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Extraordinary Journeys was founded by Marcia & Elizabeth Gordon, a mother-daughter team with decades of experience living and working in Africa and around the world. Read more about their journey here: https://extraordinaryjourneys.com/about-us/ourstory/.

10/21/2026

Borneo is everything an Extraordinary Journeys destination should be. But until now, we've shown you one side of it: the Indonesian one.

There, Borneo is a few nights aboard a private klotok in Tanjung Puting: one of the great wildlife moments in Indonesia, but usually one chapter of a longer journey through the archipelago.

Malaysian Borneo is different. Here, Borneo is the whole journey, with time to move between lodges across multiple remote regions, each with its own cast of species. It's for travelers who want to give an entire adventure over to wildlife, and who would happily skip sleeping in for a dawn on a canopy walkway.

Let us show you Borneo. Browse our itineraries now at https://extraordinaryjourneys.com/destinations/asia/borneo.

The Japanese concept of yohaku is the appreciation of empty space. You see it in Japanese art, where what’s left open ha...
10/19/2026

The Japanese concept of yohaku is the appreciation of empty space.

You see it in Japanese art, where what’s left open has as much value as what’s placed on the page. But we love the idea just as much in travel.

In places like Hakone and the Izu Peninsula, that empty space might be a long soak in steaming water at a ryokan. A walk through the cedar forest. Your room might frame the view instead of being filled with decorations.

You don't need to add anything to these moments to make them more meaningful. Perhaps that’s the beauty of yohaku: understanding that space doesn’t always need to be filled.

See why Japan might be the right destination for you at the link in our bio.

Credit: 1 & 3) Amanemu 2 & 4) Beniya Mukayu 5 & 6) ©ASABA

A great family destination shouldn’t only be great for the kids. It's why we love Cape Town so much. Take the cable car ...
10/09/2026

A great family destination shouldn’t only be great for the kids. It's why we love Cape Town so much.

Take the cable car up Table Mountain and explore the trails at the top. Kayak or paddleboard near penguins, watch the resident seals around Kalk Bay harbor, learn to surf at Muizenberg, or tackle the monster-tire gravity scooters down Table Mountain.

With a private guide, you can tailor the day to your family. If someone runs out of steam, you can drop a stop. If everyone’s having a great time, stay longer.

We’ve traveled here with our own families, and perhaps that’s why we love Cape Town so much for yours.

Browse more of our child-friendly trip ideas at the link in our bio.

📷 1) Escape+Explore

10/07/2026

Sailing through Komodo National Park gives families and friends a kind of freedom. Your days can flex around what everyone feels like doing: hike up to a viewpoint while it’s cool, drop anchor when the reef below looks too good to pass up, or spend another hour snorkeling because nobody wants to get out of the water.

EJ's Lauren recently got to experience it for herself. Come aboard as she shares what it was like sailing the Indonesian archipelago by private yacht.

If you’ve been talking about taking a big trip together, get in touch with Lauren at [email protected] to start planning.

📷 Lauren Jafry & Khiri Indonesia

People often assume a trip to India will be relentlessly intense. The color. The chaos. The chili in the air. The sound ...
10/05/2026

People often assume a trip to India will be relentlessly intense. The color. The chaos. The chili in the air. The sound of horns and streets full of life. But there's another side to India too.

Early mornings on the Ganges, watching worshipers gather for prayer. Drifting through Kerala's backwaters on a houseboat past bursts of lilies.

Yoga beneath swaying palms and tea-covered hills, scented with spice. Or Central India's national parks, where you wait for a leopard to appear. Sleepy villages, mountains, long stretches of beach, and places where spirituality is part of everyday life.

India's energy makes it extraordinary. But if this is a side of India you'd like to see more of, browse our trip ideas at the link in our bio.

📷1) AWL images / Vincent Prevost 3)

The world is full of things your family doesn’t know they love yet.The teen who's never shown much interest in wildlife ...
10/02/2026

The world is full of things your family doesn’t know they love yet.

The teen who's never shown much interest in wildlife might be the one asking the guide all the questions. The cautious eater might surprise everyone at a market stall. Someone who's not big on the outdoors at home might happily spend hours on a trail.

This is one of our favorite things about traveling as a family. You get to see each other outside the routines and roles we know so well.

You don’t always have to know what your family will love before you go. Sometimes, the joy is finding out together.

Explore our family travel ideas at the link in our bio.

📷 1) Nomad Tanzania 4) Wilderness, Teagan Cunniffe 5) EOLO Patagonia 6) andBeyond Travel

On Kenya's Lamu Island, an exclusive-use Swahili villa gives your family a little room to do their own thing.Start your ...
09/29/2026

On Kenya's Lamu Island, an exclusive-use Swahili villa gives your family a little room to do their own thing.

Start your mornings together paddleboarding. Back at the house, hide under the shady veranda with a book while the kids watch ghost crabs dart in and out of the water.

For a few days, there isn’t much for you to organize. And for a family used to calendars and school runs, this might be the best part. Your in-house chef prepares freshly caught seafood alongside family favorites that keep the kids happy, before everyone gravitates to the rooftop terrace to watch passing dhows as the sun goes down.

Let us find the places that give your loved ones exactly this kind of time together.

📷 1, 4-7) Chuchungi House

Parents know that grandmothers are indispensable. And it's no different in gorilla families.Our Foundation partner, the ...
09/24/2026

Parents know that grandmothers are indispensable. And it's no different in gorilla families.

Our Foundation partner, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, has been studying mountain gorillas in Rwanda for nearly 60 years. Their latest research has revealed some pretty wonderful things about the relationships between generations.

When grandmothers and grandchildren live in the same group (which is quite rare), researchers have seen them grooming, playing, and resting together. Grandmothers even step in with the little ones, giving their daughters the occasional break from being mom.

Picking up on the family dynamics is one of the things we love about gorilla trekking.

Through the Extraordinary Journeys Foundation, we’re proud to support the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and its long-term work protecting gorillas and the forests they depend on.

This World Gorilla Day, you can support that work too: https://extraordinaryjourneys.com/foundation.

📷 1) Volcanoes Safaris 2 & 4) Wilderness 3) One & Only Rwanda

Egypt can be overwhelming in the best possible way. But this is where a brilliant Egyptologist comes in.Mohamed, a forme...
09/22/2026

Egypt can be overwhelming in the best possible way. But this is where a brilliant Egyptologist comes in.

Mohamed, a former inspector of antiquities at Giza and one of our Egyptologists, turns a wall of hieroglyphics into a story, then picks up those threads again as you move to the next site. At Luxor Temple, he'll unpack the kings who shaped it over centuries. By the time you reach the temples farther south, you're building on what you already know.

It's why we're so particular about the Egyptologists we work with. We want someone who can connect what you're seeing from Cairo to Aswan, and help make sense of a history that spans millennia.

Find out what to expect on your private Egypt trip at https://extraordinaryjourneys.com/destinations/africa/egypt.

09/20/2026

Along the way, we can become a little more predictable in how we travel. We follow the map more closely. Stick to what we know. And leave a little less room for surprise.

But that's what we hope our journeys change. Let's start planning.

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