Cultural adventures
GET BENEATH THE SURFACE
Why your life needs a cultural adventure
Most will agree that getting lost someplace completely new and unexpected is what takes a trip from a holiday to an adventure. Cultural adventure is a type of travel that goes beyond the guidebook. It’s about getting genuine exposure to local life and culture; from the people to landscapes and food. It’s encountering a type of normal that couldn’t be more different to life as you know it.
Sometimes you need a specialist
It's often the places and experiences you don't expect that make a trip exceptional. We weave the lesser-known into each trip - including those big, bucket-list sights, too.
Craft your own adventure
When we ask people what a cultural adventure looks like for them, every answer is different. We curate your trip to complement your interests and passions.
Immerse yourself in local culture
It’s people and guides that unlock local experiences. We connect you with communities keen to share their work, art, food and way of life with you.
"As first timers in Asia we can't thank Inside Asia enough for arranging a trip that was beyond our expectations. From first contact and throughout planning your expertise was apparent and reassuring."
Margaret C, trip to Vietnam
Cultural adventure is our style of travel – but yours will be unique to you.
Perfectly tailored experiences
Whatever is getting you curious about a country, we custom build your trip to emphasise what excites you, offering a few surprises along the way.
Say you're planning a Cambodia trip, and you tell us that history is what you're all about. We’ll connect you with a team of conservationists to slip behind the scaffold at Angkor Wat, and show you how Cambodia’s emblematic temple is more than a building: it’s a sculpture.
But, if, instead, you dream of making your own kroeung to flavour all your Cambodian curries, we know just the cookery master who’ll be only too happy to share their craft.
Uncover a new way to travel
From hiking the steep trails of Laos’ misty cloud forests, to eating sea urchin freshly caught by Jeju Island’s female free divers, the best trips are made up of experiences that are special because they’re utterly unique to the destination you’re in.
You could learn why kimchi is good for the soul from a temple chef in Korea, trek through the Laotian cloud forests with a guide who has been spotting sun bears since they were small, or stay with Cambodian elders who can’t tell you the year they were born, but count their age in rice harvests instead.
That’s how you get beneath the surface.
Steal these cultural adventures
Our experts Rhys, Keely, and Lachlan have curated three trips, focused around incredible moments to be had in their favourite countries.
