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Innovative Tours

 Tours to places that are   hard to discover, or get to, by yourself

 Itineraries that go into the back regions, beyond the tourist circuits

 Light adventures, cultural immersion, interactive holidays

 Experience, sensitivity and passion

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Where We Go

 Nature reserves, national parks, ethnic villages and pastoral settings are our favoured locales

 The intersections of culture and nature, especially in mountainous regions

 Pockets of authentic culture in cities and noisy places

 Customised tours within the parameters of our stomping ground and conscience

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Artists’ Forays

 Practical photography in exotic photo-tours led by a pro travel photographer

 Travel writing, or penning travel journal, during a trip with a pro travel scribbler

 Paint inspiring milieus in water-colours with an art teacher

 Hone your canvas techniques in spectacular mountains

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GEOGRAPHY TOURS

Geography Research

GEOGRAPHY RESEARCH

Join Victor Paul Borg – an international travel writer and photographer – on inimitable journeys to some of the most exotic and incredible destinations in Asia during research trips for his geographical stories. These journeys are one-of-a-kind and open only to small groups of individuals able to muster stamina, curiosity, and a passion for adventure.

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Travel Photography

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

Improve your photography in a practical, hands-on teaching and travel experience that takes place in destinations that inspire the photographic muse across all subgenres of travel photography. Open to everyone from complete amateurs to advanced amateurs, this journey with a pro travel photographer gives you a deeper interaction with milieu through photography, even while travelling to places that are rich in nature and culture.

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Painters & Peasants

PAINTERS & PEASANTS

Soak up the culture and spirit of rural China during a brief detour from Chengdu, involving an overnight stay at a farmer’s village that gave rise to one of the four subgenres of New Year Paintings. You stay with a host family in an authentic farmhouse in the village (or opt for a nearby upscale resort), then slow down in the village with its evocative fantasy paintings, eat wholesome country cooking, and see - or work at - farms such as a tea plantation or a rose and tulip plantation.

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Watercolourist Retreat

WATERCOLOURISTS RETREAT

Join an art instructor for a few days of informal instruction or camaraderie while painting watercolours in exotic and quaint milieus that will trigger your muse. If you’re a beginner, you can learn techniques in practical one-to-one coaching with an experienced art teacher; if you’re advanced, you can refine your paintings and also get the chance to paint a different place that will fire your imagination in new ways. These tours are customisable, ranging from weekend forays within striking distance of Chengdu to more sustained travels and retreats over a longer span of time.

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