDENT INSIDER DESIGNED FOR FREEDOM Want even more? This trip gives you ultimate flexibility to build your perfect itinerary, by connecting up seamlessly with other trips. Check out contiki. com/independent-insider for all the possibilities.
SANTORINI GREECE
WORLDWIDE
107
INDEPENDENT INSIDER
12
ROLLING ON THE RHINE 8 DAYS | 2 COUNTRIES
7
14
NIGHTS
MEALS ON BOARD
13 U TIME OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS
13 INCLUDED EXCURSIONS
• Amsterdam Canal Cruise • Visit to Cologne Cathedral
U Blokarting on the Beach U Germanic Castle Banquet
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Cycling through Riesling valleys around Frankfurt and walking through the cobbled-stone lanes of Haarlem – life on board our boat has a lot to compete with. But with a live DJ lined up and a barbeque dinner on deck, both land and river will delight in equal measure. This trip is exclusively for 21-45 year olds.
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#ROLLINGRHINE | CONTIKI.COM/ROLLING-RHINE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
TRAVEL WITH U BY UNIWORLD Our friends and sister company, U by Uniworld, are bringing you a new way to explore Europe. Exclusive to 21-45 year olds, on designer-inspired floating boutique hotels, (The A and The B) this is river cruising, but not as you know it. To see all out River Cruising trips & how you can experience a cruise and your fav Contiki trip visit contiki.com/ubyuniworld
108 WORLDWIDE
RHINE RIVER AMSTERDAM
THE SEINE EXPERIENCE 8 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #SEINEEXPERIENCE | CONTIKI.COM/SEINE-EXPERIENCE | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
14
NIGHTS
MEALS ON BOARD
19 U TIME OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS
11 INCLUDED EXCURSIONS
• Visit the Palace of Versailles • Bike Ride of the Seine
U Kayak the Seine U Parisian Rooftops
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Cocktail mixology classes and morning yoga sessions on the deck – life aboard our Seine cruise will be all kinds of perfection. Along the picturesque alleyways of artists and writers long gone, we’ll absorb the heritage and beauty of fabulous France. This trip is exclusively for 21-45 year olds.
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TRAVEL WITH U BY UNIWORLD Our friends and sister company, U by Uniworld, are bringing you a new way to explore Europe. Exclusive to 21-45 year olds, on designer-inspired floating boutique hotels, (The A and The B) this is river cruising, but not as you know it. To see all out River Cruising trips & how you can experience a cruise and your fav Contiki trip visit contiki.com/ubyuniworld
PARIS FRANCE
WORLDWIDE
109
SAILING, CRUISE & BEACH
7
CROATIA ISLAND ESCAPE 8 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY SAILING, CRUISE & BEACH
#CROATIANESCAPE | CONTIKI.COM/CROATIAN-CRUISING | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
7
14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
7 nights in twin-share accommodation on a traditional sailing cruise boat,
7 breakfasts (B), 5 lunches (L), 2 dinners (D), plus daily bottled drinking water supplement
F City Walking Tour, Dubrovnik F Captain’s Dinner, Trstenik
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Choice of two different boat categories
• Comfortable boat with decks for sunbathing
Throw your swimsuit into a bag and leave your worries on the mainland; the Croatian Island Escape is pure summer bliss. We’ll float from Split to Dubrovnik to Hvar and a banquet of other Dalmatian Coast hotspots, enjoying long balmy nights and idyllic days sea-side. START END
SPLIT
7
(2 nights)
8
Diocletian’s Palace
1 MAKARSKA
HVAR
(1 night)
(1 night)
CROATIA
6
TRSTENIK(1 night) 2
Old Town ADRIATIC SEA
KORCULA (1 night)
5
City Walls
3 DUBROVNIK (2 nights)
Don’t miss! Itinerary day Places visited
110 WORLDWIDE
DUBROVNIK CROATIA
GREEK SAILING 8 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #GREEKSAILING | CONTIKI.COM/GREEK-SAILING | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
7
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
ESSENTIALS
7 nights in twin-berth accommodation on a sailing yacht for 8 people, exclusive to Contiki • Bathrooms on board
7 breakfasts (B)
A dedicated on-board skipper, Port & visitors taxes, hotel/port transfers
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• On-board snorkels, goggles & stand up paddle board
If you’re a sucker for unknown islands, remote beaches and getting off the tourist trail, then the Greek Sailing trip has your name woven into it. We’ll round up in Athens before a shimmy across the seas to Hydra, Nafplio & Aegina, relishing in swim stops, glorious Greek food and dreamy summer days.
START END
Athens
Aegina Perdika
Nafplio
Palamidi Fortress
Poros Lunch / swim stop
GREECE
Monasteries
Hydra Spetses Plaka Don’t miss! Places visited
AEGEAN COAST GREECE
WORLDWIDE
111
SAILING, CRUISE & BEACH
7
WINTER WANDERER 24 DAYS | 11 COUNTRIES
WINTER & SKI
#WINTERWANDERER | CONTIKI.COM/WANDERER | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
23
32
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
23 nights in twin or triple-share hotel accommodation
23 breakfasts (B), 9 dinners (D)
F Swiss Fondue Lunch, Lucerne F Flamenco Show with
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Visit Mauthausen Concentration Camp
• Explore Florence on foot
Dinner, Barcelona F Canal Cruise, Amsterdam
with our Local Guide
• Special access Rome sightseeing tour
The ultimate European adventure with a fairy-tale dusting of snow, the Winter Wanderer is all about log fires, festive markets and cosy cafes. Taking on this grand continent during the romantic winter months will see us skipping ENGLAND queues and experiencing Europe the local way.
NORTH SEA
Checkpoint Charlie
NETHERLANDS
AMSTERDAM 24 22
END
20
(2 nights)
BERLIN GERMANY
London
Dresden
Dover START
Calais
ENGLISH CHANNEL
BELGIUM
18
Valley of the Somme
PARIS
(2 nights)
1
MUNICH
Louvre
(1 night)
LUCERNE
Burgundy Region
LYON
17
FRENCH RIVIERA (2 nights)
8
Pyrenees Mountains SPAIN
6
BARCELONA
St. Mark’s Square
ITALY Pisa Monaco
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
(2 nights)
VIENNA 15
Dolomite Mountains
SWITZ
(1 night)
(2 nights) CZECH REP
AUSTRIA
3 Swiss Alps
5
PRAGUE
Mauthausen (2 nights)
(2 nights)
FRANCE
112 WORLDWIDE
(2 nights)
10
13
VENICE (2 nights)
FLORENCE (1 night)
ADRIATIC SEA
11 ROME Don’t miss! (2 nights) Places visited Vatican City Itinerary day Optional start city Optional end city Optional start / end city
THE ALPS SWITZERLAND
SKI AUSTRIA 8/15 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #AUSTRIASKI | CONTIKI.COM/SKI | CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
7/14
NIGHTS
INCLUDED MEALS
FREE TIME ADD-ONS
8/15 nights in our Austrian Gasthof
7/14 breakfasts (B)
F Scenic sleigh ride F Tandem paragliding with
amazing views in Hopfgarten
NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS
• Mountain orientation • A Salzburg day trip • Experienced Contiki On-site Team
Eat, sleep, board, repeat. This is the mantra you’ll be living whilst atop the snowy Alps in the Austrian Tyrol. Here you’ll discover the perks of ploughing European powder, spending nights in our very own Austrian Gasthof and warming your body to the tune of some local schnaps. Whether you’re a boarder, a skier, a beginner, or a pro, this trip will well and truly treat you.
HOPFGARTEN AUSTRIA
WORLDWIDE
113
WINTER & SKI
8/15
ICELAND ICELAND START END
Gulfloss Waterfall 1
4
REYKJAVIK (3 nights)
4 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
#CONTIKICELAND CONTIKI.COM/ICELAND CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
WINTER & SKI
Blue Lagoon
NIGHTS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
3 4
INCLUDED MEALS 3 breakfasts (B) 1 dinner (D)
Discover what all the hype is about, as we guide you through the destination everyone is talking about. Soak in the Blue Lagoon & hunt for the Northern Lights. MOUTH OF GLACIER ICELAND
FIRE & ICE ICELAND
REYKJAVIK (2 nights)
START END
6
1
Blue lagoon
SELFOSS
(1 night)
4 Blue Lagoon
3
SKAFTAFELL
(1 night) Kirkjubaejarklaustur
6 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY
2
#FIREICE CONTIKI.COM/FIRE-ICE CONTIKI.COM/DEALS
VIK
(1 night)
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
5 8
NIGHTS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION INCLUDED MEALS 5 breakfasts (B) 3 dinners (D)
Welcome to the country the world is going mad for: Iceland – the place of thrills and chills immeasurable. Hot springs, sprouting geysers and an eclectic buzzing capital. NORTHERN LIGHTS ICELAND
114 WORLDWIDE
SZIGET FESTIVAL
BERLIN (2 nights)
START
1
Don’t miss! Places visited Itinerary day
Brandenburg Gate GERMANY
Dresden
Astronomical Clock 3
PRAGUE
VIENNA
10 DAYS | 4 COUNTRIES State Opera House
#CONTIKISZIGET CONTIKI.COM/SZIGET
9 12
AUSTRIA
5
SHORT TRIPS & FESTIVALS
(2 nights) Kutna Hora CZECH REP END
(2 nights)
7
10
BUDAPEST
(3 nights) HUNGARY
NIGHTS HOTEL OR HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION INCLUDED MEALS 9 breakfasts (B) 3 dinners (D)
We’ll tour 4 top Eastern European cities before locking down in the heart of Budapest for the festivities. A kaleidoscope of music, food, art & mayhem awaits.
OKTOBERFEST
4/5/6/7 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #OKTOBERFEST CONTIKI.COM/OKTOBERFEST
4/5 6/7
NIGHTS HOTEL, HOSTEL OR CAMPING ACCOMMODATION (DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH OF TRIP & ACCOMODATION STANDARD BOOKED)
BREAKFAST DAILY
Oktoberfest is calling! Save yourself coordinating the complexities of this mammoth affair, and allow us to sort all your accommodation, transfers & more. WORLDWIDE
115
SHORT TRIPS & FESTIVALS
LONDON INSIDER 4 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #CONTIKILONDONINSIDER CONTIKI.COM/LONDON-INSIDER
3
NIGHTS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
4
INCLUDED MEALS 3 breakfasts (B) 1 dinners (D)
Come wander through the streets of Soho – you’ll be looking like a Londoner in no time. Not to mention a Londoner who knows the craft beer scene and Banksy art spots.
BARCELONA INSIDER 4 DAYS | 1 COUNTRY #CONTIKIBARCELONAINSIDER CONTIKI.COM/BARCELONA-INSIDER
3
NIGHTS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
4
INCLUDED MEALS 3 breakfasts (B) 1 dinners (D)
Hotter than a fresh pan of paella, Barcelona is Spain’s culture capital. Get off the well-worn track, taking plenty of stops to admire architecture and eat churros. 116 WORLDWIDE
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BEFORE YOU BOOK WHAT’S INCLUDED (ESSENTIALS) All accommodation, transport, and a good handful of meals are included in the cost of your Contiki trip (in most regions we offer breakfast every day, plus a cherrypicked selection of authentic and tasty meals). We also include our No Regrets Inclusions, which are basically the sights and activities we think you just can’t afford to miss. And then of course you also get our expert and highly trained team of Contiki staff; our Trip Managers, and English speaking Local Guides. Plus we include all private coach transport and internal flights (check your itinerary). We also include sightseeing tours of all major cities and orientations in all other destinations, and Hotel tips (excluding North America & Latin America), local taxes and service charges. NOT INCLUDED Flights and airport transfers to and from your start and end destination are not included in the cost of your trip. We also keep a number of meal times free for you to explore a region and its foodie offerings in greater detail, so budgeting for non-catered meals is important. In terms of activities, we also offer Free Time Add-Ons, see below, which are not included in the overall price. If you’re hitting the slopes with us, we can point you in the right direction for ski & snowboard hire or lessons if you need to brush up on your skills. If you have your own kit, you’ll also need to budget any excess baggage fees, or additional transfer charges, and any tips for porters. Travel insurance and visas are also not included in the cost of your trip, and need to be booked separately. AIRFARES Flights as specified on individual trip itineraries are included as part of the price. As detailed within our Booking Conditions (p.118) under ‘General’ we rely on international conventions regarding air travel & other transportation as specified. Through enrolment & payment for your trip you acknowledge & accept such. Individual electronic tickets may not be issued to you prior to travel due to the group nature of the air/ flight booking. In such circumstances you acknowledge that by receipt of any applicable boarding pass &/or by boarding the aircraft you have accepted the airline’s terms & conditions of travel & the application of all relevant International Conventions & applicable national & international law governing air transportation. VISA REQUIREMENTS Visas are super important and are essential for entering certain countries. You are responsible for obtaining all necessary visas prior to the departure of your trip. Sometimes the requirements and cost of entering and leaving a country can change. At contiki.com/travel-resources we have info on all of the countries that we visit and you can learn about the specific requirements for each place. Contact your travel agent (if applicable) to determine which visas you require and how to get them. Your passport will need to be valid for at least six months after your arrival. Without enough validity, authorities may deny your entry into a country, even if you’re only staying for a short while. IMPORTANT 1. Visas can take up to six weeks & a fee is normally charged. 2. Failure to obtain all necessary visas could cause you to miss part of your trip & will result in you incurring considerable expense & inconvenience. 3. It is better to apply for all visas through your travel agent or local consular services before you leave home. Be aware that some visas can be purchased & arranged on arrival. 4. It is very important that the entry & exit dates are correct on the visa. Your travel agent will contact Contiki for full details. PACKING HOW MUCH LUGGAGE CAN I BRING? Luggage is restricted to one bag with a maximum size of 29” x 20” x 10” (73cm x 50cm x 25cm) with a maximum weight of 44lbs (20 kg) or 15kg on trips in Asia with internal flights, plus one small hand/day bag that can go on to the coach with you. Contiki reserves the right to refuse to accept larger suitcases or bags on the trip. Wheeled suitcases can be used on Contiki trips in Asia & Latin America. On Camping Trips in Europe you’ll need a towel. On trips which include Flotilla Sailing or if you have booked our Inca Trail Trek or Galapagos trip a small bag suitable for the extremely limited luggage space is required. Your regular luggage will be stored during this time. A small daypack/backpack of approx 26L capacity is suggested. Some internal flights may have baggage fees which are your responsibilty along with any overweight/excess luggage fees. On Winter Ski trips you can bring one pair of boots & skis or snowboard.
Your Trip Manager may suggest you store your main luggage & utilize a smaller bag for overnight rail journeys, overnight junk boat or overnight stays at guest houses. Luggage is carried at owner’s risk & baggage insurance is strongly recommended. Remember, if your trip includes a flight you are also subject to airline baggage restrictions. Contiki is not responsible for any costs incurred for overweight luggage. TRAVEL INSURANCE DO I NEED TRAVEL INSURANCE? A simple one - yes. It’s essential that you take out travel insurance to cover the likes of cancellation, personal injury and medical expenses before you travel with Contiki. Visit p.118-119 or contiki.com/insurance for more information on this, and for a quote on what Contiki can offer. SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION: Our hotel accommodation is twin-share, (multi-share in New Zealand & Australia), staying in superior tourist class hotels, many of which are centrally located, with great facilities. Twin-share is 2 people sharing, either travelling together or as a same-sex room match. We also offer single rooms for a supplement and savings on triple room options in some regions where available. Hostel accommodation is quad-share, camping is modern twoperson tents and our Special Stopovers and Special Stays are a mixture of twin share, quad share or multi share depending on your trip. Please check your trip page and visit contiki.com or call your travel agent for full details. Note: On occasion, due to reasons outside our control, alternative hotels may be used. Whilst it is always our intention to use hotels of a similar standard & location, no liability can be accepted for any variation of either. TRIPS WITHIN TRIPS You may notice on some of our trips that some groups join and leave at different stages. That’s because we offer shorter trips within a larger itinerary, giving greater choice & flexibility so our travellers can choose when they start their trip and how long they travel for. Life’s an adventure and one that’s best spent sharing new experiences with new friends. So, if you have the time don’t take a mini break, instead, choose to see as much of the world as possible with us. CONTIKI GLOSSARY VISIT Your trip includes a stop and you’ll get the opportunity to visit a specific site. SEE/VIEW You will drive/pass by the site so that you can see it. SIGHTSEEING TOUR A guided tour of a city or site. ORIENTATION TOUR Places of interest are pointed out, allowing you to go and explore them in your own time. AGE RESTRICTIONS Laws dealing with purchasing alcohol, entering nightclubs & bars & gambling in casinos differ around the world. For example, in Europe & Latin America, you must be 18 years of age to purchase alcohol, enter nightclubs & bars & gamble in casinos. In the United States, you must be 21 years of age to purchase alcohol, enter nightclubs & bars & gamble in casinos. Acceptable forms of identification to prove age include a valid passport or United States driver’s license. Laws in Canada differ from the United States, with 18 being the legal age in Alberta & Quebec & 19 being the legal age in British Columbia & Ontario for the above activities. You will need to be over the age of 21 to book a U by Uniworld River Cruise.
MAKING YOUR BOOKING
WHAT IS YOUR CANCELLATION POLICY? We get that sometimes plans change unexpectedly, so our cancellation policy offers you absolute flexibility and comes in two parts: FREEDOM GUARANTEE The Freedom Guarantee policy ensures that even if your travel plans change, you’ll never miss out or be charged fees for changing your booking. If you want to change the dates of your trip, swap onto another trip or even change your trip for a different region entirely, that’s all possible, without incurring fees*. FLEXDEPOSIT FlexDeposit is a policy you automatically get once you’ve paid a deposit on any Contiki trip, and works as credit towards a future Contiki adventure, ensuring your deposit money isn’t lost if you can’t travel on your original trip as intended. FlexDeposit can be used up until your 36th birthday, after which time it can then be transferred for use with any other travel brand within The Travel Corporation family of brands. It can also be gifted to a friend within 5 years of the original booking date.
* You can find out more about both policies in the T&C’s on p.118-119 & on the following websites: contiki.com/ freedomguarantee contiki.com/flexdeposit
NOW THAT YOU’VE BOOKED REGISTERING AT MYCONTIKI Just like you, we want your trip to run as smoothly as possible, so before you travel, make sure you register your details online at MyContiki. This only takes a few minutes, and means we’ll have info on: • Your personal details, including your email address and phone number. Your emergency contact info, just in case we need it. • Any dietary requirements you may have. • You’ll also need to make sure your trip is paid in full 45 days prior to departure. You’ll also find out where your Contiki Trip will start and receive your itinerary and travel documents. Visit contiki.com/mycontiki now FREE TIME ADD-ONS HOW DO I KNOW WHAT FREE TIME ADD-ONS ARE ON MY TRIP? Look out for the F symbol on our trip pages for the Add-Ons available on each trip. A full list of Add-Ons and approximate costs will also be sent to you with your travel documents, around 21 days before your trip departs. HOW DO I PAY FOR FREE TIME ADD-ONS? Payment for your Free Time Add-Ons is made direct to your Trip Manager on your trip. You can choose to pay in cash (local currency or on some trips USD cash). In New Zealand, Australia, North America & Europe you can use credit or debit card as long as they have a PIN attached. You can pay using most credit cards: Visa, Mastercard & AMEX. Note: It’s a good idea to let your bank know you’re travelling & check if there is a daily transaction limit, so you always have access to money when you need it. Note: In a few destinations we cannot accept credit card payment. Ask your Trip Manager for details when you start your trip. MONEY WHAT WILL I NEED MONEY FOR ON THE TRIP? In terms of spending money, you’ll need to budget for the following: • Any meals (normally lunches and dinners) that are not included. The trip page lists included meals look out for these: (B,L, D) • Any Free Time Add-Ons you would like to do on your trip. • Any additional sightseeing you plan on doing in your Free Time, that is not covered either by our No Regrets Inclusions or Free Time Add-Ons. • Any additional personal expenses. This includes alcohol, shopping, and any evening entertainment not included. PAST TRAVELLER 5% DISCOUNT We're massive fans of our Contiki Travellers, particularly those that love us so much they come back for more. That’s why when you travel with us; we’ll offer you a 5% discount on the land portion of your trips from then on. And we’ve even wrestled our TTC sister brands (ttc. com) into offering the same. NO COMPULSORY TIPPING - REWARD ONLY EXCELLENCE! Every country in the world has different tipping policies & within service industries, tipping is common practice. All tipping is entirely optional, and not an expectation. If you feel your Contiki Team has delivered an outstanding level of service throughout your trip you may wish to tip them, but this is at your discretion, no one else’s. HEALTH DO I NEED VACCINATIONS? It is wise to check with your medical doctor or travel agent prior to departure if you require any vaccinations for the countries you’ll be visiting. Don’t forget to bring with you any medication that you may require en route, such as antihistamines or antibiotics. SAFETY INFORMATION Security is a major concern to all of us and the situation globally is constantly changing. Events around the world, coupled with the “Travel Advisories” put out by various governments, may at times necessitate changes to the accommodations and itinerary or even trip cancellation. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for further information in this regard. You must accept these risks involved in travel to any country that may experience security difficulties and accept responsibility for your own travel decisions. BOOKING SECURITY Contiki has been running trips for young people since 1962. It is a matter of law that tour operators must fully protect their clients’ funds under regulations specified
by the European Community Package Travel Directive. We confirm that Contiki is fully complying with the law, therefore your monies are fully protected. Contiki Holidays Limited is a member of the Association of British Travel Agents under membership number Y1792. ABTA & ABTA Members help holidaymakers to get the most from their travel & assist them when things do not go according to plan. We are obliged to maintain a high standard of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct. For further information about ABTA, the Code of Conduct & the arbitration scheme available to you if you have a complaint, contact ABTA, 30 Park Street, London SE1 9EQ. Tel: 020 3117 0500 or www. abta.com. Contiki Holidays also holds a current ATOL Licence No. 10144. When you buy an ATOL protected air holiday package and/or flights from Contiki Holidays Limited you will receive a Confirmation Invoice from us (or via our authorised agent through which you booked) confirming your arrangements and your protection under our Air Travel Organiser’s Licence. In the unlikely event of our insolvency, the CAA will ensure that you are not stranded abroad and will arrange to refund any money you have paid to us for an advance booking. For further information, visit the ATOL website at www. caa.co.uk. Not all holiday or travel services offered and sold by us will be protected by the ATOL scheme. Please ask us to confirm what protection may apply to your booking. Only bookings from countries subject to the EC Package Travel Directive will receive financial protection from ABTA and the CAA. For the latest travel advice from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office including security, local laws, passport and visa information, visit www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice. BROCHURE AUTHENTICITY We have put a great deal of effort into producing this brochure. The information given & literature produced by Contiki has been compiled with care & is published in good faith (this includes Contiki. com & our ebrochures). Sometimes, because of circumstances outside our control, we have to alter some activities due to seasonal closing or repairs to buildings, etc., especially early or late in the season. If this happens, alternatives will be arranged. WARDROBE CREDITS Models wardrobe and styling is a mixture of models own and items provided by Kivari. @kivari_the_label and shoes by Solillas. PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS Photos courtesy of © Sziget p.56 Sziget Festival. Photos courtesy of © Craig Howes p.78 Cherry Blossom. Photos courtesy of © Renee Ayris p.83 Ombak Sunset Swings.
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END ICON: Shows the city where you will finish your trip. DON’T MISS ICON: Highlights must-see sights or activities on your trip. VISIT: Shows places you’ll visit but not stay the night OPTIONAL START/END: Shows the place 1 16 you can start or end your trip. ITINERARY DAY: Shows which day of the 1 1 trip you will arrive in a city. ITINERARY END DAY: These icons show 9 11 the day of the trip you arrive, in the end city and the day the trip finishes. SPECIAL STAY: Nights spent at unique, 3 special accommodation. END
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW PANEL ACCOMMODATION: Shows you how many nights & what style of accommodation you’ll be sleeping in. MEALS: Shows the number of meals included in each trip. FREE TIME ADD-ONS: Some of the top experiences you can do, that aren’t included in the price of your trip. NO REGRETS INCLUSIONS: Some of the top experiences you will have included in the price of your trip.
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BOOKING CONDITIONS
Once Contiki accepts your booking by confirmation thereof a contract is made between Contiki & you upon the terms & conditions set out below. The following Booking Conditions, have to the extent possible, been based on the UK interpretation of the European Community Package Travel Directive.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES 1. YOUR HOLIDAY RESERVATION On receipt of your deposit, subject to availability and at our discretion, Contiki will reserve your place on your selected holiday. A contract is made between you and Contiki Holidays Limited (Registered in Guernsey No. 50681 (Contiki)) only upon your booking being confirmed and accepted by us and our communication thereof to you or your travel agent. 2. YOUR FINANCIAL PROTECTION Contiki are a member of ABTA and hold ATOL Number 10144 issued by the Civil Aviation Authority, which provide for your protection in the event of our insolvency. Only bookings from countries subject to the EC Package Travel Directive will receive financial protection from ABTA & CAA. Many of the flights and flight-inclusive holidays in this brochure are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. But ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel services listed in this brochure. Please ask us to confirm what protection may apply to your booking. If you do not receive an ATOL Certificate then the booking will not be ATOL protected. If you do receive an ATOL Certificate but all the parts of your trip are not listed on it, those parts will not be ATOL protected. Please see our booking conditions for information, or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org. uk/ATOLCertificate When you buy an ATOL protected flight or flight inclusive holiday from us you will receive an ATOL Certificate. This lists what is financially protected, where you can get information on what this means for you and who to contact if things go wrong. We, or the suppliers identified on your ATOL Certificate, will provide you with the services listed on the ATOL Certificate (or a suitable alternative). In some cases, where neither we nor the supplier are able to do so for reasons of insolvency, an alternative ATOL holder may provide you with the services you have bought or a suitable alternative (at no extra cost to you). You agree to accept that in those circumstances the alternative ATOL holder will perform those obligations and you agree to pay any money outstanding to be paid by you under your contract to that alternative ATOL holder. However, you also agree that in some cases it will not be possible to appoint an alternative ATOL holder, in which case you will be entitled to make a claim under the ATOL scheme (or your credit card issuer where applicable). If we, or the suppliers identified on your ATOL certificate, are unable to provide the services listed (or a suitable alternative, through an alternative ATOL holder or otherwise) for reasons of insolvency, the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust may make a payment to (or confer a benefit on) you under the ATOL scheme. You agree that in return for such a payment or benefit you assign absolutely to those Trustees any claims which you have or may have arising out of or relating to the non-provision of the services, including any claim against us, the travel agent (or your credit card issuer where applicable). You also agree that any such claims may be re-assigned to another body, if that other body has paid sums you have claimed under the ATOL scheme. Any monies paid to us for non-licensable products (accommodation and packages which do not include flight elements) are protected by means of a bond held by us with ABTA. This means that if, in the unlikely event of our insolvency, the accommodation or package cannot be provided, the client will receive their money back or, if their stay has started, arrangements will be made for them to be able to continue as planned. 3. PRICE GUARANTEE Prices in this brochure are based on costs and exchange rates as of 8th August, 2017. No surcharge in respect of costs or currency fluctuations will be made within 30 days of the commencement of the land content of any holiday or once payment of the deposit of your land trip has been received. The price of your travel arrangements can be varied due to changes in transportation costs such as fuel, scheduled airfares and any other airline cost changes which are part of the contract between airlines (and their agents) and the trip operator or organiser. The price of your travel arrangements can also be varied due to government action such as changes in VAT or any other government imposed changes and currency changes in relation to an exchange rate variation. In the case of any small variation, an amount equivalent to 2% of the price of your travel arrangements, which excludes any amendment charges, will be absorbed or retained. For larger variations this 2%
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will still be absorbed for increases but not retained from refunds. Should the price of your holiday go down, by more than 2% of your holiday cost, then any refund due will be paid to you. However, please note that travel arrangements are not always purchased in local currency and some apparent changes have no impact on the price of your travel due to contractual and other protection in place. In either case there will be an administration charge of £1.00 per person together with an amount to cover agents’ commission. If this means that you have to pay an increase of more than 10% of the price of your travel arrangements, you may cancel your travel arrangements and receive a full refund of all monies paid, except for any amendment charges. Should you decide to cancel for this reason, you must exercise your right to do so within 14 days from the issue date printed on your final invoice. Whether you cancel or not you will also be entitled, on the terms set out in respect of major changes in clause 4.3 below, to accept an offer of alternative travel arrangements from us if we are able to do so. 4. IF WE CANCEL OR CHANGE YOUR HOLIDAY 4.1 Contiki reserves the right to change or cancel your booking in accordance with operating requirements or circumstances beyond its control. 4.2 Should change or cancellation prove necessary we will give you reasonable notice thereof, in the circumstances, and where available, offer you a comparable alternative. Where cancellation is necessary, a minimum period of 45 days notice will be given by us unless the circumstances leading to the cancellation were beyond our reasonable control. 4.3 If an alternative is not available or acceptable you will be entitled to either a full refund of monies paid by you to us or transfer to another Contiki holiday without payment of any transfer fee. 4.4 If the change or cancellation is due to force majeure (i.e. circumstances like political unrest, war or threat of war, riots, civil strife, closure of airports or ports, industrial disputes, terrorist activity, natural and nuclear disasters, fire, epidemic or health risk, Acts of God, adverse weather conditions or other similar events beyond Contiki’s control) we will give a full refund of any monies paid to us less reasonable expenses incurred by us in respect of your booking. 4.5 Contiki is not responsible for the cost of any other travel arrangements affected due to cancellation or the rescheduling of any holiday. 5. HOLIDAY DETAILS AND CONDITIONS 5.1 The information in our brochure is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of going to print (November, 2017) but we cannot guarantee that any item or amenity mentioned will be available especially where we have no direct control over it. 5.2 Contiki will do their best, at their discretion, to select accommodation, sightseeing trips and transportation to give you good value for money. 5.3 Contiki constantly strives to improve trip itineraries and features. If such improvements can be made, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control make changes necessary, we reserve the right to vary itineraries and to substitute hotels. Contiki is not responsible for any other travel arrangements affected due to our cancellations. 5.4 We reserve the right to alter or substitute the type, size of vehicle and/or the style of transport mentioned in the brochure, resulting in occasionally having to utilise transport without some of the features promoted including WiFi & power outlets. 6. LIABILITY 6.1 When you buy a flight inclusive holiday, all monies you pay to the travel agent are held by them on behalf and for the benefit of the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust at all times. This is subject to the agent’s obligation to pay it to us for so long as we do not fail. In the event of failure, any money held at that time by the agent, or subsequently accepted from you by them, is and continues to be held on behalf of and for the benefit of the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust without any obligation to pay that money to us. Full payment for International flights (excluding those which are included in and not in addition to your chosen holiday) must be remitted at time of booking or within 7 days depending on the airlines ticketing deadline and is non-refundable, non-transferable and non-changeable. When you buy a holiday not including a flight, all monies you pay to the travel agent are held by them on our behalf at all times. 6.2 We will be entitled to keep for our account any interest earned on such monies.
6.3 All monies paid by you to us through your travel agent or otherwise, whether in respect of the deposit or full payment, may be disbursed by us as and when we see fit, in respect of the services to be provided and/or fees payable under your selected holiday. The payment of a deposit or any other monies in respect of your holiday shall be deemed to be an authorisation for disbursement thereof as aforesaid.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 1. BOOKING YOUR HOLIDAY 1.1 In order to reserve your holiday, a deposit of £60, per person per trip must be submitted to Contiki within 7 days in respect of that holiday. If a booking is made within 45 days of departure from your home country full payment is due at time of booking creation. This payment is in addition to any deposit required by your travel agent. The deposit is accepted as a first installment of the holiday price by Contiki only once the booking has been confirmed in writing by Contiki or your travel agent. 1.2 Your land reservation will be confirmed on receipt of a non-refundable deposit of £60 per person, per trip, which must be within 7 days of booking or the reservation will automatically be cancelled. 1.3 Any special meal requirements will be made on a request basis only. Contiki cannot guarantee special meal requests nor will it assume any responsibility or liability if clients’ special meal requirements are not fulfilled. 1.4 Inca Trail Trek. If you wish to book a trip including the Inca Trail Trek you will be required to make an additional non-refundable deposit at the time of booking. Your Reservations Agent will advise you of the additional amount required. Should Contiki be unable to obtain a trail pass for the date requested your additional deposit will be refunded in full. You will need to provide your passport details at the time of booking & you will need your passport to enter the trail. It is important that the passport information you submit with your application is exactly the same as the passport you will use to travel to Latin America & it must have 6 months validity at the time of travel. If your information changes it can result in a penalty & cancellation of your admission to the trail. No refunds will be given. 1.5 Rio Carnival Sambadrome Ticket. if you wish to book the Rio Carnival trip you will be required to make an additional non-refundable deposit at time of booking. Your reservations agent will advise you of the additional amount required. 2. PAYING THE BALANCE 2.1 Important: Contiki does not charge any additional fees for using a credit card to pay for our trips. 2.2 The balance of the holiday price must be paid by no later than 45 days prior to the scheduled holiday departure date from your home country. This date will be stated on the confirmation issued to you/your agent by Contiki. When making multi-trip bookings, full payment is due no later than 45 days prior to the scheduled departure date of the first departing trip. 2.3 If payment isn’t made by the due date, Contiki may assume that you have cancelled and cancellation charges in accordance with clause 3 below will be levied by Contiki. 2.4 Tickets and other documents will not be forwarded until full payment has been received by us. 2.5 In the case of Late Bookings made within 45 days of your departure from your home country, the full cost of the holiday will be payable immediately on booking and we reserve the right to provide all travel documents via email. 2.6 Contiki reserves the right to cancel the booking and apply cancellation charges should payments not be received within the above specified periods. 3. IF YOU CANCEL 3.1 FlexDeposit : We know that travel plans can change. If you need to cancel for any reason, your deposit will remain secure until you’re ready to use it. Or if you can’t go, your deposit value is also transferable, so you can gift your deposit at no extra cost. The value of the original deposit can be used as credit towards booking a new trip. The original deposit refers to the trip deposit only and excludes any additional deposits such as Inca Trail, or flights. Any discounts already refunded are not applicable. The FlexDeposit will be applied as a discount on the final payment of your new trip. The amount allowed to be redeemed is equal to the original deposit amount paid. In the case of multiple deposits due to back to back trips, only one deposit amount can be credited per trip, they cannot be combined. However multiple trips can be booked using multiple FlexDeposits. Valid on all Contiki trips 7 days or longer. Credit is valid until the client turns 36. i.e fitting within Contiki’s age limit
as per Contiki’s booking conditions. After turning 36 years of age, the FlexDeposit can be used with one of our sister brands, get inspired here www.ttc.com/brands/. Credit can also be gifted to family or friends. To gift to family or friend the customer must email confirmation to Contiki stating the nominated name. Gifting only valid within 5 calendar years of the original booking. (eg cancelled in 2014, valid on trips up to end of 2019). FlexDeposit is not valid on existing bookings. FlexDeposit has no cash value and is non-refundable. FlexDeposit is not combinable with Early Payment Discounts or Last Minute Deals within 120 days of original travel date. 3.2 Your deposit is non-refundable upon cancellation by you. 3.3 Upon cancellation you will be liable to pay a fee to cover the estimate of cost and expenses incurred by us in the terms of the schedule set out hereunder. This is expressed as a percentage of the holiday price and is calculated as follows: CANCELLATION FOR EUROPE, USA, AUSTRALIA & NZ TRIPS: PERIOD OF NOTICE.......................... CANCELLATION FEE Number of days prior to......................................as % of trip commencement....................................... total price more than 45 days notice.....................Deposit is forfeited 45-22 days: ................................................................ 25% 21-8 days: .................................................................. 30% 7-1 days: .................................................................... 50% Day of departure:...................................................... 100% Where the percentage cancellation fee is less than the trip deposit, the cancellation fee will equal loss of deposit. Extra night hotel accommodations that are cancelled within 14 days of booked date will incur 100% cancellation fee, outside 14 days the following fees will be charged: 45-22 days ................................................................. 25% 21-15 days ................................................................. 30% CANCELLATION FOR LATIN AMERICA TRIPS: PERIOD OF NOTICE.......................... CANCELLATION FEE Number of days prior to......................................as % of trip commencement....................................... total price more than 45 days notice.....................Deposit is forfeited 45-22 days: ................................................................ 25% 21-8 days: .................................................................. 50% 7-1 days: .................................................................... 75% Day of departure:...................................................... 100% CANCELLATION FOR THE ASIA TRIPS: PERIOD OF NOTICE.......................... CANCELLATION FEE Number of days prior to......................................as % of trip commencement....................................... total price more than 45 days notice.....................Deposit is forfeited 45-31 days: ................................................................ 25% 30-8 days: .................................................................. 50% 7-1 days: .................................................................... 75% Day of departure:...................................................... 100% NB: Please note, Contiki’s cancellation policy is different in Asia and South America due to internal flight ticketing timeframes & ground transport confirmations. These must be booked well in advance in order to secure high quality services that adhere to our strict safety standards. Where the percentage cancellation fee is less than the trip deposit, the cancellation fee will equal loss of deposit. If the reason for cancellation falls within the terms of any holiday insurance policy which you hold, then any such charges may, subject to the terms of your insurance policy, be refunded to you by the insurance company. If you have booked a trip including the Inca Trail Trek or Rio Carnival Sambadrome ticket the additional deposit you paid at the time of booking is non-refundable. All cancellation policies valid as at 24th November, 2017 and are subject to change. Final policy will be confirmed at time of booking. 3.4 Any cancellation of additional services booked prior to and after your trip booking, such as pre and post accommodation and transfers, that are cancelled within 14 days of the trip departure incur a 100% cancellation fee. 3.5 These cancellation fees are in addition to any cancellation fees that may be levied by your Travel Agent. 4. INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE ARRANGEMENTS These cancellation/amendment charges apply for airline arrangements made by Contiki: Before airline ticket is issued: £30 per person fee After airline ticket is issued: £45 per person fee in addition to any airline-imposed penalties, which may be up to the full value of the ticket 5. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR BOOKING 5.1 If after your booking has been confirmed, you wish to change to an alternate departure date of any available trip, you may do so subject to availability.
5.2 If the change is requested 45 days before the original trip departure no fee will be charged. 5.3 A change of booking within 45 days of original trip departure will be treated as a cancellation and normal cancellation fees will apply (as detailed in section 3). However trip deposits can be used as credit to a new trip, see FlexDeposit. 5.4 The new departure price would not be eligible for early payment discounts (EPD) if within 45 days before departure 5.5 A name change to a different person will be treated as a cancellation. 5.6 A fee will be charged for any alteration to airline arrangements made by Contiki as per clause 4 5.7 Inca Trail Trek. If you have booked a trip including the Inca Trail Trek in addition to the booking change fee you may also have a to pay a full cancellation fee of the Inca Trail Trek ticket and be required to pay the fee again to purchase a new ticket for the new date. 6. HOLIDAY DETAILS AND CONDITIONS 6.1 Please read the brochure carefully for those items included in the price. No allowance or refund can be made for meals, accommodation, excursions, etc. that you elect not to take, or when museums, shops, etc are closed. Hotel facilities may vary from place to place. Meals may vary in style. 6.2 Clients must be aged between 18 & 35 inclusive to travel on Contiki trips. Contiki’s holidays are specifically planned for those in the 18 through 35 age group. Consequently the facilities and activities on a Contiki holiday are not appropriate to persons outside this age bracket. If you have a question regarding the age groups, you are welcome to discuss this with a Contiki staff member. 6.3 Contiki must be advised of any medical conditions or physical disability requiring special attention before you book your holiday. If you do not advise us at this stage, we may refuse to accept your booking. We may also refuse you if we feel that the holiday chosen is not suitable without a suitably qualified companion. Contiki will try to help you with your requirements but cannot guarantee to do so, either on our own or our suppliers’ (such as hotels, restaurants and excursions) behalf. Many of our holidays involve getting on and off coaches, walking tours and other physical activities. Some holidays may not be suitable for you if you rely on a wheelchair or have certain other disabilities. The Company does not provide personal devices (such as wheelchairs, hearing aids or prescription eye glasses) or services of a personal nature (such as pushing a wheelchair or assistance in eating, toileting or dressing). Should your disability require you to have special assistance, it is a condition of Contiki accepting your booking that you provide evidence satisfactory to us that an able-bodied person will accompany you and is able to provide any special needs or services that you may require. Contiki will not be responsible for the failure of this person to provide these services .The Company does not employ medical personnel. Any necessary medical attention will be provided by a local facility at the passenger’s expense. The Company is not responsible or liable for any losses or costs incurred as a result of medical services obtained while on trip, or for the quality of the care or services received. 6.4 You are responsible for all travel arrangements and costs to/from the point of commencement/conclusion of the holiday. 6.5.1 There may be times when the Contiki Representative has to make a decision in your best interests or the best interests of their group. You agree to comply with the authority and decisions of the appointed Contiki Representative and the laws of the country in which you are travelling. If you do not so comply or if, in the Contiki Representative’s opinion, you are not compatible with the general enjoyment and well being of other members on the holiday or smooth operation of the holiday itself, we reserve the right to refuse to let you continue with the holiday. We do not tolerate the possession or carriage of illegal or restricted substances (drugs). Furthermore, you agree that your fellow travellers and any Contiki Representative have the right to travel/work in a safe environment. Any threats to their safety, well being or inappropriate behaviour by you, whether verbal or physical, will be taken extremely seriously and may result in the immediate termination of your holiday. In such event, you will be responsible for your own repatriation and related costs and have no claims against us. 6.5.2 You are responsible for any costs incurred as a result of damage or excess cleaning fees related to your accommodation. You are advised to immediately report any pre-existing damage in your room to hotel staff and/or a Contiki Trip Manager as soon as it is discovered. 6.5.3 The Company may, in its sole discretion, decline the booking of any passenger or remove any passenger who cannot comply or refuses to comply with the Company’s terms and conditions. The Company is not responsible for any costs incurred in the event a passenger is removed
from a trip. Passengers agree not to hold the Company or any of its related entities liable for any actions taken under these terms and conditions. 6.6 Where the passenger occupies a motorcoach seat fitted with a safety belt, neither the operator or service providers, agents or cooperating organisations shall be liable for any illness, injury or death nor any loss, damages or claims whatsoever arising from any accident or incident, if the safety belt is not being worn at the time of the accident or incident. 6.7 It is your responsibility to have a valid passport and all visas, permits and certificates required for your selected holiday before your departure as well as any necessary vaccinations and to comply with all applicable laws. Contiki is not responsible for any costs incurred as a result of failing to obtain necessary visas. Any costs whatsoever regarding obtaining, replacing or changing visas whilst on trip (including accommodation, meals, flights and transfers incurred due to associated delays) are at your own expense. 6.8 You agree that our Contiki Representatives may take photographs and films of you while you are on holiday and that these may be used in our Group brochures and/ or advertising or publicity material without obtaining any further consent or payment in respect of such photographs and/or films. 6.9 Should you have a complaint in respect of the holiday, you should inform the Contiki Representative during the course of the holiday and if the matter cannot be resolved after the representative’s best endeavours to do so during the holiday, your complaint should be made in writing to Contiki as soon as is reasonably possible after the holiday but within 42 days thereof so that your complaint can be investigated. If you do not write within 42 days, your rights under this contract may be affected. If you choose to write to Contiki via the Internet, please provide your home address so that we are able to reply to you in writing. 6.10.1 The contract and all matters arising in respect hereof shall be subject to Guernsey Law, unless we agree otherwise in writing. 6.10.2 If any provision of this contract is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be deemed to be re-written to give effect to the same purpose within the permitted limits of the law. The validity and enforceability of the other provisions shall not be affected. 6.10.3 If you are unsuccessful in any legal action instituted against us, you agree to pay all our costs, including but not limited to, attorney/client costs. 7. COMPULSORY INSURANCE Travel insurance is compulsory on our trips, visit contiki. com/insurance for more info. It is compulsory that you take out comprehensive insurance cover for cancellation, personal injury, death, medical expenses, repatriation expenses and evacuation expenses before you travel on a Contiki holiday. We strongly recommend your insurance also covers cancellation, personal liability and loss of personal property. Please check that the insurance covers all of the activities that you are going to be participating in. Some policies exclude certain adventure activities. This should be arranged at the time of payment of the deposit and will, in certain circumstances, cover you against loss of deposit or cancellation fees from the date of confirmation of your booking, as shown in the insurance policy. Contiki cannot be held responsible for your failure to take out appropriate insurance. You also agree to indemnify us against all third-party claims, actions, damages and remedies which may be brought against us in respect of your participation in the holiday. 8. ILLNESS OR ABSENTEEISM In the event of your withdrawal from a holiday after the commencement as a result of illness, you must obtain a medical certificate in support of any insurance claim. No refunds will be made for any absence from the trip. 9. WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOLIDAY PRICE: Airfares to and from your holiday destination (unless you have booked a trip and fly package), airport taxes, passport and visa fees, insurance, laundry, phone calls, beverages, meals not detailed in the itinerary, tips to Trip Managers, Trip Drivers, & Local Guides items of a personal nature, excess baggage and ME Time options. 10. WEATHER CONDITIONS Under no circumstances can we be held responsible for snow or weather conditions, nor can any holiday be cancelled or amended by you at any time on the basis of snow or weather conditions. 11. LUGGAGE RESTRICTIONS Luggage is restricted to one reasonable sized, nonexpanding suitcase size up to 29” x 20” x 10” (73cm x 50cm x 25cm) and the maximum weight of 20 kilos (44lbs.) plus one small hand/day bag that can go on the coach with you. No metal frame backpacks are allowed. Contiki reserves the right to refuse to accept larger suitcases on trip.
GENERAL 1. CONTRACTING PARTIES 1.1 The Booking Conditions detailed herein contain the entire contract between you and Contiki. No representation, term, warranty or condition can be expressed or implied by reference to any other writing, advertisement or conversation. This contract may only be varied in writing by a duly authorised officer or director of Contiki. 1.2 Your contract is with us as the tour operating company. At any time and at our complete discretion we may nominate to you in writing any other company or person to have the benefit of some or all of those provisions of this contract, which we may then specify, as if you had agreed the provisions concerned directly with that company or person in the first place as well as agreeing them with us. We may at our complete discretion assign all or any rights and liabilities arising under or by virtue of this or any other contract with you. 1.3 Transportation companies, airlines etc. are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during the time passengers are not on board planes, transportation or conveyances. We rely on international conventions, national and international law, which may apply to the services provided by us, our suppliers or agents with respect to any claim of any nature brought by you against us as a result of the provision of those services. International conventions which apply may include: Warsaw Convention 1929, (as amended by Hague Protocol & Montreal Protocol) in relation to air travel, or Montreal Convention; the Berne Convention for rail travel; Athens Convention 1974 for carriage by sea; the Geneva Convention for carriage by road & the Paris Convention 1962 for Hotels. We are to be regarded as having all benefit of these conventions on limiting our liability in relation to any claim for death, injury, loss, damage & delay to passengers & luggage. Enrolment in & payment for a trip shall constitute agreement & acceptance by the passenger of the terms & conditions set forth in this brochure which cannot be varied except in writing by an officer of the Company. 1.4 Contiki is not a carrier or hotelier nor does it own aircraft, hotels or coaches. All bookings with carriers, hoteliers and other service providers are subject to the terms and conditions and limitations of liability imposed by those carriers, hoteliers, and other service providers. Please note that some of these limit or exclude liability in respect of death, personal injury, delay and loss or damage to baggage. Whilst we cannot accept any responsibility for any loss as a result of such actions or as a result of any act or omission of any such third-parties, we will give every reasonable assistance in helping to resolve any reasonable dispute. Please also note that Contiki cannot be held responsible for the failure of any of these parties to provide facilities or services for handicapped clients (see also 6.3 under Holiday Details & Conditions). 1.5 Please note that no airline or carrier depicted or recommended in this brochure by virtue of their endorsement of this brochure represent themselves either as contracting with any purchaser of a holiday from Contiki or as having any other legal relationship with any such purchaser. 1.6 Every effort is made to ensure brochure accuracy at the time of going to print, however Contiki cannot be held responsible for printing or typographical errors, or errors arising from unforeseen circumstances. 2. ARBITRATION Disputes arising out of, or in connection with, this contract which cannot be amicably settled, may be referred to arbitration, if the customer so wishes, under a special scheme arranged by the Association of British Travel Agents, and administered independently by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The scheme provides for a simple and inexpensive method of arbitration on documents alone with restricted liability on the customer in respect of costs. Full details will be provided on request or can be obtained from the ABTA website (www.abta.com). The scheme does not apply to claims for an amount greater than £5,000 per person. There is also a limit of £25,000 per booking form. Neither does it apply to claims, which are solely in respect of physical injury or illness or their consequences. The scheme can however deal with compensation claims which include an element of minor injury or illness subject to a limit of £1,500 on the amount the arbitrator can award per person in respect of this element. The application for arbitration and Statement of Claim must be received by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators within eighteen months of the date of return from the holiday. Outside this time limit arbitration under the Scheme may still be available if the company agrees, but the ABTA code does not require such agreement. 3. VALIDITY The programmes advertised in this brochure are valid from January 2018 to March 2019. 4. OPERATING COMPANIES The Australia programmes are operated by Contiki Holidays Australia Pty Limited, Travel House, 35 Grafton
St, Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia 2022. The New Zealand programmes are operated by Travel Corporation NZ Ltd. The Asian programmes are operated by Contiki Holidays Asia Ltd., Travel House, Rue du Manoir, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2JH, Channel Islands. Please note that Contiki utilises ground handlers to assist with the operation of our products. These ground handlers include: Trails of Indochina (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam), Diethelm Travel (Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore), BCTS (China), JTB GMT (Japan), Exo Travels (Indonesia), Travelscope (India). The North America programmes are operated by Contiki US Holdings Inc. 801 East Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA, 92805. The Latin America programmes are operated by Contiki Holidays Latin America, Travel House, Rue Du Manoir, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2JH Channel Islands. Please note that Contiki utilises ground handlers to assist with the operation of our products. These ground handlers include: Journey Mexico (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala), Galakiwi (Ecuador & Galapagos Islands), Costa Rican Trails (Costa Rica), & Altura Travel (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil & Peru). Adsmundo (Chile). The Europe programmes are operated by Contiki Holidays Ltd, Travel House, Rue du Manoir, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 2JH, with the exception of the Great Britain & Ireland trips , the 3 & 5 day London Explorer packages, Hogmanay & St. Patrick’s Day trips all of which are operated by Contiki Travel (UK) Ltd. The principle operator of the Croatia Island Escape & Croatian Island Hopper products is Katarina Lines. Their terms & conditions apply (available on request). The operator of the Turkish sailing product is Barbaros Yachting, Turkey. Their terms & conditions apply (available on request). The operator of the Greek cruise product is Celestyal Cruises. Greek Sailing is operated by Siva Travel. All companies can substitute any vessel & provide an alternative itinerary. The principal operator of the River Cruise products is GRC Global River Cruises Holdings AG and their terms & conditions apply (available on request). 5. CONTIKI IS REPRESENTED IN: Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and USA. Contiki is a registered trademark of Contiki Tours International Ltd, Guernsey. 6. U BY UNIWORLD For trips operated by U by Uniworld please visit contiki. com/ubyuniworld-tcs for full booking conditions. You must be between 21-35 to travel on a U by Uniworld River Cruise + Contiki trip Mix & Match Combo. You must be between 21-45 to travel on a U by Uniworld River Cruise. For more information on trips operated by U by Uniworld please visit contiki.com/ubyuniworld-tcs for full booking conditions. IMPORTANT NOTICE: ABTA statement: Contiki Holidays Ltd and Contiki Travel (UK) are members of ABTA under the following membership numbers: Contiki Holidays Y1792; Contiki Travel (UK) V0438. ABTA and ABTA Members help holidaymakers to get the most from their travel and assist when things don’t go according to plan. We are obliged to maintain a high standard of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct. For more information on ABTA, the Code of Conduct and the arbitration scheme available to you if you have a complaint, contact ABTA, 30 Park Street, London SE1 9EQ, tel 020 3117 0500 www.abta.com DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT Please be assured that we have measures in place to protect the personal booking information held by us. This information will be passed on to the principal and to the relevant suppliers of your travel arrangements. The information may also be provided to public authorities such as customs or immigration if required by them, or as required by law. Certain information may also be passed on to security or credit checking companies. We will only pass your information on to persons responsible for your travel arrangements. This applies to any sensitive information that you give to us such as details of any disabilities, or dietary/religious requirements. (If we cannot pass this information to the relevant suppliers we will be unable to provide your booking. In making this booking, you consent to this information being passed on to the relevant persons.). Where the data might be passed on for marketing purposes, you have the right to opt out of future marketing. You also have a right of access to data held which can be obtained by writing to Contiki Holidays Asia Ltd, Travel House, Rue du Manoir, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 2JH. FURTHER ADVICE For the latest travel advice from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office including security, local laws, passport and visa information, visit www.gov.uk/ foreign-travel-advice or call 020 3117 0500 (calls are charged at local rate) This brochure was published in November 2017 and supersedes any other current brochure in the market.
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