Trust the process, especially when it’s curated by a local expert. Come along for @nadyaokamoto (founder of sustainable period care brand @itsaugust) and her mom’s favorite day of their 9-day Thailand trip, all planned by expert June.
Her recs:
Stay at @rayavadee.krabi
Swim the secret Princess Lagoon
Treat yourself to a Thai massage
Steal Nadya’s full 9-day itinerary, filled with local workshops and street food tours, in our bio.
NEW DESTINATION: IRELAND ☘️ Our local expert Cathriona loves to debunk myths about her home country but has a soft spot for potatoes: “There’s a stereotype that Irish people love potatoes, and I have to say...who doesn’t?”
Hailing from Sligo, Cathriona urges travelers to dip into Ireland’s food scene for not just potatoes but also seafood, mussels and soda bread and Flavahan’s chocolate flapjacks (one of her faves!)
Link in bio to see a sample Ireland itinerary from Cathriona. Tip: visit in August and September for long days ☀️
Planning the perfect girls’ trip to Morocco for @chinaealexander and her crew was no easy feat, but local expert Nawfal and guide Sara blew expectations out of the water.
Seeing Chinae connect so deeply with everyone she met in Morocco reminded us why we started Elsewhere in the beginning. To bring travelers closer to local communities while uplifting their voices and their economy. It’s personal, centering your experience on your interests and the culture of the community who live there.
Link in bio to see Morocco the local way like Chinae.
#moroccotrip #marrakech
5 Best Things I Ate In Vietnam
This bún chả in Hanoi made @vanessatpham feel "texturally, on another planet," and that was just one of the 5 best things the @omsom co-founder ate in Vietnam, all recommended by our local expert Hugo.
Hugo crafted a trip that explored the diversity and breadth of Vietnamese cuisine from the north to the south. It spanned from street food tours on the back of vintage vespas in Saigon and sharing home-cooked meals with a family in the Mekong Delta to Michelin-starred multi-course tasting menus with mixologists.
See Vanessa's custom 10-day Vietnam itinerary: bit.ly/3RkHcLI
As a first-gen Vietnamese-American and founder of an Asian food company (@omsom!), @kimoftheinternet saw her recent trip to Vietnam as an opportunity to explore and further define her third-culture identity. Our local expert Hugo took this and ran with it – crafting a fun, foodie itinerary that would reconnect her to her roots while showing a modern Vietnam she hadn't seen in nearly a decade.
That's the joy of working with a local expert. They get to know your story, personalizing your experience along the way, so you can write your own journey in destination – backed by local insights and access.
Get Kim's custom 10-day Vietnam itinerary in our bio.
#VietnamTravel
Every time local expert Lucas sees glaciers like Perito Moreno and Spegazzini in Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park, he sees them anew: "When I see how the glaciers are melting, I want to keep things like this right now, but I know in a year, it will change."
Protecting and preserving the local environment is at the forefront of our partnerships with our local experts. They prioritize sustainable accommodations like @ecocamp in Patagonia, the region's first fully sustainable accommodation south of the Amazon and the world's first geodesic hotel room (with killer views into Torres del Paine!)
Every experience offered by our experts, they've tried before to make sure it's 1) as incredible as it seems and 2) the local community is impacted positively.
Craft your trip with Lucas in our bio.
Maybe you’ve learned to make fire before – while camping, from a survival show – or maybe you’ve never rubbed two sticks together. Either way, the Hadzabe tribe’s method has been handed down through generations, allowing them to survive without changing their way of life for centuries. And they’re open and ready to teach you.
Let a local expert like Denise – who captured this video on a Tanzania trip she crafted for travelers – help you get there 🔥
For our local expert Nat, South Africa is home and she loves welcoming you into it so you can feel like it's home to you, too. She's shown Elsewhere travelers around Timbavati Game Reserve and taught them bushcraft and survival skills. She loves to add a walking eats tour through Cape Town to your itinerary and always recommends a biking tour of Soweto to stop at the many landmarks of apartheid history.
Save one of Nat's sample itineraries in our bio.
#SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaTravel
“Tiago led us to an incredible local spot for lunch and we have to say, the food was out of this world”. Our friends Alex and Wes let their local expert take the reins in Portugal and it led them to hidden gems aplenty.
Want to follow in their footsteps? See Tiago's full custom itinerary in our bio and ask him to plan one for you while you're there.
From an 8-hour stew cooked in volcanic soil to cruising alongside jumping dolphins, @kristinarodulfo found a few of her favorite things to do in São Miguel, all thanks to Tiago. 📌 Save these recs for a future trip to the Azores.
#TheAzores #PortugalTravel #DolphinWatching
When “eat under the stars” isn’t enough, eat amongst the lions in Tanzania. Local expert Rob’s already saved you a seat.
#tanzania #tanzaniasafari #localexpert
If you're in the Scottish Highlands, let George take the wheel. He's got a story for every curve in the road and a secret spot for every viewpoint you've dreamed about. It's something special to take the backseat– to listen, to learn, to ask, and to wonder. Call it trust. George knows the way.
#ScotlandTravel #EdinburghScotland #ScottishHighlands
What if you could experience nearly every climate in the world, all in one place? Enter: Peru.
It's got everything from a tropical rainforest to a polar tundra, and our local expert Júlio knows the best times to go — no rainy season required.
#Peru #PeruTravel #AndesMountains
Your local guides, your local experts – they’re the ones that let you peek behind the curtain of their home country. They are the richest, deepest connection to where you’re visiting. They share the stories you keep retelling, the little tidbits you never would have gotten from a book. And for @halima, they’re the lifelong friends she stays in touch with long after her time in Morocco.
#moroccotravel #localguides
From mezcal making to textile workshops and as many tetelas as possible from Comal del Carmen, @yaris_sanchez did Oaxaca the local way with the help of Isa 🌞
#mexicotravel #oaxaca
When you see ‘cooking class’ on your itinerary, you might think of learning on the restaurant line. But being welcomed into a local’s home? That’s a whole other level of special. Dalia, a Zapotec native, did just that for @babba to share her Oaxacan culinary secrets.
#zapotec #oaxacafood #mexicotravel
Leave it to the local experts
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#travel #colombia
Spain’s messiest festival starts and ends the way all things do right? With a ham and then a lot of tomato juice.
#latomatina #spaintravel #tomatoes
If it’s not served steaming hot out of the ground, we don’t want it
🎥 @kristiedash
#furnas #cozido #portugal
