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Where are our Groups on Christmas Day?

With Groups all over the world and travellers at different points on their adventures, it is always nice to hear about what the groups get up to and what our amazing Tour Leaders are doing to mark special occasions. We have asked a selection of Tucan Travel's Tour Leaders what they have planned for Christmas Day and their answers have astounded us.

Nienke will be in Peru on Christmas Day,

“We are doing Secret Santa - but we will be on the Inca Trail on Xmas day so...

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What to pack for a Gorilla Trek

Gorilla Trek Packing List

The Gorilla Trek is something you will probably only do once so you want to make sure you get it right. Having just returned from my hike, I sat down and compiled the ultimate Gorilla Trek Packing List.  The Gorilla Trek is the ultimate adventure and complete privilege to complete. I loved every minute of my Gorilla Trek, a trip I did last month with Tucan Travel. I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t a breeze. It was hard. It was made tougher by the adverse weather conditions which we...

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Sunrise at Tikal at the end of the Mayan Calendar

Jess Millett travels on Tucan Travel’s Quetzal Highway and experiences the change of the Mayan Calendar at Tikal on the 21st December 2012.

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Touring Japan for the Cherry Blossom

One of the best times to visit Japan is when the famous Cherry Blossom trees are in bloom. It is a time when the temperature is neither too hot or too cold and as parties are held beneath the trees, it is an excellent time to see Japan at its best.

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Welcoming in a New World

Over the years, many crazies have predicted that the world might end. The Medieval period was populated with apocalyptic theories based on the devil. Some thought that as the clock struck midnight, marking the beginning of the new millennium, in the year 2000, the apocalypse would happen while only last year thousands of people prepared for the world to end in the USA on the back of a crazy conspiracy theorist.

In a week’s...

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