Current special offers available on select small group tours and rail journeys by private train. Act now before the trips fill up or the offers expire!
Reserve Your 2027 Journey & Save $400 Per Person
MIR is celebrating our 40th anniversary with savings on a curated selection of our favorite journeys. Make a new booking on any of the below scheduled Small Group Tours and Rail Journeys by Private Train to save $400 per person ($800 per couple) and help us ring in our 40th birthday!
Small Group Tours
Offer valid for new bookings made between July 18 and September 30, 2026
Albania: Beyond the Guidebook – May 16 – 29, 2027
A Taste of Georgia: Wine, Cuisine & Culture – September 22 – October 2, 2027
The Baltics – April 19 – May 1, 2027 & August 16 – 28, 2027
Backstreets & Bazaars of Uzbekistan – March 16 – 25, 2027
China’s Silk Road & Tibet: Route of Monks & Merchants – October 8 – 25, 2027
Eastern Turkey & Georgia: Crossroads of Ancient Civilizations – May 26 – June 12, 2027
Mongolia’s Golden Eagle Festival – September 24 – October 5, 2027
Outposts of the Silk Road – July 28 – August 14, 2027
Oman Unveiled – January 22 – February 2, 2027 & November 5 – 16, 2027
The Pamir Highway: From the Tien Shan to the High Pamirs – August 16 – September 2, 2027
Silk Road Backroads & Byways – August 28 – September 14, 2027
Village Traditions of the South Caucasus – July 18 – August 7, 2027
Rail Journeys by Private Train
Offer valid for new bookings made between August 6 and September 30, 2026
Ancient China by Private Train – Urumqi to Beijing – March 29 – April 9, 2027
Christmas Markets of Central Europe by Private Train – Budapest to Munich – December 3 – 10, 2027
Caspian Odyssey by Private Train – September 30 – October 15, 2027
Castles of Transylvania by Private Train – May 28 – June 3, 2027, October 12 – 18, 2027 & October 28 – November 3, 2027
Eastern Europe Discovery by Private Train – June 7 – 18, 2027
Imperial China by Private Train – April 16 – 27, 2027
Paris to Istanbul by Private Train – May 22 – 29, 2027 & October 6 – 13, 2027
Republics of the Silk Road by Private Train – Almaty – Samarkand – September 12 – 25, 2027
Republics of the Silk Road by Private Train – Tashkent – Almaty – August 30 – September 12, 2027 & September 23 – October 6, 2027
Venice to Istanbul by Private Train – May 7 – 18, 2027, September 10 – 21, 2027 & October 19 – 30, 2027
Contact us to find out more. Additional terms apply:
- Savings will be reflected on final land tour invoice.
- Not combinable with any offers other than our MIR Frequent Group Traveler Reward.
- Valid on new reservations for only the tours shown above.
- Reservation must be made between July 18 and September 30, 2026, for eligible Small Group Tours, and between August 6 and September 30, 2026, for eligible Rail Journeys by Private Train, subject to availability.
- Booking requires placement of non-refundable tour deposit and completion of tour Reservation Form.
- Limited space is available.
- Offer subject to change without notice.
Multi-tour Special Offer
Save $100 per person, per tour, when you book more than one small group tour or rail journey by private train for trips departing the same year. The number of trips you can book in one year is unlimited.
- Valid on scheduled group tours only (not applicable to Flexible Essential trips or any custom, private journey).
- Not combinable with any other offers.
- Subject to availability of the tour at the time of reservation.
- Subject to change without notice.
- No expiration date.
Have questions about any of these special offers?


