You can join a genuinely good multi-day group tour for under £700 — but only land-only. The catch is always the same: these prices exclude flights, so your real budget is the tour plus £300–£900 of airfare depending on the region. The best value is in Southeast Asia, India, Latin America (Costa Rica and Ecuador) and Morocco, and G Adventures dominates the budget end with the most sub-£700 departures. The cheapest strong pick right now is Costa Rica from £359 for 6 days.
- 'From-price' means land-only — flights are always extra.
- Realistic flights on top: £300–£900 depending on the region.
- Best-value regions: Southeast Asia, India, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Morocco.
- Daily on-the-ground spend in these regions is £20–£40.
- Cheapest strong pick right now: Costa Rica from £359 for 6 days.
The one number that decides your real budget
Every tour price you see below is land-only. That means it covers the trip once you're on the ground — accommodation, transport between stops, guides and whatever activities are included — but not the flight to get there. It's the standard way group tours are priced, and it's also the thing that catches people out, because the flight is usually the single biggest line on the whole budget.
Flights are the swing. A land-only tour might be £359 but the return airfare on top can be anywhere from £300 to £900 depending on the region and how close to departure you book. That's the difference between a £700 trip and a £1,300 one for the exact same tour. So the move is simple: price the flight first, then decide whether the trip actually fits your budget.
Three things keep the airfare down. Fly into the tour's start city rather than routing through somewhere cheaper and paying for an internal hop. Travel hand-luggage-only where you can — long-haul and budget carriers both charge hard for hold bags. And book early: airfares climb steeply in the last few weeks, and peak-season dates sell out. For a number-by-number breakdown of what each region actually costs day to day, our real cost tool shows the daily spend by country before you commit.
- What 'from-price' means
- Land-only — flights extra
- Realistic flights on top
- £300–£900 by region
- Cheapest strong regions
- SE Asia, India, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Morocco
- Daily on-the-ground spend
- £20–£40 in these regions
- Best budget operator
- G Adventures — most sub-£700 departures
- Watch for
- Short 'tours' that are really day-trips — check the day count
Every trip below is a real, currently-bookable departure from our live catalogue, and we ranked on genuine traveller rating and review volume first — so a 5★ with 200+ reviews carries more weight than a 5★ with 40. All from-prices are land-only at the time of writing and move with season and departure, so always confirm on the operator's page before booking. We only included trips of 6 days or more, so every pick here is a real multi-day tour and not a day-trip dressed up as one. We take no payment to rank a trip higher.
The best group tours under £700
Seven trips that all come in under £700 land-only, spanning Central and South America, Asia and North Africa. Each links straight through to the live departure so you can check dates and confirm the current from-price.
Costa Rica: Volcanoes, Cloud Forests & Zip-Lines
The cheapest genuinely good tour on this list, and it doesn't feel like a budget compromise — six days across volcanoes, cloud forests and zip-lines for £359 land-only is exceptional. It's short enough to fit a week off work, and G Adventures' local-guide network is the most consistent in the business. The only real cost to watch is the flight to Central America, which will more than double the total.
Bali: Beaches & Boat Rides
Nine days for £361 is the best value-per-day of anything here — you're paying roughly £40 a day land-only for beaches, boat rides and a proper stretch of Bali. It's the pick if you want the trip to last more than a long weekend without the price climbing. Bali is also one of the cheapest places to be once you're on the ground, so the daily spend stays low.
Golden Triangle with Ranthambore Tiger Safari & Taj Mahal (All-Inclusive)
The all-inclusive framing is the reason this one earns its spot — for £444 across seven days you get the Golden Triangle, a Ranthambore tiger safari and the Taj Mahal, with far fewer on-the-ground costs to budget for separately. That predictability matters on a tight budget, and 113 reviews at a straight 5★ back up the quality. India is also one of the cheapest regions to fly to on this list.
Southeast Asia Trifecta: Cambodia, Vietnam & Bangkok Vibes
Three countries in twelve days for under £600 land-only is the standout multi-country value here — Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangkok in one loop, starting in Ho Chi Minh City. Southeast Asia is also where your daily spend goes furthest, so the on-the-ground costs stay low across the whole trip. The pace is brisk, but that's the trade for covering this much ground this cheaply.
Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 4 Days with Vistadome Train
Machu Picchu and the full Inca Trail for under £630 is genuinely hard to beat, and this trip has the strongest track record on the list — 215 reviews at a straight 5★. It's only four days, but they're the four days everyone comes to Peru for, with the Vistadome train on the return leg. Factor in the flight to South America and it's still one of the best-value bucket-list trips you'll find.
Ecuador Quest
Ecuador is the quiet-value pick of South America, and eight days across the Andes for £639 land-only proves it — you get the mountain scenery and the markets without the crowds or the price of the better-known routes. It's the same reliable G Adventures handling as the cheaper trips here, just over a longer stretch. As with all of Latin America, the flight is the number to price first.
Morocco: Marrakech & The Sahara
Right on the £700 line, this is the pick if you want the biggest experience for the least airfare — Morocco is the cheapest region to fly to here, so the all-in cost stays low even though the tour itself sits at the top of the budget. Eight days takes you from Marrakech out to nights under the stars in the Sahara, with 87 reviews at 5★ behind it.
It's worth saying plainly: none of these prices include flights. A £359 tour to Costa Rica is still a £700–£900 trip once you add the return airfare, and the same maths applies to every pick on this list. Before you fall for a from-price, price the return flight to the start city — that's the line that decides whether the trip actually fits your budget, and it's the one that catches people out.
Common questions
Are these prices really the total cost?
No — every from-price here is land-only, which means it covers the tour on the ground but not the flight to get there. Add £300–£900 for return airfare depending on the region, plus roughly £20–£40 a day for food, drinks and anything the tour doesn't include. Price the flight first; it's the biggest single line on the budget.
Which region is cheapest all-in?
Once you add flights, Morocco is often the cheapest all-in from the UK because the airfare is the lowest of any region here, even though the tour sits at £699. Southeast Asia and India win on daily spend once you're there (£20–£40 a day), while Latin America — Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru — has the cheapest tours but the priciest long-haul flights. Run the flight numbers before you decide.
Are these tours actually good quality at that price, and why are they so cheap?
Yes — every trip here holds a 5★ rating, and several have well over 100 reviews. They're cheap because the price is land-only (no flights baked in) and because these regions are genuinely low-cost on the ground, not because the tours cut corners. G Adventures runs most of them on a shared local-guide network, which keeps the price down without dropping the quality.
Are these 18–35 only, and what's the group vibe?
Most of these are mixed-age small-group tours rather than dedicated 18–35 party trips — they're sociable and easy to join solo, but the crowd skews across ages rather than being purely young. If you specifically want an age-matched, big-social-scene group, look at the 18–35 specialist operators; if you want the lowest price and don't mind a mixed group, these are the value picks.
Caleb writes for the tightest budgets — student travel, real daily cost breakdowns, and squeezing a long trip out of not-much money. Expect actual numbers: what a day in each place really costs, and where the money quietly leaks.
