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Address: Seattle, WA, 98045, US
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Outlier Journeys designs private global travel that is personalized, immersive and extraordinary.

10/30/2026

Planning a great trip to Australia often comes down to editing; simplifying logistics so that you actually savor the places on your itinerary rather than packing up and flying somewhere every couple days.

For Craig and Janet, who traveled in mid September, we focused on Southern Australia + Tasmania, perfect for this time of year when it isn’t too hot in the South and peak season crowds have yet to arrive. After three relaxing nights in Sydney, they spent nine days on Tasmania to enjoy Hobart and soak in the natural beauty of Freycinet and Cradle Mountain National Parks. They finished with a scenic flight to Arkaba Homestead for three days in the Flinders Range, discovering the outback and endemic Australian wildlife.

Many Australia “highlights” are absent from this trip, but that doesn’t make it any less satisfying.

“Exploring Tasmania before it gets pounded by other travelers was our goal. You nailed it Jeff. We had trails and beaches to ourselves and Hobart was the perfect base for exploring Bruny Island and Port Arthur.”
~ Craig W

We’ve been beating the “less is more” drum since launching in 2022. Endlessly grateful for our travelers who “get it”. 🇦🇺

10/15/2026

Nobody thinks twice about a fourth trip to Italy or France. As American travelers, we give European countries permission to be large and worthy of increasingly nuanced exploration. So why do we treat Peru as a one-and-done?

My first trip to Peru was in 2010. Next week I return for the sixth time, and I’m positively giddy to explore two regions that are completely new to me: Chachapoyas and Tinajani Canyon.

Chachapoyas sits in Peru’s northern Amazonas region, where the Andes begin to fall away into the Amazon basin. It is a land of towering waterfalls, misty cloud forests, and the archeological relics of the pre-Inca Chachapoya civilization, known as the Cloud Warriors. It also receives a minuscule fraction of the visitors who pass through Cusco. Home base will be Gocta Nature Reserve, a boutique B Corp-certified lodge that supports reforestation and sustainable farming in the surrounding area.

After a few days at the Remote Expedition gathering in the Colca Canyon, I head to Tinajani Canyon, a little known stretch of high-altitude wilderness that sits four hours south of Cusco. Andean (the visionary Peruvian hospitality company behind CIRQA , PUQIO and Titilaka ) opened a tented camp here in 2025. Truthfully, I am at a loss for how to describe it just yet, but the soaring sandstone towers, promise of dark night skies and insight into local Andean spiritual practices have me very intrigued.

So often Peru gets flattened into Machu Picchu, the same way Ecuador is reduced to the Galápagos. One destination comes to represent an entire country; travelers check it off and move on. But in sixteen years of specializing in travel to Latin America, I’ve discovered something new and awe-inspiring on every single return trip.

Chachapoyas and Tinajani may not be right for the first-time traveler to Peru. But if you’ve already hiked the Inca Trail, dipped into the Amazon, fallen in love with Peru’s landscapes and culture, and wondered what else the country holds, perhaps a return trip to lesser known corners is for you.

I’ll be sharing updates from Peru next week. Follow along to learn more!

10/09/2026

Some destinations stay on your mind long after you’ve visited. For Kirsten, the Faroe Islands were such a place.

“Rising sharply out of the far North Atlantic, the tempest-tossed Faroe Islands are utterly bewitching. Visitors encounter scenes from a Tolkien-Nordic fantasy; steep basalt cliffs jutting sharply out of the sea, waterfalls pouring off what looks like the end of the world, wind-blown wooly sheep posing for photos, colorful puffins, cheery turf-roofed homes and so much green. But it is the Faroese people, who proudly call the islands home and generously share their culture and traditions, who reel you in.”

From our newest Journey Notes post: “Far and Away on the Faroe Islands” 🇫🇴 Read the full trip report via the link in our bio.

📸: 1-7, 9 Visit Faroe Islands visitfaroeislands & photographers. The rest of the photos are from Kirsten A. Gardner

09/30/2026

In late September in East Africa, the sky takes on a golden hue that photographers dream of.*

After months of dry weather, fine dust particles stay suspended in the air all day. By late afternoon, the sun lowers into the haze and turns into a flat amber disk well before it reaches the horizon. Distant hills fade to a gradient of hazy outlines and the sky turns a brilliant orange.

This phenomenon doesn’t last though. Once rains arrive in October or November, the first real storm of the season rinses the sky. On the morning following a big storm, you can clearly see distant ridge lines that were hidden for weeks.

Our pick for observing this magical light is Ol Lentille, located up on the granite kopjes of northern Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau. Here you have 40,000 acres of conservancy owned by the local Samburu and Maasai communities, who receive a share of every visitor’s conservation fee. A delightfully long way from the congestion of the Mara, one of the key reasons we love to send travelers up here.

*While the magic golden hours at dawn and dusk can be observed year round, the light at the tail end of the dry season is particularly special.

If you are already thinking about Kenya 🇰🇪 or Tanzania 🇹🇿 for next season, now is a great time to get in touch. Just don’t be surprised if we start with a conversation about where to go and what to experience beyond the Migration!

09/22/2026

When guests who love hiking and being out in the wild come to us for a safari, we send them to Julian. Guided by his expertise, they step out of the vehicle and discover the landscape on foot, following lion tracks through the sand until the prints run out at a pride asleep in the shade.

Julian is a top guide in Zimbabwe, the country with the most rigorous and time-intensive requirements for a safari guide license. He reads the bush in a way that the rest of us can’t: noticing tracks, bird calls, plants and the small disturbances that everyone else walks past. He gives these details the same attention he gives the big sightings, while explaining it all with a patience and dry humor that keeps our travelers engaged, and a calm that encourages them to explore further than they planned to.

This is what we look for in every guide, everywhere we go: someone with a passionate spirit for their craft and the credentials to prove it.

Long after the beautiful tented suite is forgotten, you remember the person who changed how you saw and experienced a destination.

Do you know a guide like Julian? We’d love to hear about them.

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09/01/2026

Where our travelers are now:

Witnessing the migration in Tanzania and then trusting us to show them even better corners of the country, where lower visitor numbers and private concessions lead to richer wildlife encounters.

A classic pairing of London and Paris via Eurostar. First class experiences and private access all the way.

Eternally vivid and captivating Iceland…post Eclipse madness. Including our favorite peninsula just north of Reykjavik.

Where can we take you? Get in touch via the link in our bio.

08/19/2026

During Jeff’s last trip to India, he spent time in Rishikesh and attended a Ganga Aarati ceremony on the banks of the Ganges River.

Each evening at sunset, the banks of the Ganges begin to glow as people gather for the Ganga Aarati ritual, offering fire, prayers and gratitude to the Mother Ganga.

Small lamps called diyas are prepared with flowers, a cotton wick and oil or ghee before being lit and gently released into the Ganges. Each one carries something personal; thanks, remembrance, a personal hope or a prayer for a loved one. It’s a simple and beautiful intention, letting the prayer travel with the river rather than holding onto it.

Afterwards, the full Ganga Aarati begins. Priests raise heavy brass lamps towards the river as bells are rung and prayers are chanted while the flames move in rhythm along the water.

It was special to witness this active tradition - not a performance but a regular spiritual ritual, practiced daily by shared between families, pilgrims and visitors. Just one of the many upwelling cultural moments that make India such a rich and fascinating destination to explore.

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08/14/2026

How do you know when your kids are ready to move from “going on vacation” to “traveling”? Embarking on a family trip that may challenge and stretch them as much as it excites them?

We have a new guest post on our blog today. LeeAnn Stivers (Jeff’s wonderful wife) shares how watching her boys thrive on increasingly further flung trips helped her realize that they were ready for the next big step.

With their sons now 8 & 12, the whole family is headed to Kenya in November, on an incredible journey that includes Nairobi, Ole Lentille (a community-owned conservancy in Laikipia, Northern Kenya), and two remote camps in the Maasai Mara.

If you’ve seen photos of parents traveling the world with toddlers and infants joyfully in tow and thought to yourself “that just isn’t my kid”, LeeAnn’s words and her family’s gradual approach to more adventurous and immersive travel may resonate with you. Link to read is in our bio!

And part 2 - how they are helping their boys prepare and build excitement for the journey to Kenya - is coming soon!

08/11/2026

For travelers venturing to Patagonia, exploring Chile’s Torres Del Paine National Park is often the most-anticipated experience of their trip. And where you stay matters!

For vibe, service & amenities, logistics and access to certain activities and trailheads, each lodge has strong points and considerations.

Here is a brief (and by no means comprehensive) roundup of where we recommend you stay in and around Torres Del Paine. We’ve stayed at or visited these properties on multiple occasions and design private Patagonia trips for dozens of travelers every year.

📸: Estancia Cerro Guido (photos 1 & 5) Explora (photos 3), Awasi (photo 6) All other photos belong to Kirsten A. Gardner

Click through the photos for our insight on each featured lodge!

08/10/2026

Scenes from a summer in Corsica.

When it comes to planning multigenerational family trips, eliminating overly scheduled itineraries in favor of ease, relaxation and flexibility is often the best way to keep everyone happy. A well-located and fully staffed villa as a home base. Beaches, markets and historic towns within easy striking distance. A rental car or access to bikes, boats and “toys” to enable spontaneity (or as an outlet for those with a more active agenda.)

A couple of years ago when our niece was two, our family rented a villa outside of Calvi in Corsica’s northwest corner. There was a boulangerie 10 minutes by foot which we patronized daily. A handful of undeveloped beaches perfect for digging and splashing And the surrounding La Balange offered plenty of small villages scattered throughout the hills where one could observe an afternoon pétanque match or pick up some local olives and cheese.

When my husband and I grew antsy from exploring at toddler pace, we took off to Corte in Corsica’s mountainous interior and spent two days hiking and swimming in the surrounding national parks. Then reconnected with family for a final few nights in Ajaccio before flying back to Paris. It was a blissful trip.

This kind of travel doesn’t apply only to Europe - though we tend to default there when we hear the world “villa”. Private, exclusive-use options exist all over the world - from remote Kenyan camps on private concessions to restored farmhouses in Japan’s Kiso Valley to private islands in Panama. All give you what we consider to be the ultimate luxury - the ability to explore on your own schedule, allowing the days unfold effortlessly.

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