Just a four hour drive from the northern city of Hanoi sits one of Asia's most beautiful landscapes. It almost doesn't make sense for a traveler to spend time in Hanoi, and not visit Halong Bay. That's why most of Global Basecamps' customized Vietnam tours include at least a one night stay on the bay.

...again! For the second time in as many years, National Geographic Traveler Magazine has honored Global Basecamps by naming our tour as one of their "50 Tours of A Lifetime" for 2015.

The tour in question is our "Myanmar & Southern China: Places Unexplored." We're so proud!

Easter Island is really one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The nearest continent is over 2,000 miles away, which makes travel here its own kind of challenge. Though we must have it easier than the Polynesians who originally inhabited the place some time between one and two thousand years ago. If that seems like a non-specific amount of time, this is but one of the many mysteries about Easter Island that will trouble you.

Too much tourism can affect a country in some negative ways. Travel can cause pollution, travel can push people off their desirable land in favor of large, foreign-owned resorts, and travel can bring unwanted change to a country’s culture. Islands in the Caribbean Sea along big cruise ship routes can attest to this phenomenon. While tourism brings employment and money, it’s not all necessarily good news.