These are tour operators and travel agents offering unusual special interest holidays.
Some of these travel companies are not based in the UK. You may not enjoy the same level of financial security and protection if things go wrong when you book directly with an overseas company.
Storm Chasing Tours and Astronomical/Eclipse Tours have been moved from this list into their own lists. |
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| 7 Day Wonder Holidays |
Standup Comedy |
7 Day Wonder operate special interest residential holiday courses (painting, writing, art, music) in France and Spain, including a standup comedy week. |
| Arena Travel |
Elvis & Tractors |
Arena have been arranging tours to Memphis for Elvis fans since the seventies. They also take tours to agricultural shows and tractor conventions in the USA. If you want to travel thousands of miles to see a vintage Allis Chalmers or Massey Ferguson, this is your chance! |
| Art Safari |
Painting safari |
Painting holidays in various landscapes and settings in Malawi. |
| Aroma Tours |
Aromatic Adventures |
"Aromatic adventures" for small groups to Bali, Italy, France and Australia operated by an Australian couple with expertise between them as gastronome, sommelier, naturopath, and lifestyle consultant. There are aromatherapy courses & cookery classes and tours visit such places as spice markets, rose oil distilleries, and soap factories. |
| Coaching in Bavaria |
Horse-drawn coach tours |
Historic mail coach tours in the Alps (Bavaria, Austria and Liechtenstein). |
| Cubawelcome Travel |
Cigar tours |
Expert-guided Cuban cigar tours visiting factories, shops, cigar auctions and tobacco plantations on Cuba, with 'cigar-tasting' meals. Not exactly ideal for non-smokers! |
| Green Mountain Holidays |
Family hiking with donkeys |
GM offer actvity, walking & hiking holidays in the Apuseni Mountains, Romania - including 7, 9 & 15-day hiking trips with donkeys for families & groups. |
| Hangtime Holidays |
Basketball breaks |
Holidays and tours to the USA for UK based basketball teams, players and enthusiasts. |
| Haunting Breaks |
01686 420301 |
Launched by Carol Bowen and Peter Turner in 2004 in response to the growing interest in the paranormal created by TV programmes such as Living TV’s 'Most Haunted'. They offer paranormal enthusiasts the chance to experience some of the things that had been seen in the media at first hand. The company prides itself on hand-picking venues in the UK & Europe that are chosen for their amenities, location and food as well as a history of hauntings. Guests must be over 18 and pregnant women are not allowed. |
| History in Harmony |
Niche hobbies & interests |
Special-interest tours worldwide covering topics, hobbies & interests such as Carousels, Flower Festivals, Experimental Engineering, Industrial Heritage, the Battle of Britain, Antique Toys, Mechanical Music, Silver Bands or Photographic Shoots. |
| Intourist |
Space tours, Russia |
The long-standing Russian operator offers tours for space enthusiasts visiting Star City Training Centre, the Kremlin and Cosmonaut Museum in Moscow, and Mission Control Centre. |
| Olive Cooperative |
Palestine tours |
These guys take tourism, trade and educational groups to Israel and Palestine. These are dangerous places to go but the aim of the group is to promote reconcilation & understanding in the occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. |
| Sampo Tours |
Arctic adventures |
Arctic ice adventures on the "world's only tourist icebreaker". Go Swimming (special wet suits provided) among the icefloes. |
| Skylark Holidays |
Fabric skills |
A range of specialist interest breaks/courses in fabric skills - eg. Quilting, Knitters Loom, Spinning, Japanese Braid, Eco Dyeing, Felt Making and Microwave Dyeing - at a farm in South Derbyshire. |
| Speed-Dater Events |
speed-dating |
In addition to their speed-dating events (work your way through twenty potential partners in 60 minutes), Speed Dater also runs occasional speed-dating city breaks and ski weekends abroad. |
| SwimTrek |
Sea Swimming |
Swimming adventure holidays. Swim the Hellespont between Europe & Asia and then swim off the beaches at Gallipoli. Or swim between Greek islands. Or swim with seals in the Hebrides. Take your pick, the oceans are your playground! |
| Transun |
Dracula Tours |
Transun operate Dracula tours to the medieval town of Sighisoara, Vlad (Dracula) the Impaler's home town in the Romanian region of Transylvania. |
| Vegetarian |
Veggie breaks |
A dedicated holiday programme especially for vegetarians and vegans in an unspoilt and environmentally-friendly resort in Lapland. This is a brand of Finnish Lapland specialists, Canterbury Travel, and a sister brand to Holidays for Diabetics. |
| Vocation Vacations |
Job Experiences |
Oregan-based company offering people the chance to take lifestyle-changing holidays by trying a new vocation. For a few days you can be a sports announcer in Tennessee, a boot-maker in Oklahoma, or an architect in Boston. Trouble is.... you don't get a paycheque, you have to pay them! |
| WaveRiders |
Kite surfing |
Kite surfing holidays on Egypt's Red Sea coast, Cyprus, and Margarita island, Venezuela. |
| Why Don't You... |
Ghenghis Khan Warrior training, Dog-sled Racing |
Special interest holidays division of WEXAS, the longstanding and well-known holiday club. WDY has a number of unusual holidays in its portfolio including the exotic chance to indulge in some Genghis Khan warrior training (Get to grips with your archery skills and nomadic customs in Mongolia) and participate in the Pasvik Trail dog sled race in Norway. |
| Wildwings |
Deep ocean submersibles & space tours |
Wildwings are the tour operator equivalent of Superman! For the most part they are a Bristol-based tour operator specialising in wildlife holidays, especially bird-watching. They are well recognised among 'twitchers' for the range of trips they operate all over the world to see bird migrations and exotic species. That's the 'mild-mannered Clarke Kent' side of the business! Flip a page in their brochure and you'll come across the 'Superman' adventures. They are the UK agent for Deep Ocean Expeditions who run trips to the wreck of the Bismark, the Titanic and the HMS Breadalbane under the arctic. They also offer space tourism. |
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