You can use our expert travel planning service to create a vacation that perfectly suits your needs. These tours are for individuals or small groups who want to choose their dates and travel at their own pace. We offer a wide selection of spectacular locations and an interesting array of lodgings, activities and amenities to make your next vacation the best ever. These tours are ideal for reunions, honeymoons, birthdays, anniversaries and special celebrations.

We offer Independent Traveler & Self Guided Trip Itineraries in the following locations:

FRANCE: We have a number of exceptional self-guided cycling tours in Provence, Dordogne, Quercy & the Pyrenees. These tours offer the best in a French cycling vacation: history, castles, beautiful vistas, quiet country roads, and world-renowned cuisine and wine. Spring, Summer & Fall tours.

ITALY: Choose from a wide range of self-guided cycling & hiking tours in Tuscany, Umbria, Veneto & Sicily. These tours are for groups of 2 or more people who want the simplicity and spontaneity of riding or hiking with a detailed route map, daily luggage transfers and great lodging each evening, without the services of a guide. These tours are perfect for couples and small groups of friends. You choose the dates and tour location, and we will take care of all the details to make your tour a most memorable bicycling adventure. We can also arrange villa rentals, car rentals, cooking classes, language schools & wine tastings. Spring, Summer & Fall tours.

CZECH REPUBLIC & AUSTRIA: Stunning castles & medieval towns punctuate the undulating farmland & cool forests of the Czech Republic and northern Austria. You will ride some of central Europe’s best cycling routes between a number of charming, historical cities. Beginning in Vienna and finishing in Prague, you will take quiet roads & cycle paths through a picturesque countryside. This is a tour of remarkable natural & man-made beauty!

ALASKA: Camp Denali Wilderness lodge is a remote lodge that lays in the shadow of Mount McKinley in the heart of Denali National Park. Lodging is provided in individual cabins that offer a spectacular view of Mt. McKinley. Daily activities include wildlife observation, hikes led by naturalists, canoeing, fishing and biking. Delicious meals and freshlybaked treats are featured in the dining room. Whether you make Camp Denali your main Alaskan destination or an add-on to another Nichols Expeditions trip, you will be glad you did. We can also plan exciting lodge based adventures in Kenai Fjords & Lake Clark National Parks. These active adventures include hiking, wildlife viewing, sea kayaking & scenic flights. Summer tours.

COSTA RICA: Visit the beaches, mountains, rivers & jungles of this Central American gem. Snorkeling the blue Pacific, exploring the magnificent jungle of Corcovado National Park, sea kayaking, horseback riding or mountain biking are a few of the activities we have. We offer our Costa Rica tours as Charter Trips for groups of two or more people. We will create a custom itinerary for you, with year around departures.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ECUADOR: This is the place for wildlife viewing! You'll be living aboard a comfortable yacht and cruising the archipelago from island to island. Daily walking and snorkeling journeys with an expert naturalist will bring you up close to an array of unique, indigenous animals - giant tortoises, blue footed boobies, curious marine iguanas and playful sea lions. We can create a year around tours for individuals and any size group. We can also customize a combination of the Galapagos Islands with a visit to Machu Picchu in Peru. You would need a minimum of 11 days to expereince this combined adventure.


MEXICO'S COPPER CANYON: Hidden in the heart of the Sierra, you discover a vast, interlocking maze of largely unexplored canyons that come together in five huge canyons. This is the Copper Canyon. Five times larger than our own Grand Canyon and 1 ½ times as deep, it slices into the western flank of the high, cool, pine covered Sierra Madres. This remarkable area, also known, as the Sierra de Tarahumara after the native Tarahumara's who inhabit the canyons, is truly one of the last great wilderness areas in North America. We are the Copper Canyon experts specializing in mountain biking, hiking, vehicle rentals, remote canyon lodges & Copper Canyon Railway reservations. We can create a year around tours for individuals and any size group.

PERU: Our custom itineraries feature guided hikes to Machu Picchu & other Inca sites, visits to open-air markets & cultural tours to exciting locations like Lake Titicaca, Colca Canyon, the Nazca Lines & Amazon Basin. We can accommodate any size of group and give you the flexibility to choose the places and number of days you would like to spend in each area of Peru. We can create a year around tours for individuals and any size group. We can also customize a combination of the Galapagos Islands with a visit to Machu Picchu in Peru.