JuanPa Journeys

A personal note from JP

Trips I've taken. Trips I'd take.

Some of these I've done myself, others are next on my list — either way, here's where I'd send you, and three ways to actually go.

Every one of these gets you closer — to the local culture, the land, the history. And every one runs through either a locally-owned outfitter or an agency I've personally vetted for how they treat people and the places they operate in.

Where to go

64°S Antarctic Peninsula Ice, silence, zodiacs.
0° Galápagos Tortoises, iguanas, Darwin's islands.
5°N Borneo River cruise up the Kinabatangan, wild orangutans in the canopy.
3°S Kenya & Tanzania East African safari.
18°N Calakmul & Palenque Maya ruins, deep jungle.
4°N Nevado del Tolima Colombian high-altitude trekking.
30°N Petra Carved into rose-red stone, reached through a narrow gorge.
11°N Ciudad Perdida The Lost City — a multi-day jungle trek to ancient Tairona ruins.
25°N The Nile Luxor to Aswan — ancient temples along the water.
? Your stamp goes here This isn't the whole list — ask me about anywhere else.

Three ways to go

I've been helping friends and family plan trips like these for 10+ years — this page is just a more organized version of that.

Path 1

Book it yourself

G Adventures trips like Antarctica and Galápagos — book directly. I earn a commission if you book through this link, at no extra cost to you.

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Path 2

Plan it with me

Anything in the catalog of Outside Agents, the host travel agency I work through — Borneo, East Africa, or a G Adventures trip you'd rather have help with. Same price as booking direct, and I'll dig up current promotions on your behalf.

From there, we'll work out the right itinerary together — tell me your priorities, budget, and dates, and I'll put together the options that actually fit.

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Path 3

Build something custom

My own routes through Mesoamerica and Colombia, run with local guides I know and trust — off the standard supplier list entirely.

From there, we'll work out the right route together — tell me your priorities, budget, and dates, and I'll put together the options that actually fit.

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About

I started backpacking on my own at 18. Lived in Africa for a stretch not long after. Work has taken me further since — deeper into Africa, across Asia, through Latin America. I stopped keeping a running count of places somewhere along the way; that was never really the point. What stuck was the pull toward places that ask something of you, over places that just hand you a view.