Expedition Asia - Asia Expedition

It would be easy to spend your entire gap year on an Asia expedition. Asia covers a vast area and the countries within it are extremely diverse, so an expedition to Asia offers all kinds of exciting possibilities. You can choose to either ‘tailor-make' an expedition to Asia or, alternatively, you could opt to travelIt would be easy to spend your entire gap year on an expedition to Asia. Asia covers a vast area and the countries within it are extremely diverse, so an expedition to Asia offers all kinds of exciting possibilities. You can choose to either ‘tailor-make' an expedition to Asia or, alternatively, you could opt to travel on an expedition to Asia that Real Gap has already put carefully put together. One of the best ways to really get ‘under the skin' of the countries you visit on an expedition to Asia is by getting involved with a worthwhile volunteer project. If you volunteer on an expedition to Asia you'll get to know the culture and people of a country on a far more intimate level than most other travellers and, at the same time, ‘give something back' to those less fortunate than yourself.

Expedition Asia - Southeast Asia

If you are after an extremely comprehensive and action-packed expedition to Asia, taking in a few countries, Real Gap's ‘Complete South East Asia Gap Year' may well be what you are looking for. This expedition to Asia takes in three of the region's most exciting countries - India, Thailand and Malaysia. One of the many great things about this expedition to Asia is its flexibility. You choose which ‘Expedition Asia' volunteer projects you would like work with in each of the countries and then build the rest of your itinerary around them - travelling for as little or long as you like wherever you want to go. The process of planning your expedition to Asia is made even easier by the fact that you are assigned your own travel adviser who'll help you plan your trip. You can contact your travel adviser at any point before you go or, for that matter, even once you are travelling on your expedition to Asia if you need to. The range of things you will see and do on this expedition is real ‘once-in-a-lifetime' stuff and the choice of volunteer projects is equally diverse - from working on an orang-utan conservation project in Borneo to helping out at an HIV shelter in Goa.

Expedition Asia - India

One of Real Gap's most intrepid and adventurous expeditions to Asia is the India Expedition. This expedition to India includes a tiger safari at Ranthambore, a six day trek in the Himalayas and a trip to the sacred Ganges River at the holy city of Haridwar. One of the most memorable and unique experiences of this expedition to India is a two-month stay at a village near the old colonial hill station of Darjeeling teaching English to local school children. Travellers on this expedition to India genuinely become an integral part of the local community during their time living in the village.

Expedition Asia - Trans Siberian Railway

One of the most fun ways to travel on an expedition to Asia is by travelling on the world famous Trans Siberian Railway. The Trans Siberian attracts backpackers and travellers from all over the world and is an exciting way to cover huge areas on an expedition to Asia by land. With Real Gap's Vodkatrain programme you can go on an amazing train journey through Russia, Mongola and China - taking in some of the most remote places on the planet in the process.

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