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BESPOKE ADVENTURES

PRIVATE. PURPOSEFUL. ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

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We design private expeditions for individuals seeking access to places, people and experiences far beyond conventional travel. These are not itineraries - they are carefully considered journeys into remote environments, shaped by relationships, trust and time spent on the ground.


Built on over a decade leading expeditions in extreme and remote locations, each journey is designed from the inside out. No templates. No off-the-shelf routes. Just rare, considered experiences shaped entirely around the individual. These expeditions favour discretion over display, depth over comfort, and meaning over spectacle.


Each expedition is personally designed and led, drawing on years of field experience. Journeys are built with trusted local specialists and shaped by careful planning, sound judgement and discretion.


Designed for individuals who seek rare experiences shaped by trust, depth and time spent far from the obvious.


Past and potential journey examples:

// Sleep high in the jungle canopy of Gabon  

// Track elusive snow leopards by horseback in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan 

// Cross the Sinai Desert on foot with Bedouin guides  

// Learn survival skills alongside Ecuador’s hunter-gatherer communities  

// Camera-trap critically endangered Gobi bear in Mongolia desert. 


Expeditions begin with a private consultation and are offered by enquiry only.


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PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS

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GABON: THE GREEN ABYSS

"The most committing expedition of my life" - Dave Lucas 


For one month we traversed through Gabon’s untouched jungles, navigating a labyrinth of rapid-filled rivers by packraft and bushwhack some of the planet’s most hostile terrain. Our goal, to reach the remote communities who call these la

GABON: Expedition: Gabon (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall)

SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Khuribah Climb (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall, Leo Houlding and Aldo Kane)

SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Khuribah Climb (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall, Leo Houlding and Aldo Kane)

"Easily the hardest, sweatiest, grimiest,  muddiest and scariest expedition." 

- Steve Backshall


A first descent of a jungle river-with hippos, crocs and full on whitewater-plus search for a hidden population of primates. A classic exped, which had a bit of everything, hard graft, mud, sweat and a white knuckle ride.

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SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Khuribah Climb (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall, Leo Houlding and Aldo Kane)

SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Khuribah Climb (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall, Leo Houlding and Aldo Kane)

SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Khuribah Climb (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall, Leo Houlding and Aldo Kane)

Expedition to send Leo Houlding, Steve Backshall and Aldo Kane to climb Al-Khuribah, the highest point of the ancient Dadan Kingdom.

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ECUADOR: Living with the Waorani (TV: Pole to Pole / Nat Geo with Will Smith)

SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Khuribah Climb (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall, Leo Houlding and Aldo Kane)

ANTARCTICA (TV: Endurance: Race to the Pole)

One month living in Baihuaeri Territory with the Waorani community deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon. During this expedition a new anaconda species was discovered.

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ANTARCTICA (TV: Endurance: Race to the Pole)

ANTARCTICA (TV: Endurance: Race to the Pole)

ANTARCTICA (TV: Endurance: Race to the Pole)

Part of a three person team documenting Ben Fogle and Dwayne Fields as they relive the trials and tribulations of the deadly race to the pole in the 20th century.

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REPUBLIC OF CONGO. (TV: Congo with Ben Fogle)

ANTARCTICA (TV: Endurance: Race to the Pole)

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. (TV: Congo with Ben Fogle)

Journey into the Congo, one of the most mysterious places on earth, to meet the people and wildlife that live there. From Voodoo wrestling in the bustling capital of Brazzaville to dance rituals deep in the jungle. 

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BOTSWANA: Walking with Elephants (TV: Levison Wood)

ANTARCTICA (TV: Endurance: Race to the Pole)

REPUBLIC OF CONGO. (TV: Congo with Ben Fogle)

An epic expedition, on foot and mokoro, following hundreds of elephants migrating 650 miles across Botswana towards the Okavango Delta. This included partaking in a scientific elephant collaring. 

KYRGYZSTAN: Ghost of the Mountains (TV: Expeditions with Steve Backshall)

KYRGYZSTAN: Ghost of the Mountains (TV: Expeditions with Steve Backshall)

KYRGYZSTAN: Ghost of the Mountains (TV: Expeditions with Steve Backshall)

A horseback expedition in remotest Kyrgyzstan in search of snow leopards to find evidence of the endangered big cat, in the hope of protecting the region.

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BOTSWANA: Living with The San (TV Research / Nat Geo)

KYRGYZSTAN: Ghost of the Mountains (TV: Expeditions with Steve Backshall)

KYRGYZSTAN: Ghost of the Mountains (TV: Expeditions with Steve Backshall)

In development for the Nat Geo show Pole to Pole, I spent accumulatively one month with The San, learning traditional hunter-gatherer skills and knowledge. 

OMAN (TV: 7 Toughest Days / Nat Geo)

KYRGYZSTAN: Ghost of the Mountains (TV: Expeditions with Steve Backshall)

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA (TV: Race Across the World)

Crossing the arid Omani desert from the coast to a high plateau. The team swan through wadi's, trekked deserts by moonlight and abseiled 400ft into a cave.

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CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA (TV: Race Across the World)

BHUTAN: Living with the Layap (TV: Pole to Pole / Nat Geo)

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA (TV: Race Across the World)

From Mexico City in a race to the most southerly city in the world, Ushuaia, Argentina, covering a distance of 25,000 km in 2 months, passing through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Argentina...all without a flight.

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BHUTAN: Living with the Layap (TV: Pole to Pole / Nat Geo)

BHUTAN: Living with the Layap (TV: Pole to Pole / Nat Geo)

BHUTAN: Living with the Layap (TV: Pole to Pole / Nat Geo)

Embedded in an indigenous Layap community for one month  in the highest settlement in Bhutan in pursuit of the secret to happiness.


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CONGO: Living with Mbendjele (TV)

BHUTAN: Living with the Layap (TV: Pole to Pole / Nat Geo)

BHUTAN: Living with the Layap (TV: Pole to Pole / Nat Geo)

Venturing deep into the Congolese jungle to live alongside the Mbendjele community. I spent almost two months learning about the traditional hunter-gatherer way of life.

GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA (Endangered Planet )

KAMCHATKHA. (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall)

GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA (Endangered Planet )

Deep in the desert of Mongolia, the team played the ultimate game of hide-and-seek, searching for Gobi bears before they disappear forever.



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NEW ZEALAND & MOROCCO (TV: Uncharted / Nat Geo)

KAMCHATKHA. (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall)

GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA (Endangered Planet )

“This is not like a supermarket aisle” 

- Gordon Ramsey 


Journey to some of the most incredible and remote locations on Earth in search of culinary inspiration, epic adventures, and cultural experiences 

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KAMCHATKHA. (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall)

KAMCHATKHA. (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall)

KAMCHATKHA. (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall)

The first descent of the Kronotsky river in Kamchatka ends with the team paddling out to the Pacific, surrounded by thousands of gulls, seals, bears and Steller's sea eagles.

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JAVA, INDONESIA (Endangered Planet / Apple TV)

GABON: Ivindo NP (TV: 7 Toughest Days / Nat Geo)

KAMCHATKHA. (TV: Expedition with Steve Backshall)

The team worked with local experts in Indonesia's Ujung Kulon National Park to track and film the world's rarest rhino.

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GABON: Ivindo NP (TV: 7 Toughest Days / Nat Geo)

GABON: Ivindo NP (TV: 7 Toughest Days / Nat Geo)

GABON: Ivindo NP (TV: 7 Toughest Days / Nat Geo)

Surviving the raging jungle rivers, impenetrable rainforest and encountering one of the oldest

communities on the planet we ventured through Gabon's Ivindo National Park. 

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ZAMBIA & UGANDA (TV: Endurance: Race for the Nile)

GABON: Ivindo NP (TV: 7 Toughest Days / Nat Geo)

GABON: Ivindo NP (TV: 7 Toughest Days / Nat Geo)

COMING SOON

COLOMBIA: Living with the Yagua (Personal Project)

CHILE (TV: Volcanoes around the World)

CHILE (TV: Volcanoes around the World)

Living alongside the Yagua people in Colombia's Amazon to learn what life is like in the jungle.

CHILE (TV: Volcanoes around the World)

CHILE (TV: Volcanoes around the World)

CHILE (TV: Volcanoes around the World)

Exploring some of the world's most exciting volcanoes from Chile to the Philippines. 

MICRO ADVENTURES

CHILE (TV: Volcanoes around the World)

MICRO ADVENTURES

When not overseas there are 1000's of incredible micro adventures right on our doorsteps!


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