The people
11 named guides. The name on a departure is the person who walks it with you.
Lead mountain guide, IFMGA
Marta grew up at the foot of the Dolomites and qualified as an IFMGA mountain guide in 2014. She has guided the Alta Via for nine seasons and speaks four languages fluently.
Italian, German, English, Spanish
Mountain guide, IFMGA
Thomas is based in Sexten and has guided across the eastern Alps for over a decade. He is known for his route-finding in poor weather and his quiet, careful pace.
German, Italian, English
Cultural guide, Kansai
Sayuri is a Kyoto-licensed cultural guide with a background in tea ceremony and garden history. She has led small groups through the old capitals for twelve years.
Japanese, English
Cultural guide, Kansai
Kenji is a former chef who retrained as a guide. He leads our food-focused departures and is the reason we always stop at the right noodle bar.
Japanese, English
Lead mountain guide, ACGM
Carolina is a Punta Arenas native and an ACGM-certified mountain guide. She has guided the Torres del Paine circuit for fifteen seasons and knows the wind like few others.
Spanish, English
Mountain guide, ACGM
Diego splits his year between Patagonia in the southern summer and the Pyrenees in the northern summer. He is our lead guide for the French Valley extension.
Spanish, English, French
Berber mountain & desert guide
Youssef is from Imlil in the High Atlas and has guided the Atlas-to-Sahara route for fourteen years. He speaks Tachelhit, Arabic, French, and English.
Tachelhit, Arabic, French, English
Guide-driver, south Iceland
Björk is a south-coast local who has been guiding visitors for ten years. She holds a glacier-guide qualification and an unnatural fondness for black-sand mornings.
Icelandic, English, Danish
Highlands guide
Finlay is from Fort William and has guided on Skye and the west coast for sixteen years. He is also a single-malt educator and runs our distillery tastings.
English, Gaelic
Northern Vietnam guide
Linh is from Hanoi and has guided in the northern highlands for eight years. She is the bridge between our groups and the families we stay with.
Vietnamese, English, Mandarin
Andalusia guide
Pablo is a Seville-born guide and former Flamenco guitarist. He has led cultural routes across Andalusia for twelve years and is a certified sherry educator.
Spanish, English, Italian
Every private trip comes with a guide picked for the route. Tell us the trip and we match the person.
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