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Ponta do Arnel lighthouse, São Miguel
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DESTINATIONS
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Italy
Long lunches, hill towns and light that makes everything look painted.
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Japan
Temples, neon and quiet gardens — ancient and futuristic in one trip.
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Portugal
Atlantic light, tiled towns and islands made for walking.
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Madagascar
Baobab avenues, lemurs and wild, empty beaches.
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Maldives
Overwater villas and reefs a few steps from your deck.
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Kenya
The Masai Mara, big skies and the great migration.
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Thailand
Street food, temples and islands in turquoise water.
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Switzerland
Glacier lakes, mountain trains and alpine villages.
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Tanzania
The Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Zanzibar's spice coast.
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South Africa
Winelands, wild coasts and the Kruger on your doorstep.
1 journey
Italy
Long lunches, hill towns and light that makes everything look painted.
0 journeys
Japan
Temples, neon and quiet gardens — ancient and futuristic in one trip.
1 journey
Portugal
Atlantic light, tiled towns and islands made for walking.
0 journeys
Madagascar
Baobab avenues, lemurs and wild, empty beaches.
1 journey
Maldives
Overwater villas and reefs a few steps from your deck.
1 journey
Kenya
The Masai Mara, big skies and the great migration.
0 journeys
Thailand
Street food, temples and islands in turquoise water.
1 journey
Switzerland
Glacier lakes, mountain trains and alpine villages.
1 journey
Tanzania
The Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Zanzibar's spice coast.
0 journeys
South Africa
Winelands, wild coasts and the Kruger on your doorstep.
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WHY THE COLLECTIVE
Why the Collective
Small groups, always
Never more than 12 on a group journey, so it still feels personal.
Local expert guides
Guides who live where you're travelling, not scripts read from a bus.
Travel that gives back
We work with locally owned stays and community projects wherever we can.
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The same team plans corporate travel, incentives, conferences and congresses for companies and associations.
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- 100% Black female-owned
TRAVELLER STORIES
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“Everything was taken care of, but it never felt like a tour. We came home feeling like we'd been let in on a secret.”
Thandi M. · Johannesburg
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