We have planned several dates for our small group departures, for our hiking tours, cultural discovery tours and other activities we offer. Our small group departures, consist of international travelers and is lead by an Albanian English speaking tourleader. Our trips usually depart with a minimum of 3 persons in Northern Albania and 6 in Southern Albania.
Small Group Departures
Our small group departure tours are Land Only; the prices do not include your flight, nor transport to and from the airport to hotel. Our set departure tours do not include the airport transfers, if you wish to book an airport transfer, please mention this at your booking form. The price from the airport to Tirana is 30 euro (max 4 pax).
Please make your own way to the starting point of your tour. If you would like us to arrange a transfer for you from the airport to your hotel or from your hotel to the beginning point of the tour, please let us know at booking in your booking form.
Our small group departures are based on twin sharing rooms. We will make sure that you will only share your room with a person of the same sex. In case you want to share your room with a specific persons you know, please let us know at booking.
A small group departure with Outdoor Albania means that you will travel on a pre-set departure date with a group of international travellers, guided by a local English speaking tour leader. You can join these groups as an individual, a couple, a family, a group of friends or with whom else you wish to travel. Joining a group is a great way to explore Albania at a lower cost and to also meet like-minded people along the way.
How small are these groups, you might think? It depends on what kind of tour but generally we already depart with a minimum of three people and we go up to a maximum of 15 participants.
It depends on each tour what is included and what not. This information can be found in the tour details. Departure dates for each tour are indicated on the calendar on the right side of the tour page.
Our small group departure tours are Land Only; the prices do not include your flight, nor transport to and from the airport to hotel. Our set departure tours do not include the airport transfers, if you wish to book an airport transfer, please mention this at your booking form. The price from the airport to Tirana is 30 euro (max 4 pax).
Please make your own way to the starting point of your tour. If you would like us to arrange a transfer for you from the airport to your hotel or from your hotel to the beginning point of the tour, please let us know at booking in your booking form.
Our small group departures are based on twin sharing rooms. We will make sure that you will only share your room with a person of the same sex. In case you want to share your room with a specific persons you know, please let us know at booking.
When staying in hotels you will share a double room with someone of the same gender. A single room is also possible but will require a supplement. In guesthouses you will stay with multiple people in one room, in this case it is rarely possible to have a single room.
You can check our departure dates and see what departures are guaranteed or contact us for further information. 6 weeks prior to departure we will let you know if there are enough participants to run the tour, in case there are not enough participants you can either choose to cancel or pay a small group supplement.
Outdoor Albania reserves the right to alter the prices of any tours shown in our brochure and/or website. But don’t worry; the definitive price will be communicated with you before booking. Once your tour is booked the price is set and will not change according to tax rises, fuel prices etc.
With our scheduled departures we might not have enough participants to depart, in which case we will inform you about the small group supplement. At this point, you can either decide to cancel your participation or you can join our tour.
We expect our travelers to be realistic about their own capabilities. Not only for your own safety and well being but also for the safety and well being of the other group members. Furthermore we expect our participants to be on time to make sure the group can remain on time schedule. Additionally we expect participants to report any personal or mutual problems to the tour leader as he or she is responsible for the group’s well being.
This is a less fun, but nevertheless a necessary part of preparing your holiday. When you booked a small group departure or a private tour we offer you the following two possibilities:
- Payment of an online deposit of 20{36bab564c75cba9a12dcb9e489e86315d313625ff151116f79ce83c288ad610e} of the tour price + 4.5{36bab564c75cba9a12dcb9e489e86315d313625ff151116f79ce83c288ad610e} service charge (over the deposit payment), via our secure online credit card payment. system and pay the remaining amount at our Tirana office prior to departure.
- Payment of the total amount due through bank transfer with all transfer an wiring casts borne by the sender, no later than 14 days following receipt of the OA invoice by the customers. For the avoidance of doubt, the transferred amount ought to have reached the OA bank account within 14 days from the receipt of invoice by the customers. The customers shall send OA a copy of the bank transfer by email.