Adventure Travel Podcast - Big World Made Small

Adventure Travel, Africa, Bhutan, Expansion Ryan Powell Chief Operating Officer - Sales & Touring andBeyond Ryan Powell is andBeyond’s Chief Operating Officer of Sales and Touring. His is currently focused on leading their exceptional touring businesses in Africa, Asia and South America to ensure a consistent, leading, world-class guest and partner experience. He is passionate about the conser...

Adventure Travel, Chile, Bicycling, E-bikes Cristian Levy CEO Amity Tours Hi, I'm Cristian Levy, Founder & CEO, father, husband, cycling enthusiast and passionate skier. Master Degree in Hotel Management and Tourism Business Administration. My father and I started Amity Tours in 2003. We are a boutique inbound tour operator in Chile, specializing in 4 products: Bike tours, Hiking tours, S...

Adventure Travel, Mongolia, Ecotourism, Culture Jan Wigsten Founder 360° Mongolia 360° Mongolia is a collection of extraordinary bespoke experiences in Mongolia, designed by Jan Wigsten.  Jan has been engaged in Mongolian tourism since 1980.  Since 1993 as a local entrepreneur.  He is widely recognized as Mongolia’s sustainable tourism pioneer. Our approach to travel in Mongolia has always focusse...

Adventure Travel, South America, Colombia Daniel Buitron Founder & CEO Colombia Ecotravel Daniel Buitron is a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for leadership, sustainable tourism, and fostering meaningful partnerships. With over 13 years of experience in the travel industry, he has left an indelible mark on the landscape of ecotourism in Colombia. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Colombia Ecot...

Adventure Travel, Worldwide, Podcasting, Trekking Kit Parks Podcast Host Active Travel Adventures Hi, I'm Kit Parks.  I discovered adventure travel when I impulsively joined a friend backpacking volcanoes in Nicaragua when I was 56, and got hooked. Adventure travel - a foreign concept to me until that fateful adventure - turned my world around and galvanized me to start the popular Active Tra...

Adventure Travel, Canada, NB, Bay of Fundy Jordan Jamison Owner & Operations Manager Bay of Fundy Adventures Jordan Jamison is an Owner, Ops. manager, Guide, and more at Bay of Fundy Adventures and Shipyard Cafe in St. Martins, New Brunswick. Jordan is passionate about sharing the Province he calls “Canada’s Best Kept Secret” with visitors from around the world. Jordan spends his time in furth...

USA, Maine, Adventure Travel Trade Association Russell Walters President Northern Outdoors Born in the U.K. Russell has been involved in the outdoor industry in Maine since the early 1980′s. A registered Maine Guide, he has experience on the east and west coasts of the U.S. including a four year term as General Manager for O.A.R.S. in Angels Camp, California. Russell returned to Maine in 2000 to b...

Adventure Travel, Ecuador, Climbing Karl Egloff International Mountain Guide / Professional Mountain Athlete Cumbre Tours Ecuador I was born and raised in Ecuador, studied business administration in Switzerland, dedicated myself to guiding all over the world (Switzerland, Ecuador, Venezuela, Turkey, Egypt) and decided to return to Ecuador to train professionally as a guide and open my own mountain...

Adventure Travel, Career, Group Travel, Antarctica Tom Smith Vice President of Sales and Marketing for North America Intrepid Travel Tom began his career in the life-science and pharmaceutical sectors, before combining his passion for travelling and his work life, by joining the travel industry in 2013. After working in sales for a few years for a backpacker travel agency in Australia, he moved to...

Welcome to the Big World Made Small Podcast for the adventure traveler, where we go far beyond the beaches, resort hotels, and cruises to explore the really cool places, people, and activities that adventurous travelers crave. If your idea of a great vacation is sitting on a beach at an all-inclusive resort, you’re in the wrong place. However, if you’re like me, and a beach resort vacation sounds...