Journeys

These are sample journeys, not packages. None of them has ever been run twice in the same way: each is a first draft of the sort of route we might sketch for you, and each begins to change the moment you tell us who is coming, when, and what you would rather not do again.

The Kii Peninsula & Kyoto

JP 04Japan · 14 nights

Kyoto's temples at a civilised hour, then three days on the Kumano Kodo pilgrim trail, ending in an onsen.

  1. Tokyo
  2. Kyoto
  3. Koyasan
  4. Kumano Kodo
  5. Yunomine Onsen
  6. Nara

SeasonLate Mar–May · Oct–Nov

Drawn byMei Tanaka

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The High Atlas & the Atlantic

MA 11Morocco · 9 nights

Marrakech for two nights only, then Berber villages, a mountain pass and the cool wind of Essaouira.

  1. Marrakech
  2. Imlil valley
  3. Tizi n'Test
  4. Taroudant
  5. Essaouira

SeasonMar–May · Sep–Nov

Drawn byInês Albuquerque

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Patagonian Estancias, Both Sides of the Andes

CL 07Chile & Argentina · 12 nights

Sheep stations in Torres del Paine and on Lago Argentino, linked by horseback, the Fitz Roy trail and one border crossing.

  1. Santiago
  2. Torres del Paine
  3. Lago Argentino
  4. El Chaltén
  5. El Calafate

SeasonNov–Mar

Drawn byTomás Reyes

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Sicily & the Aeolian Islands

IT 02Italy · 10 nights

Palermo's markets, three nights on Salina, a volcano at dusk and Baroque Ortigia, all with the minimum of luggage.

  1. Palermo
  2. Salina
  3. Stromboli
  4. Etna
  5. Ortigia

SeasonMay–Jun · Sep–Oct

Drawn byInês Albuquerque

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The Arctic Line: Norway by Rail

NO 09Norway · 11 nights

Oslo to Tromsø by long train, short ferry and small plane, with Lofoten fishing huts and a good chance of aurora.

  1. Oslo
  2. Trondheim
  3. Nordland Line
  4. Lofoten
  5. Tromsø

SeasonLate Sep–Mar

Drawn byTomás Reyes

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The Namib & the Skeleton Coast

NA 05Namibia · 11 nights

Red dunes at sunrise, a cold Atlantic coast, desert elephants in dry riverbeds and a small plane over the shipwrecks.

  1. Windhoek
  2. NamibRand
  3. Swakopmund
  4. Damaraland
  5. Skeleton Coast
  6. Windhoek

SeasonMay–Oct

Drawn byKwame Mensah

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Every Orra journey begins with a half-hour call.

No fee to design, no obligation to book. Tell us roughly when, who with, and what you'd like to come home with.