Imaginative Traveller's blog
Welcome to the Imaginative Traveller Blog! This is a brilliant means for us to communicate directly with you. We will be able to keep you updated on the latest Imaginative Traveller news, events, trips, fascinating snippets of info from life on the tour leader front, how our overseas Destinations Managers spend their average day, humorous tales from tours, staff trip reports and just general Imaginative Traveller gossip. So check it out and let us know what you think!
Colin Stump in Patagonia
Day 6 - Viedma Glacier Trek!
Day 5 of Colin Stump's Journey through Patagonia
Day 5 - To the summit of Loma del Pliegue Tumbado 1500m!
Chile Earthquake
The devasting earthquake in Chile is another terrible natural disaster that shocks our world and our hearts go out to the people in that country. In terms of our clients we do not have any tours in Chile at this time so no-one was affected and we do not have any groups arriving on other tours until next week. We will work with our local operators to see what impact this will have for those groups.
Day 4 of Colin Stump's Patagonian journey
Day 4 - Fitzroy Base Camp!
Managing Director Colin Stump in Patagonia
Colin Stump, who heads up the Travel Adventure Division at TUI, travelled with us on our Patagonian Highlights tour this month. Follow his journey with this day by day account as he travels from the cosmopolitan streets of Buenos Aires to the wild and remote lands of Patagonia and down to the southern tip of Latin America, Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia.
Starting with the arrival in Buenos Aires, here are his first three days - to tide you over the weekend!
Imaginative Traveller and Sport Relief 2010
The mad Imaginative Traveller team are at it again! What? Raising money for Sport Relief of course!
We are always jumping off high rise building or climbing mountains in Suffolk (!) in the name of a good cause and Sports Relief is such a MASSIVE event we just couldn’t let it slip by without getting involved.
Wanderlust Travel Awards
The respected UK travel magazine 'Wanderlust' has just announced the winners of its annual Readers' Travel Awards. Included in the line up are: Top Country, Top City and Top Emerging Destination (as well as Top Operator of course which, in case you need reminding, Imaginative Traveller was voted into the Top Five out of 627 companies!).
Staff Snippets - China
Commercial Director and ex-tour leader Liddy Pleasants relates a snippet from a tour of one of her favourite countries - China!
Chinese New Year
Welcome to the Chinese New Year - the Year of the Tiger! What better way to discover some of the amazing attractions of this incredible country than by taking an adventure tour with Imaginative Traveller which includes trekking a section of the Tiger Leaping Gorge?!!! Nothing too ambitious but an amazing hike beneath towering limestone walls dropping a sheer 3000m to the Yangtze River below, backdropped by the snow-capped moutain range beyond. Several of our tours visit the gorge:
Wanderlust Travel Awards 2010
Imaginative Traveller is really pleased to announce that we have been HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Top Tour Operator category in the Wanderlust Travel Awards at The Times: Destinations Travel Show, Earls Court, London.
Imaginative Traveller has many late availability departures at an amazing 20% discount, and can offer family tours and tailor-made itineraries as well.
