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- Platinum Operator
- Expat Explore Travel
- Explorer
- Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Group Size 20 - 50
- Age range 10 to 75
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Explore every country in the Balkan Peninsula
- Free days to enjoy Dubrovnik, Budapest and Sofia
- Explore Delphi, Meteora and Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Visit Kotor, Budva, Tirana, Ljubljana, Belgrade and Thessaloniki
Itinerary
- Introduction
- Day 1 Start of tour in Athens
- Day 2 Delphi - Meteora - Kalabaka
- Day 3 Kalabaka - Ohrid
- Day 4 Ohrid - Tirana
- Day 5 Budva - Kotor - Dubrovnik
- Day 6 Dubrovnik: Free Day
- Day 7 Dubrovnik - Mostar - Sarajevo
- Day 8 Sarajevo - Split - Northern Croatia
- Day 9 Northern Croatia - Plitvice Lakes - Ljubljana
- Day 10 Ljubljana - Maribor - Lake Balaton - Budapest
- Day 11 Budapest: Free Day
- Day 12 Budapest - Novi Sad - Belgrade
- Day 13 Belgrade - Niš - Sofia
- Day 14 Sofia - Rila Monastery - Thessaloniki
- Day 15 Thessaloniki - Kamena Vourla - Athens
- Day 16 End of tour in Athens
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
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Expat Explore Travel
Number of tours
83
Age Range
10 to 80 years old
Response time
7 hours
Response rate
100%
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- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationGood
- FoodGood
- AAnonymous· November 11th, 2024I was blessed to have met 47 new friends. Expat Explore's Balkan itinerary was well thought of. Their chosen local guides were expectacular! We saw beautiful places, learned a lot, enjoyed local cuisine, and more. I have already reserved 1 tour with Expat and another w/ Tour Radar. Tour Radar is easy to navigate and staff are helpful.Show more
Trip date: October 2024 
Rosemary· July 7th, 2024Walking tour in Belgrade was far too long, guide was extremely knowledgeable but we needed a short explanation of the history. At the end of day we were too exhausted to listen.Show more
Expat Explore Travel commented on this reviewThank you for your feedback on the walking tour. We appreciate your comments about the length of the tour, and we'll take this into consideration to ensure our tours strike the right balance between information and pacing. Your input helps us improve,... Show moreTrip date: June 2024- HCharley· October 9th, 2023the tour in general was okay, the tour guide was great but there are some optional trip ( with payment) like danube river dinner cruise which has no service vehicle to take us from the hotel to pier and making us walk to & from the river pier was a letdown.Show moreExpat Explore Travel commented on this reviewThank you for your feedback regarding the optional Danube River dinner cruise. We're delighted to know you found the tour guide great. Your insights are valuable as we continually strive to improve our services. We look forward to hosting you again on... Show moreTrip date: September 2023
- DBDebra· September 12th, 2023We spent more time in the bus than seeing sights, the lunch breaks were way to short, Bulgaria should be removed and many of the hotels were subpar. Only 4 rooms had safes and only 1 worked. Beds were mostly hard. Our group was too big, 42 travelers and too hard to keep track of. There was an extreme amount of difficult walking. We were constantly dragging luggage around. Never again.Show moreTrip date: August 2023
- Brady· September 11th, 2023For a 16-day tour, you should consider more than one hotel that actually has a fitness center. Those long bus rides take a toll on the body!Show moreExpat Explore Travel commented on this reviewThank you for sharing your thoughts on your experience. Your feedback is valuable, and we will be sure to pass this information along to the relevant department for future tours. We hope we can welcome you back in future.Trip date: August 2023
- DPDaryl· June 4th, 2023Fast paced, and enjoyable. Ten countries in sixteen days, organized to the point it was a pleasure to experience. Our guide Rogan kept us informed and gave great background information of things we were about to experience. I will relive this adventure many times in my head.Show moreTrip date: May 2023
- Ravichandar· October 30th, 2022The tour was generally ok but some hotels don't have kettles for us to make hot drinks, they don't even provide one when we ask the housekeeping, That caused some issues as we need to take medicine.Show moreTrip date: September 2022
- Julianne· July 25th, 2022Will was an excellent guide. He was knowledgeable about each city and its culture/people:etc. plus his sense of humor made the trip so fun.Show moreTrip date: July 2022
- VPVictoria· June 19th, 2022Our Balkan explorer 16 day 10 country tour was excellent our Tour guide Will is excellent as will as our Driver They work together to keep us moving 10 countries is not easy they made it easy, fun and funny at times. Will is great at what he does, lots of funny stories and very knowledgeable on all the countries we visited. I will recommend Expat tour to my friends and family Brenda Mills from Vancouver,WAShow moreTrip date: May 2022
- Jolene· April 25th, 2022A well-planned, well-executed trip! I very much enjoyed the entire experience. At first, when it was announced to our group of 38 that we would be rotating seats on a daily basis, I was a bit skeptical. However, I soon realized that it was actually a very good idea, as everyone got their turn having the front seat, etc. and nobody could fuss over who sat where. Our guide, Carly, was very experienced with group travel, very knowledgeable, and a pleasure to have as a guide. Our accommodations were great, the meals were very good, and we saw some fabulous sites during the trip. I really liked the 2-night stays in both Dubrovnik and Budapest, with enough free time to go to the beach in Croatia and the baths in Hungary! I would travel with Expat Explorer again in a heartbeat!Show moreTrip date: July 2019
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What our customers ask about this tour
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Bob
Asked on April 11th, 2025Please could you email thru the list of optional tours and charges.
Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written April 2025Optional excursions available in different locations include Athens Food Tour (€60), Acropolis Guided Tour (€45), Albanian Evening (€60), Blue Cave Boat Tour (€85), Taste of Ljubljana (€60), Buda vs Pest Tour (€80), Budapest Baths (€45), and Danube Dinner Cruise (€65).
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Katherine
Asked on March 23rd, 2025What are the travel insurance requirements? Is it a must to have? Is this tour operated in English mainly?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written March 2025
Travel insurance is mandatory. A suitable insurance policy should provide adequate cover for medical expenses arising through illness or accident prior to or during the holiday. The tour is operated in English.
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Katherine
Traveler•Written March 2025Do you or the hotel provide airport pickup and drop off in Athens?
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Katherine
Traveler•Written March 2025Do you have any promotions or price drops coming up?
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Katherine
Traveler•Written March 2025If we fly in the day before, does that mean the hotel will not be covered for that night?
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Katherine
Traveler•Written March 2025Do you have a list of the hotels being used for this trip?
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Katherine
Traveler•Written March 2025For day 1's included welcome dinner, is this at the hotel or somewhere else? For the rest of the included dinners, are these at the hotels or restaurants? Where can we see a list of optional excursions and how can we book those? What currency is accepted by the tour guide? How do we keep in contact with our guide? Can we receive a list of hotels to share with relatives? Does the bus have charging ports?
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Katherine
Traveler•Written April 2025What is the base minimum requirement for trip cancellation insurance? Does it need to cover the entire cost of the trip? Are there only 2 spots left on the trip?
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Ryan
Asked on March 8th, 2025What is the weather like in Oct? What will be the group size? List of hotels to stay? Will we visit Lake bled? Is Acropolis included in Athens?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written March 2025
Weather in the Balkans around October would be typically warm with average daily temperature of about 21 Degrees. Tours have a maximum capacity of 48 Pax and Hotel Confirmations are done around 90 Days before the tour starts. The tour does not visit Lake Bled and Acropolis is not covered on the package, but it is offered as an Optional Excursion.
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Ryan
Traveler•Written March 2025Could you please give me list of all paid excursions so I can organise ahead of time?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written March 2025
Optional excursions include: Athens Food Tour (€60), Acropolis Guided Tour (€45), Albanian Evening (€60), Blue Cave Boat Tour (€85), Taste of Ljubljana (€60), Buda vs Pest Tour (€80), Budapest Baths (€45), Danube Dinner Cruise (€65).
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Arthur
Asked on January 20th, 2025Can your company help us obtain a visa to Serbia. We are Malaysians. Can we change the itinerary to be from Athens to Split.
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written January 2025
As an organized adventure platform, TourRadar is not a Visa authority. Visa requirements are regularly being updated and vary from one traveler to the next depending on nationality and residence etc.
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Arthur
Traveler•Written January 2025It is difficult for Malaysians to get a Serbia visa. There is not embassy to apply visa. Hence, we would like to change the itinerary for a group of 20 to 24 Malaysians. Can your company accept our itinerary from Athens to Split?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written January 2025
We do not have the capacity to offer customizations to the tours that we offer at this point.
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written January 2025
We are a sister company Of Expat Explore and we could work with you to put together a customizable itinerary to fit your needs. Do you have the details of the period you would like to travel and an idea of where you would like to visit. We would be happy to put a quote together for you.
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Pauline
Asked on November 22nd, 2024Pricing on the trip - Black Friday sale price of USD $2124 vs current price of USD $2655
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written November 2024
Black Friday Sale only applies to October 23, 2025 departure. Current seat price for June 25, 2025 departure is 2,745 USD.
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Grace
Asked on October 26th, 2024How much is single supplement?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written October 2024
The Single Supplements that are offered for our tours are at a limited number per departure, and the cost may differ. May I ask which schedule are you interested in for our Balkan Explorer Tour? So that I can check if the Single Supplement for that departure is still available and the cost as well.
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Jeff
Asked on October 15th, 2024Is the prices in Aud?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written October 2024
The prices are displayed based on your location. If you're in Australia, the prices should show in AUD.
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Muhammad
Asked on September 25th, 2024Is this the type of tour where you have to stay with the group/eat wherever ya'll take us. Or is there time to explore on our own and then get to whatever meetup point we need in order to get to the next spot?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written September 2024
Most on the Itinerary of each tour is guided but we do incorporate Free Time and Free Days throughout the itinerary which gives customers the freedom to explore on their own. Additionally, during Free Time and Free Days, we also offer Optional Excursions for customers who wish to join arranged experiences which are guided.
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Muhammad
Traveler•Written September 2024Do we HAVE to stay with the guide or can we kind of vibe on our own and just make sure we're back to the bus by xyz time? I'm not really a group person. What are the optional excursions for this trip?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written September 2024
Our tours are group-focused. This means that most activities and meals are enjoyed with the entire tour group, as bringing people together is a key aspect of our tours.
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Paul
Asked on August 2nd, 2024Is there a surcharge for a single?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written August 2024
The Single Supplement Upgrade for this tour is offered at 1,000 USD and covers all the Hotels that will be used throughout the entire tour.
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Donna
Asked on July 23rd, 2024I'm very interested in the Balkan Explorer for 8/17 but it was on the pulldown menu. I'm a solo traveler and wondered if there are spots still open for a single female to room with same gender. How many people are on this tour?
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Donna
Traveler•Written July 2024I know payment at this stage is expected in full. If something drastic happens and I cannot join, what is the schedule of dates of partial refunds?
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Donna
Traveler•Written July 2024What is the difference between booking this here on TR or booking directly on the EE website?
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written July 2024
The August 17, 2024 departure of our Balkan Explorer Tour still has enough availability to accommodate you. Also, there is still a Single Supplement available for that departure and it is offered at 1,001 USD.
- Expat Explore TravelOperator•Written July 2024
Since the tour departure is less than 45 Days, yes you will be asked to pay for the tour in full. Any cancellations after the booking is made will follow the below table which shows the cancellation fee based on how far away from the departure is the cancellation requested.
30 - 44 days before departure 40% of tour cost
15 - 29 days before departure 70% of tour cost
14 days or less before departure 100% of tour cost
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