Tours for independents are the competitive priced option for people who want to explore more on their own or take a vacation that is more personalised than a full charter.
These tours are sometimes called FIT or fully independent tours, but the idea is the same. Packages are made so that you can visit a destination, travel around, take some locally guided tours, stay in a variety of accommodations and have a certain number of pre-paid inclusions like your transfers, rail or bus tickets, attractions, hotel and meals. They are usually set up in a day by day itinerary and usually they are coordinated locally by a company that works with us in the travel trade to manage all these arrangements.
Another advantage to these trips is that you can usually modify them to time frame. So, if we find a really great airfare you want to use, I can get a tour built around your flight dates.
These tours are guaranteed to operate with just 2 people, so you do not have to worry about cancelling your trip because there were not enough people.
Cost? I've made up some samples to give you the idea of what pricing is like. Check the list below to see some examples of tours based on moderate hotels. If you shop around, you'll see these are very competitive prices when compared to group tours.
NEW: Europe Independent Explorers
These tours use convenient network of hubs where tours depart and end that allow you to travel in a guided small tour between cities. Read more here. Prices start at 1199 Euros pp twin.
Costa Rica
Volcano Route 7 days from $899 pp twin USD
Rainforest Route 7 days $1349 pp twin USD
Costa Rica Eco-Zones Explorer 10 days $1849 pp twin USD
Peru
Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley 8 days from $1945 pp twin USD
Amazon River Lodge 3 days from $435 pp win USD
Puno and Lake Titicaca 3 days from (includes one way coach transfer between Puno and Cuzco) from $400 pp twin
Colca Canyon and Arequipa 4 days from $830 pp twin USD
Lima two day (one night) extension from $420 pp twin USD.
Panama
From the Canal Zone to the Cloud Forest and on to Bocas del Toro on the Caribbean (you can cross to Costa Rica here and continue if you like) 8 days from $2059 pp twin USD.
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These are all on minimum of 2 paying passengers. All prices subject to availabilty at time of booking. If you have another couple or two who would join you, prices can be requoted.
Name:
George Duffy
Location:
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Contact Number:
1 888 543 6450
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778 383 6369
Email:
george.duffy@fcitravel.ca
I specialise in helping solo travellers, small groups, families and friends with advice to get the very best travel experiences suited to their interests at the best possible value.