The Best Digital Detox Retreats and Group Tours
Want to spend your days deep in meditation, or steeped in action-packed adventures? Book your place on one of these Culture Trip adventures and… relax.
Is the steady ping of new emails getting too much to handle? Are you sick of turning to Twitter at the first sign of boredom? You need a digital detox retreat. From the sunny shores of Southern Thailand to the frozen expanse of Iceland, group tours are the best way to escape the digital world – and by joining one of these specially curated adventures from Culture Trip, all the planning is taken care of for you.
Embrace the beach life in Southern Thailand
Escape the digital lifestyle with an 11-day journey through the best of Southern Thailand. On this sun-drenched group tour you’ll start with a wild night out, as you get to know your new travel mates in the bars of Bangkok. Then it’s time to head south to reconnect with nature as you stay on a floating raft in the middle of Khao Sok Lake, before snorkelling, kayaking and cruising your way through Than Bok Khorani National Park, off the coast of Krabi. There’s time to relax on a secluded beach at Koh Yao Yai, and then you’re travelling back to Phuket for a final night out in Patong.
Encounter endemic wildlife in the Galápagos Islands
If you travel to the Galapagos Islands, then you’ll quickly discover that there’s little wifi at the end of the world. This five-day group tour takes you on an overland and sea journey to the remote and often uninhabited islands that inspired Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection. Start with a kayaking and snorkelling tour through the Itabaca Channel, before searching for sea lions, iguanas and finches with a professional naturalist. On Santa Cruz, you’ll be glamping in the presence of giant tortoises, on San Cristobal you’ll hike through lava fields, and on every day of this Galapagos tour you’ll be experiencing the newfound joys of a digital detox.
Discover the ancient cities and rocky deserts of Jordan
There’s something transportive about this mystical land of the Middle East, not just in terms of its otherworldly landscapes that place you in the world’s of Dune (2021) and Star Wars, but also the ancient cities that transport you to another century completely. Of course the comforts of modern life remain, be it smooth transportation or a luxury desert campsite, but the feeling is one of fantasy. On this eight-day adventure you’ll explore the street food of Amman and the ancient city of Petra, as well as the rocky expanse of Wadi Rum, the crystalline waters of the Red Sea and the surreal waters of the Dead Sea. By the time you catch your flight home, you won’t even remember what a podcast is.
Additional words by Gethin Morgan.