Where we go deep

Our
Expertise

Ask about some destinations and we'll talk for an hour. Ask about somewhere we haven't built yet, and we'll go find out. Nothing here is off the table — some of it we just already know cold.

How you like to travel

Where most trips start

You usually know how you want to feel, and probably who you want next to you, before you may decide on where you're going. Every one of these turns into its own kind of story. Some destinations and experiences come up more frequently than others. Yours will still be yours.

Adventure & Active Journeys

Trekking, cycling, paddling, climbing. Trips where the day has a distance in it. Patagonia, the Andes, East Africa, Alaska, at whatever pace suits you, with the comfort set to what you actually want at the end of a long day rather than what someone assumed you'd tolerate.

Custom Private Travel

The blank page. You tell us the shape of it, who's coming, roughly when, and what you want out of it. We build the rest from nothing. Most of what we do starts here, and it's where the phone numbers earn their keep.

Small-Ship & Expedition Cruising

Under 700 guests, often under 100. Antarctica, the Galápagos, the Mediterranean, the great rivers. Ships small enough to reach the places the big ones sail past, and small enough that going ashore doesn't involve a queue.

We run this as its own practice for travelers who wrote off cruising after seeing the wrong ships. Ocean, river, expedition, and private yacht, with access to sailings and shipboard programs that aren't offered to the general public.

Small Group & Multigenerational

A milestone birthday. A reunion. The trip where three generations all have to be happy at once. Private guides, enough room that nobody feels trapped, and an itinerary built around the fact that a nine-year-old and a seventy-year-old want different mornings.

The places we know best

Two ways a destination shows up here

In some places we've already built the journeys, so you can see the route and the price today. In others we start from nothing every time. Both are things we do well. They just begin differently.

Journeys ready to see
Alaska
NORTH AMERICA
Alaska

Alaska

Floatplane access to remote lodges, helicopter glacier landings, bear viewing on the Katmai coast, and fishing you can only reach by air.
Alaska in detail →
East Africa
EAST AFRICA
Tanzania & Kenya

East Africa

Cycling safaris through Tarangire, the Lemosho route up Kilimanjaro with porter teams treated properly, and the migration timed to where it actually is.
Safari planning in detail →
Southern Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Botswana, Zimbabwe & South Africa

Southern Africa

The Okavango by mokoro, Victoria Falls in the middle, and leopards in Sabi Sand where the vehicles are allowed off the road. Flown between camps, then Cape Town to land softly.
Southern Africa in detail →
Peru
SOUTH AMERICA
The Andes

Peru

The Salkantay route to Machu Picchu slept in dome camps with proper beds, Humantay glacial lake, and a private final stage on the Inca Trail.
See Peru journeys →
Ecuador and the Galapagos
EQUATORIAL PACIFIC
Ecuador

The Galápagos

The islands at water level. Snorkeling Kicker Rock with sea lions, mountain biking Isabela's volcanic rim, kayaking Tintoreras, and Cotopaxi on the mainland.
See Galápagos journeys →
Nepal
THE HIMALAYAS
Nepal

Bardia & the Khumbu

Bengal tiger tracking in the Babai Valley, then a chartered helicopter lift into the Himalayas and Everest Base Camp. Fifteen days.
See Nepal journeys →
Big Sur
NORTH AMERICA
California

Big Sur & Monterey

The coast road done properly, at the pace it deserves, from someone who has lived on this coast.
See the journey →
Iceland
NORTH ATLANTIC
The Ring Road & the Westfjords

Iceland

Aurora trips built around darkness rather than hope, the Ring Road paced so the driving is not the trip, and the Westfjords for anyone who has already done the South Coast.
Iceland in detail →
Patagonia
SOUTH AMERICA
Torres del Paine & El Calafate

Patagonia

The W and the O with the refugios actually confirmed, glaciers on the Argentine side, and three nights in Mendoza to finish. The booking opens a year ahead and closes in days.
Patagonia in detail →
The Alps
EUROPE
Mont Blanc, the Valais & the Dolomites

The Alps

The Tour du Mont Blanc, the Walker’s Haute Route to Zermatt, and Alta Via sections in the Dolomites. Luggage moves between stages, so you carry a daypack.
The Alps in detail →
National Parks
NORTH AMERICA
The Quiet Parks & the Famous Ones

National Parks

Sixty-three parks, and visitation concentrated in a handful. Private Jeep routes into Cathedral Valley, stargazing with working astronomers, and the in-park lodges booked at release.
The parks in detail →
Scandinavia
SCANDINAVIA
Norway, Sweden & Denmark

Scandinavia

Stockholm and Copenhagen for the design and the food, then the western fjords, which are further from both than the map suggests and worth the day it costs to reach them.
Scandinavia in detail →
Australia
AUSTRALIA
Sydney, the Red Centre, the Reef, Kangaroo Island & the Top End

Australia

Three or four regions done properly, with the domestic flights as the skeleton of the trip and the remote lodges that nobody can reach on their own.
Australia in detail →
New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND
Glenorchy, the Wanaka High Country, Fiordland, Canterbury & Taupō

New Zealand

Three or four lodges for three nights each, and a helicopter between the ones the road does not reach.
New Zealand in detail →
The Arctic
THE FAR NORTH
Svalbard, Greenland & Arctic Norway

The Arctic

Midnight sun in one season and polar night in the other. Expedition ships small enough to land, and Greenland reachable in a way it has not been before.
The Arctic in detail →
Designed from scratch

No catalog. You describe it, we build it.

These are the places we've worked in longest and know deepest. There's nothing to browse because every one of these trips is made for the people taking it.

Italy · Spain & Portugal · Australia & New Zealand · Greece & Türkiye · Iceland & the Nordics · Costa Rica · French Polynesia · and destinations worldwide

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