Explore The Earth With GeoCultura
If 2022 was the year of returning to travel, then 2023 is the year of making those travel plans count. To that end, a new tour company is offering scientists and scholars as guides to key destinations with spectacular cultural and geologic histories
London-based GeoCultura LTD is launching some 19 tour departures in 2023 that will take curious and enquiring travellers through the deserts, prairies and forests of North America, to the rocky crags of Scotland, and to the hidden highlights of Southern England, in small groups led by scholastic leaders in the fields of geology and history.
And the new tour operator also offers travel advisors a commission of 15% on its tours.
Travel that counts is travel that adds wisdom and experience to those who venture, and brings that much more understanding about the world we inhabit.
Consider a tour that moves beyond the bounds of Outlander to revisit the history and conflicts that shaped the DNA of the North West Scottish Highlands. The Highlands scenery provides a dramatic background for groups of 12 to 14 people to visit seminal sights in Scottish history and learn how geology influenced battles, castles and wars.
Or it may be travel that is focused on the influences at play in the shaping of what is now the United States. For instance, a GeoCultura tour that runs from Philadelphia, PA to western Massachusetts looks at American Revolutionary War locales where geology played a role in the outcome of events.
A particularly poignant and timely journey for 2023 happens in May as the world witnesses the first coronation of a British sovereign in more than 70 years.
London, Stonehenge, Bath, and the Jurassic Coast: A geo-culture tour of Southern England begins just after King Charles III is crowned, travels to amazing English locations and returns to London.
The tour links Victorian and Georgian history with the pre-history and landscapes of Southern England: Stonehenge, the Georgian splendor of Bath and the delights of such Jurassic Coast sites as Lulworth Cove and Chesil Beach. Guests immerse themselves in the rolling landscapes of Thomas Hardy’s novels while going on fossil hunts, visiting cathedrals and castles, and taking in the magical waters of Bath.
Here in Canada, GeoCultura offers a Rockies and Badlands trip – check it out at https://www.geoculturaworld.com/tours/14-the-rockies-and-the-badlands-geology-and-dinosaurs-in-canada
GeoCultura tours range from three nights and four days to eight nights and nine days, and every tour is steeped in eye-opening tales that show how the earth, the land, the people and the pervading influences of various eras connected to bring us to where we are today.
Rob Knipe, Chairperson at GeoCultura, said: “The first germ of an idea for GeoCultura started when a group of friends got together to plan a trip. We wanted something that allowed us to visit spectacular landscapes and rocks while also enjoying the best the region had to offer. And GeoCultura was born.”
Tour managers work hand in hand with regional focus experts to assure that while groups and individuals are being looked after with care, no topic goes unexplained, no question goes unanswered. Thus, illuminating and often sea-changing experiences offer guests wisdom and understanding that lingers well beyond the bounds of the tour.
GeoCultura tours bring a robust roster of science experts to the planning and execution of each tour, maintaining an “earth-first” focus for every itinerary to reveal how landscapes and “deep time” geology continue to shape the history and culture of our planet.
Tours start at around $2,000 per person (double), including meals, fees and transportation. A modicum of fitness is required, although walking distances are reasonable and terrains are clear and well maintained. A reading list for each tour is available for those whose interests extend beyond a surface glint. Accommodations are chosen for their historic significance or qualities that complement tour themes.
For more, go to www.geoculturaworld.com .
