Why Dragoman?
Why Dragoman?
Award Winning Tour Operator with a Difference
We were voted Top Tour Operator by Wanderlust readers in 2009, with the highest score ever awarded in this category. In 2012, Luca, a Dragoman tour leader, was voted Wanderlust Guide of the Year Award. In 2012, another Dragoman leader Gaetano, was runner up in the same award.
We won the 2010 AITO sustainable tourism project award, with our Tarpuy Yachay project supporting Quechua communities in Peru receiving particular praise for involving travellers with the local communities and its long-term impact.
Our Heritage, Over 30 years experience specialising in overland adventure travel
Dragoman started running overland tours in 1981, making us one of the longest-running adventure travel companies.
A word from the Boss - its the journey not the destination
We pride ourselves on creating adventurous, award-winning, culturally immersive and totally unique itineraries. We own, operate and maintain all our overland trucks (unlike so many overland operators) meaning we can guarantee quality and safety. Our tour leaders have the longest training in the industry, undergoing 10 weeks at HQ then up to 6 months on the road as a trainee – after that, we know they’re ready for anything.
">What Make's Dragoman Unique
Our Goals
We will get you genuinely off-the-beaten-track
We drive across continents in the Americas, Asia and Africa, reaching places that other (some might say lesser) forms of transport just can’t reach.
We will get you into the local Community
We are committed to a style of travel which includes and gives back to the people and places we visit. our trips allow for cultural interactions and real-life local experiences such as the Quechua India Homestay in Peru
We will try to make your journey as active as you want
We have carefully designed the trips to offer freedom, flexibility and time to explore. get off tje truck and trek for 4 days in Torres del Paine, take a camel safari in Rajasthan or hunt for food with Namibia's bushmen.
We will take time so you can enjoy the journey
All routes are subdivided into short ‘single’ trips which you can link together to form ‘combination’ trips, so you can choose a length of trip to suit you – from 2 to over 28 weeks. Our most popular routes have very frequent departures, such as every 2-3 weeks on our new South America routes.
Our group sizes are small: up to 21 on overland trips and 12 on adventure holidays, so you get a more personalized experience, getting closer to the communities you visit.
In addition to our overlanding trips, we also sell small group adventures, family holidays and group charters.
We won the 2010 AITO sustainable tourism project award, with our Tarpuy Yachay project supporting Quechua communities in Peru receiving particular praise for involving travellers with the local communities and its long-term impact.
Obsessive about service
We’re still independently-owned by the same people that started in 1981, meaning that customer satisfaction and pioneering travel drive us, rather than delivering returns for shareholders.
Our dedicated and experienced reservation team know more about Dragoman trips than anyone else and always on hand to help with any enquiries and help you plan your trip. We go the extra mile to ensure your booking process is smooth, and guarantee to respond to all enquires within a day.
When you see a ‘G’ next to a depature you know it’s guaranteed to run; it’s actually very rare for us to ever cancel a published departure but this gives extra confidence to book with us.
Dragoman is fully bonded by ATOL, meaning that customers booking with us are covered in the event of financial failure. We have comprehensive passenger liability protection and tour operator liability insurance, with total indemnities of £5,000,000 and £10,000,000 respectively. An our support team are on hand 24 hours, 365 days a year to provide emergency support, for the very rare occasions things go wrong.
