Expedition Travel & Adventure

The penguins of Betty's Bay in South Africa

Expedition travel is a different kind of trip. The destinations are remote, the experiences are genuinely rare, and the planning matters more than it does almost anywhere else.

I specialize in South Africa, the Galápagos, Norway, Antarctica, and South America. These are places that take real expertise to do well. Not because they're difficult to enjoy once you're there, but because the gap between a mediocre expedition and a remarkable one is almost entirely in the preparation. The ship you're on, the guides who lead your excursions, the operator who puts it together — these things shape everything.

Take Antarctica. There are a lot of trips marketed as "Antarctic expeditions" that, in practice, barely touch the continent. Some sail through the Drake Passage and offer a glimpse of the peninsula from the deck. Others actually get you on the ground with expert naturalists, into the ice, surrounded by wildlife that has no fear of humans because it has never learned to. That's the version worth taking. I know the difference, and I help my clients find it.

For the Galápagos, people are often surprised by how demanding the trip actually is. Getting there takes real effort — there's meaningful travel time just to reach the islands, and once you're there the days are full. Zodiac landings, hikes, snorkeling, wildlife encounters packed into every afternoon. It's extraordinary, but it's not a beach vacation. I tell clients honestly: this one might need a recovery trip afterward. What I can do is match the right itinerary to the right traveler, and find the ship and experience level that fits what you're actually looking for.

South Africa is a destination I feel strongly about and want more people to know. I've been there myself, and it genuinely surprised me. It's one of the most layered, beautiful, and accessible safari destinations in the world — easier to get to than East Africa, with exceptional wildlife, and a food and wine scene that nobody talks about enough. I work with a specialist operator I trust completely, and I want to help more clients get there. I understand the safety concerns, and I'm happy to have that conversation honestly. The experience, with the right planning and the right operator, is safe, extraordinary, and hard to describe until you've seen it.

I approach every expedition with the same philosophy I bring to everything else: I ask a lot of questions, I get the details right, and I handle all of it so that you can just show up and be fully present for what you came to experience. These are the trips that change how you see the world. I want to help make them possible.