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Take advantage of our regional departures, making it easier than ever to start your dream holiday.

At Jules Verne, we believe in providing seamless travel experiences that prioritise your comfort and convenience. That's why all our meticulously crafted holidays include flights, ensuring a hassle-free journey from start to finish. with over 45 years of expertise, we take care of every detail, allowing you to focus on enjoying your adventure.

We understand the importance of flexibility in departure airports and are thrilled to offer a growing selection of small group tours and cruises departing from regional UK airports. Enjoy convenience, affordability, and a seamless travel experience right from your doorstep. On selected tours and dates, we offer departures from Manchester. Birmingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. Transfers are provided when you arrive at your chosen overseas location to ensure smooth arrangements on the tour.

As trailblazers in travel, we create journeys that go beyond the ordinary, bringing you closer to the world’s most remarkable places. Crafted with a true spirit of adventure at heart, our immersive small group tours and cruises will inspire you to discover, connect and make memories that will last a lifetime.

Sit back, relax, and let us handle the details. so your holiday begins the moment you step on board. Your travel experience is our priority from start to finish.

Why book with Jules Verne?
• Small groups and big experiences
• Exceed expectations with special touches
• Pioneering spirit with peace of mind
• Expert-guided and carefully crafted

Sri Lanka Splendours: Cultural Triangle to Coast

Delve deep into the heart of Sri Lanka on this all-encompassing, two-week tour taking in the highlights – from ancient palaces to hidden-away hill towns, Buddhist kingdoms to sprawling national parks

Read More 15 nights from £3425

Silk Road Adventure: Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara & Samarkand 

Experience Uzbekistan’s Silk Road cities, from metropolitan Tashkent to Old Khiva’s towers and cupolas, across the Kyzylkum Desert to beautiful Bukhara, and into exotic Samarkand

Read More 11 nights from £2495

Wild India's Safaris & Parks

A wonderful wildlife tour of India’s sanctuaries and National Parks, this ‘back to nature’ journey visits seven reserves, variously renowned for rare river-dwellers and flocks of birds, blackbuck antelopes and the Indian Wild Ass, tigers, leopards, and Asiatic lions

Read More 14 nights from £4885

Kenya Safari Adventure: Big Five, Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru

A splendid safari to the wide savannahs, glittering lakes and Great Rift Valley. This tour reveals the world’s most famous wildlife spectacle in their natural habitats of national parks and reserves

Read More 9 nights from £4125

Rovos Rail to Victoria Falls: South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique & Zimbabwe

A great rail journey through southern Africa, this tour carries you in luxury aboard the Rovos Rail, and includes sumptuously scenic excursions, and safaris in renowned national parks, on its route from Pretoria to Zimbabwe’s iconic Victoria Falls Hotel

Read More 16 nights from £8645

Botswana Explorer: Wildlife, Wetlands & Savannahs

There really is a sense of African adventure on this enthralling expedition, which takes you off the beaten track to the Kalahari Desert camp of Nxai Pan, to the watery wilderness of isolated Pom Pom Island

Read More 10 nights from £8995

South Africa’s Garden Route & Cape Winelands Highlights

From cosmopolitan Cape Town to the Cape of Good Hope, from the splendid Swartberg mountains to the gorgeous Garden Route, and from winsome towns to white sands and winelands, this is a leisurely tour of South Africa’s culture, colour, and nature

Read More 14 nights from £4075

Uganda Jungle Safari: Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife

An unforgettable wildlife experience as we tour four of Uganda’s fabulous national parks, and track the silverback gorillas in their Impenetrable Forest

Read More 11 nights from £6695

South Africa Grand Tour: Safari, Johannesburg & Cape Discovery

From cities to townships and tribal communities, from Garden Route scenery to Winelands estates and historic battlefields, and from wildlife game drives to lake and harbour cruises, this multi-faceted tour reveals South Africa’s landscapes, culture, and heritage

Read More 23 nights from £6785

Kenya Safari Highlights: Masai Mara, Amboseli & Elementaita

From the foot of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, to the lakes of the Great Rift Valley, and the route of the wildebeests’ Great Migration, this safari includes the elephants of Amboseli, birdlife on the shores of Elementaita, and the Big Cats of the Masai Mara

Read More 7 nights from £3045

South Africa Highlights: Cape Town, Kruger & Winelands

From cosmopolitan Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard to the vineyard slopes of the Winelands, from the streets of Soweto to safaris in Kruger National Park, and the spectacular scenery of the Panorama Route, this is South Africa at its varied, vivid best

Read More 10 nights from £4075

Wildlife, Johannesburg & Battlefields of South Africa

Exploring Pretoria and Johannesburg, taking safaris in Kruger, visiting legendary battlefields, and touring through terrific scenery on the Panorama Route, this African adventure adds the wildlife reserves and cultural character of Zululand and Eswatini

Read More 13 nights from £4645

Namibia by Rovos Rail: Walvis Bay to Pretoria

Explore the astonishing landscapes and wonderful wildlife of Namibia, crossing the mesmerising miles of this vast country in the comfort of the Rovos Rail train, from Etosha National Park to the saltpan of Sossusvlei, and the Namib and Kalahari Deserts

Read More 15 nights from £9845

Seychelles Cruise: Islands, Beaches & Reefs

Cruise the Garden of Eden on this unique island-hopping voyage through the paradise isles of the Seychelles archipelago, uncovering white sandy beaches and incredible wildlife. From dots on the map in Ste. Anne Marine Park, to the diversity on lively Mahé, discovering the culture and nature of this Creole nation

Read More 8 nights from £4045

Serengeti & The Great Migration Safari

A truly terrific touring ground, Tanzania boasts Africa’s highest mountain, largest lake, most ancient fossils, and most famous safaris. This tour takes you to witness the Great Migration from the elevated balconies of unique Bush Rovers

Read More 11 nights from £5545