Day Trips & Excursions

Enjoy a day away from tourist crowds on a private day trip to Ljubljana and Lake Bled in Slovenia. Make the most of your time in the region with a visit to the neighboring Balkan state, and enjoy seamless round-trip transport from your Zagreb hotel. Discover sights including the island of Bled and Ljubljana Castle, with entrance fees, a boat trip, and a walking tour included in the price.

Visit Plitvice Lakes National Park on a full-day private tour from Zagreb that includes time to explore the traditional village of Rastoke, and a three-course Croatian lunch in a local restaurant. Explore the Plitvice Lakes on foot and by electric boat, taking in the most spectacular parts of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. This 10-hour Plitcvice Lakes tour includes pickup and drop-off at Zagreb hotels, and offers the personal and flexible experience of a private guide.

Combine two private tours in one: the highlights of Chengdu and a visit to the UNESCO-listed Dujiangyuan Irrigation System. With your private guide, spend 8-hours getting to know both sites while enjoying personalized attention and a flexible schedule. Private round-trip transportation included.

Enjoy a comprehensive visit to the Peterhof palace complex on this private day trip from St Petersburg. With a knowledgeable guide, be wowed by the grandeur of this UNESCO World Heritage-listed royal site, known as the 'Russian Versailles,' as you take in gardens and fountains around the Grand Cascade. Learn about St Petersburg's imperial history, visit the Special Storeroom to see tsar artifacts, check out the Emperor's Bath House and enjoy an included lunch of traditional Russian dishes. With a private tour, you can expect a personalized experience.

Visit two top attractions of Datong - Hanging Temple and the UNESCO-listed Yungang Grottoes  - on a privately guided day trip. Your personalized itinerary provides time to explore one of China's largest grottoes as well as the 5th-century temple built into Hengshan mountain cliff. Lunch and round-trip minivan transport are included.

Enjoy personal attention and a customized itinerary during this 8-hour private tour to see Leshan Grand Buddha. This private tour includes lunch and entrance fees, as well as visits to the Wuyou Temple and the Lingyun Temple. Hotel pickup and drop-off in a private vehicle included.

Combine visits to the village of Luocheng and the Leshan Grand Buddha during this 10-hour private tour from Chengdu. Travel with a dedicated guide via fast train to explore the ancient town, try local foods, and admire the world's largest ancient Buddha. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Chengdu, train tickets, and entrance fees included.

The Badaling Great Wall is one of the most visited sections of the World Wonder, but most visitors don't know about the nearby Ancient Badaling wall. This private full-day tour from Beijing not only lets you escape the crowds and see the ongoing restoration work, but you'll have chance to lay a brick along the legendary walkway. Your tour also includes hotel pickup; a tour of Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City; and a delicious Peking duck lunch.

Combine two of Chengdu's top attractions, the Leshan Grand Buddha and the Chendgu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, on this private 10-hour trip departing from Chengdu. This private tour ensures a flexible itinerary and personal attention from your guide. Entrance fees and round-trip private transportation from your Chengdu accommodations included.

Delving into Oman's Wahiba Sands desert and 'wadi' river gorges alone isn't advisable for inexperienced off-road drivers. This private day trip solves the issue: transporting you into the sands and Wadi Bani Khalid aboard an expertly driven 4x4 so you can concentrate on the scenery. Speed over the Wahiba's dunes to meet Bedouins and ride a camel, and then relax at the mountains, palms, and natural pools of Bani Khalid.

Ride the bullet train from Beijing to Tianjin on this privately guided full-day tour. You'll see several highlights in China's fourth largest city, including the Porcelain House, colonial buildings of the Five Great Avenues (Wudadao), the Tianjin Eye, and Ancient Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie). Hotel transport, lunch, and train fare are included.

Visit Slovenia with a private guide on a full-day trip from Zagreb to Ljubljana, Postojna Cave, and Predjama Castle. Explore the historic streets of Ljubljana on foot, then ride a funicular railway to the medieval Ljubljana Castle. Next, you'll go underground through a maze of karst tunnels, board a narrow-gauge railway into soaring caverns, and visit a dramatic castle built directly into a cliff face. This full-day Slovenia trip includes all activities, with the personal experience of a private guide.

Enjoy a full day trip from Shanghai by Visiting the beautiful Wuzhen water town. Explore the 1,300-year-old Water town, stroll around the alleyways, bridges, classic Chinese old houses and take a relax boat on the water canals. All entrance fee, private guide and transfer service are inclusive.

Discover China's rich classical garden and silk-making heritage on a private 8.5-hour tour from Shanghai to Suzhou. Travel to this history-infused city, and stroll around the pavilions, ponds, and bridges of two UNESCO-protected garden masterpieces: the Master of the Nets and Humble Administrator's gardens. After lunch (own expense), learn how Suzhou's prized embroidered silk is made at the city's Silk Museum. Round-trip private transport, entrance fees, and central hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Visit the ruins of two medieval Sri Lankan capitals on this private 12.5-hour Panduwasnuwara and Yapahuwa tour from Kandy. Delve into 12th-century Panduwasnuwara to see its crumbled palace, tower, and one-time sacred Buddha tooth temple, and climb to Yapahuwa, a 13th-century rock fortress with a near-intact staircase. Learn about both kingdoms' history and legends, and finish with a lunch stop and visit to Elephant Rock. Private driver-guide and hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Visit two of Bulgaria's religious sites with ease from Sofia on this private full-day tour. Travel in an air-conditioned car equipped with WiFi to Vitosha Mountain and visit Boyana Church. Learn about its history from your driver-guide. Continue on to Dragalevtsi Monastery. Take in panoramic views of Sofia from Vitosha Mountain and go on a hike if weather permits.

Venture outside the French capital to visit two of the countryside's most popular attractions. Experience the unmatched opulence of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, where are you'll walk down the glittering Hall of Mirrors and step inside the private apartments of Marie Antoinette. Then, see the Japanese gardens and lily ponds that inspired one of Impressionism's leading figures at the Giverny home of Claude Monet. Travel in the comfort of a private vehicle, and enjoy the personalized nature of a tour that's just for you and your party.

Use the opportunity to go for winter sports in the outskirts of Sofia and then to have a relaxing SPA afternoon HIGHLIGHTS: - Very close to Sofia - Magnificent natural landscapes - Relax in a hot thermal SPA complex

Visit the Keoladev Ghana Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, and the UNESCO World Heritage-listed ruins of Fatehpur Sikri on a private full-day tour from Agra. Take a rickshaw ride through the bird sanctuary and look for birds such as storks, cranes, grey heron, and rosy pelicans. Tour Fatehpur Sikri and find out why the walled city was abandoned, then have time for shopping in Agra. Your tour includes lunch, private transportation and guide, entrance fees, and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Experience ancient and new China in one day on this 9-hour Shanghai and Zhujiajiao water village tour from Shanghai. Travel to centuries-old Zhujiajiao, and tour its decorative bridges, pretty canals, and stone architecture by foot and hand-poled boat. Back in Shanghai, savor a classic lunch and tea-tasting, and visit highlights including the Confucius Temple and Shanghai Tower. Includes a flexible itinerary, minivan transport and and central pickup and drop-off at your chosen Shanghai location. Open to upgrade the tour to all inclusive package upon booking.