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We’re over the moon to have been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s prestigious Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards: Favourite Adventure Tour Operator and Favourite Specialist Tour Operator.

We’re thrilled to share that we’ve been nominated for the British Travel Awards 2025 as one of the best companies for adventure holidays.

If our holidays have ever put a spring in your step, now’s your chance to help us go even further. Voting is quick and easy and you don’t need to vote in more than one category. As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a prize draw with lots of exciting holiday prizes to be won courtesy of the Awards team. Vote for us here, in category A37 - Best Travel Company for Adventure Holidays.

Congratulations to L Callion from Cumbria who is the winner of our recent prize draw. The prize was a place on our Gentle Trekking & Luxury Lodge, Annapurna Foothills holiday in Nepal. Our winner was delighted to accept their prize and is looking forward to 12 days of beautiful Himalayan scenery and superb accommodation - the very best combination.

We’re delighted to introduce an extraordinary 25-day cultural odyssey following in the footsteps of the great Central Asian explorers through Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. 

Throughout you'll be in the capable hands of an experienced tour leader, joined by expert local guides. You'll stay in a mix of three and four star hotels, guesthouses and even a traditional yurt camp. Find full holiday details here, and watch Steve Berry's narrated video journey through the Stans.

In this month's enews, you'll find lots of ideas for easy-paced group walking holidays with loads of interest along the way. Whether you're into mountain views, coastal strolls, wildlife walks or eye-catching cultural sights, we've got the holiday to suit you this year.

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Travel to Japan on our Definitive Cultural Tour or Gentle Trekking Nakasendo Trail holiday, and you could save up to £500 off the land only price. That makes 2025 the perfect year to ride a bullet train, walk an ancient trail, sleep in a traditional inn, take a dip in hot spring pool or experience Japan's ultra-modern city life.  All our holidays in Japan are led by experienced guides and include a variety of well-placed ryokan, minshuku and hotel accommodation. 

Take a look at our latest enews to find out the four destinations we visit that have booming bookings and lots of interest from our travel-smart clients. You can probably guess two of them, but the others may surprise you! We've also got some hot trip tips for the spring and autumn plus a digi brochure to inspire you further.

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It's almost time for the Destinations Travel Show at Olympia - one of the highlights of the travel calendar. We'll once again have a stand at the show with members of the team on hand to help with your holiday planning for the year ahead. We'll be on stand E162 and you can just come over and say hi, or make an appointment in advance for a more focused chat.

But it's not all about us! There'll also be a host of celebrity talks and expert presentations as well as demos and retail opportunities! The show runs from Thursday 30th January to Sunday 2nd February and two free tickets are available by clicking here. Choose your date and enter the code EXLKINGDOMS when prompted.

The captivating new BBC wildlife series - Asia - features many of our favourite destinations including Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Japan along with lots of the amazing creatures you could see there. Take a look at our latest enews to find out what wildlife you could spot on your next MK adventure.

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For the last five years we’ve been giving free MK Water-to-Go bottles to clients travelling on all of our cultural tours and many of our walking holidays. These unique reusable filter bottles eliminate 99.9% of all harmful bugs and contaminants from water so that you can re-fill them from any water supply – even a puddle – and know that it will be safe to drink. This means that you don’t need to buy single-use plastic bottles, no matter where in the world you are.