This line-up of new trips and experiences for 2025 offers even more ways to spark positive change as you travel.
From fresh community-based tourism experiences to new opportunities to see firsthand the impact of projects supported by The Intrepid Foundation, here are just some of the ways you can make a difference on your next trip.
1. Hone your creativity at an art class with a difference in Vietnam
Show off your creative side at a hands-on art class that gives back on this Vietnam Family Holiday (Comfort). Visit Intrepid Foundation partner Vun Art to discover how they’re changing lives one scrap at a time with their handicrafts and apparel social enterprise. As you craft your own masterpiece, you’ll find out how the organisation works threefold to support and employ people with disabilities, preserve traditional handicraft skills and re-use scraps of local Van Phuc silk that would otherwise make their way to landfill.
2. Take a walk with a specialist conservation guide in Canada
Intrepid’s Grand Canadian Rockies trip welcomes a new outdoor experience to the mix in 2025. Hit the trails with a nature guide from Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) – an important conservation initiative spanning Yellowstone in the USA to Yukon Territory in Canada. Breathe in Banff’s beauty as you learn how Y2Y are doing their bit to connect, protect and create safe corridors that allow wildlife to roam, feed and reproduce freely.
3. Visit a food-focused Intrepid Foundation partner in Mexico
A new inclusion on this Real Mexico adventure adds new meaning to ‘muy bien’. The 18 to 35s trip now includes an exclusive visit to Intrepid Foundation partner Gastromotiva. Your Iocal leader will bring the ingredients and one of the organisation’s trainee chefs will whip up a special snack for you. Tuck in as you hear how they’re helping to address food scarcity and homelessness while promoting a sustainable food movement in Mexico City.
4. Meet rescued wildlife in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam
Fan favourite Classic Vietnam is kicking things up a notch with a new inclusion that takes you deep into Cuc Phuong National Park. Here, you’ll visit Intrepid Foundation partner Save Vietnam’s Wildlife and join a wildlife veterinarian at the centre to hear how they rescue, rehabilitate and release animals. Meet the long-term residents, including pangolins, otters and civets, hear their rescue stories and discover why they now call the shelter home.
5. Champion women’s rights in The Gambia
The new Senegal & The Gambia Adventure is one of two new West Africa trips launching in 2025. Get a window into these lesser-known places, knowing your travels are helping spread the benefits of tourism more widely. In Banjul you’ll visit the Saint Joseph Adult Education and Skill Centre to find out how they provide skills training for local women, and advocate for women and children’s rights.
6. Get hands-on helping pygmy elephants in Borneo
This Borneo Family Holiday Comfort trip has picked up a sweet new inclusion that really gets you closer to nature. In between exploring lush jungles, spotting orangutans and snorkelling around Dinawan Island, now you can add ‘supporting Borneo pygmy elephants’ to the list. Take a special visit to Intrepid Foundation partner RESPonsible Elephant Conservation Trust (RESPECT). You and the kids can plant some grass for the local pygmy elephants and hear how RESPECT is creating food solutions and habitats to help protect the endangered elephants.
7. Explore an under-the-radar neighbourhood on a street art tour in Spain
Be one of the first to land a spot on this new 18 to 35s Essential Spain and Portugal trip. Spend 11 days soaking up the best of these sun-kissed southern European countries – from Lisbon to Barcelona. Sidestep the crowds as you explore one of Madrid’s lesser-known neighbourhoods during a street art tour with a local guide and graffiti fanatic. Find out how these experiences support sustainable tourism, learn the backstories of local artists and maybe even try your hand at some stencil graffiti, too.
Find out what else is new for 2025 with The Goods.
