Welcome to Gecko Travel

Gecko Travel is an independent, fully licensed, UK based travel company offering adventure tours, holidays and vacations to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, China and Sri Lanka.

Our holidays, both scheduled tours and tailor-made itineraries, appeal to those wishing to discover the real South East Asia; singles, couples, families - old and young - anyone with a sense of adventure!

For schedules and prices check the relevant tour page and for 'last minute' holiday departures and adventure tours to Asia check out our late availability section, which has up to date tour details on all our last minute adventure holidays to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, China and Sri Lanka.

In depth knowledge of the Indochina region enables us to offer original itineraries with a balance between the region's better known 'must-sees' and it’s off-the-beaten-track, 'well kept secrets'.

Gecko Travel tours will provide a real insight into the countries you are visiting - culture, history, landscape and natural world - and allow opportunities for genuine interaction with the local people and communities.

As much as possible on our adventure trips we will stay in smaller, family-run accommodation, eat in local restaurants and use local style transport. In addition all guides and agencies used are considered friends rather than 'business contacts'. The idea being that you will visit Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Malaysia as guests rather than as tourists.

Respect for local people, their cultures, traditions, religions and environment are essential to Gecko Travel philosophy, and we work hard to ensure our groups have a positive impact on the places and people visited.

Vietnam & China: South of the Clouds, Yunnan province
When a Yunnanese Prince crossed the cloud covered mountains of Sichuan Province to visit the imperial Chinese court he informed the emperor his kingdom lay 'south of the clouds' and the Mandarin translation – Yunnan – has stuck to the present day. Without doubt China's most diverse and fascinating region, both culturally and scenically. Bordering Burma, Laos and Vietnam, this remote, borderland province includes everything from wild elephants and tropical jungles in the far south to yaks and snow-capped mountains of the Tibetan Plateau in the north, and is home to over 25 different ethnic minorities. Linked to our existing range of SE Asian itineraries, our highly original Yunnan tour takes you to China by train through the mountains of Northern Vietnam and returns to Thailand by way of a cruise down the Mekong River between Burma and Laos. For 2 weeks in between we'll cover our regular mixture of essential sites and hidden gems; - cultural highlights and historic towns such as Dali, Jianshui and UNESCO World Heritage Lijiang, the awesome scenery of Yuanyang, the Yangtze's Tiger Leaping Gorge and the dramatic mountains of Eastern Tibet as well as leaving plenty of time to explore the exotic markets, check-out the bustling street life and meet the local people, in China's friendliest province. ... Read More

Borneo - the land below the wind
Lying just south of the Philippines typhoon belt, Malaysia's Sabah State, known as the 'Land Below the Wind', covers the northern part of Borneo and contains some of the Island's most spectacular landscapes and accessible flora and fauna. From tranquil coastal villages to the dramatic Mt Kinabalu and the orang-utans of Sepilok to the awesome Danum ... Read More

Next departure: 18th June, 2008
Cost: GBP 1,715/995
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