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Top 5 Adventure Travel Books

This week, our office adventurer, Melissa, has given her top 5 adventure travel books which she feels would offer inspiration to whoever reads them. How many times a day, week or month, do you mentally...

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Where to go in Mongolia

Mongolia is one of the most sparsely populate countries in the world with a population of just 3 million people in an area of 1,564,116 km². To give you more of an idea, the UK would fit into Mongolia...

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Top 5: Mongolia’s National Parks

To continue the celebrations of World Environment Day, Melissa has written about her top 5 favourite national parks in Mongolia which are all unique to their respective regions. 1. Gorkhi-Terelj  No...

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Directing & producing ‘Kate Humble: Living with Nomads’

Following the success of Kate Humble: Living with Nomads series on BBC 2 and her time spent with the nomads of Mongolia in particular, we were keen to speak with director, producer and filmmaker Alexis...

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PJ’s Top 5 Tshechus (festivals) in Bhutan

Have you ever seen monks performing sacred Cham dances alongside cymbals smashing whilst horns are blowing? From folklore performances to naughty clowns – locals flock from the surrounding villages...

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Top 5 Festivals in Burma

Leave the mud and day-long queues to the portaloos of the Great British festival season behind and head East to experience some of the most magical celebrations of the Burmese calendar. From...

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Top 5 Festivals in Mongolia

Mongolian Festivals take place throughout the year and are mostly celebrations of Mongolian Culture. Being fairly evenly spaced throughout the year, we have selected some of our favourite festivals,...

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Travel Broadens the Menu: Top 9 of Bhutanese Cuisine

Good food is an essential part of any holiday. The quality of the food in Bhutan comes as a very pleasant surprise – based largely on grains and fresh vegetables, there is lots of choice for...

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Travel Broadens the Menu: Top 9 of Burmese Cuisine

Cuisine in Burma (Myanmar) is a cross between Chinese and Indian, and a typical family meal consists of liberal servings of rice, usually eaten with a curry that will be slightly different from the...

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Travel Broadens the Menu: Top 9 of Mongolian Cuisine

Mongolian culture has proved to always put more importance on survival rather than taste. Although the capital of Ulaanbaatar boasts an extensive array of restaurants from all over the world, tastes in...

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Limited on time? Our favourite short break with just 4 days in Bhutan

In an ideal world you might like to travel the trains through India, cross the border to Bhutan on an elephant, trek the mighty Himalayas and cycle from Punakha before relaxing on the golden sands next...

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Short breaks: what to do with a week in Burma/Myanmar

Being short of time to travel overseas does not necessarily have to limit your options. Whether you have just a week to take off work or to travel in between other countries, Panoramic Journeys have...

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A 5 or 6 day short break in Mongolia

Depending on the country in which you reside, you might be likely to make the relatively short flight to Mongolia for a long weekend, or indeed just extend your travels from Russia or China to spend a...

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13 things to do on your stopover in Delhi

Delhi, a vibrant and chaotic metropolis, home to some 14 million Delhiites and the buzzing capital of India. Most will just pass through en route to another destination and others will claim to dislike...

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9 Tips for Visiting Mongolia

For those of you interested in traveling to Mongolia, the sights are plenty. In the south is the incredible Gobi Desert home to the Bactrian camels. In the west are the majestic Altai Mountains, where...

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Kazakh Eagle Festival in Mongolia’s Wild West

This summer we sent out newest recruit, Emily, to Mongolia for four months during the busy high season. She joined several of our group trips as a host and spent the rest of her time working in the...

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