Our South Island Biking and Walking & Hiking trips have been popular for years, and we’re excited to announce that in 2021 for the first time we’re Multi-Adventuring to the South Island! This new trip features classic biking and hiking as well as an epic rafting adventure on the Kawarau River. Enjoy ever-changing natural beauty through your sunglasses, ocean mist in your face and island-fresh air in your lungs to complement that bit of sweat on your brow. Welcome to the South Island.

Experience a week of winding country roads, peaceful forests and villages brimming with old-world charm—bookended with stays in two of Europe’s most alluring capital cities. This brand-new itinerary connects for the first time these two iconic destinations, offering an unforgettable introduction to Central Europe and an amazing off-the-beaten path adventure.

We’re on the Italian side of the famous Matterhorn! While most visitors to this region stay on the Switzerland side, we’re getting off the beaten path and heading to this less-traveled corner of the Italian Alps. Experience Gran Paradiso, Monte Cervino and Rosa, a trio of majestic mountains. Lost-in-time huts and villages. An enchanting culture, exquisite fare and world-class hospitality. Epic hikes from hard-to-reach trailheads. Join us to discover this region of Italy we’re ecstatic to explore for the first time.

We’ve added a walking and hiking trip to our Quebec options, for the first time letting you discover on foot Quebec’s Charlevoix region, an enchanting landscape of lush forests and rolling hills lined with fjords, headlands and bays. Get to know quaint villages that have inspired artists for generations and savor the innovative farm-to-table cuisine that has redefined the area.

For the first time, Backroads is exploring the land of lochs by bike! Beyond the United Kingdom's provincial charm of stone cottages and country lanes, discover a place where the land still feels wild. Where relentless waves pound a craggy coastline, and where ruins and stone-walled villages hint at the centuries of human history here.

We’ve been exploring Chile for years, but never like this. Our new nine-day tour through the south of Chile combines stays at casual hotels with four nights aboard a luxurious small ship for access to the country’s most remote and beautiful sights. Discover stunning wilderness, gaze at rumbling glaciers and head to Patagonia to meet gauchos and ride horses. Come see Chile from a new perspective on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.