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Hosted by Tweet World Travel in Partnership with the Ibaraki Prefectural Government

Japan remains one of the most popular international destinations for Australian travellers. While Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka continue to attract first-time visitors, more travellers are now looking for something different — authentic local experiences, hidden gems and destinations beyond Japan’s traditional tourist trail.

To help Australian travel professionals discover a new side of Japan, Tweet World Travel, in partnership with the Ibaraki Prefectural Government, is proud to host an exclusive Japan FAM Trip from 2–8 March 2027.

This carefully curated 7-day / 6-night familiarisation trip is designed exclusively for selected travel industry partners, with only eight places available.

Participants will spend four nights discovering Ibaraki Prefecture, followed by two nights in Tokyo, experiencing the destination first-hand and gaining the knowledge and confidence to recommend Japan to their clients.

Picture this.

Fifty people filing off a bus at the Taj Mahal. Everyone is competing for the same photo opportunity. The guide is trying to keep the group together. Before you've had time to truly appreciate one of the world's greatest wonders, you're rushing back onto the coach because the schedule says it's time to move on.

Now picture something entirely different.

A small group of curious travellers standing quietly as the morning sun reflects off the marble domes of the Taj Mahal. Your local guide shares fascinating stories that don't appear in guidebooks. There is time to wander, ask questions, take photographs, and simply enjoy the moment. No rushing. No crowds. No feeling like just another passenger.

That is the Tweet Tours difference.

At Tweet World Travel, we believe travel should be personal, immersive, comfortable, and memorable. That's why our premium small group tours are carefully designed for travellers who want more than simply ticking destinations off a list. We create journeys that allow you to connect with destinations, cultures, and people in a meaningful way.

Once you've experienced small group travel, you'll understand why so many travellers never go back to large coach tours.

Oman's wadis — narrow canyon valleys carved by ancient flash floods — are the country's most magical natural feature. Wadi Shab and Wadi Bani Khalid are the country's two most famous: dramatic limestone gorges with year-round emerald-green pools, hidden waterfall caves, palm-lined oases and excellent swimming. Both wadis are easy day-trip or short-overnight detours on the Muscat–Sur or Muscat–Nizwa routes, and they remain the absolute highlights of any Wonders of Oman tour. Combined with the spectacular Bimmah Sinkhole, this is Oman at its most refreshing.

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Musandam is Oman's spectacular northern exclave — a rugged 1,800 km² peninsula separated from the rest of Oman by 70 km of UAE territory, jutting into the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Often called the "Norway of Arabia" for its dramatic limestone fjords (khors) plunging into turquoise water, Musandam offers traditional half-day dhow cruises with dolphin pods, secluded swimming bays, mountain-top viewpoints over the strait, and the chance to step inside the world's busiest oil-shipping waterway. Reached via a 2-hour drive from Dubai or a domestic Oman Air flight from Muscat, Musandam is the perfect extension to any Oman or UAE itinerary.

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Sur is Oman's most famous coastal town — a traditional dhow-building port on the Gulf of Oman, three hours south-east of Muscat, where 200-year-old wooden ships are still hand-built using the same methods that once carried Sindbad and Omani traders to Zanzibar, Mombasa and Calicut. Just an hour east, the Ras al Jinz Turtle Reserve protects one of the world's most important green sea turtle nesting beaches — around 13,000 turtles return each year. Combined with stunning coastal forts, the Bimmah Sinkhole and the gateway to the emerald wadis of Wadi Shab and Wadi Tiwi, Sur and Ras al Jinz are essential stops on every Wonders of Oman tour.

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Jebel Akhdar — the "Green Mountain" — and its neighbour Jebel Shams ("Sun Mountain") are the heart of Oman's Al Hajar Mountains: a high-altitude plateau of terraced Persian-rose gardens, ancient stone villages, suspended falaj water channels and the spectacular Grand Canyon of Arabia (a 1,000m drop visible from Jebel Shams' 3,009m summit). Just 2 hours from Muscat and 1 hour from Nizwa, the Akhdar–Shams region offers the cool-climate counterpoint to Oman's desert and coast — and houses the country's most awarded luxury resort, Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar.

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Salalah is Oman's tropical southern surprise — the capital of Dhofar Governorate, 1,000 km south of Muscat, blessed with the only summer monsoon in the entire Arabian Peninsula. The annual Khareef (June–September) transforms Salalah's mountains and plains into rolling green hills, foggy valleys and waterfalls — when the rest of Arabia bakes at 45°C, Salalah is a misty 22°C. Add the world's oldest frankincense trees, UNESCO-listed ruins of the Land of Frankincense, white-sand Indian Ocean beaches and excellent seafood, and Salalah is one of Asia's most unique escapes.

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The Wahiba Sands (officially "Sharqiya Sands") is Oman's most iconic desert — a 12,500 km² sea of rolling orange-and-gold dunes rising to 200m, dotted with traditional Bedouin camps, gnarled acacia trees and oryx-tracking 4×4 routes. Just 3 hours south-east of Muscat (or 2 hours from Nizwa), Wahiba is the easiest authentic Arabian-desert experience accessible to international travellers. Dune-bashing at sunset, traditional Bedouin family visits, camel-trekking and luxury desert glamping make Wahiba the headline desert chapter on every Wonders of Oman tour.

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Nizwa is Oman's ancient inland capital and the spiritual heart of the country's Ibadi Islamic tradition. Two hours west of Muscat in a fertile date-palm oasis, Nizwa's 17th-century circular fort, famous Friday goat market, restored Omani souq and the surrounding UNESCO-protected Bahla and Jabreen forts make it the headline cultural stop on every Oman tour. Where Muscat shows you modern coastal Oman, Nizwa shows you the country's soul.

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Muscat is one of the Arabian Peninsula's most uniquely beautiful capitals — a string of low-rise white-and-cream Arabic neighbourhoods wrapped between dramatic jagged mountains and the Gulf of Oman. Unlike its glittering Gulf neighbours (Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi), Muscat has deliberately kept itself low-rise, traditional and dignified. The colossal Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, the bustling 200-year-old Mutrah Souq, the 16th-century Portuguese forts of Mirani and Jalali, and the spectacular Royal Opera House make Muscat the perfect introduction to Arabia's most welcoming country.

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Bayan-Ulgii is Mongolia's most remote and most culturally distinct province — a 46,000 km² Kazakh-majority region in the country's far west, where the Mongolian Altai Mountains meet Russia, China and Kazakhstan. Bayan-Ulgii is the world centre of traditional eagle hunting: around 250 Kazakh hunters (burkitshi) still train golden eagles to hunt foxes and hares from horseback. The famous annual Golden Eagle Festival (early October) is one of the world's most extraordinary cultural events. For adventurous photographers, anthropologists and Mongolia lovers seeking the wildest frontier, Bayan-Ulgii is unmatched.

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Gorkhi-Terelj National Park is Mongolia's most accessible wilderness — a 2,931 km² landscape of granite rock formations, alpine meadows, pine forests and traditional ger camps just 80 km east of Ulaanbaatar. The famous Turtle Rock (Melkhii Khad), the 40m Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue at Tsonjin Boldog, and the spectacular Khan Khentii Mountains make Terelj the perfect 2-night Mongolian wilderness experience for travellers short on time. For luxury and adventure travellers alike, Terelj is the easiest way to taste Mongolia's great steppe.

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Lake Khovsgol (Khövsgöl Nuur) is Mongolia's "Dark Blue Pearl" — a vast 2,760 km² alpine lake on the Siberian border, holding 70% of Mongolia's freshwater and 0.4% of the world's. The lake is 1,645m high, 262m deep and ringed by taiga forests, Buryat fishing villages and the famous Tsaatan reindeer-herding nomads of the Sayan Mountains. Frozen solid in winter and reachable via gentle ger camps in summer, Khovsgol is northern Mongolia's most spectacular destination and a perfect complement to the Gobi for a complete Mongolian tour.

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Karakorum (modern Kharkhorin) is the ancient capital of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire — the 13th-century base from which Mongol armies ruled the largest contiguous empire in human history. Today the site is a UNESCO-protected steppe landscape: the magnificent Erdene Zuu Monastery (Mongolia's oldest surviving Buddhist monastery, built in 1585 from the ruins of Karakorum), the spectacular Orkhon Valley with its 24m Ulaan Tsutgalan waterfall, and a still-vibrant nomadic culture make Kharkhorin the country's most important historical site after the Gobi.

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The Gobi Desert is Asia's largest desert — a 1.3-million-km² wilderness of dunes, mountains, canyons, dinosaur graveyards and traditional Bactrian camel-herder nomads. The Mongolian Gobi covers the country's entire southern third and includes some of Asia's most spectacular landscapes: the 300m Khongoryn Els "singing" sand dunes, the red sandstone Flaming Cliffs at Bayanzag (where the first dinosaur eggs were discovered in 1923), and the spectacular Yolyn Am ice canyon. A Gobi trip is the headline experience of any Mongolia tour.

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Ulaanbaatar — Mongolia's capital and home to nearly half the country's population — is the gateway to one of Asia's last great wildernesses. A surreal mix of Soviet-era apartment blocks, gleaming new glass-and-steel skyscrapers, Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and gers (felt tents) still pitched on the city outskirts, Ulaanbaatar is the world's coldest capital (mean annual temperature −1°C) and one of its most unexpectedly fascinating cities. Most travellers spend 2–3 nights here before launching into the Gobi Desert, the Khustai wild-horse steppes or the lakes of the north. With excellent museums, Mongolian barbecue and a thriving contemporary art scene, Ulaanbaatar is the essential Mongolian start.

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Kratie is Cambodia's sleepy Mekong river town and one of the last sanctuaries on earth for the critically endangered Irrawaddy river dolphin — fewer than 90 individuals remain in the wild, with a small population that lives year-round at Kampi Pool 15 km north of Kratie. Add a charming French-colonial waterfront, the spectacular Wat Sorsor Muoy Roi temple (101 columns), and easy access to the Mekong's tiny Koh Trong island, and Kratie is one of Cambodia's most underrated off-the-beaten-path destinations.

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Koh Rong and Koh Rong Samloem — twin islands off Cambodia's south coast — are the country's most beautiful beach destinations: powdery white-sand beaches, glassy turquoise water and a deliberately slow-developed eco-tourism approach that has kept them refreshingly untouched. The mainland gateway, Sihanoukville, has become Chinese-casino-developed and is now mostly a transit port rather than a beach destination. Once you take the 45-minute fast-boat to Koh Rong or Koh Rong Samloem, Cambodia's most relaxed chapter begins.

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Kampot and Kep are Cambodia's most charming south coast duo — a sleepy riverside French-colonial town (Kampot) and a tiny seaside crab village (Kep), 25 km apart on the Gulf of Thailand. Both rose to fame in the early 20th century as French colonial retreats; today they're a slow-travel paradise of world-famous black pepper plantations, the abandoned French hill station of Bokor Mountain, the legendary Kep Crab Market, and boutique riverside resorts. For travellers seeking the quietest, most authentic Cambodia experience away from Angkor or Phnom Penh, Kampot and Kep are essential.

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Battambang is Cambodia's most charming heritage town — a sleepy riverside trading city in the country's north-west, three hours south of Siem Reap, famous for the original bamboo train (norry), the country's best-preserved French colonial architecture and a vibrant contemporary art scene. With more than 80 surviving colonial-era shophouses, a riverside boulevard, the spectacular Phare Ponleu Selpak circus school, and easy access to Cambodian countryside cycle tours, Battambang is the quietest, most authentic chapter of any Cambodia tour.

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Phnom Penh is Cambodia's capital and the country's emotional and historical heart — a riverside city at the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers that combines French colonial-era grandeur with the harrowing memory of the Khmer Rouge years (1975–79). The Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda gleam by day; the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung Ek Killing Fields demand a sober reckoning; and the riverside esplanade offers some of South-East Asia's most beautiful sunset walks. With under 2 million people, Phnom Penh is the unhurried, accessible capital — a perfect 2-night arrival or departure city on every Cambodia tour.

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Siem Reap is the gateway to Angkor Wat — the world's largest religious monument and arguably the greatest archaeological site on earth. The 12th-century Khmer Empire built more than 1,000 temples across 400 km² of jungle, of which Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom (with the famous Bayon faces) and Ta Prohm (the "tomb raider" temple) are the headline sights. Add the floating villages of Tonle Sap Lake, the apsara dance dinner shows, and Siem Reap's thriving art scene, and this is the heart of every Cambodia tour.

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Ladakh — "Land of High Passes" — is India's northernmost frontier, a 59,000 km² Trans-Himalayan plateau of cold-desert valleys, lunar-coloured mountains, ancient Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and turquoise-blue alpine lakes at 4,500m. With an average elevation of 3,500m and many sights above 5,000m, Ladakh is one of the world's most spectacular high-altitude destinations. The capital Leh sits at 3,524m; the famous Pangong Tso lake stretches across the Indian-Tibetan border at 4,350m. For adventurous travellers, photographers and Buddhist culture lovers, Ladakh is India's most extraordinary frontier.

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Amritsar is the spiritual capital of the Sikhs and home to the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) — arguably the most beautiful religious monument in India and one of the most welcoming sacred sites on earth. The 16th-century gold-leafed temple shimmers above the sacred Amrit Sarovar pool; 100,000 pilgrims and visitors are fed free vegetarian meals in the Langar community kitchen every day; and the sound of continuous prayer recitation gives the city a uniquely peaceful atmosphere. Add the famously theatrical Wagah Border ceremony, the sombre Jallianwala Bagh memorial, and India's best Punjabi food, and Amritsar is one of India's most rewarding northern destinations.

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