Calder & Lawson Tours

Calder & Lawson Tours Calder and Lawson Tours is a leading tour operator with over three decades of experience in planning and operating fully escorted tours from New Zealand.

Calder and Lawson Tours is a leading tour operator with over two decades of experience in planning and operating fully escorted tours from New Zealand.

Our discovery of the Caucasus took us first to Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. Whatever any of us had expected wasn’t enough....
14/09/2026

Our discovery of the Caucasus took us first to Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. Whatever any of us had expected wasn’t enough. We were all very pleasantly surprised.

An oil boom in the late 1800s and early 1900s bequeathed grand buildings in Art Nouveau, Neoclassical and other styles that were in vogue in Europe. We could have been in Paris, Prague or Budapest, except there was no litter or graffiti.

The Old City is an enclave of Islamic medieval palaces and mosques. The 21st century has delivered breathtakingly spectacular public and private buildings. All this on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

A nation with complex recent and ancient pasts. Safe and friendly. A great start to our tour.

Western Australia Wildflowers & the Indian PacificCape Naturaliste lighthouse. A poignant sight were the freesia's in bl...
14/09/2026

Western Australia Wildflowers & the Indian Pacific

Cape Naturaliste lighthouse. A poignant sight were the freesia's in bloom. Perhaps planted by a lighthouse keepers wife.

14/09/2026

Western Australia, the Wildflowers & the Indian Pacific

Cape Naturaliste & the lighthouse. Wonderful history & one of the windiest places in Australia!

Western Australia, the Wildflowers & the Indian PacificTheough the Margaret River & Busselton
14/09/2026

Western Australia, the Wildflowers & the Indian Pacific

Theough the Margaret River & Busselton

Western Australia, the Wildflowers & the Indian Pacific train10 days of wonderful wildflowers travelling north, east & s...
14/09/2026

Western Australia, the Wildflowers & the Indian Pacific train

10 days of wonderful wildflowers travelling north, east & south of Perth. Through the Margaret River & back to Perth (3193km) in anticipation of boarding the Indian Pacific train to Sydney.
We will miss Norah the Explorer our comfortable 4wd overland bus. But the excitement of crossing the continent for 5 days/4 nights beckons.

Central Asia’s Silk RoadTo leave Turkmenistan we flew to Daşoguz and travelled by 4WD across wild roads to the Uzbek bor...
13/09/2026

Central Asia’s Silk Road

To leave Turkmenistan we flew to Daşoguz and travelled by 4WD across wild roads to the Uzbek border. It has been fascinating to see the historical Khorezm region, which is partly in Turkmenistan and partly in Uzbekistan, as well as a glimpse of the Karakalpak Autonomous Region.

Highlights were the incredible Savitsky Museum in Nukus and the ‘tower of silence’ en route to Khiva/Xiva. Igor Savitsky collected works by Soviet artists who were out of favour (even in some cases to the point of being killed). Tucked away in the Karakalpak desert, he amassed a stupendous collection.

A great inclusion by Calder & Lawson and the westernmost part of our itinerary. Everyone enjoyed clambering up the Shilpiq Qala, where excarnation was practised in Zoroastrian times, meaning dead bodies were placed in a high tower for vultures to eat, thereby not contaminating the sacred earth. After some months, the bones of the loved ones were collected and stored in a clay ossuary.

Although the mighty Amu Darya is desperately reduced in its lower reaches, the view and sense of what the might river must once have been create a memorable impression.

Western Australia and the Wildflowers We're down in the south east near Albany exploring Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Ran...
09/09/2026

Western Australia and the Wildflowers

We're down in the south east near Albany exploring Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Ranges. We stopped at the lookout & walked through the bush checking out gorgeous purple Painted Lady, many banksia and carnivorous sundews. Grass trees with alien tentacles plus stunning views.

09/09/2026

Western Australia and the Wildflowers

Blowing in the wind

Western Australia & the WildflowersAs we travel through the Wheatbelt East from the coast & south to Albany & the Margar...
09/09/2026

Western Australia & the Wildflowers

As we travel through the Wheatbelt East from the coast & south to Albany & the Margaret River the country slowly changes. From bush carpeted with wildflowers to huge swathes of bright yellow flowering canola & wheat rippling in the wind. And from broad acre farming, to sheep! Lovely rolling country through old towns like York & Mount Barker.

Western Australia & the Wildflowers There's always time to find a good opshop 🙂
08/09/2026

Western Australia & the Wildflowers

There's always time to find a good opshop 🙂

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Hamilton
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