Awards

We are honored to be recognized as one of the top tour operators in the world!

Travel Weekly
Magellan Gold Medal Awards for Website and Catalog, 2011

Travel Weekly, the premier magazine for travel professionals, awarded Wilderness Travel two “2011 Magellan Gold Awards”: one for excellence in the Consumer Website category, and one for our catalog, “Journeys for the Year 2012,” in the Consumer Direct Mail category. These awards honor the best in travel and salute the outstanding travel professionals behind it all!

National Geographic Traveler Magazine
WT Trip Selected for “50 Tours of a Lifetime”

One of our new journeys has been chosen for National Geographic Traveler’s prestigious “2011 Tours of a Lifetime.” Great Hikes & Chefs of Northern Italy’s Gourmet Trail , with veteran Trip Leader Gianluca Canalicchio, is profiled in the May-June 2011 issue. This is NGT’s sixth annual compilation of 50 of the world’s best guided expeditions—we’re delighted to be included once again!

Travel+Leisure
World’s Best Safari & Tour Operators in 2010

We’re thrilled to announce that WT was ranked as one of the Top Five Tour Operators in the prestigious “World’s Best” Awards! Travel & Leisure’s readers voted in this annual poll, based on itineraries, destinations, guides, activities, accommodations, food, and value. Thank you to our wonderful clients for this exceptional honor, and please know that we’ll do our best to continue offering the “World’s Best” trips!

National Geographic Traveler Magazine
WT Trip Selected for “50 Tours of a Lifetime”

One of our WT Expeditions has been included in National Geographic Traveler’s prestigious “50 Tours of a Lifetime!” The Great Game: The Silk Road Through the Pamirs & Karakorum Mountains , with veteran Asia explorer and WT Trip Leader Roger Williams, is profiled in the May-June 2010 issue. This is NGT’s fifth annual compilation of 50 of the world’s best guided expeditions.

National Geographic Adventure Magazine
25 Best New Trips for 2010

National Geographic Adventure magazine named Wilderness Travel’s snorkeling and sea kayaking trip in Tonga: Sea Kayaking and Snorkeling in Ha’Apai as one of the “25 best new trips in 2010” in their November 2009 issue. Joining the list was WT Expedition The Philippines: From Banaue to Cabilau.

Outside Magazine
Trips of the Year Award for 2009

Outside Magazine featured our Larapinta Trek, a unique journey across central Australia with native Aussie James Fuss, as one of its “Best Trips” in the magazine’s annual Travel Awards. This is one of our WT Expeditions—the dream journeys we create each year with our long-time Trip Leaders.

National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Wilderness Travel named National Geographic Adventure’s “Best Outfitters on Earth!”

Wilderness Travel has been selected by National Geographic Adventure Magazine as one of the top 5 “Best Outfitters on Earth” among those that “Do It All”! Over 250 travel companies were judged by a panel of experts in the field, and in addition to making the highest level of the list, Wilderness Travel was ranked the absolute best for quality of service.

Travel+Leisure
World’s Best Safari & Tour Operators in 2009

In 2009, we were very pleased that the readers of Travel+Leisure listed Wilderness Travel among the “Top 20 Tour Operators and Safari Outfitters” in the World’s Best Awards! Travel+Leisure’s readers vote each year based on itineraries, destinations, guides, activities, accommodations, food, and value. Thanks to our wonderful clients for this honor!

National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Best Adventure Travel Company on Earth and 25 Best New Trips for 2008

National Geographic Adventure magazine named Wilderness Travel one of the “Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth” in their November 2007 Adventure Travel issue. A panel of editors, travel writers, and experts judged more than 150 travel companies and WT was ranked number two in the world among outfitters who ‘Do-It-All’! In addition, our Shikoku Island Expedition in Japan, won the honor of being one of the 25 Best New Trips for 2008!

Outside Magazine
Trips of the Year Award for 2008!

Outside Magazine picked our Armenia & Karabagh adventure as one of its “Top Ten Trips of 2008!” in the annual Travel Issue (April, 2008)! The trip explores the mountains and monasteries of a ancient and fascinating land where Christianity arrived in the 3rd century. We’re honored to once again be on this prestigious list. Last year, Outside’s editors named our Tibet: Trek to the Source of the Tsangpo as the Trip of the Year.

Travel+Leisure
World’s Best Safari & Tour Operators in 2007

Wilderness Travel was recognized as one of the World’s Best Safari & Tour Operators in the highly prestigious Travel+Leisure Awards. Travel+Leisure’s readers vote based on itineraries, destinations, guides, activities, accommodations, food, and value. Wilderness Travel advanced from our Number 6 ranking last year to Number 2 in the world, and the continued top ranking for adventure travel companies.

Riding the Hulahula to the Arctic Ocean: A Guide to Fifty Extraordinary Adventures for the Seasoned Traveler
Written by Don Mankin and Shannon Stowell

We’re very happy to have two of our unique African safaris featured in this book, which details 50 of the world’s best adventures as selected by the Adventure Trade Travel Association. Authors Mankin and Stowell included our Zambia Walking Safari as well as our Mountain Gorilla Safari in Uganda’s subtropical forests.

National Geographic Traveler
50 Tours of a Lifetime 2008

Our Mauritania: Sahara Desert Expedition: Journey into the Land of the Moors expedition with Trip Leader Annie Hawkins was recognized as one of 50 “Tours of a Lifetime” in National Geographic Traveler Magazine! The magazine selected trips that offered “the most transformative, sustainable, and authentic experiences” for this article.

Islands Magazine
The Blue List: 100 Ways to Go Authentic

Wilderness Travel’s hiking journey on the Mediterranean isles of Corsica & Sardinia made the “100 of the Best of the Best” list in the December 2007 issue of Islands Magazine.