Riviera Travel has launched its worldwide escorted tours for 2026, including its signature and solo collections.
In total, there will be 45 worldwide tours in 2026 to destinations across Asia, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, India, Morocco, the USA, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, Ecuador and the Galapagos.
All escorted tours include return flights and transfers, accommodation, tours and visits, select meals, local taxes and a tour manager.
There are three new tours for 2026: the 13-day Classic Egypt, Cairo, Luxor & Nile Cruise, the 13-day Highlights of South Korea and 15-day India and Nepal tour.
The new Nile cruise will depart between February and November, with prices leading in at £3,699 per person, and will be in addition to the 11 and 15-day Nile cruises on offer.
The South Korea tour will operate between April and October, with prices from £4,499 per person.
The Indian and Nepal trip will leave between February and October, with prices from £3,999, and will be in addition to other India tours.
Linda Harris, Riviera Travel senior product manager for long-haul tours, said the South Korea and India & Nepal tours included “quite unusual” mixes of culture and activities, especially for those that had already visited Asia before, and would be “perfect” for those who had already visited Japan or India.
Signature tours
More departure dates have been added for five tours for 2026, which have been converted into signature tours from Riviera Travel’s classic tours range.
These will have smaller group sizes of fewer than 25 people, more guides and added experiences.
Will Sarson, Riviera product director, revealed the signature tours have been “going from strength to strength” since launching in 2023, with one in five of its long-haul bookings now from that collection.
He added that the tour operator had already seen double-digit growth for 2025 for long-haul escorted tours.
The eight-day Imperial Cities of Morocco will leave from February to November, with prices from £1,499 per person.
The seven-day Jordan and Petra tour will depart from March to November and prices start at £1,899 per person.
The 13-day Best of Japan trip (pictured) will operate between May and November, with prices from £4,999 per person.
The 16-day South Africa escorted tour will have departures between February and October, with prices beginning at £3,799 per person.
The 15-day Southern India’s Coastal Route: Tamil Nadu to Kerala will run between February and November, and costs are from £27,99 per person.
Further ahead to 2027 and 2028, Sarson said that more tours in Africa, North America and Latin America were “under consideration” as there was “opportunity there”, with additional tours in India also a possibility.
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Riviera has also recently launched four dedicated long-haul escorted solo itineraries for 2026 with destinations including Maritime Canada, Costa Rica, California and Egypt.
Vicky Billing, Riviera Travel head of sales, said she really wanted to “try and get out there with the trade” about the touring side of the business.
She said: “There is still quite a lot of work to do for us in the trade on the touring side, because we’ve been going for over 40 years, and we are the touring specialists.
“We really want to try and get that out there with the trade, specifically for long-haul as well that touring specialist element. I think a lot of our trade partners think Riviera and they think river cruise. “
She added that there will be a new incentive campaign launching from November 1 as well as “major peaks incentives and campaigns” later on.
Since Billing came into her role in December last year, the trade sales team has grown with key account managers for homeworkers and Scotland for the first time, along with an e-learning platform.
She added: “We have not even started. Definitely on the trade part, we’ve got such, such ambitious, exciting plans. I won’t share any more than that, but we have got big plans for the future.”