Adventure Travel Podcast - Big World Made Small

Area/Topic Africa, Safaris Sara Kearns Owner Travels with Sara I am a dedicated passionate seller of Africa.  My highly regarded private safaris are customized, tailored to the client.  I travel with them to give the very best safari experience.  Always looking for new adventures in the splendor of Africa.  I have also published a very successful guide book "Ultimate Sourcebook East Africa&qu...

Area/Topic Worldwide Travel, Travel Writing, Photography, Podcasting Gary Arndt Podcaster Everything Everywhere Daily Gary Arndt is the host of Everything Everywhere Daily. Before launching Everything Everywhere Daily in July 2020, he spent the previous 13 years traveling around the world. His travels have taken him to over 200 countries/territories, and all 50 US states….twice! His blog Everythin...

Area/Topic Colombian Amazon, Indigenous Communities, Ecotourism Maria Samper Co-Owner Calanoa Amazonas Maria is a global humanitarian, artist, and singer who has lived in 14 countries, embracing the diversity of cultures and experiences. Maria also facilitates healing workshops, inspired by deep roots in the Amazon, channeling the wisdom and magic from her early years spent with indigenous communi...

Area/Topic Women's Group & Independent Travel Doni Belau Founder & CEO Girls' Guide to the World Doni Belau founded the women-only tour company Girls’ Guide to the World in 2009. With a mission to empower women of all ages to explore the world, Girls’ Guide to the World now offers 60 tours to 40 countries. As an intrepid traveler who has explored over 80 countries, Doni has used...

Area/Topic Colombia, Incentive Travel Bruce McLean Founder BnB Colombia Tours I’m a Kiwi who found a home in the heart of the Colombian Coffee Zone after falling in love with this incredible country (and a girl) back in 2009. Now settled in a small town here, I’ve had the adventure of traveling across Colombia, discovering its breathtaking diversity, and connecting with amazing people. It’s these...

Area/Topic West Africa, Business, Culture, Food, Scooter Trips Phil Paoletta Co-owner Scoot West Africa Formerly a middle school teacher in Washington, DC, Phil Paoletta is now a semi-nomad based in West Africa. An obsession with highlife music originally drew him to Ghana in 2005. Once he arrived there, he found other things — groundnut stew, the Twi language, mapouka (both the dance and the liqu...

Area/Topic Worldwide, Expedition Cruises, Adventure Tourism Industry, Business Todd Smith Founder & President AdventureSmith Explorations Inspired by his grandfather to camp and travel the world, Todd’s wanderlust started early. A cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment changed his outlook on life, instilling at an early age a precious perspective to live life to the fullest. Launching his c...

Area/Topic Technology Trends & Tourism Sebastian Riedel CEO Oasis Travel Platform Sebastian is the CEO of the Oasis Travel Platform, a company dedicated to streamlining travel operations for businesses. From an early age, Sebastian’s life was shaped by his passion for travel, which led him to transition from a successful career in technology to the travel industry. He co-founded Global Basecam...

Area/Topic Mexico, Latin America, Business Alex Veka Founder Vibe Adventures Passionate traveler, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner on a mission to make authentic, responsible, and mind-broadening travel accessible to adventurers and curious souls worldwide. "Originally from Belarus, I've lived, studied, and worked in seven countries before finding my second home in Mexico. With over 50...

Ant Kaschula Founder Private Guided Safaris I am a born & bred, fourth generation Zimbabwean who's professional guiding career spans more than two decades. I have travelled the length and breadth of the African continent and I have guided or lead safaris or expeditions in twenty-one different African countries. As the holder of the most highly respected professional guiding qualification...

Area/Topic Worldwide, Trekking, Lifestyle Jim Young Founder & Director Adventurous Ewe From the heart of Snowdonia in North Wales, Jim founded Adventurous Ewe after years of guiding  overland expeditions and trekking through many remote patches of the planet. This combined with his profound passion for and knowledge of the world’s diverse environments, wildlife, cultures, and customs have equi...

Area/Topic Worldwide, Central Asia, Middle East Marc Leaderman Product & Operations Director Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel When I was younger we never journeyed anywhere as a family, so my love of travel really started at university when I spent one summer teaching English in Romania, in what turned out to be one of the most transformative trips I have ever experienced. It was just after the...

Area/Topic Africa, Safaris, Conservation, Business Alan Feldstein Founder & Owner Infinite Safari Adventures For two decades, Alan Feldstein worked as a successful entertainment and marketing/advertising attorney in Los Angeles. In 2000 after racking up 450,000 frequent flyer miles he asked his wife where she wanted to go in the world.  She replied “I have always wanted to go on a safari in Af...

Area/Topic Guiding, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Artificial Intelligence for Tour Operators Jason Halberstadt Founder and CEO MyTrip. AI Jason Halberstadt has been helping tour operators innovate online and grow their businesses since the dawn of the Internet in the 1990's when he moved to Ecuador from the US and started a digital marketing agency specialized in travel. He launched MyTrip. AI in 2023...

Area/Topic Worldwide, Trip Planning, Shared Adventures Richard Campbell Founder & CEO 10Adventures Richard is the founder and CEO of 10Adventures, a platform to book customizable and private active vacations. With trips in 85+ countries and travellers from 35+ countries, 10Adventures is a global platform that enables people to create meaningful travel experiences with the people that matter mo...

Area/Topic Conservation, Voluntourism, Human Connection Chris Braunlich Board Chair and CEO Conservation Volunteers International Program Chris is Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Conservation Volunteers International Program. She has a bachelor's degree in economics and an MBA in finance from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to retirement, she spent her career workin...

Area/Topic United Kingdom, Career, Sustainable Tourism, B Corp, Human Connection Claire Copeman Co-founder Adventure Tours UK Born in the UK, Claire grew up in the rolling countryside of north west England, always outdoors and usually riding horses. After studying Equine Science at university, she set off backpacking around South East Asia and fell in love with travel - real travel. The kind of tr...

Area/Topic Worldwide, Transformational Travel, Sustainability Mary Stange Owner Ponte Travels My passion for world travel was first sparked through a study abroad semester in Limerick, Ireland when I was 19. Since then, I have traveled to numerous countries — many of those with my two kids by my side. A career serving in the U.S. Navy inspired me to seek an advanced degree in International Relatio...

Area/Topic Worldwide, Latin America, Tourism Business Staci Steele Commercial Manager SA Expeditions Staci has dedicated a significant part of her life to globetrotting, especially across South America. She's embraced exploration not just as a hobby but as a disciplined endeavor to understand and facilitate connections between the English-speaking world and countless communities in South Amer...

Area/Topic Extreme Adventure, Storm Chasing, The Explorers Club, Nature Documentary Filmmaking George Kourounis Explorer In Residence Royal Canadian Geographical Society George Kourounis has a passion for the world’s extremes. As an explorer, storm chaser, TV presenter, and Explorer-In-Residence for the RCGS, he’s travelled to 80 countries on all 7 continents to document extreme forces of nature s...

Area/Topic Worldwide Trekking, Sweden, Outdoor Events Sofie Jugård Löfgren Outdoor Event Producer & Outdoor Guide Aktivut Passionate outdoor guide & ski instructor from the very north of Scandinavia. Since 20 years back managing the trekking event Fjällräven Classic Sweden that has grown to be 7 events world wide, attracting thousands of trekkers. Also into conscious breathing and connecti...

Area/Topic Brazil, Ecotourism, Destination Management, Luxury Travel Mikael Castro Co-founder and GM Journey Brazil Sustainable Tourism Strategist | 20+ Years of Global Experience | Conde Nast Top Travel Specialist 2023 As a seasoned manager with over 20 years of experience in the tourism industry, I am focused on providing unique and sustainable travel experiences. Throughout my career, I have wo...

Area/Topic Worldwide, Adventure Travel, Tourism Business Monika Sundem CEO Adventure Life As a Pacific Northwest native I grew up playing in the mountains and lakes of the Cascades. I now enjoy living near Glacier National Park and am learning how to master the adventure called 'motherhood'. I have been an Adventure Lifer for over 18 years during which time I've worn many hats from...

Area/Topic Worldwide, SCUBA Diving, Responsible Tourism Marjanna Akhtar Owner Great Expeditions Travel Marjanna’s interest in international travel began in the late ‘80s while pursuing her BA in animal biology at the University of Colorado, and she took her first underwater breath on scuba! That was the beginning of a travel career that spans over three decades; beginning in 1990 with a specializa...

Area/Topic Latin America, Asia, Slow Travel, Trip Planning Steve Wilson Founder LiNGER Travel I have spent the last 25 years travelling the world, from journeying overland through every country in Latin America to studying and working in Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Mexico and Nicaragua. I took a sabbatical in 2010 to spend a year researching and travelling through South East Asia, China and India. I...