If you are planning on travelling for more than a year we have some great ideas to help you get the most out of your adventure. We are experts in putting together a round the world trips that can incorporate, backpacking working abroad and cultural experiences. Every year we send away hundreds of travellers to do mind blowing adventures. Many do not return, not in a bad way!
If you’re travelling for more than a year depending on your finances you need to take into account all kinds of things like budgets, seasons cost of flights and many other factors that you probably haven’t considered. So talk to our experts, who have all been travelling many of our team have lived abroad and been travelling for more than a year so we can give you some first-hand advice.
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Learn Spanish In Barcelona Spain£989
Imagine spending your summer in the exhilarating city of Barcelona, embracing all aspects of life in sunny Spain, from the sexy language and the blissful siestas to the mouth-watering food and amazing wine. It’s safe to say that life in Barcelona is pretty sweet. So don’t envy them, join them!
Backpacking in South East Asia20% off Sale On! £375
Get off the beaten path and visit Laos! Let us take you off the beaten path on our backpacker trip in Laos. Starting in Bangkok Thailand, you can head through one of the most rewarding countries in South East Asia, and experience the joys of tubing, waterfalls and mind boggling scenery and beer Lao!
Round The World Thailand & Australia£1799
Thailand & Australia offer the perfect mixture when you want to go travelling. Stopping off in Thailand you will be blown away by the culture, beaches and stunning beauty of the country. Featuring a month long Trip you can really do it all, lazy days on tropical beaches. Partying in Bangkok, temples and action. Then it's on to Australia, where you will have an amazing first week followed by an exciting adventure up the East coast.
Round the World Work & Travel, Thailand – Laos – Australia£ 1993
Start your trip with a stunning group trip through Thailand culture, actions and lots of well deserved beach time, get cultured up in Laos, join the tubing in Vang Vieng before getting serious and join or the Outback Cowboy course or the Learn to earn on sailing yachts course in Australia!
The Xtreme Tropical Island Fitness Holiday£899
This is like a fitness holiday with all the benefits of being on a paradise island. Wouldn't it be great to go on holiday, have all the relaxing experiences you crave yet feel better and fitter at the end of it. Well that's exactly what can achieve with this programme. With excellent CrossFit style workouts, soothing yoga under coconut groves, and exciting Muay Thai kickboxing training combine to make this the perfect fitness experience in paradise.
LA to NY Cross Country Backpacker£ 1059
Go Cross country through the USA. Start in Los Angelos and hop on and off all along the following route: Las Vegas, the Grand canyon, Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, Niagara falls, Washington DC, Philadelphia and New York City! A super flexible backpacker bus pass taking you to all these places. You can changes to your itinerary en route and take your time making the best of your time is the USA!
Vietnam Xplorer£525
Discover the exceptionally diverse vietnam with are exciting fully guided Vietnam Xplorer. Backpacking your way up the country from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, we take you to some incredible locations, from the classic rice paddy vistas, pristine beaches and stunning French colonial towns. You will be exposed to the chilling history of the Vietnam War, world Heritage locations like Hoi Ann with a group of like-minded adventurers.
Round The World AustralasiaReduced to £3221
So you want to do an amazing round the world trip, but not sure where to start? This is a pretty good option for you! The best parts of Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. All the must do activities, incredible places and incredible people await. From Thailand island hopping, to the East coast Australia and a mental few days in Queenstown, this is the perfect backpacking adventure.
Thailand Fitness Bootcamp£599
Are you longing to get really fit? If you spend time at the Xtreme Gap fitness bootcamp, set in a tropical Thai jungle paradise, then you really will. Industry leading professional personal trainers will get you in peak condition in no time. After your training take your new six pack for a walk on the beautiful tropical beaches of Phuket. Feel the burn!!
Ultimate Australia£1999
Is your dream travelling Australia? Then this is your ultimate road trip. One action packed backpacker trip you will never forget, taking in the very best of Australia. Surfing, skydiving, and diving as you head up the coast in search of good times and incredible adventures. Everything is arrange for you that you need, arrival, transport and awesome activities! It is flexible too, so you can spend up to 6 months completing it as well, and even include some work travel too.
Kung Fu Master in China£899
Learn kung fu in China in a 2000 year old temple. Training under grandmasters, this is the ultimate kung fu in China experience. Our Western run academy with deep links to the Shaolin Temple, provides you with an incredible opportunity to develop serious kung fu skills. Whether it's one month or one year you will be amazed by what your body is capable of. One hour from Shanghai, with weekends free you can blend the old with the new in this incredible kung fu programme.
Round The World Ultimate£6255
Head round the world from West to East taking in the sites and sounds of South East Asia´s Thailand and Laos, before heading to Australia and New Zealand for some serious action! Finish up in the USA completing an awesome road trip from LA to New York before flying home.
Cambodia Xplorer£480
Discover Cambodia with its exceptionally interesting history, hidden temples and stunning beaches. This is a group guided backpacking tour, with all transport included. Flexible hop on hop off so you can spend as long as you like discovering this amazing country. Start in Cambodia, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, or in Bangkok up to you.
Summer Spanish Sabbatical In Malaga£779
The perfect way to spend your summer learning Spanish in Malaga on an intensive language course. Set in a historic building right in the heart of Malaga, you can learn Spanish and make new friends from all over the world whilst living in one of the sunniest cities in Europe. Malaga has a great young vibe, or some nightlife and beach is a short walk from where you'll be staying so it is the perfect mix of everything you need to have an incredible summer. You can even walk away with improved Spanish language skills at the end of the trip!
Round The World Tropical Beaches -Thailand – Bali – Australia – NZ – Fiji£ 4500
The perfect option if you are looking to go to really tropical locations with a budget of about 6 1/2 thousand pounds all in. Really popular group tours, exciting locations and easy travel.
Zero to Hero Dive Instructor Start Your Dive Career Here£4449
Become a dive instructor! No prior experience needed, you can become a dive instructor teaching others how to dive leading to an exciting career all over the world. This 7 month programme is a life changer, training under one of Koh Tao most established an successful course directors you can put the prospect of a 9 to 5 rat race well and truly behind you.
Backpacking South America£3200
Superb South America backpacking itinerary starting in Lima. Taking on the Inca Trail, Peru, Bolivia before heading north to Ecuador. All transport and plenty of activities included on this flexible adventure. Epic scenery, culture and adventure on one of the worlds most sort after backpacker routes.
Buenos Aires to Rio Travel Pass£699
Buenos Aires to Rio Travel Pass All you need to travel between two of South America's most exciting cities: Buenos Aires in Argentina and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and covering a lot of exciting locations between. It's a fair distance, and if you speak little Spanish or Portuguese it takes a lot of the hassle out of finding your way on this ultra-popular South America backpacking route.
New Zealand Adrenaline Tour£1559
New Zealand Adrenaline Tour Do you want to do something amazing when you travel? You can. Experience the mother of all adrenaline adventures. The Xtreme Gap New Zealand Adrenaline Tour. You will have the time of your life travelling through the country jumping off high things, out of flying things and doing daredevil adventures that will make you go weak at the knees. You can relax in the knowledge that because it is pre-booked, you will get to do all the things you set out to do, before drinking your budget away at the bar.
Ecuador to Peru Travel Pass£597
Ecuador to Peru Travel Pass All you need to travel between two of South America's most popular counties, Travel from Quito in Ecuador to Lima in Peru stopping off at lots of exciting places on the way. Why not extend this trip by adding on one or more of our other exciting South America programmes. Choose from Spanish and Surf in Ecuador, Trek the Inca Trail or one of the other choices and make your gap year experience one to remember.
Stray Backpacker Bus Pass New Zealand£469
Stray trips travel further and see more and with smaller group sizes are of a higher quality. Essentially you will do more and see more on a Stray trip, you will meet less people, but in a country famous for wide open spaces you don’t really want other people crowding your view. What we love about Stray Backpacker bus passes is that they include so many extras. It is all about the little things, the out of the way off the beaten path adventures, and of course the people you are with. You can pick your pass with us to travel New Zealand and add it to the adrenaline tour as well.
Bruce Pass Oz Experience£299
Bruce Pass Oz Experience The Bruce Pass from Oz Experience allows you to travel from Sydney to Cairns on a flexible hop on hop off backpacker bus. Guides accompany you all the way and it is one of the most popular backpacking options to get you up the East Coast. We will beat any price on this pass.
Venezuela Adventure Class Room£1899
This is a real adventure seekers dream. Our award winning travelling classroom programme is a unique blend of learning Spanish and travelling adventure. Venezuela is a beautiful country of huge diversity with golden palm fringed beaches, exotic jungles, spectacular and mysterious mountains, ancient indigenous cultures and the beat of exotic Latino! Based at our Caribbean Lodge on one of Venezuelas best beaches, Playa Colorada, in Mochima National Park, explore the lost world while learning Spanish with a fun group of people!
Ultimate Fighter, Mixed Martial Arts Training Camp Thailand£499
So you wanna learn MMA? Then learn with the best. Mixed Martial Arts is the ultimate fighting style, and you will discover the secrets, techniques and methods delivered by one of the worlds top MMA fighters. Beginners, Intermediates or Advanced, by training at the Xtreme Gap MMA camp you will become one serious bad ass.
Field Guide Course South Africa£12799
Xtreme Gap offers courses designed to supply the South Africa safari Industry with high caliber professional Field Guides. But these courses are not only available to people wishing to enter the industry as field guides, but for anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of the African Bush. So whether you have chosen a professional career linked to wildlife or nature or just finished school and are on a gap year, or if you have possibly taken a career break or are a regular traveller to the bush, this course is for you. Including work experience as a real guide!
The Kiwi Experience Backpacker Bus PassesFrom £515
Legendary Kiwi experience backpacker bus passes offered with our Price beater, meaning we guarantee you will get your pass for the best price. Explore all of New Zealand with the Kiwi experience, a hop on hop off bus pass with loads of extra activities included. We love the Kiwi experience, it is hands down the best way to get around this exciting, stunning and adrenaline packed country.
Lima to La Paz via Cuzco Travel Pass£369
This is the perfect pass if you want to travel through Peru seeing some of the major highlights of South America, including stopping off in Cuzco, the Gateway to the Inca Trail. The pass then ends in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia and the world's highest city. Plenty of inclusions like the Colca Canyon, for condor spotting, the Ballestas Islands and the Sacred Valley. High Andean peaks, ruined Incan citadels and a well trodden backpacker trail. South America at its best.
Complete Peru and Bolivia Travel Pass£806
Complete Peru and Bolivia Travel Pass Experience Peru and Bolivia with all the wondrous adventure travel that comes with these two epic backpacker destinations. In Peru go condor spotting in the Colca Canyon, see thousands of seabirds off the Ballestas Islands and as a contrast travel through the lush agricultural region of Sacred Valley. Trek the Inca Trail on an optional excursion. Then onto Bolivia, for Lake Titicaca and the unreal salt flats at Salar de Uyuni.
Round The World Backpacker With USA£ 3999
Travel the world at your own pace as a real backpacker with the comfort of all transport being arranged. Plus you will have guidance along the way and you will meet heaps of other travellers on our buses, boat and trains. We take you through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, North America and South America!
Bali Backpacker Beach Trail£ 275
The Bali Backpacker Beach Trail takes you to some of the most amazing beaches in Bali, Gili Trawangen and Lembongan Island. From busy Kuta beach to peaceful Sanur. Lots of culture, great food, beach time and activities! All in your own pace on the flexible backpacker bus.