Ace Camps Travel Company

10/26/2026

Open for Booking October 26 - Full Trip details via link in profile.

Join us for an immersive exploration of local craft traditions, from the distinctive Luvumisa-style basket weaving practiced with the team Gone Rural to the art of batik wax printing alongside the women of Baobab Batik .

Through hands-on workshops, you’ll meet the talented artisans behind these traditions, learn techniques passed down through generations, and create your own textile and basketry pieces to take home.

You’ll also explore the wild beauty of Kruger National Park on guided, open-air safaris. One of Africa’s most celebrated wildlife destinations, Kruger offers vast bushveld, diverse landscapes, and incredible wildlife encounters. Keep watch for elephants roaming through the bush, giraffes grazing among the treetops, and zebras wandering across the open plains.

03/10/2026

We’re honored to be featured in the Wall Street Journal! 📰🎉 The article says it beautifully: craft retreats are the new burnout cure. We’ve always believed that travel should leave you nourished, not depleted — and it’s so exciting to see that resonating beyond our little corner of the world.

There is something genuinely transformative about traveling somewhere beautiful, making something with your hands, and being surrounded by a creative community. Solo travelers find their people here — and often tell us it’s the best decision they ever made. We’ve watched guests use craft and travel to reconnect with themselves, find new directions, and build friendships that last long after the trip ends. This is why we do what we do. 💖🙌🏼

So grateful to be featured, and even more grateful for every guest who has trusted us with their time, their creativity, and their sense of adventure. Link in bio to see what’s coming next. 🧵🌍

01/23/2026

We’re thrilled to share the first ever retreat with the Designers of Ruby Star Society–Melody Miller, Sarah Watts, Jen Hewett, Rashida Coleman-Hale, and Kim Kight!

We’re going to get into drawing, collage, punch needle and block printing - using each of these as interconnected workshops designed to help you develop and trust your artistic voice.

In addition to the daily, hands-on workshops, we’ll also have Fireside chats with the Designers, where they’ll share their honest, open stories about their journeys, how they work with color and pattern as individuals and a brand and how they sustain their creative practices.

We’ll be together in the gorgeous Alentejo countryside of Portugal. Immersing ourselves in a creative community where we’ll be inspired by both our surroundings and our fellow makers. Expect generous teaching, creative guidance, and the kind of connection and inspiration that reminds you why you fell in love with making.

Full details on the trip in our bio, you won’t want to miss this!

01/08/2026

Join us in the beautiful Portuguese countryside for a Creative Retreat with the Designers of Ruby Star Society. Creativity, inspiration, delicious food and these amazing artists - what more could you ask for!

We’ll have hands-on workshops on Drawing, Collage, Punch Needle and Block Printing and we’ll hear from the designers on some of the topics they are most know for - Color, Collaboration, Creativity and Finding Your Artistic Voice. All while in the beautiful Alentejo region of Portugal.

 Space is limited so sign up to be the first to know - link in the bio.

12/16/2025

🎉We are so excited to announce our collaboration with the Designers of Ruby Star Society - cue the squeals and jaw drop! 💃🏻🕺🏼

We’ve long been fangirls of their patterns and colors and now we’re teaming up with these amazing artists to create a very special Creative Retreat this Fall in Portugal.  

If you’re looking to learn from these incredibly creative women, come and join us in hands-on workshops on Drawing, Collage, Punch Needle and Block Printing. We’ll also hear from the designers on some of the topics they’re most known for - Color, Collaboration, Creativity and Finding Your Artistic Voice.  🎨🖌️🧶

We’ll share more details in January but for now sign up for our newsletter (link in our bio) and be the first to get trip details and receive early access to booking.  We’re limiting this special experience to only 36 guests, so you won’t want to miss out!

07/25/2025

“I think there is so much to get out of a slower way of traveling and spending more time in one area, getting to know one region, rather than trying to see the whole country in a handful of days.”
We wholeheartedly agree 🙌🏼👏🏼

Emiko Davies is a woman after our own hearts! 20 years in Italy and 7 cookbooks to her name, Emiko talks with us and shares her thoughts on food, w**e and slow travel.

Read about her evolution from art student to celebrated gastronomic voice, her thoughts on the surprising harmony between Italian and Japanese culinary philosophies, and what she thinks make the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy so special.

🔗Link in the bio for the Q&A, and to join Emiko on a Food and W**e trip through Italy this October - only 2 spots left !

05/12/2025

“Do the thing. Every opportunity you have to be making or creating - do it. Even if you perceive it to be not your best work it doesn’t matter, all the work you make will eventually lead you onto creating work that is authentic and reflective of you as an artist.”

Meet Miesje Chafer in our Artists Q&A (link in the bio).

Miesje is an artist and designer who creates patterned contemporary beaded jewelry + textiles using bright, playful color palettes + curious geometric shapes. Join Miesje this October in Puglia, Italy to learn all about her approach to pattern design, color and beaded jewelry.

🔗 Explore more of Miesje’s pattern + design world through the links in bio!

01/28/2025

08/19/2024

LIMITED SPACES REMAIN - Join food stylist and photographer Aimee Twigger for a culinary journey and food photography workshop in the beautiful southern region of Italy.
Full details via link in profile.
October 9 - 15, 2024

This Ace Camp will include focused instruction in photography + food styling as well as some baking and cooking demonstrations in the kitchen.
Aimee’s workshop is structured for culinary professionals, food lovers, food bloggers, cookbook authors, aspiring food photographers and stylists. You’ll work on projects at the house and also experience on-the-go learning sessions with Aimee as we visit a variety of food makers in the region.

07/19/2024

Here at Ace Camps Travel HQ we are deep in planning for 2025, and we want to know, where do YOU want to go next? 

From Buenos Aires to Berlin, Chiang Mai to Copenhagen, Porto to Puerto Rico. Whether you’re hoping we repeat a destination we’ve already been to or you’re wishing we’d try out some place totally new. If you’re into the beloved travel destinations or the up and coming, not yet hot spots - the world is our oyster!

Leave a comment below sharing where you think the next Ace Camps trip should be.