The Curious-Minded Traveller

The Curious-Minded Traveller
Have you ever started a sentence with, ‘I wonder...?’
Welcome to the club of the curious-minded traveller.

What if...’ and ‘I wonder...’ are the trustiest springboards for new tours (and, indeed, all new ideas). Jon Baines Tours has been running small-group, special interest study tours since 2007, led by an impressive range of experts in their field. These tours look at a country through the prism of a particular field – maritime, botanical or medical history, or by following in the footsteps of historical figures such as John Thomson, Alfred Russel Wallace or Florence Nightingale - or a profession, such as general medicine, midwifery, or veterinary science.

Every tour springs from a particular question. These questions might lead to tours examining detailed hieroglyphics showing advanced surgical instruments in Kom Ombo Temple in Egypt, alongside world leading Egyptologist, Professor Rosalie David, during a luxurious Nile cruise. Or coming eyeball to eyeball with a friendly blue-footed booby in the Galapagos Islands, or learning how to make traditional rice paddles in Japan. Riding a monte sledge down the mountain in Madeira or following in the footsteps of plant hunters in lush, languid South India, in the company of a researcher from Kew. Or asking, ‘Where have all the women gone?’ on Tales of India, a tour led by bestselling author and historian Katie Hickman in January 2026.

These tours attract participants who return to travel on other tours, time and again. It is not only the itineraries and the comfort and security of an organised tour that brings people back. It’s traveling with like-minded, curious individuals who become lifelong friends and peers.

For tours that both provoke and answer questions, visit www.jonbainestours.com/tours, email info@jonbainestours.com, or call 020 7223 9485/5618.
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