How We Travel

You aren’t a batch travel product

We aren’t looking to package you up and spit you out onto an endless conveyor belt of trips. We care about the places we visit and the people we bring, so the number of trips to each destination is limited, and we only visit at the best times of year for a particular destination. Think of karibu as a boutique offering - without the gold-plated pricing.

We offer small group trips of 6-12 people. We can organize a private trip to one of our destinations with a group of friends, family or colleagues, or you can join one of our departures. We welcome couples, families, friends and solo travelers. Smaller groups can also be accommodated. For private group trips please contact us.

Ultimately, our mission is to share some of the world’s most amazing wild places, and keep them that way.

Our non-negotiables

Unique and high value nature and wildlife

Active exploration

Rich cultural connection

High quality but not exclusive

What you see is what you get

We aren’t just a pretty website that resells trips packaged by multiple middlemen, with little or no connection to the destinations we offer. We research, design, visit and vet the kind of unique trip our customers seek, but may not have the time to carefully curate. And we look to source every component as directly as possible to enhance transparency and accountability, and reduce costs for our customers.

Our Guides

Everyone one of our guides is carefully chosen, highly accredited, local experts who love what they do and have been doing it for years. We know how important it is to have a good guide who can share those special insights, dig below surface and create those special connections that make each experience unique. For more information about our guides, sign up for our newsletter or contact us.

Arturo

A certified Environmental Nature and Hiking Guide for the province of Piedmont as well as a certified UNESCO Geopark guide for the Alta Valsesia, Arturo is also an expert in the valley’s unique Walser culture.
Mike

A nature and backcountry enthusiast, Mike has done close to two dozen 40+ day canoe trips across Ontario and can portage a canoe and cook up a great meal better than anyone.
Laramie

A personal trainer and graduate of Algonquin College’s Outdoor Adventure Naturalist Program, Laramie’s joyous spirit and attention to detail deliver the perfect combination of fun and a well-run trip.
Andrea

Founder of karibu adventures, former foreign correspondent and lifelong traveler, Andrea is passionate about bringing people together to enjoy unique, sustainable and authentic traveling experiences.
Nico

A long-time canoe tripper and guide, Nico spent every summer on the water leading backcountry tripping for a well-known Ontario canoe camp before deciding to make Temagami his canoeing home.
Andrew

The go-to sea kayaking guide for North Vancouver Island, Andrew has been running multi-day kayaking trips through the Johnstone Strait and Broughton Archipelago for close to 25 years.
Mike

A member of the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, Mike and his team of Indigenous guides combine expert grizzly bear and whale spotting with rich local storytelling.
Nahgie

An adventure tour guide extraordinaire, Nahgie has been leading tours on the Nature Island for more than a decade, and is an experienced canyoning guide, PADI Dive Master and certified Wilderness First Responder.

(Or at least we try not to be.)

Our travelers are looking for the raw and the real. You are curious and engaged, and are in search of that elusive feeling of wonderment. The real beauty, for you, is in that collision with something wild and beautiful and new.

We are not Tourists

You may be a nature or wildlife, or active travel enthusiast. Or not. You may have been to 60 countries or two. You may believe that showing your children the world is one of the most important things you can do as a parent. Or you may just love the stories you can tell of the places you’ve seen and the people you’ve met.

Every one of you though, believes that travel should do no harm, and if you can make a contribution to a more balanced, fairer and healthier planet, well, that’s amazing.

Our Adventures

Italy Like You’ve Never Seen It

Hiking the Alta Valsesia
7 days from CAD $4,850 or US $3,650

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Big, Bold, Beautiful Ontario

Canoeing the Canadian Shield
6 days from CAD $2,800 or US $2,055

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Wild, Sublime Vancouver Island

Kayaking, Killer Whales & the Kwakwaka'wakw
7 days from CAD $5,650 or US $4,200

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Discover Exotic Dominica

Volcanoes, Hiking and Rainforest Foraging
8 days from CAD $5,830 or US $4,420

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