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	The Imaginative Traveller
1 Betts Avenue, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk IP5 3RH			MAP
tel: (01473) 667 337

Imaginative Traveller believes that children and adventure travel DO go together. They operate thirteen different trips for families in Thailand, Vietnam, Jordan, Egypt, Tanzania, Malaysia, Nepal, India, Turkey, and China. All are group tours with a minimum group size of four.

What and Where

Itineraries are between eleven and fifteen days with at least two and sometimes three nights at each stop. Accommodation is largely two to three-star hotels with en suite bathrooms - most have a swimming-pool for lunchtime or evening use and family rooms where possible. Travel is by donkey, camel, boat, or on foot (to tire them out). Extra activities might include puppet shows in Vietnam, plus a trip to Halong Bay, or in Jordan and Egypt snorkelling in the Red Sea, jeep safaris, donkey rides and camping with the Bedouin.
African Elephant Sanctuary in Kenya at the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary includes game drives, bush walk and two days relaxing at a beach on the Indian Ocean with optional activities. Elephant Experience in Thailand - a chance to get up close and personal in their jungle habitat with the Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai. Again the volunteering opportunity is teamed with a bamboo raft ride and Bangkok sightseeing followed by three days' relaxation on the beach in southern Thailand at Krabi.
The maximum group size is 20.

Minimum Age

6 years. The main programme includes options suitable for those of 16+.

Sample Price

All tours have year-round prices (ie it's not more expensive to go during the school holidays). The eleven-day Tigers & the Taj tour costs £535 (plus local payment) for both adults and children, excluding international flights. The Ecuador Journey to the Centre of the Earth is £799 per person plus a local payment of US$200.