Lonely Planet has joined forces with Intrepid Travel, a leader in sustainable adventure travel, to launch Lonely Planet Experiences. With over 300 sustainable group tours globally, this new range will bring Lonely Planet guidebooks to life.

It is a range of carbon-neutral tours that offer an innovative, authentic, immersive and sustainable way of travel. Lonely Planet Experiences will comprise 200 jam-packed day-tours operated by Intrepid Travel’s day-tour company – Urban Adventures. Along with this,  there are over 130 multi-day trips including walking, cycling, food, festivals, family and marine adventures. All the Lonely Planet Experiences have been designed with a low environmental footprint and ensuring a positive impact on local communities. All tour groups will be small and led by local leaders, and will use local transportation, support locally owned businesses and be 100 percent carbon neutral.

“For over four decades, travelers have looked to Lonely Planet for trusted travel advice,” says Luis Cabrera, CEO of Lonely Planet. “Now, global explorers looking for the inside track can journey along with us on this new range of tours.” James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Travel added, “These experiences combine our expertise to create a new tour range that will support local communities, protect our natural environment and ensure travelers see the world in a responsible and sustainable way. We’re thrilled to be part of the next phase of Lonely Planet’s growth and helping to make sustainable experience-rich travel a mainstay for travelers everywhere.”

The tours will offer a once-in-a-lifetime experience of what it’s like to truly know a place, through explorations of local food and drink, behind-the-scenes access to hidden gems, interactions with locals and insights from trusted travel experts. Travelers will gain a deeper understanding of, and connection to destinations by getting to the very heart of the place they are visiting. The tours will run in 6 continents, across 65 countries, and range in duration from 2 hours to 22 days.

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