Intrepid Travel and whl.travel have joined together to create Urban Adventures, a new style of travel experience for those who want to get off the beaten path and really connect with the destination. The experience can be as short as a couple of hours, or a whole day, but in every case Urban Adventures will take you to interesting places to meet locals, and really see what makes the place tick.

Every Urban Adventure is designed to give travellers a unique insight into the destination as well as support local communities; their culture and the environment. Urban Adventures are fun, insightful and a true win-win experience.

Intrepid Travel (www.intrepidtravel.com) is one of the world’s leading small group adventure tour operators. Intrepid believes that travel is one of the most entertaining, enlightening, life-changing, and fulfilling things you can do. Intrepid is committed to culturally and environmentally responsible tourism and its grass-roots style of fun, imaginative, budget holidays has taken travelers on overland trips through Asia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America for over 20 years.

whl.travel (www.whl.travel) ...your local connection... is an extensive global franchise network of local tour operators providing online booking services for independent travellers headed off the beaten path, often in the developing world.

Originally a project of the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group), whl.travel is now a private company and the springboard in more than 90 countries for consumers yearning to book accommodation, tours and other activities from local businesses, no matter how small, and especially those making engaging, enriching, inspiring socially responsible and sustainable decisions about their destinations.

whl.travel is part of the WHL Group, a global network of companies that help travellers find unique ways to experience a destination through local tourism professionals.