We've already published our routes for winter and spring
For those lucky enough to travel in the low season, we have designed a range of trips with cultural and outdoor activities — hiking, cycling, mountaineering or cross-country skiing, for example — suited to the time of year.
Among our group trips with special departures this winter and spring, we would like to highlight a few destinations.
In Asia, a cultural and religious event. Trip departing on 5 February. The huge Maha Kumbh Mela pilgrimage in India is a Hindu spiritual celebration held every twelve years, drawing millions of pilgrims to Prayag. Over two days, we will witness the ritual bathing of “Basant Panchami”.
In Africa, with a special departure on 21 February accompanied by a naturalist Great migrations of zebras and wildebeest in Tanzania, one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on the planet. More than 1 million wildebeest and around 750,000 zebras move between the plains of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti.
In Europe, emphasis is placed on the observation of natural phenomena, like Northern lights in Finland, one of the planet’s great natural spectacles, with coloured lights filling the sky in a cosmic dance, accompanied by professional astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado.
In America, another great natural migration, no less spectacular for its smaller scale: the gathering of Monarch butterflies in Michoacán to make their incredible annual journey of 4,000 km between Canada and Michoacán’s mountains in Mexico.
Finally, the polar regions, another of our flagship destinations. Expedition cruises to Svalbard Archipelago in the Arctic. The trip combines boat travel with excursions ashore, focusing on wildlife, nature and history.