Explore launches new foodie trips

Explore launches new foodie trips

Explore Worldwide celebrates the launch of ten new flavour-packed gastronomic tours in Asia, South America and Europe.

Explore’s new series of food adventures, Taste of the World, promises to put the destinations’ cuisine front and centre of its itineraries while exploring the highlights, cities and sites.

Plus, agents can get 5 per cent off the first departure on any new trip.

Michael Edwards, Explore’s managing director, said food is one of the most important things about immersive, cultural travel.

“Personally, I’m a huge foodie, and I’m delighted to introduce these new tours that really showcase the best culinary experiences in the countries we visit – from markets and cooking demos to homemade meals shared with locals,” Edwards said.

“I have no doubt they will be received well by travel advisors.”

Japan Food Adventure (supplied)

Travellers can choose from itineraries in Tuscany, Portugal, India, Jordan, Georgia, Peru, Vietnam and Japan.

Here’s a sample of these mouth-watering itineraries:

  • Japan Food Adventure – 11 nights from $8150
    Travel through a land of contrasting flavours, from the freshest seafood in ultra-modern Tokyo, Hida beef and sake in mountainous Takayama, to Uji green tea capital and a private tea ceremony in historic Kyoto. Stay in a family-run ryokan, ride the bullet train, visit Kenrokuen’s landscaped gardens and try your hand at wagashi making.
  • Peru Food Adventure – 9 nights from $5770
    Peru’s award-winning food scene spans flavours from fresh coastal tang to the earthy mountains, using local ingredients that harness the magic of Pachamama (Mother Earth). Learn how to create ceviche in Lima, eat an Andean lunch from a Quechua earth oven and visit a potato engineer in the Sacred Valley. All the while exploring Peru’s deep-rooted Indigenous and Hispanic culture, culminating at the magnificent Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
  • Tuscany Food Adventure – 7 nights from $4070
    A field-to-fork journey around southern Tuscany, tasting the flavours of its produce and regional wines and cuisine spending time on farms and wine estates, in beautiful hilltops towns and the Medieval city of Siena.

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