Five "Crown Jewel" Wildlife Sightings December 17th, 2013 • by Matt Holmes Wildlife viewing is a cornerstone of the Boundless Journeys experience and just one of the many reasons to get off the tourist track and out into the wilderness on a naturalist-led walk or hike. Whether or not animals are the primary focus of your trip (if you’re on safari, for example) most of our guests… Read More »
Travel Enlightenment: Breaking Away from the Everyday December 3rd, 2013 • by Bryan Haggerty This November, I spent a week in Marrakech, Morocco, at a well-known industry conference focused on the concept of “experiential” travel. I spent four days in the company of some of the travel world’s most influential people. But the most impressive among them were those who found a way to use revenue generated by travel… Read More »
Inspired Travel: Giving Back to An Elephant Camp in Myanmar November 21st, 2013 • by Matt Holmes Every so often, I am touched by our guests’ motivation to give back in a positive way to the places they have visited with Boundless Journeys. Recently, a guest traveling with us to Myanmar reached out to me to see how she could contribute to the Green Hill Valley Elephant Camp (GHV), a place we… Read More »
Historic Cocktails From Around the Globe October 2nd, 2013 • by Matt Holmes Be it a pub or a piazza, a scenic overlook or a back-country lodge, for me there’s often no better way to experience a destination than to park myself in the center of the action and soak it in over the cool (or warm) local cocktail of choice. Epic traveling writers such as Hemingway and… Read More »
Archery in Bhutan: Learning to Embrace the Unexpected September 10th, 2013 • by Matt Holmes Our Bhutan hiking tour guests often ask if they will have the chance to watch a Bhutanese archery tournament during their visit to this Himalayan kingdom. Although they are perhaps slightly disappointed when I cannot guarantee such an occurrence, there are some special events that we cannot fix as a part of our itineraries. I… Read More »