About Us
OVERVIEW
Founded in 1999, Chicago-based iExplore is the
No.1
ranked website for adventure and experiential travel, with over 1,000,000 visitors per month. We are Google's "authority site" in the adventure travel category, and power adventure tours behind many trusted brands like Expedia, Travelocity, Travel Channel, Fodors, Frommers and Lonely Planet, to name a few.
OUR OWNERS
Acquired in 2007, iExplore is an independently-operated division of TUI TRAVEL PLC, a multi-billion pound international leisure travel business based in the United Kingdom. Other websites in the Activity Division of TUI Travel include: Perigrine Adventures, specialists in Africa travel, Adventure Center, an adventure travel company and Trek America which specializes in USA tours
Our website is a one-stop adventure travel portal with three primary sections:
- Our Trip Finder
- Destination and activity content
- A community of avid international travelers.
We drive revenues as both a high-end tour operator and as a leading online travel publisher through advertising. We have won numerous awards, including being named “Best Adventure Travel Website” by Forbes Magazine for seven straight years, Travel & Leisure Magazine, Time Magazine and Yahoo, to name a few.
ADVENTURE & EXPERIENTIAL TRAVEL EXPERTISE
iExplore is an expert in the world of adventure & experiential travel. Adventure travel includes activities like hiking, biking, diving, and multi-sport tours. Experiential travel includes activities like cultural, expedition cruising, wildlife safari and culinary tours. In all cases, we are your premier booking service to visiting the wonders of the world, either man-made wonders like the Pyramids of Egypt, Machu Picchu Peru or the Great Wall of China, or natural wonders like Alaska, Antarctica or the Galapagos Islands, just to name a few. See this month's hot list of best sellers on our home page.
OUR TRAVEL BUSINESS
iExplore offers thousands of adventure and experiential tours in over 100 countries, anchored by our iExplore Exclusives branded line of made-to-order trips. We provide you with the flexibility of purchasing a customized independent tour or a packaged group departure, and service all of your travel booking needs through our expert staff of adventure consultants at
0800 680 0420
Our tours offer a wide range of price points, accommodations and activities, catering to the both the luxury and middle ends of the market. We have made it easy to search for the perfect trip with our exclusive trip rating system, based on the trip’s level of difficulty, comfort and exclusivity. Given our low cost of operations as an internet-driven business, the Company is able to pass along meaningful price savings to consumers protected by our low price guarantee. When you travel with iExplore, you are sure to Come Back Different! But, don’t take our word on it, be sure to check out our client testimonials.
OUR MEDIA BUSINESS
IExplore’s large consumer reach (over 1,000,000 visitors per month) and affluent customer demographics attract a large base of high-end travel and lifestyle advertisers. Advertisers typically fall into one of the following categories: online agencies, tourism boards, airlines, cruise lines, hotel chains, tour operators, financial, automotive, lifestyle brands and related merchandisers. Our advertisers include many respected companies, like American Express, Land Rover, British Airways and Australia Tourism, to name a few. For more information, be sure to check out our media kit.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
Not only does iExplore want to take you to the farthest corners of the earth, we want to do so in a way that preserves the local environments and communities we sell. This way the world's most exciting regions will stay that way for generations to come. For that reason, a portion from each iExplore branded tour booking is donated to local community causes or to preserve eco-friendly tourism in our top selling regions.
CONTACT US
iExplore, Inc.
0800 680 0420 Freephone in the U.K.
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