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Geckos Adventures: Adventure tours for 18-29 year olds

Geckos Adventures is an adventure travel company for 18-29 year olds. We offer over 100 different trips in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Our focus is on immersive travel experiences, which is why we use local guides, public transport and locally-owned accommodations on our tours.  We keep our group size small and reduce our footprint through carbon offsetting, while ensuring awesome grassroots adventures for our travellers.

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On a Geckos Adventures trip, you’ll hang out with people your own age, see stuff the coach-loads of tourists never knew existed and have plenty of time to do your own thing along the way. We tread lightly, think locally and make sure all our trips are helping not hindering the places we visit. #r...

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