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Best regards
Zmags
2025 – 2026
SMALL GROUP
EXPLORATIONS
AFRICA | ASIA | EUROPE | THE AMERICAS
Jaclyn Leibl-Cote
Chief Executive Officer
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Welcome to Explorations. Traveller, these pages
are filled with adventure and discovery. We started
designing small group tours in 2008, curating
programs that take you off the beaten path and give
you access to places that bigger groups can't go.
We call them experience-fuelled tours for culturally
curious travellers.
This past year, I set off with a small group to
explore Umbria. We searched for the elusive truffle
mushrooms with a local hunter and his dogs.
We learned to make pasta with Francesca, a local
(spoiler alert: it's better in l'Italia). From Peru to
Finland, I've had the privilege to meet travellers
like you on the road.
My next adventure will be to Africa to explore Kenya
and Tanzania with
2025 – 2026 SMALL GROUP EXPLORATIONS AF
Jaclyn Leibl-Cote Chief Executive Officer 2
African Safari Learn more on pg.
50+ TOURS WORLDWIDE Will you share lunch wi
Italy’s Treasures . . . . . . . . . .
THE EXPLORATIONS TRAVELLER You’re savvy, confiden
gocollette.com.au 7
Peruvian Weaver Learn more on pg. 112 8
THE EXPLORATIONS DIFFERENCE Is your favour
BY TRAVELLERS. FOR TRAVELLERS. Aran Islands
SMALL GROUP JOURNEYS EXPERTLY PLANNED. EXPERTLY L
TRAVEL THAT’S GOOD During small group Exploration
Amal Training Center, Morocco IMPACT MOMENTS
WE’LL HANDLE THE DETAILS SO YOUR HOLIDAY IS W
Municipality of Heraklion Learn more on pg. 66
Peaks of Europe: The Alps to The Dolomites Learn
EUROPE
THE DANGEROUS COST OF OLIVE OIL Travellers on ou
Senior Product Design Manager Shannon Levi explai
NEW TOUR THE BALKANS FROM COASTAL CROATIA TO LE
Day 6: Sarajevo - Mostar - Dubrovnik, Croatia Thi
MAJESTIC CITIES OF CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE
Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin dinner mixes with loc
MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL JOURNEY 15 DAYS • 24 M
Truffle Hunting lunch and a taste of its locally
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS OF FINLAND 7 DAYS •
Finnish tradition, around an open fire, inside a
ICELANDIC ADVENTURE 9 DAYS • 15 MEALS STA
Circle and dedicated to finding and testing forei
COUNTRYSIDE OF THE EMERALD ISLE 10 DAYS
Islands, highlighting their struggles with the el
THE BEST OF IRELAND 14 DAYS • 22 MEALS
Hurling Experience Belfast Peace Wall a folk vi
SCOTLAND: LAND OF LORE & LEGEND 10 DAYS
Glasgow with your Tour Manager to neighbouring Ed
COASTS & COUNTRYSIDES OF ENGLAND FEATURIN
Liverpool Strawberry Fields coach to Shrewsbury
EXPLORING IBERIA: SOUTHERN SPAIN TO COASTAL PORTU
Day 6: Cordoba Begin your day immersing yourself
FLAVOURS OF PORTUGAL & SPAIN FEATURING TH
Douro River Day 6: Porto - Douro Valley Today,
NEW TOUR PORTUGAL’S OLD-WORLD CHARMS FEATURING D
for an afternoon at leisure. Later this afternoon
THE AZORES: JEWELS OF PORTUGAL 12 DAYS • 18 MEA
Home Hosted Dinner Angra do Heroismo, Terceira
ESSENCE OF FRANCE PARIS, PROVENCE & THE FRENCH R
Perfume Workshop Cassis Le Cours Mirabeau. This
CANALS, CHAMPAGNE & CULTURE: A JOURNEY THR
Bruges Eiffel Tower Day 6: Bruges - World War I
PEAKS OF EUROPE: THE ALPS TO THE DOLOMITES
Aiguille du Midi Seefeld Carriage Ride of Europ
BEST OF ITALY 11 DAYS • 16 MEALS STA
flatbread, and pasta staples such as handmade tag
TUSCAN & UMBRIAN COUNTRYSIDE 10 DAYS • 15 MEA
Siena Truffle Hunting Dogs tasting, pairing win
ITALY'S TREASURES ART, FOOD & WINE OF ITALY 11
Day 6: Tuscany - Florence - Tuscany Welcome to Fl
ITALY: AMALFI COAST TO PUGLIA 13 DAYS • 19
to gaze out at the azure waves below -OR- hike th
SICILY AND ITS ISLES 13 DAYS • 20 MEALS
Olive Grove Palermo Market against the rules th
NEW TOUR OLD WORLD SICILY & MALTA 11 DAYS •
Ragusa Taormina affair, traditionally consistin
TREASURES OF TURKEY FEATURING ISTANBUL, ANCIE
protected example of Ottoman Christian architectu
NEW TOUR GEMS OF GREECE: ATHENS, NAXOS
Chania chance to take a dip in the Aegean Sea’s
African Safari: Kenya & Tanzania Learn more on pg
AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
BEYOND THE SAFARI: WHY VENTURING INTO TOWNSHIPS M
“Townships are not typically places that a touris
NEW TOUR NAMIBIA & SOUTH AFRICA: EPIC LANDS
Day 7: Etosha National Park Early this morning, d
THE PLAINS OF AFRICA KENYA WILDLIFE SAFARI 13
Game Drive Ocean Sole sure your binoculars are
ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY ON Tanzania POST-TOUR EXTEN
THE PLAINS OF AFRICA Day 17: Serengeti National
AFRICAN SAFARI: KENYA AND TANZANIA 15 DAYS •
lunch and venture out on your first Serengeti adv
ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY ON Masai Mara PRE-TOUR EXTE
AFRICAN SAFARI: KENYA & TANZANIA Zanzibar POST-T
WILDERNESS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA: SAFARI BY
Day 7: Hwange National Park This morning, searc
EXPLORING SOUTH AFRICA, VICTORIA FALLS & BOTSWA
Day 7: Pilanesberg National Park Before sunrise,
COLOURS OF MOROCCO 14 DAYS • 27 MEALS
Riad, Fes Amal Women's Training Center night st
ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY ON Northern Morocco: Chefch
COLOURS OF MOROCCO influence in northern Morocc
JOURNEY THROUGH EGYPT & JORDAN 13 DAYS • 28 ME
M/S Blue Shadow Day 6: Dead Sea - Fly to Cairo,
Wonders of Thailand Learn more on pg. 102 92
ASIA
A CAFÉ OF COURAGE: MEETING THE WOMEN OF SHEROES H
“At first, it can be an overwhelming experience,”
MYSTERIES OF INDIA 14 DAYS • 26 MEALS
hotel to relax -OR- experience an Impact Moment w
NEW TOUR JAPAN & SOUTH KOREA: FROM TOKYO TO
take the plunge and learn about the history and s
KINGDOMS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA VIETNAM, CAMBODIA,
an introduction to the local tailoring culture in
WONDERS OF THAILAND 15 DAYS • 24 MEALS
hill tribe village to learn from locals about the
Peru: Machu Picchu & Lake Titicaca Learn more on
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
MEET THE GAUCHOS OF PATAGONIA Travellers on our
“Travellers go to Patagonia for the nature, but t
NEW TOUR ESSENTIAL SOUTH AMERICA FEATURIN
La Boca, Buenos Aires Estancia guided tour of B
COSTA RICA: A WORLD OF NATURE 12 DAYS • 23
local family and try homemade snacks such as bana
PERU: MACHU PICCHU AND LAKE TITICACA 11 DAYS
Weaving Spend the afternoon with your guide unc
ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY ON Peruvian Amazon Cruise PO
PERU: MACHU PICCHU AND LAKE TITICACA giant tree
MACHU PICCHU & GALAPAGOS WONDERS FEATURI
choose an optional excursion to Machu Picchu at s
PATAGONIA: EDGE OF THE WORLD FEATURING ARGENT
Day 7: Torres del Paine National Park Set out to
reakfasts (B) • 10 Lunches (L) • 10 Dinners (D)
Elephant Island, named for the shape of its cliff
Roaming Coastal Maine Learn more on pg. 128 122
NORTH AMERICA
WELCOME TO CAMP KAPAPA Travellers learn about Na
AT CAMP KAPAPA By Amy Barone, poet and Collette t
MONTANA: EXPLORING BIG SKY COUNTRY 11 DAYS •
trolley tour. See the opulent mansion district, m
ROAMING COASTAL MAINE 7 DAYS • 9 MEALS
Visit the Maine Tasting Center to try a variety o
ALASKA'S NORTHERN LIGHTS 7 DAYS • 11 MEALS
Day 5: Fairbanks Enjoy a full day at leisure in t
Frequently Asked Questions Accommodation What is
Reservation Information 1. Booking Conditions Th
cancel your holiday, you will be responsible for
14. Force Majeure Except where otherwise expressl
ACTIVITY LEVELS Tour Activity Levels help to set
TRAVEL YOU CAN TRUST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY From l
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COMING SOON NEW SMALL GROUP TOURS Picture this.