Small-group travel

Routes worth slowing down for.

Twelve travelers, two guides, and an itinerary built around how a place actually feels in the morning. Browse departures with live seat counts, or commission a private route.

  • Mar 8 Atlas to Sahara, 9 days 3 seats
  • Mar 22 Kyoto & Nara, slow, 7 days 2 left
  • Apr 5 Atlas to Sahara, 9 days Full
  1. 1Cortina
  2. 2Auronzo
  3. 3Tre Cime
  4. 4Locatelli
  5. 5Patern
  6. 6Toblach

Live route: Dolomites Alta Via, 8 days

On the calendar

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How a route is built

Four steps, then it goes on the calendar

  1. 01

    Scout it twice

    Every route starts as one a lead guide already loves. We walk it twice, in different seasons, before it is published — once for the line, once for the morning.

  2. 02

    Watch the mornings

    A route lives or dies on its first two hours. We pay close attention to the start of each day: a long transfer, a scramble for breakfast, a misleading trailhead — these set the tone.

  3. 03

    Cut at least one day

    After the first scouting run we cut activity, not add it. The Patagonia traverse originally had nine walking days. It now has eight, plus a buffer. The buffer is the point.

  4. 04

    Name a guide

    A route is not published until a named guide has signed off. The name on the departure calendar is the person who will walk it with you. There is no anonymous roster.

When you can go

Departures across the year

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