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Adventure on a budget?

Chasing Thrills on a Budget: The call of adventure whispers in your ear, but your wallet whispers back a different tune.  We know that travel is something that we work hard to save for.  But at Tucan Travel, we know that with careful planning and savvy shopping, you can still have an epic adventure worldwide […]

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Zoe’s Trans Mongolian Adventure

The Trans Mongolian Railway holds a certain mystique for adventure travellers. It’s one of the classic overland routes like the Trans Siberian which keeps attracting curious travellers every year. Part of my job at Tucan Travel is to organise the accommodation and the trains for the clients travelling on our Trans Mongolian Railway tour, which […]

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Feeling at peace in Lake Bled

‘After you’ve finished we can take a pletna out to Bled Island.’ She said smiling. ‘There’s no rush is there?’ I replied, snapping out of my reverie. ‘No, no. You savour your kremna rezina. No-one rushes at Lake Bled.’ I skewered another piece of delicate pastry on the end of my fork and gestured towards […]

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Charming Transylvania

When you think of Romania the first thing that comes to a lot of peoples’ minds is Transylvania and Dracula. It is true that there is plenty of myth around the infamous vampire, however Romania is much more than this one story. It is a world of quaint wooden villages, horse drawn carts, rolling fields […]

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Maramures and the Merry Cemetery, Romania

A full day excursion through the northwestern Romanian region of Maramures, home to many villages where century-old traditions are still part of daily life, has been added to the itinerary of our tours that cross from Hungary to Romania, such as our Transylvania Tale tour.  This addition enables us to explore the traditional rural lifestyle […]

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Preparing for long trips: how to plan for a year with just two outfits

It can seem pretty overwhelming when you first contemplate leaving your normal life behind for a year. Especially if normal involves a house and other possessions that need to be looked after while you’re away. The trick is to find someone you can trust to mind your stuff, check your mail, pay your bills or […]

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7 of the best ways to save up for the trip of a lifetime

You have researched your top 10 destinations, earmarked your favourite pages in the travel brochures, and even started learning some basic Thai but here comes the tricky bit- how do you save up for the trip of your dreams? Travelling can be expensive, but luckily for you we have come up with 7 top tips […]

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Farewell Natalia- and good luck!

Our very own Natalia who has worked at Tucan Travel for a number of years is undertaking an exceptional challenge. She and the rest of the Coxless Crew are a four woman team who are attempting to achieve a world first by rowing 8,446 miles across the Pacific Ocean unsupported. They will be rowing out […]

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Honeymoons with a difference

There are 3 important questions during wedding season.1) Will you marry me?2) Do you take XX to be your lawful wedded spouse?3) Where shall we go on our honeymoon? Now we can’t help you with the first two unfortunately (unless you happen to get engaged on one of our tours) but we can definitely help […]

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Walking on the wild side- The best places for amazing nature

So the first film you ever watched was the Lion King. You used to always drag your family to the zoo every weekend and your collection of stuffed toys was out of hand. You also became a PRO at photography and got great shots of the neighbour’s dog doing something viral worthy. Now though, you’re […]

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