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LUXURY EXPEDITIONS TO THE
WORLD'S LAST WILD PLACES

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Private Luxury Expeditions, Max 5 Guests Per Trip

The rarest places on earth aren't defined by distance. They're defined by access. Geographic, cultural, human. We built Waypoint Journeys to deliver luxury expeditions to places most operators won't touch. Every itinerary is crafted from the ground up by destination specialists and local experts who call these remote corners of the world home.

Our groups never exceed five. Not because exclusivity makes good marketing, but because it changes what's possible. Where you can go. Who you can meet. How deeply you experience a place. We set up private camps beneath desert stars, arrange dinners in thousand-year-old ruins, and partner with lodges and glamping operators who share our obsession with detail and authenticity. Without compromising an ounce of luxury.

From the Karakoram Highway to the Dragon Blood forests of Socotra, from ancient mountain kingdoms to destinations we haven't announced yet. We go where the guidebooks end. Every itinerary is bespoke. Every experience is unrepeatable. That's the Waypoint promise.

A Waypoint Journeys group with their guide at the lip of Kaieteur Falls, Guyana

Off the Beaten Path

Africa

Angola Tundavala
Africa's Last Frontier

Angola

Kalandula Falls, Serra da Leba & the Namib Coast

A 9-day expedition through a country isolation kept off the map — Kalandula Falls, the black monoliths of Pungo Andongo, the switchbacks of Serra da Leba, the Tundavala Gap, and the desert coast where the Namib meets the Atlantic.

9 Days · From $2,950 USD

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Atlantic Frontier Fouta Djalon
Seven Countries, One Road

The Atlantic Frontier

Banjul to Abidjan, Overland

A 14-day overland convoy across seven countries — the Casamance, Guinea-Bissau, the waterfall highlands of the Fouta Djalon, Freetown, Monrovia, and the surreal Basilica of Yamoussoukro. West Africa in full motion.

14 Days · From $6,950 USD

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Burkina Tiebele
The Land of Honest Men

Burkina Faso

Tiébélé, Crocodiles & Nazinga

A 5-day loop through the stable south — Ouagadougou's living culture, the sacred crocodiles of Bazoulé, Laongo's granite gallery, the painted Kassena royal court at Tiébélé, and elephants at dawn at Nazinga Ranch.

5 Days · From $2,150 USD

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Pico do Fogo rising over Cha das Caldeiras, Cabo Verde
Ten Islands, Four Worlds

Cabo Verde

Santiago · Fogo · Santo Antão

Ten days island-hopping across four islands: UNESCO Cidade Velha, a night on the crater floor of Fogo and the dawn ascent of its 2,829m cone, the morna bars of Mindelo, and four days walking the terraced ravines and cliff paths of Santo Antão.

10 Days · From $4,250 USD

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Cameroon Mount Cameroon
Africa in Miniature

Cameroon

The Dja Rainforest, the Grassfields Kingdoms & a Waterfall Into the Sea

A 12-day overland expedition from the Atlantic under Mount Cameroon to the UNESCO-listed Dja rainforest with Baka guides, then up to the Bamileke chefferies and the Bamoun sultanate at Foumban.

12 Days · From $5,450 USD

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The Old Friday Mosque on the Moroni waterfront, Comoros
The Perfume Islands

Comoros

Grande Comore · Mohéli · Anjouan

Nine days across all three islands: the carved-door medina of Moroni, the vast active caldera of Mount Karthala, humpback whales calving in the Mohéli Marine Park, nightly green turtle nesting at Itsamia, and the ylang-ylang valleys of Anjouan.

9 Days · From $4,650 USD

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Djibouti Lake Abbe
The Rift on Fire

Djibouti

Whale Sharks, Salt Lakes & Afar Country

A 4-day expedition across the Afar Triple Junction — snorkelling beside whale sharks in the Gulf of Tadjoura, floating in Lake Assal 155 metres below the sea, and a night in an Afar camp beneath the steaming chimneys of Lake Abbe.

4 Days · From $2,595 USD

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Egypt Abu Simbel Great Temple Ramesses Ii
Beyond the Pyramids

Egypt

Cairo's Hidden City, the Nile Road South & Abu Simbel

A 7-day expedition beyond the Pyramids — Islamic and Coptic Cairo, the Zabaleen's Garbage City and its cave church, the overnight Nile sleeper train, Luxor's Valley of the Kings and Karnak, a felucca to Aswan, and the rock-cut colossi of Abu Simbel.

7 Days · From $3,495 USD

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Total solar eclipse above Luxor Temple, Egypt
Totality on the Nile

Egypt (2027 Solar Eclipse)

Cairo, Luxor & Aswan · August 2, 2027

Ten days built around the longest totality over land this century — 6+ minutes of darkness near Luxor, wrapped in Giza, Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Dendera & Abydos, Philae and Abu Simbel — closing with three nights in Aswan.

10 Days · Jul 30 – Aug 8, 2027 · From $7,950 USD

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The volcanic coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Bioko and the Río Muni

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo · Pico Basilé · Monte Alén

Seven days through the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa and one of the least visited on Earth: colonial Malabo, the road up Pico Basilé, the Moka highlands and the Lake Biao caldera, the Ureca turtle beaches, and Congo Basin rainforest at Monte Alén.

7 Days · From $5,450 USD

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Eritrea Sunset in Asmara Eritrea
Modernist Africa

Eritrea

The Horn of Africa's Modernist Jewel

The country almost nobody has been to. Asmara is UNESCO's newest world heritage city — the finest collection of early modernist architecture on Earth — with the Red Sea coast at Massawa and Keren's Monday camel market as counterpoints.

5 Days · From $2,450 USD

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Ethiopia Dallol
Fire and Faith

Ethiopia

The Danakil, Tigray & Lalibela

An 8-day expedition through ancient Ethiopia — the Erta Ale lava lake and the alien Dallol depression of the Danakil, the cliff-carved churches of Tigray, the stelae of Axum, and the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. Extended 16-day option with the Omo Valley and Harar.

8 or 16 Days · From $3,295 USD

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Gabon Lope
The Green Heart

Gabon & Lopé

The Night Train to the Rainforest

A 6-day express expedition into UNESCO-listed Lopé National Park — the Trans-Gabon night express, mandrill hordes hundreds strong, forest elephants on ice-age savannas, the Ogooué by pirogue and rock engravings older than the pharaohs.

6 Days · From $4,950 USD

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The Roman theatre at Sabratha, Libya
Roman Africa & Sahara

Libya

Leptis Magna, Sabratha & the Acacus Sahara

Two of the most complete Roman cities in the Mediterranean, the Berber Nafusa mountains, the UNESCO Ghadames oasis, and — on the deepest itinerary — the prehistoric rock art of the Tadrart Acacus. Choose 2, 5, or 12 nights.

3, 6 or 13 Days · From $1,195 USD

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Madagascar Baobabs Avenue
The Eighth Continent

Madagascar

Baobabs, Lemurs & the Eastern Rainforest

Watch the Avenue of the Baobabs throw hundred-metre shadows at sunset, walk Kirindy Forest by night in search of the fossa, meet lemurs at five reserves, and end at the dawn chorus of the indri in the Andasibe rainforest. Optional 2-day Tsingy de Bemaraha extension.

7 Days · From $2,750 USD

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Mauritania Iron Ore Train Sahara
Sahara Expedition

Mauritania

The Sahara and the Iron Ore Train

Ride one of the longest trains in the world across the Sahara, walk the stone libraries of medieval Chinguetti, camp beneath the monolith of Ben Amera, and close the journey at Cabo Blanco — the last refuge of the Mediterranean monk seal.

8 Days · From $3,450 USD

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Mauritius Le Morne
Indian Ocean Luxury

Mauritius

Lagoons, Seven Coloured Earth & Quiet Luxury

A 4-day romantic island escape — turquoise lagoons, Île aux Cerfs, the Seven Coloured Earth of Chamarel, Le Morne, and the finest resort hospitality in the Indian Ocean. Pairs beautifully with Madagascar.

4 Days · From $1,995 USD

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Nigeria Makoko
The Floating City

Nigeria

Makoko, Lagos Island & the Atlantic Edge

A 5-day immersion in Africa's largest metropolis — the stilt city of Makoko by canoe with the people who live there, the markets and Afrobeat lineage of the mainland, and the engineered Atlantic edge at Lekki.

5 Days · From $1,950 USD

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Gorilla Silverback
Burundi · Rwanda · Uganda · DRC

Where the Volcanoes Meet

Gorillas, Lava Lakes & the Three-Country Peak

A 10-day Albertine Rift expedition — mountain gorillas in Rwanda and Bwindi, an active lava lake on Nyiragongo, golden monkeys, and the summit of Mt Sabyinyo where three countries touch. All permits included.

10 Days · From $3,995 USD

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Sao Tome Pico Cao Grande
São Tomé & Príncipe

The Chocolate Islands

Pico Cão Grande, the Cocoa Roças & Roça Sundy

An 8-day expedition across both islands of Africa’s second-smallest country — the Obô rainforest, the ruined cocoa estates, the equator marker on Iléu das Rolas, and the Príncipe plantation where Eddington proved Einstein right.

8 Days · From $4,450 USD

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Senegal Dakar Coast
Two Countries, One River

Senegal & The Gambia

The Smiling Coast

An 8-day arc from Dakar to Banjul — Gorée Island's memory, the mangrove labyrinth of the Sine-Saloum Delta, a river voyage to the chimpanzee islands, and Kunta Kinteh Island of Roots. Optional Saly beach finale.

8 Days · From $2,750 USD

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Granite boulders at Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue, Seychelles
Granite Islands, Ancient Forest

Seychelles

Mahé · Praslin · La Digue

Eight days across the granite Seychelles: the mist forest of Morne Seychellois, the UNESCO Vallée de Mai where the coco de mer still grows wild, free-ranging Aldabra giant tortoises on Curieuse, and La Digue by bicycle at low tide.

8 Days · From $5,950 USD

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Sierra Leone Beach
The Freedom Coast

Sierra Leone & Liberia

Beaches, Rainforest & Two Proud Republics

A 7-day traverse of two nations founded by freed slaves — Freetown and the peninsula's flawless beaches, the primate island of Tiwai, the surf capital Robertsport, and Monrovia's Providence Island.

7 Days · From $2,695 USD

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Somalia Mogadishu
The Horn of Africa

Somalia & Djibouti

Mogadishu, Whale Sharks & Lac Assal

A 4-day frontier expedition — Mogadishu's old town and Liido Beach with trusted local partners, then Djibouti's whale sharks in the Gulf of Tadjoura and the salt shores of Lac Assal, the lowest point in Africa.

4 Days · From $2,450 USD

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South Sudan Mundari
Along the White Nile

South Sudan

The Mundari Cattle Camps

Nights inside the Mundari cattle camps of Terekeka — dawn smoke drifting through ten-foot horns, herders and their animals in complete symbiosis, villages along the White Nile, and Juba. A 4-day Express or the full 8 days.

4 or 8 Days · From $1,950 USD

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Maghreb El Jem
Rome, Sand & the Maghreb

Tunisia & Algeria

Dougga, El Jem, Timgad & Constantine

Two companion 8-day expeditions across the two halves of Roman Africa — Dougga, El Jem, Carthage, and the Sahara in Tunisia; Timgad, Djemila, Tipaza, and the gorge-city of Constantine in Algeria. Among the finest Roman cities almost nobody visits.

8 + 8 Days · From $2,295 USD

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Victoria Falls
Four Countries, One Frontier

Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana & Namibia

A 4-day expedition at the four-country crossroads — Chobe's elephant herds, whitewater in the Batoka Gorge, Livingstone and Mukuni village, and the largest sheet of falling water on Earth, seen from every angle.

4 Days · From $2,450 USD

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Benin Ganvie Pirogue Stilt Village
Cultural Expedition

Ghana, Benin & Togo

Voodoo, Castles & the Slave Coast

Three nations, one extraordinary journey along the Gulf of Guinea. Explore Voodoo temples in Ouidah, walk the halls of Cape Coast and Elmina slave castles, visit the stilt village of Ganvié, and witness the royal palaces of Abomey.

8 Days · From $2,950 USD

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Asia

The real Blue Mosque, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
The Crossroads of Asia

Afghanistan

Bamiyan, Band-e-Amir & the Blue Mosque

A 7-day expedition across the Afghan heartland — Kabul, the Bamiyan Valley and its empty Buddha niches, the cobalt lakes of Band-e-Amir, the Blue Mosque of Mazar-e-Sharif, and ancient Balkh, the Mother of Cities.

7 Days · From $2,495 USD

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Azerbaijan Flame Towers
Land of Fire

Azerbaijan

Baku, Gobustan, Khinalug & Sheki

An 8-day expedition from the walled city of Baku to forty-thousand-year-old rock art, a field of mud volcanoes, a hillside that has never stopped burning, and a mountain village at 2,300 metres.

8 Days · From $2,995 USD

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Armenia Khor Virap
The First Christian Kingdom

Armenia

Khor Virap, Geghard, Noravank & Tatev

An 8-day expedition through Armenia — Ararat from Khor Virap, the rock-hewn monastery at Geghard, the cave that held the world’s oldest winery, and Tatev by the world’s longest reversible cableway.

8 Days · From $2,850 USD

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Bangladesh Dhaka Aerial
Soul of the Bengal Delta

Bangladesh

Old Dhaka, Sreemangal Tea Country & the Floating Markets

A 7-day expedition through one of South Asia's most-overlooked countries. Old Dhaka and the Buriganga, the tea gardens of Sreemangal, the hoolock gibbons of Lawachara, an overnight launch to the Barisal floating markets, and the UNESCO ruins of Bagerhat.

7 Days · From $1,695 USD

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Bhutan Tigers Nest
The Thunder Dragon Kingdom

Bhutan

Tiger's Nest, Punakha & the Black-Necked Cranes

A 7-day expedition across the last Himalayan kingdom — the Tiger's Nest monastery, a traditional hot stone bath, the phallus-painted Fertility Village, the riverside dzong at Punakha, and the wintering cranes of the Phobjika valley.

7 Days · From $3,795 USD

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The Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque and its ceremonial barge on the lagoon in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
The Abode of Peace

Brunei

Ulu Temburong & the Water Village

Four days in the last Bornean sultanate — a longboat up the Temburong rapids to a canopy walkway forty metres above untouched rainforest, the thousand-year-old stilt city of Kampong Ayer, both gold-domed mosques, and proboscis monkeys on the mangrove at dusk.

4 Days · From $2,500 USD

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The Registan at twilight in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Steppe, Summit & the Silk Road

4 Stans of Central Asia

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan

An 18-day Silk Road expedition across four countries — Charyn Canyon, Kyrgyz eagle hunters, the Seven Lakes of Tajikistan, and the turquoise domes of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva. Optional Turkmenistan extension.

18 Days · From $5,995 USD

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China Li River
The Middle Kingdom

China

Pandas, Avatar Mountains & the Great Wall

A 14-day private luxury expedition across the greatest contrasts in Asia — pandas in Chengdu, the vertical city of Chongqing, the Avatar peaks of Zhangjiajie, the Li River karst, the Terracotta Army, and the Great Wall.

14 Days · From $8,995 USD

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Yuzhong District and the Chongqing riverfront illuminated at blue hour
The Vertical City

Chongqing

Rooftops, Reactor Caverns & Karst Arches

A 10-day small-group expedition through Chongqing — arranged rooftops across Yuzhong, the Project 816 underground cavern, Wulong's natural bridges, Gongtan Ancient Town, the Dazu Rock Carvings, a canyon and a cave.

10 Days · From $4,450 USD

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Georgia Gergeti
Georgia

Where Europe Runs Out

Tbilisi, Kakheti, Kazbegi & Upper Svaneti

A 9-day expedition across Georgia — the sulphur baths of Tbilisi, the buried qvevri of Kakheti, Gergeti Trinity under Mount Kazbek, and the medieval tower villages of Ushguli and Mestia.

9 Days · From $3,295 USD

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The Azadi Tower rising over its square in Tehran, Iran
The Land of Persia

Iran

Isfahan, Persepolis & the Pink Mosque

An 8- or 15-day expedition through the great cities of Persia — Naqsh-e Jahan in Isfahan, the Achaemenid capitals at Persepolis and Pasargadae, the mud-brick desert city of Yazd, and the stained glass of the Pink Mosque at sunrise in Shiraz.

8 or 15 Days · From $1,975 USD

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The citadel of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Kurdistan to the Marshes

Iraq

Erbil · Baghdad · Ur · The Ahwar

Twelve days the full length of the country: the citadel of Erbil, the Yazidi shrine at Lalish, Mosul and Nineveh, Baghdad and Samarra, Babylon, the shrine cities of Karbala and Najaf, the ziggurat of Ur, and the Mesopotamian Marshes by canoe.

12 Days · From $6,450 USD

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The Treasury at Petra, Jordan
Petra and the Desert Road

Jordan

Jerash · Petra · Wadi Rum

Eight days north to south, with two full days at Petra rather than the usual one: Roman Jerash, the Madaba mosaic map, the Dead Sea, the King's Highway through Wadi Mujib and Kerak, the 800 steps to the Monastery, and a night under the cliffs of Wadi Rum.

8 Days · From $3,450 USD

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Lebanon Baalbek
Land of the Cedars

Lebanon

Beirut, Baalbek & the Phoenician Coast

Five days from one Beirut base — Rome's grandest temples at Baalbek, seven-thousand-year-old Byblos, the Jeita Grotto, the Cedars of God, and the Phoenician ports of Sidon and Tyre.

5 Days · From $2,975 USD

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Traditional Mongolian ger camp on the open steppe at sunset
Naadam Festival

Mongolia

Land of the Eternal Sky

From the Naadam Festival's ancient competitions to the sweeping dunes of the Gobi Desert and the Kazakh Golden Eagle hunters of the Altai Mountains. Sleep in traditional gers, ride across the open steppe, and experience nomadic culture firsthand.

12, 15 or 18 Days · From $4,950 USD

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Myanmar Bagan Hot Air Balloons Temples
Balloons Over Bagan

Myanmar

Bagan, Balloons & the Golden Land

Drift silently at sunrise across Bagan's plain of two thousand temples. Cross the U Bein teak bridge at golden hour. Float through Inle Lake's stilted villages, climb into Pindaya's Buddha caves, and end at Yangon's golden Shwedagon Pagoda.

15 Days · From $3,950 USD

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Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal
The Valley and the Birthplace

Nepal

Kathmandu · Bhaktapur · Lumbini

Eight days across all seven UNESCO monument zones of the Kathmandu Valley and on to the Terai: the Boudhanath kora at dusk, Patan and Bhaktapur, a Himalayan dawn from the valley rim, and the garden at Lumbini where the Buddha was born.

8 Days · From $2,650 USD

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The canyon below Jebel Shams, Oman
Arabia Before the Skyline

Oman

Muscat · Wahiba Sands · Jebel Shams

Nine days in a loop from Muscat: the swimming canyon at Wadi Shab, green turtles nesting at Ras al Jinz, a night in the dunes of the Wahiba, the forts of Nizwa, Bahla and Jabreen, and the Balcony Walk on the rim of Wadi Ghul at two thousand metres.

9 Days · From $4,950 USD

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Hunza Valley autumn foliage with Karakoram mountains in Pakistan
Fall Foliage Season

Pakistan

The Karakoram and Ancient Empires

Drive the legendary Karakoram Highway through the world's most dramatic mountain corridor. Explore the Hunza Valley's ancient forts and apricot orchards, cross the highest paved border crossing on Earth, and discover Lahore's Mughal heritage.

13 Days · From $3,695 USD

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Dragon blood trees and goats in the Diksam Plateau, Socotra Island
Featured Expedition

Socotra Island

The Alien Island

A UNESCO-protected archipelago off the Horn of Africa with alien-like Dragon's Blood Trees, pristine white-sand beaches, and one of the most biodiverse marine environments on Earth. Round-trip Jeddah charter arranged by us (approx. $1,100 USD).

8 Days · From $3,290 USD

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Sri Lanka Sigiriya
Darwin Called It Paradise Too

Sri Lanka

The Resplendent Isle

A 7-day loop through the island's greatest hits — the lion rock of Sigiriya, sacred Kandy, the world's loveliest train ride through the tea country, a Yala leopard safari at dawn, and Galle's Dutch ramparts at sunset.

7 Days · From $2,450 USD

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Syria Umayyad Mosque
Levant Reopening

Syria

Damascus, Palmyra & the Old City of Aleppo

Ten days across all six of Syria's UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Old City of Damascus, Bosra's Roman theatre, Palmyra, Krak des Chevaliers and Saladin Castle, the Dead Cities, Apamea's colonnade, and the Old City of Aleppo.

10 Days · From $3,695 USD

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Tibet Potala
Kingdom in the Sky

Tibet

Lhasa, Yamdrok & Shigatse

A 7-day private expedition across the plateau — the Potala's thousand rooms, Sera's debating monks, a thangka masterclass, a picnic on turquoise Yamdrok Tso, Gyantse's Kumbum and Tashilhunpo, with every permit handled.

7 Days · From $4,950 USD

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The white sand and turquoise water of Jaco Island, Timor-Leste
Asia's Youngest Nation

Timor-Leste

Dili · Atauro · Jaco Island

Eight days across the half-island almost nobody crosses: the recent history of Dili, the richest reef ever surveyed off Atauro, the coffee highlands at Maubisse, Portuguese Baucau, ice-age rock art above Tutuala, and the sacred sand of Jaco Island.

8 Days · From $3,650 USD

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Turkmenistan Darvaza
The Door to Hell

Turkmenistan

The Door to Hell, Ancient Merv & White-Marble Ashgabat

Sleep on the rim of the Darvaza Gas Crater — a 70-metre flaming pit burning since 1971 — then walk the Silk Road ruins of Ancient Merv and Konye-Urgench, drive into the striped cliffs of Yangykala Canyon, and end among the white-marble boulevards of Ashgabat.

7 Days · From $3,495 USD

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Yemen Shibam
The Manhattan of the Desert

Mainland Yemen

Shibam, Wadi Doan & the Hadhramaut

A 6-day expedition into the Hadhramaut — the 500-year-old mudbrick towers of Shibam, scholarly Tarim, the cliff villages of Wadi Doan, and the Arabian Sea at Mukalla. Reached via Cairo, with security arranged in full.

6 Days · From $2,950 USD

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The Americas

Bolivia Uyuni
The Mirror of the Sky

Bolivia & Uyuni

Salt Flats & the High Andes

A 4-day Land Cruiser expedition from San Pedro de Atacama — blood-red Laguna Colorada and its flamingos, the Sol de Mañana geysers at 4,900 metres, nights in hotels built of salt, and sunrise on the largest salt flat on Earth.

4 Days · From $1,490 USD

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The Pitons rising over Saint Lucia at sunset
Nine Island Nations, Thirteen Days

The Caribbean Arc

The Full Length of the Lesser Antilles

A 13-day expedition down the full length of the Lesser Antilles — Saint Kitts, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Barbados, the Grenadines, Grenada, and Trinidad & Tobago. The Eastern Caribbean done properly, end to end.

13 Days · From $5,995 USD

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Costa Rica Arenal
Pura Vida, Properly Done

Costa Rica

The Green Republic

An 8-day arc through the greatest hits — the Poás crater, Arenal's hot springs and hanging bridges, a Caño Negro river safari, Guanacaste's gold-sand Pacific coast, and the sloths and squirrel monkeys of Manuel Antonio.

8 Days · From $2,950 USD

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A blue-footed booby standing on volcanic lava in the Galápagos Islands
Darwin's Living Laboratory

Galápagos

The Enchanted Isles, Island by Island

A 7-day island-hopping expedition across San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz and Isabela — the hammerhead channel at Kicker Rock, wild giant tortoises in the highlands, the Sierra Negra caldera on foot, and the drowned lava labyrinth of Los Túneles. All park fees included.

7 Days · From $3,495 USD

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Guianas Kaieteur Falls
Guyana, Suriname & French Guiana

The Forgotten Coast

Kaieteur Falls, the Maroon Interior & Devil's Island

A 10-day expedition through the three Guianas — Kaieteur Falls, UNESCO-listed Paramaribo, two nights with the Saamaka Maroons on the Upper Suriname River, and French Guiana for Devil's Island and Europe's spaceport.

10 Days · From $3,950 USD

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Iguazu Falls
The Great Water

Iguazú Falls

Both Sides of the World's Greatest Falls

A 4-day private expedition to the greatest waterfall system on Earth — the Brazilian panorama, the Argentine circuits and the Devil's Throat by rainforest train, the toucans of Parque das Aves, and the three-borders point.

4 Days · From $1,950 USD

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Maya Antigua Arch
El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras

The Maya Corridor

Volcanoes, Ruins & the Acatenango Overnight

A 7-day expedition across three countries — the Santa Ana crater, colonial Antigua, the overnight Acatenango hike beside erupting Fuego, the Black Christ of Esquipulas, and the Maya carvings of Copán.

7 Days · From $2,295 USD

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Patagonia Towers
The Granite Teeth

Patagonia: W Trek

Torres del Paine, on Foot

The Classic W over six days from Puerto Natales — the Grey Glacier and its icebergs, the French Valley amphitheatre, Los Cuernos, and dawn at the base of the Towers, sleeping trailside in refugios with full board.

6 Days · From $4,795 USD

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Uruguay Palacio Salvo
The Quiet Capital

Uruguay

Montevideo, the Rambla & the Coast

A 4-day city expedition to South America's calmest capital — Ciudad Vieja and the parrilla halls of Mercado del Puerto, the world's longest waterfront promenade, and a day trip to Punta del Este, the tannat vineyards, or Colonia.

4 Days · From $795 USD

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Venezuela Angel Falls Auyan Tepui Canaima National Park
The Lost World

Venezuela

Angel Falls, the Tepuis & the Orinoco Delta

A 10-day expedition through Venezuela's wild heart — Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall on Earth, off a Lost-World tepui; the pink-sand lagoon of Canaima; and the labyrinth of the Orinoco Delta, home of the Warao.

10 Days · From $3,995 USD

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Oceania & the Pacific

New Zealand Tongariro
The Long White Cloud

Aotearoa: North & South

The Whole Country, Top to Bottom

A 12-day traverse of both islands, Auckland to Christchurch — Rotorua's boiling earth and a Māori hāngī night, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, the Interislander through the Marlborough Sounds, Abel Tasman by kayak and Franz Josef Glacier.

12 Days · From $4,250 USD

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New Zealand Mount Cook
The Great Southern Loop

The South Island

Milford, Mount Cook & the Dark Sky

A 12-day comfort-grade circuit from Christchurch — the wild West Coast and Fox Glacier, Wanaka and Queenstown, a Milford Sound cruise beneath Mitre Peak, the Hooker Valley at Aoraki/Mount Cook and the dark-sky stars of Lake Tekapo.

12 Days · From $6,450 USD

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Pacific Pohnpei Basalt
The Central Pacific

The Last Atolls

Five Microstates & the Island Hopper

A 15-day expedition across five of the world's least-visited nations — Tuvalu, Kiribati, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia — linked by the United Island Hopper and ending at Nan Madol, the ancient basalt stone city off Pohnpei.

15 Days · From $3,495 USD

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The limestone Rock Islands of Palau's Southern Lagoon
The Rock Island Nation

Palau

Koror · The Southern Lagoon · Peleliu

Five days from one base in Koror: the UNESCO Rock Islands Southern Lagoon and its stingless jellyfish lake, the Peleliu battlefield the jungle kept, and the basalt monoliths and rainforest waterfalls of Babeldaob.

5 Days · From $4,450 USD

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Papua Asaro Mudmen
The Last Great Frontier

Papua New Guinea

Highlands, Tribes & the Crossing to West Papua

An 8-day expedition into the world's most culturally diverse island — the Mount Hagen Highlands, a village day with a Mumu feast, the Asaro Mudmen and Simbu Skeleton Tribe, and one of the least-used borders on Earth into Jayapura, West Papua.

8 Days · From $3,495 USD

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Dancers in skeleton body paint at the Mount Hagen Show, Papua New Guinea
The Greatest Sing-Sing on Earth

Mount Hagen Festival (2027)

Papua New Guinea Highlands · August 2027

Eight days built around the Mount Hagen Show — the Paiya pre-show sing-sing on the Friday, both days of the main show with early access to the preparation ground, then east along the Highlands Highway to the Simbu skeleton men and the Asaro Mudmen at dawn.

8 Days · Aug 11–18, 2027 · From $3,395 USD

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South Pacific Mount Yasur
The Fabulous Five

The South Pacific

Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu & the Solomons

An 18-day arc across five nations in the season of the whales — swimming with humpbacks in Tonga, the lava of Mount Yasur, the Pentecost land divers, To Sua, and the wrecks and reefs of the Solomon Islands.

18 Days · From $7,950 USD

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Northern lights aurora borealis over expedition landscape
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Our destination specialists craft a fully bespoke itinerary tailored to your interests, fitness level, and pace. Every detail — accommodation, local guides, charter flights — is handled by our on-the-ground team.

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Our scheduled expeditions span more than fifty expeditions across five continents, but we don't stop there. Have a destination in mind that's not on our list? We'll build an expedition from scratch, anywhere in the world. From permits and logistics to local guides and accommodations, we handle every detail so you can focus on the journey.

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Common Questions About Our Expeditions

Waypoint Journeys is a private luxury expedition company specializing in remote destinations most operators won't attempt. Every expedition is limited to 5 guests maximum, with itineraries built from the ground up by destination specialists and local experts. We currently run more than fifty scheduled expeditions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific — from Egypt and Bhutan to the Caribbean and the central Pacific — plus fully custom trips anywhere in the world. Prices start from $695 USD per person.
All expeditions include accommodation, expert local guides, ground transportation, most meals, and 24/7 on-the-ground support. The Socotra expedition (8 days, from $3,290 USD) includes camping under some of the darkest skies on Earth. Mongolia offers three tiers: 11-night ($4,950 USD), 14-night ($5,950 USD), and 17-night ($7,450 USD). International flights to the starting city are not included, giving you flexibility to book your own routing.
Physical demands vary by destination. Socotra involves moderate hiking and beach camping across 8 days. Mongolia ranges from comfortable ger stays to multi-day horseback treks. Pakistan's 13-day Karakoram Highway expedition is mostly vehicle-based, travelling one of the highest paved roads in the world with walks at altitude. The 8-day Ghana, Benin & Togo cultural expedition is not physically strenuous. None require technical mountaineering.
Yes. While we run scheduled group departures, every itinerary can be customized or run as a fully private trip. Want to extend your time in the Gobi Desert, add a side trip to Lahore, or build something entirely new? Email us at info@wpjourneys.com and we'll design it around you.
Safety planning is built into every expedition. Our team leaders have years of on-the-ground experience in every destination we offer. We maintain long-standing relationships with trusted local partners, monitor conditions continuously, carry satellite communication equipment, and provide 24/7 support throughout every trip. Pakistan and Mongolia, for example, are consistently rated among the most hospitable countries in the world for visitors.
Every expedition runs in the best season for its destination, but many reach genuinely remote, high, or weather-exposed places — mountain passes, desert tracks, island crossings, and river routes — where conditions can change day to day. When a particular route or activity isn't accessible, our local teams adapt the daily plan on the ground and substitute an equally memorable alternative. This flexibility is built into every itinerary, so the published day-by-day is the intended plan rather than a fixed guarantee — and we always share honest, current guidance at the time of booking.
We recommend booking at least 2 to 3 months in advance. With a maximum of 5 guests per expedition, spots fill quickly, especially for destinations like Socotra where flight access is limited and seasonal (October through April only). Last-minute inquiries are always welcome if space remains.

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