Mad to Miss: New Year’s Eve’s Around the World

For the past year, we’ve been featuring weird and wonderful festivals from around the globe.  In this, our last feature of its type for 2011, we’re dedicating it to New Year’s Eve. Click to see what YOU could e doing to celebrate the dawn of 2012.

We've over 20 trips running on the day itself and can't possibly feature all of them, but here's a few cherry picked suggestions for what YOU could be doing to celebrate New Year's Eve.

Where? Peru
What? Why wait until January 1st to make that resolution to get fit? Join our 17 days Lima to Cusco trip departing 20th December ex Lima and you could be trekking the Inca Trail en route to Machu Picchu, staying with our Quechua Indian hosts and being surrounded by some of the most breathtaking mountain scenery on the planet.


Where? Tanzania
What? Does the prospect of warm Indian ocean beaches and crystal clear waters sound more alluring than a night in with Big Ben? If so, jump aboard our 24 days Vic Falls to Nairobi trip, departing Livingstone on 15th December and you'll be living it up in Zanzibar when those clocks strike twelve...


Where? Kerala
What? You'll have just finished staying in a community homestay in the hills of Wayanad and will shortly be setting off for a boat trip through the backwaters of Kerala), but for the BIG NIGHT itself you'll be staying in the atmospheric and historic port city of Cochin. The 24 day Southern Indian adventure, from Mumbai to Chennai departs 17th December ex Mumbai. Masala dosa, anyone?