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Small-group tours, day trips, cooking classes and multi-day adventures. Every tour vetted for traveller reviews first.

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Mount Batur Hike & Hot Spring Tour

Start before dawn to trek Mount Batur's volcanic slopes and watch sunrise from 1,717 metres above Bali's central plateau. Your guide navigates the dark terrain with torches while you climb steadily through ash and rock. After descending, soak in natural hot springs fed by geothermal activity, then enjoy breakfast at a local warung. The full experience takes most of the morning and includes private transport, all entry fees, and basic supplies.

AOVEland : Premium Experience in Author's Mill (Baeza)

Discover how Jaén became the world's olive oil heartland at AOVEland, a sleek mill-museum in Baeza blending production, art, and taste. Spend 90 minutes tracing oil from grove to glass through immersive film, working mill tours, and tastings of three premium extra virgins. Run by a family operation four decades deep in the trade, it's built for genuine curiosity about why Spanish oil commands respect globally.

Private Half Day Historic Tour

This four-hour private walking tour traces Paris's layered past, starting on the Left Bank where Gallo-Roman foundations meet medieval streets, then crossing the Seine to explore Renaissance quarters and the grandeur of Louis XIV's era. Your guide navigates you through centuries of architecture, urban planning, and historical turning points, pointing out how each period shaped the city's character. You'll finish with insider tips on restaurants worth your time.

4 hoursfrom AUD $585

Ho Chi Minh City Sightseeing, midnight, Shopping tours by scooter

★ 5.0 (62)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City Sightseeing, midnight, Shopping tours by scooter

Explore Ho Chi Minh City's backstreet neighbourhoods, night markets, and local hangouts by scooter. This 2–4 hour tour whisks you past the tourist trail to discover where residents actually eat, shop, and spend their evenings. Choose between a guided experience with food stops included, or ride with a driver-only option to keep costs down. Hotel pick-up and drop-off covered for districts 1 and 3.

2 hours – 4 hoursfrom AUD $23

Kimono experience and Japanese home-cooking lesson Osaka Umeda

★ 5.0 (62)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Japan

Kimono experience and Japanese home-cooking lesson Osaka Umeda

Learn to cook three-hour Osaka home dishes from scratch alongside a Japanese instructor, then dress in silk kimono and obi using heritage techniques. You'll prepare one of four seasonal menus—ginger pork with rice balls and miso soup, takoyaki, kushikatsu, or a bento box—using supermarket ingredients you'll learn to source. Afterwards, slip into formal wear: brides can try the elaborate bridal kimono rarely worn outside ceremonies, while men experience hakama and formal dress. Photography happens in the room's Japanese corner.

Hoi An Farming And Fishing Life

Swap Hoi An's tourist quarter for its working countryside on this 4–5 hour cycle and waterway tour. You'll pedal through rice paddies and vegetable plots, get your hands muddy helping local farmers, ride a water buffalo, and navigate a bamboo basket boat down palm-lined rivers while learning traditional fishing nets. A riverside meal of banh xeo and spring rolls caps the morning. Hotel pickup included; guide speaks English.

4h 10m – 5 hoursfrom AUD $58

Private Day Tour in Tokyo with Government-Licensed Guide

★ 5.0 (62)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Japan

Private Day Tour in Tokyo with Government-Licensed Guide

Spend six hours exploring Tokyo with a government-licensed local guide who tailors the itinerary to your interests. You'll visit three to four neighbourhoods or landmarks on foot, moving between them via Tokyo's metro system or taxis. This is flexible sightseeing built around what you actually want to see, not a fixed route. Your guide handles navigation and context while you decide the pace and focus.

Transfer from Venice Airport to Trieste

Shared minibus transfer from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Trieste, taking roughly two hours. Your driver shares local knowledge about the region as you travel, making the journey engaging rather than tedious. Rates improve with multiple passengers. The vehicle is air-conditioned and all taxes included. Public transport alternatives exist if you prefer.

Cortona - Easy guided eBike tour around the Etruscan City.

Ride an electric bike through Cortona's medieval lanes and Tuscan hills on this 3-hour guided tour. The eBikes handle the gradient—you handle the scenery. You'll cover roughly 12–14 km across cobbled streets and countryside tracks, taking in vistas that inspired the film Under the Tuscan Sun. Small groups (capped at 2–3 bookings) mean genuine pace and personal attention. Water, helmet, and technical support included. Departs with 4+ participants.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $247

★ 5.0 (62)

🛕 Culture & History

Italy

The Secrets of Venice - Private Tour

A two-hour private walking tour that moves beyond Venice's postcard landmarks to reveal the city's quieter quarters, architectural heritage, and local character. Your guide navigates the maze of calli and campi whilst unpacking the stories embedded in the city's construction and urban fabric, sharing insider knowledge that transforms wandering into understanding.

Private Monumental Walking Tour in Seville

A two-hour guided walk through Seville's essential monuments, tracing three millennia of the city's layered history. Your private guide navigates you past major landmarks, adjusting pace and focus to match your group's curiosity. This is a solid grounding in what makes Seville architecturally and historically significant, without rushing or padding the story.

Explore hidden streets of Barcelona with a local

A 2.5-hour walk through Barcelona's medieval heart—El Born and the Gothic Quarter—led by a local guide who peels back layers of Catalan history. You'll navigate narrow laneways most visitors miss, uncover stories tied to dragons and heraldry, and finish with a drink in a square where locals actually gather. The walk connects medieval legends to modern Catalan identity and the architectural choices that shaped the city.

Medina Azahara Private Tour in Cordoba

Explore Medina Azahara, the 10th-century palatial city built by Caliph Abderramán III outside Córdoba. This private guided tour uncovers one of Europe's most significant archaeological sites, revealing the architectural ambitions and daily life of a once-powerful Islamic empire. Over ninety minutes to two hours, your guide walks you through remnants of palaces, administrative quarters, and fortifications that shaped medieval European history. Entry fees apply for non-EU visitors; EU citizens enter free.

1h 30m – 2 hoursfrom AUD $232

Visit a winery of the 19th century and its draft

★ 5.0 (62)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Spain

Visit a winery of the 19th century and its draft

Step into a restored Spanish winery that shuttered for three decades, preserving its 1881 heritage and traditional carbonic maceration techniques. This 90-minute visit unlocks the vigneron's craft through the cellars where wine aged in obscurity, now reopened to reveal how methods passed down since the 19th century still shape the bottles today. Sample two wines paired with light nibbles.

1h 30mfrom AUD $90

Flexible Private Tour of Rome with English Speaking Driver

★ 5.0 (61)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Flexible Private Tour of Rome with English Speaking Driver

Spend seven hours navigating Rome's iconic landmarks from a private air-conditioned vehicle, setting your own agenda. Your English-speaking driver provides commentary from behind the wheel, taking you past the Colosseum, Vatican, and beyond at whatever pace suits you. Perfect for first-timers after a solid overview or travellers short on time who want flexibility without rushing between sites on foot.

Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Venetian Sailor

A three-hour market-to-kitchen experience with a Venetian sailor who learned to cook from family recipes passed down through generations. Start at the Rialto Market selecting fresh seafood and regional Veneto ingredients, then head to his home kitchen to prepare and cook traditional dishes. His father produces wine on-site, adding another layer to the meal. The host tailors the menu around dietary preferences and allergies, drawing from a repertoire of old recipes rarely found in restaurants anymore.

3 hoursfrom AUD $167

★ 5.0 (61)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Private Paris Tour in a Classic 2CV

Explore Paris from the canvas roof of a vintage 2CV with a local guide who's been showing visitors round the city since 2010. This hour-long private drive takes you past the grand sights and quieter corners that make the city tick, with your guide sharing stories about what you're passing and offering insider tips on where to eat, drink, and spend your remaining time. You control the stops and the pace.

1 hourfrom AUD $201

Rome Fiat 500 day&night vintage Experience, with Roman photographer

★ 5.0 (61)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Rome Fiat 500 day&night vintage Experience, with Roman photographer

Explore Rome's quieter corners in a vintage Fiat 500 with a local photographer who doubles as your guide. This 2.5-hour tour hits the Aurelian walls, Cestia pyramid, Fontanone and beyond—either in daylight or after dark when the city empties out. You'll emerge with roughly 40 professionally shot images captured on a Nikon D850, plus hotel pickup and drop-off included.

2h 30mfrom AUD $215

Incredible Mekong Delta Tour 3-day from Ho Chi Minh City

★ 5.0 (61)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Vietnam

Incredible Mekong Delta Tour 3-day from Ho Chi Minh City

Paddle through the Mekong Delta's waterways over three days from Ho Chi Minh City, staying in both a homestay and hotel. You'll navigate the Tra Su Cajuput Forest by hand-rowed boat, catch sunrise at Cai Rang's floating market, pedal through villages on two wheels, and peek inside noodle factories and family workshops. Meals, transport, guide and all boat trips included.

Halong Amazing Sail Luxury 1 Day Small Group Tour 7-Hour Cruising

Sail Halong Bay's limestone karsts aboard a small-group luxury vessel carrying just 26 passengers. This 7-hour cruise departs Hanoi in a premium car, whisks you through waters scattered with dramatic stone formations, and returns by evening. You'll paddle a kayak or bamboo boat into hidden coves, eat fresh lunch whilst gliding past UNESCO-listed peaks, and learn how local fishing communities have worked these waters for generations. The ship itself—modern, spacious, with open decks and cabin retreats—keeps pace leisurely enough to absorb the bay's scale without rushing.

Colors of Incense village Hanoi Photo Tour

Spend six hours in Hanoi's incense-making village capturing the craft from sunrise to midday. Watch artisans shred bamboo, dye sticks crimson, and arrange them in sun-drying formations that create striking visual depth. An experienced photographer guides you through the village, helping you frame workers against the brilliant red bundles whilst learning how these sticks reach markets across Vietnam. Includes water, entrance fees, and air-conditioned transport.

Secret Venice, an unusual walk - Private Walking Tour

This two-hour private walking tour takes you through Venice's quieter quarters, steering clear of the crowded piazzas to reveal neighbourhoods where locals actually live. Your guide shares stories tied to the city's hidden architecture and lesser-known corners, helping you navigate passages and campos that most visitors miss. You'll leave feeling less like a tourist and more like someone who genuinely understands how Venice works.

Private kiteboarding lessons in Tarifa (adapted to every level)

Learn kiteboarding in Tarifa, Spain's wind capital, with a certified instructor during a dedicated 3-hour session tailored to your ability. Whether you're chasing your first taste of the sport or pushing towards the next level, you'll have one-on-one attention and your own kite—no sharing, no distractions. With 300 windy days annually, Tarifa delivers consistent conditions for progression and genuine skill-building.

Ubud White Water Rafting, Rice Terrace and Jungle Swing

This half-day Ubud adventure combines whitewater rafting through jungle gorges with visits to iconic rice terraces and a rope swing strung between forest canopies. You'll paddle moderate rapids on the Ayung River, stop to explore emerald-green paddies on foot, then launch yourself from the jungle swing before a buffet lunch rounds out the experience. It's a solid half-day if you want physical activity without committing to a full-day trek.

Rome: Street Food, Local Market and Hidden Gems Tour

Taste your way through Testaccio, Rome's working-class neighbourhood where locals actually eat. This 3.5-hour walking tour starts with a Maritozzo pastry in Trastevere, then crosses the Tevere to explore the bustling indoor market. A local guide steers you toward the best stalls for supplì, aged cheese, and traditional Roman fare, finishing with pasta lunch at a century-old trattoria built into an ancient mound, three wines, and seasonal dessert throughout.

2 Guests Private Prosecco Road Tour All Inclusive from Conegliano

A private five-and-a-half-hour tour through Prosecco Superiore DOCG territory, starting from Conegliano. You'll visit three distinct wineries, each offering different perspectives on how this sparkling wine is made and enjoyed. The route includes cellar tours, vineyard walks, and tastings paired with local food—cheese, cured meats, and bread—finishing back in town by mid-afternoon.

Calligraphy Workshop in Namba, Dotonbori

Learn traditional Japanese brush writing over two hours in central Osaka's bustling Namba district. A qualified instructor guides you through the fundamentals of calligraphy, from brush control to ink preparation, before you write your own name in kanji or katakana on coloured paper. You'll leave with a personalised handwritten keepsake and a genuine understanding of what makes this centuries-old art form tick. The workshop sits within walking distance of Dotonbori's neon-soaked streets and Kuromon Market's food stalls.

2 hoursfrom AUD $67

Osaka Private Tour with a Local Guide (Must See Places in 1 Day)

★ 5.0 (60)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Japan

Osaka Private Tour with a Local Guide (Must See Places in 1 Day)

Walk through Osaka's neighbourhoods in a single day with someone who lives here. This eight-hour private tour moves at your rhythm, hitting landmarks like Shitennoji Temple and Dotonbori whilst exploring the retro lanes of Shinsekai and quieter corners most visitors miss. Your guide speaks English and Japanese, knows where locals eat, and can adjust the itinerary to suit dietary requirements—halal, vegetarian, anything. Public transport gets you between spots; you set the pace.

8 hoursfrom AUD $179

From Sorrento: Full-Day Amalfi Coast Private Tour by car

★ 5.0 (60)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

From Sorrento: Full-Day Amalfi Coast Private Tour by car

A six to seven-hour private car tour departing Sorrento that lets you set the rhythm along the Amalfi Coast. Your local driver navigates the dramatic coastal roads while you stop where and when you choose—whether that's lingering in Positano's boutique quarter, examining Amalfi's cathedral, or catching sunset from Ravello's clifftop terraces. You'll discover viewpoints inaccessible to coach tours and receive recommendations for family-run restaurants beyond the tourist circuit.

6 hours – 7 hoursfrom AUD $787

Can Tho: Floating Market, Canals, Nature Reserve & Forest

★ 5.0 (60)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Vietnam

Can Tho: Floating Market, Canals, Nature Reserve & Forest

This 6.5-hour Can Tho tour combines two distinct Mekong experiences: catching the early rush at Cai Rang Floating Market, then shifting gears to explore Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve and its forest trails. You'll navigate narrow canals by sampan with a local boatman, stop at a traditional noodle factory, and hear from residents about their river-dependent routines. An English-speaking guide steers the day, moving between the market's energy and the quieter waterways where most visitors never venture.

Over Hai Van Pass Loop Tour from Hoi An

Ride the legendary Hai Van Pass on a guided motorcycle loop from Hoi An, tackling one of Vietnam's most celebrated mountain roads in under nine hours. Your guide—a seasoned rider fluent in English—navigates the switchbacks and coastal stretches whilst sharing local stories and history. Stops break the journey into manageable segments; you'll handle the bike on tarmac that ranges from highway to remote mountain passes to oceanside bends. All fuel, helmets, and entry fees are covered, with luggage transferred ahead so you travel light.

Tokyo Manga Drawing Experience Pro Artist Workshop & MangaHistory

Learn manga creation from a working professional in this three-hour workshop. You'll move through the complete process—concept, sketch, ink—with hands-on guidance tailored to your level. Whether you want to draw recognisable characters or develop your own, the artist coaches you through each stage. The workshop also covers manga's cultural origins and evolution, giving context to what you're creating rather than treating it as a standalone art class.

4 Islands Sunset Private Tour

Skip the midday crowds and explore four islands via private speedboat in the late afternoon, timing your visit when most tourists have departed. Based from Ao Nang or Railay, this seven-hour outing takes you to Poda, Chicken Island, Tup, and Yawasam, with chances to snorkel coral reefs and walk white-sand beaches. The highlight comes as light fades—watch the sun drop over Phranang Beach, then slip into the water for night snorkelling amongst bioluminescent plankton that glow as you move through them.

Kiyomizu Temple and Backstreets of Gion, Half Day Group Tour

A four-hour guided walk through Kyoto's most storied neighbourhoods, taking in Kiyomizu Temple's dramatic wooden stage and the lantern-lit alleyways of Gion. Your local guide unpacks the layers of Zen Buddhism and merchant-house heritage as you move between sites, letting you absorb far more than a solo wander would yield. Temple admission included.

Kyoto Private Tea Ceremony with Tea Master at Home

Step into a traditional Kyoto home for an intimate tea ceremony led by a practised tea master. Over one hour, you'll learn the deliberate gestures and philosophy underpinning this refined art form, prepare two bowls of premium Uji matcha, and taste seasonal wagashi from a heritage Kyoto confectioner. This is genuine practice in an authentic setting—no tourism theatre, no crowds, just you and the ritual.

Wine & Cooking Experience with Local Family at Cortecorbo Winery

Spend eight hours at Cortecorbo, a family-owned vineyard in Irpinia's wine country, learning winemaking from the proprietor before rolling out pizza dough in a wood-fired oven. A leisurely countryside lunch follows, with six wines—including the structured Taurasi DOCG—matched thoughtfully to each course. You'll walk the vines and cellars, cook alongside locals, and taste what serious Southern Italian viticulture produces. Suits couples, groups, and anyone after genuine hospitality without the tourist circuit.

8 hoursfrom AUD $167

Tokyo Highlights Private Custom Tour with Licensed Guide & Driver

★ 5.0 (59)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Japan

Tokyo Highlights Private Custom Tour with Licensed Guide & Driver

Spend eight hours exploring Tokyo's contrasts with a private guide and driver, moving between neon-lit neighbourhoods and tranquil temples. Visit Shinjuku's electric streets, the organised chaos of Shibuya Crossing, and Ginza's polished bars, then pivot to serene spaces like Meiji Shrine's forest paths and Asakusa's incense-filled temple grounds. Your guide navigates the city's layered personality—from salarymen culture to 17th-century gardens—leaving breathing room for the sights that resonate with you.

Tokyo Keen Japanese Knife and Sashimi Workshop (Tuna Don / Sushi)

Learn to handle Japanese knives and craft either tuna donburi or sushi in a two-hour hands-on workshop in Tokyo. You'll watch a chef demonstrate proper technique, practise knife skills on flour dumplings and real fish, then prepare your own bowl or rolls to eat straightaway. The experience includes sake tasting, a participation certificate, and 10% discount at the on-site shop.

Hanoi Street Food Tour with Local Guide

Spend three hours navigating Hanoi's laneways with a guide who's spent over a decade living here. You'll stop at neighbourhood spots to taste five to eight dishes and sample local drinks, moving through the city's food culture rather than its monuments. Anna handles recommendations, stories, and logistics—you handle the eating. Bottled water, coffee, tea, and dinner included.

Private Doge's Palace & St Mark's Basilica After Hours Night Tour

Explore Venice's two most iconic monuments on a private 3.5-hour evening tour. Start at the Doge's Palace, where your guide shares tales of imprisoned nobles within its ornate chambers and dungeons, then enter St Mark's Basilica after closing for exclusive access. Inside the hushed basilica, witness illuminated Byzantine mosaics adorning the golden ceilings, visit the Pala d'Oro altar, and descend to the crypt holding St Mark's remains. A rare chance to experience these landmarks without crowds.

3h 30mfrom AUD $625

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