Trains, Planes and Hot Air Balloons: How to Get to Mongolia, Burma and Bhutan
We offer journeys of a lifetime to our three destinations: Mongolia, Bhutan and Burma, but how do you get there? In this blog post we recommend the best ways to travel to Mongolia, Bhutan and Burma,...
View ArticleEarthquake Nepal: April 2015
On a Good Day, the hills of Nepal are Heaven on Earth. Saturday was not a Good Day. While the relief effort and the media are understandably focused on the tragic devastation in urban areas, hundreds...
View ArticlePJ’s Monthly Roundup: April 2015
An exciting training day was attended by all our PJUB team last week which focused on travel and tourism in the beautiful Gobi Desert. With inspiration for new itineraries, sights, attractions and...
View ArticleTop 5 Adventure Travel Books
This week, our office adventurer, Melissa, has given her top 5 adventure travel books which she feels would offer inspiration to whoever reads them. How many times a day, week or month, do you mentally...
View ArticleWhere to go in Mongolia
Mongolia is one of the most sparsely populate countries in the world with a population of just 3 million people in an area of 1,564,116 km². To give you more of an idea, the UK would fit into Mongolia...
View ArticlePJ’s Monthly Roundup: May 2015
News and updates from Panoramic Journeys in the UK and beyond. This month, an update from Anna and the PJUB team who are busy preparing for the season ahead… XIII century camp visit Some of our UB...
View ArticleTop 5: Mongolia’s National Parks
To continue the celebrations of World Environment Day, Melissa has written about her top 5 favourite national parks in Mongolia which are all unique to their respective regions. 1. Gorkhi-Terelj No...
View ArticleAn interview with Kate Humble: Living with nomads in Mongolia
We have very much enjoyed watching the “Kate Humble: Living with Nomads” series on BBC Two. In this week’s third and final episode, Kate travels to Mongolia to experience nomadic life in one of...
View ArticleDirecting & producing ‘Kate Humble: Living with Nomads’
Following the success of Kate Humble: Living with Nomads series on BBC 2 and her time spent with the nomads of Mongolia in particular, we were keen to speak with director, producer and filmmaker Alexis...
View ArticlePJ’s Monthly Roundup: June 2015
Both Mongolia and the UK have been experiencing such wonderful weather lately, it’s making us all want to go on holiday, but we all flat out preparing for our busiest time in the season; the Naadam...
View ArticlePJ’s Top 5 Tshechus (festivals) in Bhutan
Have you ever seen monks performing sacred Cham dances alongside cymbals smashing whilst horns are blowing? From folklore performances to naughty clowns – locals flock from the surrounding villages...
View ArticlePJ’s Monthly Roundup: July 2015
Well we can hardly call the weather in the UK our ‘summer’ or anything to brag about at the moment, but we are so glad the weather in Mongolia for our busiest month at PJUB has been more reliable!...
View ArticleTop 5 Festivals in Burma
Leave the mud and day-long queues to the portaloos of the Great British festival season behind and head East to experience some of the most magical celebrations of the Burmese calendar. From...
View ArticleTop 5 Festivals in Mongolia
Mongolian Festivals take place throughout the year and are mostly celebrations of Mongolian Culture. Being fairly evenly spaced throughout the year, we have selected some of our favourite festivals,...
View ArticleNo more Indian Embassy visits; get your Indian visa online!
The PJ team are thrilled to announce that India has finally opened up its e-visa system to UK passport holders, amongst 112 others, so no need to visit the Indian Embassy in person anymore! This means...
View ArticleTravel Broadens the Menu: Top 9 of Bhutanese Cuisine
Good food is an essential part of any holiday. The quality of the food in Bhutan comes as a very pleasant surprise – based largely on grains and fresh vegetables, there is lots of choice for...
View ArticleTravel Broadens the Menu: Top 9 of Burmese Cuisine
Cuisine in Burma (Myanmar) is a cross between Chinese and Indian, and a typical family meal consists of liberal servings of rice, usually eaten with a curry that will be slightly different from the...
View ArticleTravel Broadens the Menu: Top 9 of Mongolian Cuisine
Mongolian culture has proved to always put more importance on survival rather than taste. Although the capital of Ulaanbaatar boasts an extensive array of restaurants from all over the world, tastes in...
View ArticleLimited on time? Our favourite short break with just 4 days in Bhutan
In an ideal world you might like to travel the trains through India, cross the border to Bhutan on an elephant, trek the mighty Himalayas and cycle from Punakha before relaxing on the golden sands next...
View ArticleShort breaks: what to do with a week in Burma/Myanmar
Being short of time to travel overseas does not necessarily have to limit your options. Whether you have just a week to take off work or to travel in between other countries, Panoramic Journeys have...
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