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go when it suits you

Guided departures into wild places, on your dates

Small groups, local guides, and no fixed departure list to squeeze into. Tell us roughly when you can travel and we build the trip around it.

What we run

Whatever you are after — there is a route for it.

How it works

Four steps from a rough idea to first light.

  1. 01

    Pick a route

    Browse the tours and find the one you want. Nothing to book yet — dates come next.

  2. 02

    Name your dates

    Tell us when you would like to start and how far either side you can move.

  3. 03

    We confirm

    We check the date against the guide's calendar and come back with a quote and a held place.

  4. 04

    Go

    Pay the deposit, get the final itinerary, and meet your guide at first light.

Tours

Routes worth the long way round.

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A river running through a deep moss-covered canyonFeatured

Iceland's South Coast, Iceland

South Coast and Glacier Lagoon

Six days between Reykjavík and Jökulsárlón, driving nothing.

  • 6 days · 5 nights
  • Max 12
  • Easy

from $3,180

per person

The terraces of Machu Picchu below Huayna PicchuFeatured

Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, Peru

Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu

Seven days, acclimatised properly, with the ruins on day six.

  • 7 days · 6 nights
  • Max 12
  • Moderate

from $2,390

per person

A lantern-lit lane of wooden machiya houses in KyotoFeatured

Kyoto and the Nakasendo, Japan

Kyoto and the Kiso Valley

Eight days, two cities and thirty kilometres of old post road.

  • 8 days · 7 nights
  • Max 10
  • Moderate

from $3,450

per person

Snow-dusted mountain ridge at sunriseFeatured

Mount Kenya, Kenya

Mount Kenya: Sirimon to Chogoria

Up the dry side, down the beautiful one. Point Lenana at sunrise.

  • 5 days · 4 nights
  • Max 10
  • Challenging

from $1,650

per person

Flamingos wading in a shallow soda lakeFeatured

Great Rift Valley, Kenya

Rift Valley Lakes Safari

Three soda lakes, four days, one vehicle and no fixed departure.

  • 4 days · 3 nights
  • Max 8
  • Easy

from $980

per person

A walker crossing a suspension bridge in cloud forest

Coast to Cloud Forest, Costa Rica

Cloud Forest, Volcano and Pacific

Eight days, three habitats, and a lot of things that only come out at night.

  • 8 days · 7 nights
  • Max 12
  • Easy

from $2,680

per person

Why travel with us

Local hearts. Far reaching routes.

  • Small groups

    Eight to twelve travellers, one vehicle, and a guide who knows everyone's name by day two.

  • Your dates

    No fixed departure list. Name the week you can travel and we work the route around it.

  • Local guides

    Everyone leading a trip lives where it runs, and is paid for the season, not the day.

Routes running
9Routes running
Countries covered
7Countries covered
Average of 4 reviews
4.8Average of 4 reviews

Frequently asked

Flexible dates, explained.

The questions we hear most from people booking their first trip with us.

Ask us on an enquiry

You tell us instead. Every tour carries the notice it needs, the days of the week it can start on, and the periods it does not run. You pick a date inside those rules — plus however many days either side you can move — and the operator confirms it.

Ready to wander?

Bookings for the first season open in October 2026. Leave your address and you will hear once — when the dates go live.

Join the waitlist

One email when we open. Nothing else, ever.

Travellers say

The trips people came back and wrote about.

  • George Mwangi

    Took my parents, nobody was rushed

    Early mornings, long lunches, and a walking safari my father could actually manage. The flexibility mattered — we moved our start by two days when a flight changed and it cost nothing.

    KenyaRift Valley Lakes Safari3 nights
  • Nadia B.

    Slower than we planned, in the right way

    The wind moved a day around and they simply told us, which I appreciated more than a schedule pretending to be certain. The sandbank night is worth the whole booking on its own.

    KenyaLamu Dhow and Islands5 nights
  • Tom Reeve

    The extra acclimatisation day is the whole trip

    I have failed on this mountain before, on a four-day itinerary. Five days and a walk to Hausberg Col made Point Lenana feel almost easy. The crew were paid properly and it showed in how they worked.

    KenyaMount Kenya: Sirimon to Chogoria4 nights
  • Amina K.

    The empty afternoon was the best part

    We booked ten days out and got the exact week we asked for. Every other operator wanted us to fit their departure. The guide read the lake like a book, and nobody was ever standing on anyone's foot in the vehicle.

    KenyaRift Valley Lakes Safari3 nights