Exodus Adventure Travels, a specialist in small-group adventure tours, will launch a new collection of elevated tours.
The Toronto-based tour operator will launch The Signature Collection in early 2026. The portfolio will contain experiences that skew toward the upper-premium category, with itineraries built for slow and immersive travel.
The new collection will offer itineraries to destinations like Japan, Costa Rica, India, Jordan and Morocco, with departures slated for early next year. The trips will feature expert guides, accommodations reflective of the regions visited and exclusive experiences not available on itineraries outside of the collection, said managing director Sally Cowdry.
Exodus Adventure Travels has a launched a new collection of higher-quality trips called The Signature Collection, including to Japan. Photo Credit: Exodus Adventure Travels
"The world should be felt and not just seen," she said.
The operator launched Premium Adventures in 2022, and since then has observed growing interest for what it calls "elevated and highly curated travel experiences." The new collection aims to deliver on that demand.
Though the collection features elevated experiences, it's not always glamorous, though, Cowdry said, it will be authentic.
Take the "Signature Japan: Through Temples & Time" itinerary for example. Guests will spend one night in a temple on Mount Koya, which she said is akin to 1-star lodging due to its simplicity and "to really experience what it means to be inside a monastery with all its aspects of worship and veganism."
The nine-day itinerary, priced at $9,820, also features four nights in Kyoto, a private tea ceremony and a rare opportunity to meet an apprentice geisha.
The "Signature Morocco: Echoes of the Minaret" itinerary brings travelers to Marrakesh and the Atlas Mountains, where they will stay in riads, casbahs and luxury desert camps. Highlights of the nine-day trip include enjoying tea with a Berber family and riding a camel in the Saharan at sunset. The price starts at $8,530.
The itineraries were designed for a slower experience in-country, rather than a whiplash, speed-run experience, said product and commercial director Ben Colbridge.
"These are not designed to be your classic first-time-highlights-of-such-and-such-country where you've got one night, one night, two nights, one night, and you try and fit it all into 10 days," he said.