expeditions - trails - retreats
adventure - joy - connection
We are a small group, a family, of experienced guides and facilitators dedicated to inspiring others to be more adventurous, healthy and balanced.
We lead community-based expeditions and retreats all around this beautiful world, aiming to inspire participants to have their own adventures, get in touch with their priorities and cultivate joy in their lives. As a team, we live modestly, distribute benefits equitably and continue learning from the people who are able to truly show us the wilds of the world.
View from Benny’s bedroom at the coffee farm in Nothern Peru.
Our trails
What makes a Pata Trail a Pata Trail? Well, we run a range of trips from base camp style retreats to Indiana-Jones-Level expeditions. If you do come and join us on one, apart from the obvious physical challenges, you’ll always get a taste of these 4 things:
Mountain craft
Learn about navigation, survival, wildlife and weather
Joy and lightness
We bring music, movement, story-telling and play into the mountains.
Local connection
We only lead trips where we have long-standing personal connections
Silence
Disconnect, reflect, envision.
Qi Gong, breath-work, cold plunges.
Our locations
We work in the Cantabrian Cordillera (Spain), the Pamir (Tajikistan), the Grampians (Scotland), the North Rupununi (Guyana), Lapland (Finland), the Rwenzoris (Uganda), Amazonas (Peru) and Flores (Indonesia). These are remote mountain locations where we have lived and worked for many years. We have life-long friends in these places, so come for a proper adventure and meet our mates along the way.
expedition [ekspi’dishun] n A multi-day journey made with purpose; extreme.
trail [trei’l] n (path) A guided walk through a landscape; moderate.
retreat [ri’tri’’t] n Organised time in the wild with particular goal of personal growth.
Get into it
Want to book your place on a trip, co-create something bespoke, or know more about us, our programme or our plans, just get in touch:
