Kerala · India
The Backwater Letter
Eleven nights aboard a converted rice-barge, drifting the canals between Alleppey and Kumarakom. Hosted by the Mathew family.
From$4,840
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Catalogue — 2024 / 2025 Season
Ten passages, drawn from the coming monsoon.
Every passage below is arranged directly with the families, captains and guesthouse owners we have worked with for two generations. Fares are per traveler, single occupancy, and include every meal, transfer and arrangement from arrival to departure.
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Bali · Indonesia
The Highland Quiet
Nine nights in three guesthouses above Ubud, owned by one extended family. Dawn walks, massage at four, dinner at seven.
From$3,920
Read brief ⟶Inner Islands · Seychelles
The Granite Coast
Eight nights between three small guesthouses on Praslin, La Digue and Curieuse. Slow days, granite beaches, no scheduled activities.
From$5,640
Read brief ⟶Faafu Atoll · Maldives
The Atoll Passage
Seven nights on a four-cabin boat in the Faafu atoll, outside the resort belt. Snorkeling, reading, and the long evenings of the dry monsoon.
From$6,210
Read brief ⟶Monteverde · Costa Rica
The Cloud Forest Slow
Ten nights in three lodges along the continental divide, in the cloud forest belt. Naturalist walks at dawn, evenings by the fire.
From$4,380
Read brief ⟶Nuwara Eliya · Sri Lanka
The Tea Country Slow
Twelve nights between three colonial-era tea bungalows above Nuwara Eliya. Private driver, a cook with us since 1991, the drifting mists of the Uva.
From$4,180
Read brief ⟶Zanzibar · Tanzania
The Stone Town Letter
Nine nights between a guesthouse in Stone Town and a smallholding on the east coast. Spice walks, evening dhow, no resort.
From$3,760
Read brief ⟶Hoi An · Vietnam
The River Bend
Ten nights in two houses on the Thu Bon river, three miles from Hoi An. Cooking mornings, river evenings, the lantern festival on the fourteenth.
From$3,540
Read brief ⟶Madeira · Portugal
The Levada Walks
Eight nights between three quintas in the laurel forest of the north coast. Levada walks at gentle grades, evenings by the hearth.
From$3,290
Read brief ⟶Cilaos · Réunion
The Three Cirques
Eleven nights between three lodges in the high cirques of Réunion. Mountain walks at altitude, Creole evenings, the cold dry season of the Indian Ocean.
From$4,920
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