Different Travel gives you the opportunity to choose what you would like to do for your own challenge. If the Open Challenges we offer are not quite right for you and your group, why not create your own trip!

We organise bespoke challenges which encompass the aims of a particular charity, company or group of individuals. For example, if you are particularly interested in volunteering in Asia, or trekking in South America, just get in touch and we can put a trip style together for you that suits your time frame, departure dates, budget and itinerary.

We have links with many projects worldwide, so we will always be able to offer you something you would be interested in.

• If you are a group of animal lovers, we could organise a trip to the Galapagos to learn about conservation; or go to Borneo and help with reforestation to protect the orang-utan environments.
• If you enjoy trekking and a real challenge, we could organise for you to climb Kilimanjaro, or trek through the Andes!
• If you want to help improve the lives of young people in need of support maybe you would like to travel to Zambia or Sri Lanka to make a difference in the lives of those who need it.

The benefit of bespoke trips are that your group, your supporters, or your colleagues have the opportunity to get involved in work that you support so they feel they are doing something to actually make a difference. It helps people at home learn more about what you do, and it helps the communities abroad that you are working with.

We believe that life-enhancing travel is not about seeing a place, but experiencing a place, its people, its cultures, food and ways of life.
It is only right that when we, relatively wealthy, tourists enjoy the benefits of tourism, we should do so responsibly, by ensuring that we are not contributing to the exploitation of either people or the environment, that we are participating in 'fair trade' practices which benefit those who work so hard to make our holidays so great, that we are contributing to the sustainable economic development of the communities who host us, and that we are respectful towards and assist in the maintenance of indigenous cultures.

Upcoming Bespoke Departures

• Keech Hospice Care (Formerly Pasque Hospice) - Himalayas Trek - July 2010
• The Animal Health Trust - Great Wall Trek - September 2010
• Isabel Hospice - Borneo Challenge - September 2010
• Compton Hospice - Sahara Trek and Project Work Challenge - October 2010
• The Blue Cross - The Borneo Jungle Trek - October 2010
• Dentaid - The Vietnam Mountain Trek - October 2010
• Tindle Radio Trust - Kilimanjaro Trek - October 2010
• LOROS - Nepal Himalayas Trek - October
• The Heart of Kent Hospice - North Vietnam Trekking Challenge - October 2010
• Dentaid - Vietnam Mountain Trekking Challenge - October 2010
• RAFA - Kilimanjaro Challenge - October 2010
• BibleLands - Egypt Trek - November 2010
• Concern Worldwide - Great Ethiopian Run - November 2010
• Bolton Hospice Nepal Himalayas Trek - March 2011
• Wave FM Cash For Kids - Sahara Trek Challenge - March 2011
• Magic 105.4's Cash For Kids - Sahara Trek Challenge - March 2011
• The Joshua Foundation - Great Wall of China Trek - April 2011
• Hospice of St Francis, Iain Rennie Hospice at Home, Grove House and Peace Hospice - Himalayan Hospice Challenge - October 2011
• The Salvation Army - Base Camp Everest Challenge - October 2011

Some Bespoke Itinerary Examples

• Slovenia Winter Activity Holiday
• Slovenia Summer Activity Holiday
• Poland Snow Activity Holiday
• Sri Lanka Challenge
• Sri Lanka Volunteer Holiday
• Vietnam Mountain Challenge
• Borneo Volunteer Holiday
• Mont Blanc Challenge

Our Projects

Here are just some of the projects we have links with:

• Ecuador Galapagos Islands Conservation
• India Goa - Mother Teresas Roses charity house renovation
• Kenya Makongeni Coastal Village
• Kenya Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary
• Cambodia Landmine Museum and Victim Rehabilitation Centre
• Sri Lanka Sambodhi Orphanage
• Sri Lanka Displacement School
• Sri Lanka Yasodorah Orphanage
• Sri Lanka Supem Uyana Hikkaduwa Home for Brain Injured Children
• Sri Lanka Convent of the Sacred Heart School
• Sri Lanka Matara School for Deaf and Blind Children
• Sri Lanka Unawatuna Psychiatric Hospital
• Malaysia Borneo Orang Utan Conservation project
• Nepal Tharu Rural Development Programme
• Nepal Nuwakot Development Programme
• Peru San Luis Gonzales School
• Thailand Hilltribe Rural Development
• Thailand Ban Nam Khem Fishing Village
• Thailand Duang Pratheep Foundation
• Tanzania, United Republic Of Mbokomu School
• Vietnam The Vietnam Friendship Village
• Vietnam Binh Luc Orphanage
• South Africa Makulu Makete Game Reserve