The "Long Way Down" is a journey embarked on by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman - travelling from John O'Groats through Europe to Africa.

Travelling the east coast route through Africa they visited countries they felt would best provide inspiration for themselves, but also for others who may follow in their footsteps. Explore supported the trip because we recognise a shared set of values with the Long Way Down team.

The "Long Way Down" television series is showing on BBC 2 at 8pm on Sundays from 28th October 2007.

A book and a DVD ( Long Way Down : Complete BBC Series) of the series are also available.

The Long Way Down journey has an aim of supporting charities along the way, such as UNICEF projects, Riders For Health and the Children's Hospice Association of Scotland. The pair hoped to give something back to the communities they visited and recapture the joys of the open road once more.

Long Way Down is produced and directed by Russ Malkin of Big Earth and David Alexanian of Elixir Films, who have witnessed and documented Ewan and Charley's previous adventures Long Way Round and Race To Daka.

You can find out more about their exploits on www.longwaydown.com and www.bbc.co.uk/longwaydown.

Long Way Down: Short Trailer Long Way Down: Long Trailer

(Please note: Occasional use of bad language in these trailers)

To qualify for the discount you must call Explore and quote the Long Way Down when booking your tours. The discount is NOT applicable online.

§ The offer is available on all applicable bookings made until June 30th 2008
§ The 10% discount is applicable to bookings of 2, 3, 4 or 5 tours made and confirmed on the same day.
§ The 20% discount is applicable to bookings of all 6 promotional tours made and confirmed on the same day.
§ The offers are additional to any existing loyalty discounts, but any other promotional discounts or offers do not apply.
§ Whilst some departures of these tours can be linked together, Explore in no way implies that combinations of these tours constitute a linear journey - ie, multiple trips may have to be taken to enjoy combinations of these tours.
§ Please quote either LWD2 (for the 10% offer) or LWD6 (for the 20% offer) at time of booking.
§ The discount amount will be taken from the final invoice and will be from the brochure price published in the Explore Worldwide 2008/09 edition, doesn't include the local payment, any applicable supplements or insurance and will apply only to the type of booking (eg including or excluding flights) and specific departure.
§ If a tour is cancelled for any reason by Explore, the discount can be transferred to a new booking, but a cash alternative will not be offered. However the discount cannot be transferred if the original booking is cancelled by the passenger.
§ The offer is not open to friends, family, employees of Explore or any associated companies.