14 January 2025
G Adventures has launched 25 new and exciting active adventures for 2025. Joining their hugely popular Active travel style, which grew 16% in 2024, the new trips will take travellers to new, lesser-explored regions in destinations including Japan, South Africa, Pakistan, the Balkans, Morocco, the Galapagos and Peru, with a strong focus on supporting local communities in the regions travellers visit.
Each trip highlights G Adventures’ commitment to providing the very best active experiences, taking travellers deeper into destinations, in the most immersive yet thrilling ways, from hiking and swimming to cycling and paddling – and more.
Within the new launch, there will be eight new trips in Japan, three in Morocco and two in Pakistan, an exciting new destination for G Adventures. The new trips cover three physical grading categories, including 3 (average), 4 (demanding) and 5 (challenging), with options for travellers with varying levels of fitness and differing appetites for higher-octane adventures.
Every destination has been specially selected to help disperse tourism within each country; so, not only will the trips take groups to new destinations, they will help take them off-the-beaten track in existing destinations, travelling beyond Kruger National Park in South Africa, skipping the city lights to witness the unsung southern islands of Japan or staying in a community guesthouse on a rarely seen island in the Galápagos.
Despite the ‘Active’ category and more physical focus, every trip is purposefully designed to delve deeper into destinations and support local communities, leaving time for interaction and reflection. Yet the trips don’t compromise on adventure – travellers may find themselves taking on steep hikes in Morocco’s lesser-known Rif Mountains, sandboarding down dunes just outside of Cape Town in South Africa or trekking mountain trails between Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.
Yves Marceau, VP of product for G Adventures, believes the new trips make the most of G Adventures’ much-loved active trip formula, while helping travellers experience more of the world via quiet hiking paths, rivers and bays.
“Travellers are seeking authentic experiences, but active ones, too,” he says. “Interest has soared in this category, with more travellers wanting to switch off and connect with the world on a more physical level. We’ve hand-picked destinations with the intention of looking beyond the usual trails and, instead, are bringing travellers to lesser-visited regions and villages, via incredible hiking routes, kayak trips and biking excursions, helping to support local communities who haven’t been able to benefit from tourism in the past,” he said.
