Top Trips For Keeping Your Carbon Footprint To A Minimum

Get yourself the rub of the green and embrace responsible travel with these eco-friendly Culture Trip adventures across the globe.

Eager to see the world, but conscious of damaging it as you go? We curate our trips with care for the planet, as well as for local communities and indigenous flora and fauna. All of our trips are flightless in destination, while our incredible Rail Trips allow you to cross continents as well as countries without stepping on a plane. Read our commitment to responsible travel and check out these Culture Trips that help you explore the world while being good to it.

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Incredible Thailand and Laos by Train

When visiting Southeast Asia many people understandably want to explore multiple countries, having travelled all that way, but this often means taking hour-or-less flights from one neighbouring country to another. Our 14-day Thailand-Laos Rail Trip allows you to explore a vast stretch of Southeast Asia without adding unnecessary flights to the itinerary. We’ll start in Bangkok, before exploring the ancient ruins, luscious jungles and incredible cuisine of Northern Thailand. Then we swap trains for a river boat as we cross the border into Laos and float down the Mekong river. Meet whiskey-making locals, hike to an extraordinary remote waterfall and kayak on the Nam Song river before catching the sleeper train back to Bangkok.

From US$2311

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

Bangkok, Thailand

ENDS AT

Bangkok, Thailand

DURATION

14

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Light

STYLE

Discovery

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The Real Costa Rica

While not a Rail Trip, our adventure in Costa Rica fully embraces one of the world’s premier eco-destinations. You’ll start in the geothermal landscape surrounding Arenal volcano, where you’ll visit a local coffee collective, spot sloths in the jungle and soak in hot springs at Ecotermales Fortuna. Then it’s into the uplands for a nighttime cloud forest hike and a traditional cooking class, all while staying in eco-friendly lodges and resorts.

From US$2023

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

San Jose, Costa Rica

ENDS AT

Tamarindo, Provincia De Guanacaste

DURATION

8

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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This is an updated version of an article originally written by Richard Stabbins.

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.