Tony Carne
General Manager

Melbourne, Australia

With a house in Nicaragua, business interests in Turkey, and married on a Red Sea beach in Egypt, our General Manager Tony is truly a global citizen. When not travelling, he is dreaming about travelling, talking about travelling, and seeking out the authentic flavours of the world in his home city of Melbourne.

Tony's top three UA tours are:

Cairo's Islamic Cairo in Depth, Cusco's Sacred Valley Community, and Bangkok's Chinatown and Nightmarkets.

Klaudija Janzelj
Global Sales Manager

London, England

Originally from Slovenia, our Global Sales Manager Klaudija recently relocated to London. Klaudija began a career in journalism in Slovenia, but soon realised she needed a change and switched to tourism. Thus far she's lived in Turkey, Tunisia, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand. Klaudija's life revolves around her love of travel and hanging with local people, drinking a beer (or coffee, or tea) and just chatting about local weather and local families.

Klaudija's top three UA tours are:

London's East End Uncovered, Venice's Cicchetti of Venice, and Kumasi's Voodoo Experience.

Lindsay Young
Digital Marketing Specialist

Toronto, Canada

After what feels like forever, Lindsay is finally back living in her beloved hometown of Toronto. She spent six years living in Vancouver and a year living in England, and while she was away she nabbed a BA in Geography and an MSc in Tourism Management. Her favourite travel experiences usually involve local elements, and while travelling you can almost always find her eating, drinking, and keeping active. So far, Lindsay has visited 33 countries, and her favourites include Iceland, Hong Kong, Croatia, and Canada (of course!). 

Lindsay's top three UA tours are:

Toronto's Beer Makes History Better, Hong Kong's Around Kowloon in 8 Markets, and Melbourne's Moonlight Kayak.

Sang Minh
Product Coordinator

Hanoi, Vietnam

Sang Minh, our Product Coordinator, is a native of Hanoi, Vietnam. Much like the rest of the team, she is an avid traveller, and particularly enjoys discovering local culture and customs when exploring a new destination. In addition to travelling, Sang enjoys cooking and trying recipes from other cultures. 

Sang's top three UA tours are:

Kyoto's City of Culture, Marrakech City Discovery, and Experience Paris.

Ngoc Ha Nguyen
Sales Support

Hanoi, Vietnam

Ha is the newest member of the Urban Adventures team, having come on board in July 2012. She's really pleased to be working with Urban Adventures, especially because travel is a big passion of hers. Ha's dream is to travel around the world. In her spare time, Ha enjoys reading, chatting, shopping, and going out with her friends and family on the weekends. She's also a big dog lover, and considers them to be intelligent, friendly, loyal, and a best friend.

Ha's top three UA tours are:

Cairo's Alexandria City Discovery, Rome's Roman Empire Now and Then, and Siem Reap's Angkor Adventure.

Intrepid Travel

One of Urban Adventures' parent companies, Intrepid Travel 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 travellers on overland trips through Asia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America for over 20 years.

WHL Group

Our other parent company is WHL Group. Originally a project of the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group), the WHL Group believes in improving the travel experience and the ethical standards of tourism from the bottom up and for everyone involved. WHL Group companies tap into and magnify the excellence of local tourism experts who, alone, are local leaders, but united have become a forceful global presence for the right kind of tourism, bringing to major markets all the local opportunities that make a positive impact on hosts and visitors. By sticking to its values, the WHL Group is now the largest local-travel network in the world, an ensemble of global travel companies that help travellers find unique ways to experience a destination through conscientious local tourism professionals.