This is a small sampling of the extraordinary, thought provoking, and personal experiences Strong Travel is known for. Add these trips to your bucket list or use them to spur an idea for an entirely different experience altogether. Let us take you.
Provence
Bike through the lavender fields of southeastern France on your visit to Provence. Feed all of your senses as you explore perched villages, vineyards and orchards.
EXPERIENCE SOUTHEASTERN FRANCEFlorence, Italy
Venture off the beaten path to see Michelangelo’s hidden drawings… and more.
EXPLORE HISTORIC ITALYThe Northern Lights
Sail along the northern coast of Norway, Iceland or Greenland on a cruise that features the unique natural beauty of the Northern Lights.
ARRANGE YOUR NORTHERN VOYAGEHa Long Bay
These towering limestone rainforest islands are surrounded by the emerald-green waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Hạ Long Bay includes more than 1,600 islands and islets, most of which are uninhabited. This is a great travel experience for sightseers, scuba divers, rock climbers, and hikers alike.
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ADVENTUREFarmhouse Inn, Sonoma County
Enjoy a true farm to table experience at Farmhouse Inn where you’ll pick the day’s meal with Executive Chef, Steve Litke, and learn wine pairing with Lead Sommelier, Jennifer Bishop. Enjoy the spa or visit one or more of the 400 nearby wineries.Farmhouse Inn has one Michelin star and has also been awarded the Best Culinary Award by Harper and the Best Hotel by Travel & Leisure two years in a row.
INDULGE IN RUSTIC WINE COUNTRYEast Africa
Witness what is truly the greatest show on earth in East Africa. The primal migration of some two million wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras across the Serengeti is the single most dramatic wildlife spectacle on the planet.
ESCAPE ON A BREATH-TAKING SAFARITaktsang Palphug
Commonly known as Tiger’s Nest, Taktsang Palphug is a seventeenth-century structure clinging to a mountainside a dizzying 10,200 feet above Paro Valley. It is said that in the eighth century, Guru Rinpoche flew to this exact spot on the back of a tiger. There are 15 temples in Tiger’s Nest, and all are beautiful, their wall paintings recently restored by UNESCO.
ROAM THE ANCIENT CITYMongolia
Take a nomadic expedition into the far-flung wilds of Mongolia as you uncover hauntingly beautiful landscapes, the vivid spectacle of a centuries-old festival and an enduringly rural way of life rarely glimpsed by Western eyes.
DISCOVER UNTAMED MONGOLIAAntarctica
Discover the least explored continent, a place where the sun rises in the fall and sets in March bookending one long day and night each year. Penguins and rare adaptive wildlife make travel to Antarctica a remarkable experience.
TRAVERSE THE UNINHABITEDVolcano National Park, Africa
Enjoy nature and wildlife? Encounter it face to face in Volcano National Park where you’ll experience a rare opportunity to sit with families of endangered mountain gorillas.
TREK WITH GORILLAS