Your Gap Year Abroad specialist is an expert in hooking up people—just like you—with other people—just like you. You can go on an art tour to some of the oldest museums and churches in the world, travel with other environmentally-minded folks to an animal sanctuary on a mountain peak, or bicycle with a handful of other road enthusiasts alongside lush fields of sugarcane. Travelling with others in a tour is a practical and economical way to start your global adventure. For others, it’s knowing they’re traveling in safety while someone else takes care of all the nitty-gritty details and planning. Tours also offer great value by wrapping up the accommodation, travel, most meals and activities into one package at one price.

Gain your confidence with a group and spread your solo wings later on in your gap year. The key is to travel in the way that best fits your interests and what you are most comfortable doing. Here’s just a partial sampling your Gap Year Abroad specialist can provide you with:

• Ultimate African Adventure
  On this 58-day overland adventure, travel by expedition vehicle from Nairobi to Cape Town. Trek for gorillas in the mountains of Uganda and visit legendary game parks like the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. See the source of the Nile and magnificent Victoria Falls, climb the giant sand dunes of Namibia and visit historic Zanzibar. This trip offers plenty of opportunities for hiking, biking, bungy jumping, rafting, and trekking.

• Circle South America
  This 170-night expedition begins and ends in Quito, Ecuador and encompasses the entire continent. Adventurers travel in an expedition vehicle and camp throughout. The trip includes all the sights which anyone visiting South America would want to see, plus many features that only an overland traveler would be treated to.

• Trail of the Dragon
  This 29-day journey explores some of the most remote areas of Asia between Bangkok and Hong Kong. Intrepid’s small groups use local transport throughout and stay in basic guesthouses and homestays for a truly authentic experience of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China.

• Half Way Around the World
  This 28-week adventure travels from London to Bangkok. Transport is by overland truck with accommodation in small hotels and guesthouses as well as camping. This epic journey takes in Europe, Egypt and the Middle East, before winding its way through India and ending in Bangkok.

• The Canadian
  Travel through the mighty Canadian Rockies

• Vodkatrain
  Take a journey on the Trans-Siberian Express between St Petersburg and Beijing for 18-35 year-olds, including accommodation at stops along the way. Trips range from the 13-day Moscow to Beijing to the 21-day St Petersburg to Beijing.