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watching hot air balloons rise over Cappadocia, Turkey at sunrisehttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/sri-lanka-meditation.webpA woman meditating in a mossy forest.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/silk-road-fortress.webpAncient fortress ruins in the desert under a blue sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/himalayas.webpSnow-capped Himalayan peaks under a dramatic cloudy sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/myanmar-bagan.webpAncient stupas of Old Bagan, Myanmar, at sunrise.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-gobi.webpMerald in the winter Gobihttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-portrait.webpMirjan, Alaya co-founderhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-desert-dunes.webpMirjan resting on desert sand duneshttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-bali-treehouse.webpMerald on a cliffside treehouse above the sea in 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slopehttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-traditional-dress.webpMirjan in traditional dress in front of an ornate wooden doorhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-longboard-sunset.webpMerald longboarding on a country road at sunsethttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-farm-field.webpMirjan working in a farm fieldhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-siargao-beach.webpMerald on a white-sand beach in Siargaohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-mount-pulag.webpMirjan celebrating with fellow hikers on Mount Pulaghttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-mount-pulag.webpMerald in the mossy forest of Mount Pulaghttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-snowy-mountain.webpMirjan on a rocky, snow-dusted mountain trailhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-waterfall-hike.webpMerald standing beside a tall waterfallhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/laos-karst-valley-rice-fields.webpTwin limestone 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in a mossy forest.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-gobi.webpRed cliffs rising from an empty desert valley at dusk.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/silk-road-fortress.webpAncient fortress ruins in the desert under a blue sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/himalayas.webpSnow-capped Himalayan peaks under a dramatic cloudy sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/myanmar-bagan.webpAncient stupas of Old Bagan, Myanmar, at sunrise. https://alayatours.com/journeys/2026-09-28https://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/vietnam-salt-farmers-harvest-sunset.webpSalt farmers in conical hats carrying baskets of harvested salt across the flooded salt fields of Vietnam at sunsethttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-vang-vieng.webpMist over the limestone karsts and huts of Vang Vieng, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/myanmar-bagan.webpAncient stupas of Old Bagan, Myanmar, at sunrise.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/wadi-rum-jordan-desert-4x4-safari.webpA 4x4 jeep carrying travellers across the red sand of Wadi Rum desert in Jordanhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/sunset-meditation-silhouette-lotus-pose.webpA woman meditating in lotus pose on a rock, silhouetted against a golden sunsethttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/cappadocia-hot-air-balloons-sunrise-terrace.webpA traveller on a rooftop terrace in Göreme watching hot air balloons rise over Cappadocia, Turkey at sunrise https://alayatours.com/expeditions/2026-09-28https://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/mongolia-eagle-hunters-horseback.webpMongolian eagle hunters on horseback carrying golden eagles through the rocky highlands of Mongoliahttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-gobi.webpRed cliffs rising from an empty desert valley at dusk.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/silk-road-fortress.webpAncient fortress ruins in the desert under a blue sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/himalayas.webpSnow-capped Himalayan peaks under a dramatic cloudy sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/sri-lanka-buddhist-monks-alms-procession.webpTheravada Buddhist monks in saffron robes walking barefoot with alms bowls in a procession in Sri Lankahttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/sunset-meditation-silhouette-lotus-pose.webpA woman meditating in lotus pose on a rock, silhouetted against a golden sunsethttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/cappadocia-hot-air-balloons-sunrise-terrace.webpA traveller on a rooftop terrace in Göreme watching hot air balloons rise over Cappadocia, Turkey at sunrise https://alayatours.com/retreats/2026-09-28https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/sri-lanka-meditation.webpA woman meditating on a mossy rock in a green foresthttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/sri-lanka-buddhist-monks-alms-procession.webpTheravada Buddhist monks in saffron robes walking barefoot with alms bowls in a procession in Sri Lankahttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/wadi-rum-jordan-desert-4x4-safari.webpA 4x4 jeep carrying travellers across the red sand of Wadi Rum desert in Jordanhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/cappadocia-hot-air-balloons-sunrise-terrace.webpA traveller on a rooftop terrace in Göreme watching hot air balloons rise over Cappadocia, Turkey at sunrise https://alayatours.com/reserve/2026-09-28https://alayatours.com/assets/img/lines/dolomites-italy-hiker-alpine-trail.webpA hiker walking an alpine trail toward the limestone peaks of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy 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Pulaghttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-portrait.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-desert-dunes.webpMirjan resting on desert sand duneshttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-bali-treehouse.webpMerald on a cliffside treehouse above the sea in Balihttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-great-wall-beijing.webpMirjan on the Great Wall of China near Beijinghttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-forest-meditation.webpMerald meditating on a rock beside a forest streamhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-eagle.webpMirjan holding a golden eagle on her armhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-paddleboard.webpMerald sitting on a paddleboard in clear shallow waterhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-longtail-boat.webpMirjan on the bow of a longtail boat over turquoise waterhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-taiwan-bridge.webpMerald by a stone arch bridge in Taiwanhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-snow-peaks.webpMirjan looking out over snow-covered mountain peakshttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-snow-trip.webpMerald taking a selfie on a snowy mountain slopehttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-traditional-dress.webpMirjan in traditional dress in front of an ornate wooden doorhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-longboard-sunset.webpMerald longboarding on a country road at sunsethttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-siargao-beach.webpMerald on a white-sand beach in Siargaohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-mount-pulag.webpMirjan celebrating with fellow hikers on Mount Pulaghttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan-snowy-mountain.webpMirjan on a rocky, snow-dusted mountain trailhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald-waterfall-hike.webpMerald standing beside a tall waterfall 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Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/merald-pha-that-luang-vientiane-laos.webpAlaya co-founder Merald Ayson in front of the golden stupa of Pha That Luang in Vientiane, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/merald-nam-xay-viewpoint-vang-vieng-laos.webpAlaya co-founder Merald Ayson holding a Lao flag at Nam Xay Viewpoint above the rice fields and karsts of Vang Vieng, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-balloon-sunrise.webpA hot air balloon in silhouette against a sunrise over Vang Vieng.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-kuang-si.webpTurquoise tiers of Kuang Si waterfall in the forest near Luang Prabang.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/merald-water-buffalo-ploughing-luang-prabang-laos.webpAlaya co-founder Merald Ayson ploughing a rice paddy behind a water buffalo on a farm in Luang Prabang, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/myanmar-bagan.webpAncient stupas of Old Bagan, Myanmar, at sunrise.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape. https://alayatours.com/trips/borneo-wildlife-expedition/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-gobi.webpRed cliffs rising from an empty desert valley at dusk.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/silk-road-fortress.webpAncient fortress ruins in the desert under a blue sky. https://alayatours.com/trips/mongolia-reindeer-tribe-expedition/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-gobi.webpRed cliffs rising from an empty desert valley at dusk.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/silk-road-fortress.webpAncient fortress ruins in the desert under a blue sky. https://alayatours.com/trips/soul-search-in-sri-lanka/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/sri-lanka-meditation.webpA woman meditating in a mossy forest.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-vang-vieng.webpMist over the limestone karsts and huts of Vang Vieng, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape. https://alayatours.com/trips/mongolia-gobi-desert-expedition/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-gobi.webpRed cliffs rising from an empty desert valley at dusk.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/silk-road-fortress.webpAncient fortress ruins in the desert under a blue sky. https://alayatours.com/trips/silk-road-in-central-asia/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/silk-road-fortress.webpAncient fortress ruins in the desert under a blue sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-gobi.webpRed cliffs rising from an empty desert valley at dusk. https://alayatours.com/trips/an-adventure-to-the-himalayas/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/himalayas.webpSnow-capped Himalayan peaks under a dramatic cloudy sky.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-gobi.webpRed cliffs rising from an empty desert valley at dusk. https://alayatours.com/trips/myanmar-unfiltered-a-journey-within/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/myanmar-bagan.webpAncient stupas of Old Bagan, Myanmar, at sunrise.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/mirjan.webpMirjan Hipolitohttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-vang-vieng.webpMist over the limestone karsts and huts of Vang Vieng, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/borneo-orangutans.webpTwo adult orangutans resting close together.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/mongolia-reindeer.webpReindeer in a snowy northern landscape. https://alayatours.com/journal/2026-09-28https://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/laos-karst-valley-rice-fields.webpTwin limestone karst peaks rising above bright green rice fields and a winding road in a Laos valleyhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-fruit-stall-traveller.webpA traveller laughing with the owner of a fresh fruit stall on a street in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/vietnam-ninh-binh-rowing-boat-small-group.webpFour travellers smiling in a rowing boat among the limestone karsts of Ninh Binh, Vietnam, with their local rowerhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-floating-market-boatman.webpA local boatman paddling travellers in straw hats past wooden stilt houses at a floating market in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-longtail-boat-karst-lake.webpA traveller with open arms on the bow of a longtail boat on a turquoise lake among karst cliffs in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/large-red-coach-bus.webpA large red coach bus parked on open ground under a wide blue skyhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/indonesia-mount-bromo-friends.webpA group of young friends posing on a rock above the misty caldera of Mount Bromo, Indonesia https://alayatours.com/journal/category/news-updates/2026-09-28https://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/laos-karst-valley-rice-fields.webpTwin limestone karst peaks rising above bright green rice fields and a winding road in a Laos valleyhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-longtail-boat-karst-lake.webpA traveller with open arms on the bow of a longtail boat on a turquoise lake among karst cliffs in Thailand https://alayatours.com/journal/category/stories/2026-09-28https://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-fruit-stall-traveller.webpA traveller laughing with the owner of a fresh fruit stall on a street in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/vietnam-ninh-binh-rowing-boat-small-group.webpFour travellers smiling in a rowing boat among the limestone karsts of Ninh Binh, Vietnam, with their local rowerhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-floating-market-boatman.webpA local boatman paddling travellers in straw hats past wooden stilt houses at a floating market in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/large-red-coach-bus.webpA large red coach bus parked on open ground under a wide blue skyhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/indonesia-mount-bromo-friends.webpA group of young friends posing on a rock above the misty caldera of Mount Bromo, Indonesia https://alayatours.com/journal/luminous-laos-open-for-booking/2026-09-27https://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/laos-karst-valley-rice-fields.webpTwin limestone karst peaks rising above bright green rice fields and a winding road in a Laos valleyhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/hot-air-balloon-before-launch.webpA red and orange hot air balloon standing on a green lawn under a blue sky with white cloudshttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-kuang-si.webpTurquoise pools spilling over tiered limestone falls at Kuang Si, near Luang Prabang, Laoshttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-vang-vieng.webpMist over the limestone karsts and huts of Vang Vieng, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-longtail-boat-karst-lake.webpA traveller with open arms on the bow of a longtail boat on a turquoise lake among karst cliffs in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-fruit-stall-traveller.webpA traveller laughing with the owner of a fresh fruit stall on a street in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/vietnam-ninh-binh-rowing-boat-small-group.webpFour travellers smiling in a rowing boat among the limestone karsts of Ninh Binh, Vietnam, with their local rower https://alayatours.com/journal/travel-that-means-something/2026-09-19https://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-fruit-stall-traveller.webpA traveller laughing with the owner of a fresh fruit stall on a street in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/trips/laos-vang-vieng.webpMist over the limestone karsts and huts of Vang Vieng, Laos.https://alayatours.com/assets/img/founders/merald.webpMerald Aysonhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/vietnam-ninh-binh-rowing-boat-small-group.webpFour travellers smiling in a rowing boat among the limestone karsts of Ninh Binh, Vietnam, with their local rowerhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/thailand-floating-market-boatman.webpA local boatman paddling travellers in straw hats past wooden stilt houses at a floating market in Thailandhttps://alayatours.com/assets/img/journal/large-red-coach-bus.webpA large red coach bus parked on open ground under a wide blue sky 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