Tucan Travel

Specialties

Passionate about adventure travel since 1987, Tucan Travel offers 450+ escorted group tours, independent travel packages & Expedition Cruises. Take the adventure of a lifetime to Eastern Europe, the Middle East & North Africa, Asia & Russia, East & Southern Africa or Latin America & Antarctica.

Six reasons to choose Tucan Travel:

1. 450+ group tours, packages and cruises to 72 countries across 6 travel styles

2. Winner of Small Tour Operator of the Year in the prestigious British Travel Awards 2009; Nominated in World Travel Awards 2010.

3. Independently owned and operated by the same British/​Australian partnership since 1987.

4. We can proudly guarantee the quality of your adventure because we operate 95% of our group tours ourselves.

5. We own, operate and maintain our own fleet of modern expedition vehicles.

6. Our holidays are environmentally and socially responsible.

History

Established in 1987.

Travel addicts Pip and Liliana Tyler founded one of the first ever South American adventure tour companies in 1987 and named their business Tucan Travel, after the famous South American bird with its traditional Spanish spelling. As their reputation for offering excellent adventurous public transport tours spread and demand increased, the Tylers decided to expand and joined forces with fellow tour operator Matt Gannan in 1997, and with his fleet of expedition vehicles the company started pioneering many of the first overlanding routes in South America.

The directors’ formidable combined knowledge and ongoing passion for adventure travel drove Tucan Travel’s expansion to worldwide destinations in the early 2000s. Tucan Travel now offers adventures to 72 countries and is one of the most successful tour operators of its size in the world, with destinations including Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia and Russia, East and Southern Africa, Latin America and Antarctica.

Meet the Manager

Bec W.

Manager

Where You Come From: Originally from New Zealand.

Where You Live Now: London.

Interests: Music, film, rugby and of course travel.

Travel Experience: I started my travel career as a European tour leader in 1995, and in 1999 I began working for Tucan Travel as an Adventure tour Leader in Central America. I then spent the following 5 years working and travelling throughout Latin America, leading tours on all Tucan Travels adventure travel tour styles. In my years of travel I have been fortunate enough to have visited 90 countries and all 7 continents, having recently returned from the Galapagos Islands.

Favourite Place: San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico.

Best Travel Moment: Watching the baby turtles hatch from their nests on the beaches of Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.

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