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Match Made in Heaven: Lonely Planet & Intrepid Travel

Exploring the world at your pace just got a lot easier with Intrepid Travel’s new partnership with the iconic travel company, Lonely Planet!

Intrepid Travel is one of our favourite travel partners for endless reasons. 

Their focus on authentic local experiences, sustainable practices and unique community-oriented experiences are just some ways they flip the script on guided tours, providing something different for any style of traveller. 

Their newest partnership with Lonely Planet is truly a match made heaven. This new union will bring low-impact, responsible travel to more people. Here’s what you need to know!

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So, who is Lonely Planet?

Lonely Planet is a globe-spanning digital travel media company and the world’s number one travel guide book brand. 

If you’ve done any travelling in the past, a Lonely Planet travel guide book may have been one of the first things you reached for during your research. 

Here’s a fun fact: Many of these guide books are written by professional travel writers, based in the regions they write about. This advice is completely independent and genuine as they don’t accept payment for exposure. 

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What can we expect from Lonely Planet & Intrepid Travel?

More than 130 of Intrepid Travel’s BASIX style trips will be rebranded as a Lonely planet Experiences. 

These experiences will continue to offer the same iconic Intrepid Travel experience, all while providing travellers more of everything. 

This means more free time, more optional extras to choose from, plus additional Lonely Planet travel benefits to help them make the most out of their trip. 

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Ooooh! Travel Benefits! What does this mean?

Booking a Lonely Planet Experience Trip also means getting exclusive access to endless Lonely Planet resources and content. 

Along with your booked group tour, you’ll also receive 12 months of FREE access to Lonely Planet’s Guides App, which includes 8000 destination guides! 

Did we also mention that this also means receiving an exclusive 25% discount to use in the Lonely Planet store? 


Why travel with Intrepid Travel?

If this news STILL doesn’t have you convinced, maybe these EXCLUSIVE tour experiences will!

Our Travel Specialists created these one-of-a-kind hosted group tours that you won’t find anywhere else. 

Here are just a hand-picked selection of what we’re offering exclusive to you!

Peru: A Real Food Adventure

Travel Dates: October 15-23, 2020

What to expect: Discover the sights, sounds and landscapes of Peru and its iconic ruins with this tailor-made private group adventure, hosted by Chef & Entrepreneur, Ahani English

A Special Hosted Tour of Cuba

Travel Dates: January 9-16, 2021

What to expect: Cuba is a second home for our Travel Specialist, Jamie. Explore the vibrant cityscapes in this private group adventure tour. 

Morocco: A Foodie’s Paradise

Travel Dates: October 17-28, 2020 AND October 24-November 4, 2020

What to expect: The bustling bazaars, the vibrant spices the colorful landscapes…what more could you want from this exotic guided tour of Morocco?!

Travelling is exciting already. With this new partnership, we have no doubts that Intrepid Travel will raise the bar in sustainable and authentically local travel experiences. 

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