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  Songlines Music Travel   -   Music, Culture and Dancing Holidays
Nothing beats experiencing music in situ where it belongs - with the food, the ambience and the local people. Yet finding the best music isn't always that simple.
That's why Songlines Music Travel is starting dedicated music trips for music lovers worldwide, bringing you the excitement of real music directly where it's made.
Each trip is led by a Songlines Travel Leader and will often involve private concerts, jam sessions and meetings with musicians and instrument-makers.
  Tangents Music Tour    -   Turkey, Morocco
  Baobab Travel   -   Ecotourism in Africa
Baobab Travel was founded to promote an alternative form of travel (ecotourism) that benefits local communities economically and is sensitive to the natural environment.
For Baobab the roots to travel are:  Tasting new experiences and enjoying new places,  Meeting and learning about different cultures,  Taking away nothing but wonderful memories,  Bringing positive impacts to your destination.
  Discovery Initiatives   -   Small group and tailormade nature travel specialists
Their mission is to offer inspirational small group and tailor made travel programmes, which combine their high standard of service and expertise with some of the world's leading conservation organisations. Therefore during your stay, you will gain a privileged, behind the scenes insight into local cultures and wildlife around the world.
  Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.
They accomplish this through three primary objectives:
oo  Research - Supporting the field work of research scientists worldwide collecting the base line data essential for sustainable management decisions;
oo  Education - Educating and inspiring the next generation of leaders in education, business and the general public both at home and overseas;
oo  Conservation - Solving problems by active and ground-breaking collaborations with conservation and preservation partners.
  Ecoviro Afria   -   small group tour operator  -  painting / drawing / photography
Journeys  to the most breathtaking places in Southern Africa.
  Edinburgh Artbreaks
Edinburgh Artbreaks Art and Painting Holidays offer tuition by highly skilled Artist / Tutors, many painting subjects and styles, art gallery visits, en-suite hotel accommodation, inspiring studios, great hospitality including most meals and lots more - all year round! Click 'enter' to learn more about art and painting holidays.
  Filoxenia   -   Greece - mainland including Peloponnese and unusual islands
Particularly skilled at finding villas for small and larger parties, at fly-drives and seeking out small family run hotels, arranging honeymoons as well as leader led tours for walking, painting, archaeology, botany and other special interests and holidays for those with special needs.
  Imaginative Traveller
UK's leading adventure tour operator to over 32 destinations across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. If you are 18 and over and you want a unique experience with lots of fun, some great activities, the chance to get close to local people and their cultures and meet like-minded travellers from around the world while you're doing it, then their small group adventures are for you.
  Intrepid Travel   -   Real life experiences
Travel for people who want to leave their world behind. If you're a traveller with a yearning for adventure, a sense of fun and a wish to escape the humdrum of mainstream tourism - then come and explore Asia, Europe, the Middle East & Latin America with them!
  Responsiblae Travel   -   Cultrural Travel
Ancient civilisations, cultural touring, festivals, historic towns, local community insights, religion, temples/history, tribal cultures and more.
 Tribes Travel
On this website you will find a collection of unique trips whether you are looking for culture and heritage, fabulous wildlife holidays and safaris, mountain trekking or gentle walking, or simply some pure relaxation in luxury surroundings in some very special places around the world.
  Tucan Travel   -   Central & South American Travel Specialist
Travelling with Tucan means getting out there, doing it, meeting the locals and having fun! Their itineraries are designed to allow you to become involved as much as possible with the local countries and communities through which they travel.
  Ultimate Travel Company   -   highly individual travel servicefor highly individual travellers
Escorted Tours,  Tailor-Made Journeys,  Wildlife Journeys,  Galapagos Cruises,  Walk Europe and much more
  Voyages Jules Verne   -   journeys for the discerning traveller
The aim of the Company has always been to re-invest itineraries with a sense of occasion so that, even on short European journeys, a reason for travel shines through: gardens, history, architecture, archaeology, culture and wildlife are some of the themes that inspire the itineraries.

  Eco Resorts  [ USA ] 
Eco-resorts offers you eco-friendly safari adventures. Together we're changing the world - one journey at a time.
  Peregrine [ AUS ]   -   the spirit of Adventure  -   comfortabel, Active, Inclusive
When you join a Peregrine tour, you travel with a maximum of just fifteen fellow travellers. This is small enough to avoid making a negative impact on the places you go and the people you meet, but large enough to have a good time with other travellers from around the globe.  See also Geckos Adventure,  their budget grassroots alternative.
  The World Outdoors   -   Your Outdoor Classroom   -   based in Boulder, Colorado
Learn through new experiences! Not only will you have the time of your life, you'll also discover the charms, traditions, history, and culture of the places they go while learning a thing or two about the natural world and, more than likely, yourself. Are you interested in improving your cycling efficiency? The geological history of the Hawaiian Islands? The difference between a glacier and an icefield? Or the history of the Anazazi Indians ? Their local guide's extensive, regional knowledge will keep you entertained and informed from day one!

Travel Guides Art & Culture

  Dorling Kindersley   -  

  The French Atlantic: Travels in Culture and History - 1846310504
Bill Marshall (Author)
Hardcover: 256 pages; Publisher: Liverpool University Press (24 Aug 2009); ISBN-10: 1846310504 ISBN-13: 978-1846310508


Links 

  BTCV   -   the UK's largest practical conservation charity.
Founded in 1959, we help over 130,000 volunteers take hands-on action each year to improve the rural and urban environment.  They offer:
o  Practical conservation opportunities;
o  Support and advice for local people and community groups;
o  UK and International Conservation Holidays;
o  Training and learning opportunities;
o  Practical land management for conservation;
o  Opportunities for young people to develop skills and careers;
o  Employment programmes to give people the skills for work;
o  Recycling and waste minimisation projects and consultancy;
o  Environmental consultancy and project management;
o  Mail order delivery, including trees, wildflowers, tools and handbooks.
  Global Vision   -   Gap Year Conservation Jobs and Volunteer Work Abroad
Wildlife Expeditions,  Conservation Expeditions,  Training Courses and National Park Internships around the World.  With projects all over the world, you can join programs as diverse as Marine Conservation Expeditions in Mexico, Volunteer Projects with Street Children in Ecuador and China, Amazon Rainforest Expeditions in South America, and Pioneering Wildlife Research Expeditions in Africa.
  ICOMOS   -   International Council on Monuments and Sites
international non-governmental organization of professionals, dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites
  PreserveNet   -   links galore
PreserveNet is designed to provide preservationists with a comprehensive database of regularly updated internet resources and current professional opportunities.
  The Cultural Traveler   -   world's largest database of specialty tour operators


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