Top Trips for Exploring the Most Remote Places on Earth

If you’re looking for a Saharan adventure, this 11-day overland journey through Morocco could be the remote trip you’ve been craving. You’ll start in the busy coastal cities of Casablanca and Tangier, but soon enough, you’ll be hiking through the Rif Mountains, stargazing under dark skies and riding camels through endless desert dunes. You’ll also visit Merzouga – one of Morocco’s most isolated settlements – where you’ll explore Berber culture and have time for a few desert cocktails in the evening.

Have you always wanted to travel to the edge of the known world? Book onto this five-day Galápagos Islands tour and you’ll have the opportunity to explore one of the most remote archipelagos in the world. Your tour starts in Santa Cruz, where you’ll snorkel into the deep Itabaca Channel before visiting giant tortoises in El Chato nature reserve. You’ll spend the rest of the trip island-hopping, as you snorkel with sea lions, trek through lava fields and search out the rare, endemic wildlife of the Galápagos that inspired Charles Darwin.

It doesn’t get more remote than the seemingly endless frozen expanses of Iceland. Time spent on this northern Atlantic island doesn’t just make you feel separated from Europe, it makes you feel like you’re on a different planet. From snowmobiling across a glacier to traversing a black sand beach and getting up close to thundering waterfalls, our five-day trip ensures you have an otherworldly experience, capped off by soaking in geothermal hot springs and, fingers crossed, experiencing the joy of the Northern Lights.

Join us on the fringes of Europe and Asia for a serene retreat high in the Caucasus Mountains. It’s rare to find a mainland country that has yet to go mainstream, but Georgia is it. We’re not convinced that this secret is going to be kept for much longer, so take advantage while you can and join us on a nine-day tour that includes trekking through the verdant forests of Lagodekhi National Park and hiking to the spectacular Gergeti Church, standing proudly below snow-clad Mount Kazbegi. Even Georgia’s culture feels far-flung and undiscovered – you’ll get to learn about their ancient underground winemaking traditions, as well soak in Tbilisi’s wondrous sulphur baths.