Plan your 2026 escape, with savings on Utah’s red canyons, Scotland’s wild isles and more 👀
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Hello,
This Halloween, we’re handing out all treats and no tricks – just the promise of your next great adventure.
Book between 31 October and 30 November to enjoy £150 per person off five of our favourite 2026 tours.
Whether you dream of tracing red-rock trails through Utah’s national parks, discovering the emerald edge of Ireland’s west coast or crossing Scotland’s island-studded seas, this is your chance to make next year extraordinary.
So while the nights draw in and the ghosts and ghouls roam outside, give yourself something to look forward to.
Scroll down to find your discount code treats.
Yours,
Rob
Rob Knipe
Chairman, Emeritus Professor and Tour Guide
Save £150pp on these 5 tours
7 days exploring Utah's untamed landscapes, from the deep time of earth history to stories of Native Americans, early explorers, miners, outlaws and Mormon settlers.
Use discount code NLUTAH150
📅 Apr & Sep 2026
West Ireland tour: Galway Bay & Cliffs of Moher
Spend 7 days exploring a side of Ireland that refuses to conform to the island’s signature green landscapes.
Use discount code NLWEST150
📅 May & Aug/Sep 2026
Scotland travel tour –Highlands, Skye & Outer Hebrides
From Edinburgh, spend 6 nights discovering the legends, landscapes, history and geology of the Highlands, Isle of Skye, Harris and Lewis.
Use discount code NLOUTER150
📅 May/Jun & Jun 2026
Splendours of the Italian Alps
Join a 6-night journey through Italy’s Alpine heart, where towering peaks, ancient empires and vanished oceans meet.
Use discount code NLALPS150
📅 Jul 2026
Highlights of Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way
Spend 6 nights venturing beyond the picture-perfect postcards into the heart and soul of the Emerald Isle, from Dublin to the rugged Atlantic coast.
Use discount code NLWILD150
📅 Jul 2026
Stories to inspire your next journey
5 of the creepiest landscapes on earth
It takes a certain combination of factors to make a landscape creepy – endless fires, swarming snakes and sinister seas can have the right effect!
In the spirit of Halloween, we’ve tracked down some of the most unusual and unsettling landscapes from across the world. Read on if you dare…
3 curious things for inquisitive travellers
🎃 Darwin’s nerve-racking Halloween
On 31 October 1832, Charles Darwin wasn’t dodging ghosts — he was navigating revolution. According to his diary, HMS Beagle was anchored near Montevideo, refitting and preparing for new surveys along the coast of Patagonia. During this time, Darwin roamed the rocky coasts of Uruguay and Argentina, collecting fossils and perhaps dodging the gunfire exchanged by the local forces in this notoriously unstable region. His was a different kind of fright night.
🌋 A Halloween island emerges
Just before Halloween 1963, the seabed off Iceland began to stir. By mid-November, Surtsey erupted from the deep, giving birth to a brand new island. It’s one of the best-documented cases of a new island forming from volcanic activity – and a reminder that, like some of the souls of those who went before us, the Earth doesn’t rest, least of all on Halloween!
😁 Something encouraging, not frightening!
And finally, here's something that's lifted our spirits, rather than chilled our bones! Earlier this month, a reader of The Times wrote to the Travel Doctor asking for a recommendation for a first-time trip to the Isles of Scilly with a budget of under £2,000 and a focus on history, wildlife, accommodation and good food. What did the doctor prescribe? Our 6-day Isles of Scilly tour, of course!
A word from our guests
"I am delighted to return the form and cannot honestly say enough good things about this wonderfully amazing tour. Ali and Phoebe were the best tour guides I've ever travelled with – they are both gems, and if you wrote to tell me they would be together on another tour, I'd sign up immediately."
– Glorenda D, Scotland travel tour: Highlands, Skye & Outer Hebrides, May 2025
Why travel with GeoCultura?
We take you beyond the landscape. Uncover the stories behind the view on our expert-led, small-group tours. We do private and bespoke tours, too.
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