Inspired Tours: Travel Itineraries Inspired by Experts
Introducing Our Inspired Tours Shaped by Expert Tastemakers
There are trips you take to see a place and there are journeys that change how you taste the world. We’re excited to announce Inspired Tours, starting with our expertly crafted trips to Vietnam, New Zealand, Patagonia, and Peru.
Over the years on our Tastemaker trips, we’ve noticed something remarkable: the imprint of a Tastemaker endures long after the trip. Their insights, relationships, and sensibility linger in the design of the experience. Now we’re excited to offer the best of immersive travel in its most authentic form, with or without a Tastemaker. Our brand new Inspired Tours are designed with the same intentionality, connection, and immersive access you expect from Modern Adventure—with more flexibility and a lower price point. They’re not replacements. They’re expansions and another path into our world.
Here are 4 travel itineraries inspired by experts, local guides, and Tastemakers:
Inspired Tours in Vietnam
Vietnam unfolds like a delicate lotus—each petal a different sensation waiting to be discovered. From Hanoi’s centuries-old streets where French colonial façades stand alongside ornate pagodas, to the emerald waters of Ha Long Bay where limestone karsts rise from the mist like dragons’ backs. The journey continues through central Vietnam, where Hue’s Imperial City whispers stories of dynasties past, and Hoi An’s lantern-lit alleyways invite quiet evening strolls past wooden shophouses untouched by time.
Excellent itinerary and activities integrated with people and food. As a result, I fell in love with Vietnam.
Mary C.
The symphony of Vietnam plays through its markets—the sizzle of bánh xèo hitting hot pans, the earthy fragrance of pho broth simmered for hours with star anise and cinnamon, the colorful array of dragonfruit, rambutan, and lychee piled high on vendors’ carts. As we move south to the Mekong Delta, witness daily life unfold on the water—floating markets where boats piled with mangoes and jackfruit navigate narrow canals, and families harvest morning glory alongside their stilted homes.
This 10-day journey reveals Vietnam beyond the expected—silent moments in centuries-old temples, private cooking lessons with chefs who learned family recipes passed through generations, and conversations with artisans preserving traditional crafts in rapidly modernizing cities. Vietnam isn’t simply a place to visit; it’s a place that stays with you long after you’ve returned home.
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Inspired Tours in New Zealand
New Zealand’s landscapes have a way of recalibrating your sense of wonder. In Aotearoa—land of the long white cloud—the air feels different, charged with a clarity that makes colors more vivid and horizons more vast. Our journey begins in the North Island, where Auckland’s twin harbors frame a cosmopolitan city where Māori heritage and Pacific influences create a cultural tapestry unlike anywhere else.
The lodging, food, and wineries were exceptional. The trip flowed with just the perfect amount of planned activities.
Glenn B.
Moving south, Rotorua’s geothermal wonders announce themselves first by scent—the mineral-rich steam rising from pools where mud bubbles and geysers punctuate the earth’s crust. Here, you’ll participate in a traditional hāngī feast, where food slow-cooked in earth ovens emerges infused with flavors unique to this volcanic landscape. The Hawke’s Bay region reveals itself through world-class vineyards where maritime climate produces exceptional Syrah and Chardonnay, served alongside fresh-caught koura (crayfish) and green-lipped mussels.
The South Island transforms perception—Marlborough Sound’s intricate waterways, carved by ancient glaciers, create a maze where dolphins dance in boat wakes. In Queenstown, surrounded by the razor-edged Remarkables mountain range, morning light paints Lake Wakatipu in impossible shades of blue. Finally, Milford Sound, where waterfalls cascade down vertical cliffs that disappear into dark waters—a primordial landscape that reminds us of our planet’s raw, formative power. This 12-day journey offers more than sightseeing; it offers transformation through immersion in nature’s masterpiece.
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Inspired Tours in Patagonia
Patagonia feels like a place drawn from the edge of the earth—untamed, cinematic, and reverently still. Here, the wind shapes everything. It sculpts the peaks of Torres del Paine, combs across glacial lakes the color of milky turquoise, and carries with it the scent of lenga forests and wild thyme. Our journey begins in El Calafate, Argentina, where the cobalt face of Perito Moreno Glacier towers above the turquoise waters of Lago Argentino. Here, you’ll walk the creaking ice with crampons underfoot and witness the thunderous collapse of ancient ice into the lake below.
It was the perfect balance of challenge and comfort. I was amazed at the competency of our local guides as well as the trip leadership.
Chase L.
From El Chaltén, trails wind past crystal rivers and lenga forests, leading to views of Mount Fitz Roy that feel both immediate and eternal. Each day invites movement—on foot or seated at a fireside table with a glass of Malbec—from sunrise hikes across ancient valleys where guanacos graze beneath granite spires and afternoons spent horseback riding across pampas once navigated by gauchos to evenings warmed by wood fires where Patagonian lamb roasts slowly over open flame.
Crossing into Argentine Patagonia, the terrain shifts. Glaciers give way to steppe, and the jagged silhouette of Mount Fitz Roy pierces the skyline. In El Chaltén, the day might begin with mate in hand and end with views of condors riding thermals high above the Río de las Vueltas. Trails weave to alpine lakes so still, they mirror the clouds.
This 11-day journey is an invitation to tune into Patagonia’s wild silence, to be dwarfed by scale and reawakened by nature’s grandeur. Here, adventure doesn’t shout—it speaks softly, through wind, stone, and glacier.
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Inspired Tours in Peru
In Peru, time bends. It flows through the Sacred Valley in terraced ribbons, curls up through the clouds at Machu Picchu, and gathers in the hands of weavers and farmers who carry centuries-old traditions into the present. Our journey begins in Lima, where the Pacific breeze carries the scent of salt and citrus. In this coastal capital—long regarded as one of the world’s culinary meccas—you’ll dive into the country’s gastronomic soul, sampling contemporary takes on classic dishes: silky causas topped with crab, tiradito bathed in passion fruit leche de tigre, and fire-roasted anticuchos that tell a story of migration and mastery.
There wasn’t one singular thing about this trip that wasn’t finely curated and thought through. Every day was special in some way, and the people we met will be friends for life.
Erin B.
From Lima, we ascend to the Sacred Valley, where stone terraces line the hills like poetry carved into the earth. Here, time slows. Markets overflow with the color of gleaming cherimoya, deep purple corn, pink pepper berries still on the branch. You’ll share a pachamanca meal prepared in an earth oven, and visit local artisans who dye alpaca wool using roots, flowers, and rainwater—each hue a reflection of the land. Machu Picchu rises not just from the mountain, but from myth—revealed slowly through mist, the stones fitted with impossible precision. Even here, amidst such magnitude, the experience feels intimate. Guided by local historians, we walk its paths with reverence, learning how sun and solstice shaped both the citadel and its people.
In the latter days, we return to Cusco’s quiet energy—taking time for private museum visits, a pisco tasting with a local mixologist, and a final evening meal that blends native ingredients with modern technique. This 10-day journey through Peru offers more than access to iconic sites. It offers insight into a culture where earth, sky, and spirit remain inextricably bound.
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These inspired journeys—through Vietnam’s cultural tapestry, New Zealand’s pristine grandeur, Patagonia’s wild landscapes, and Peru’s culinary spirit—offer more than mere travel. They provide perspective, transformation, and the profound understanding that comes from experiencing our world’s most extraordinary places.
This is the quintessential Modern Adventure approach to these incredible destinations—each one an invitation: to gather, to taste, to listen, and to discover. Which table will you sit at first?
Luxury Small Group Tour in Vietnam
Luxury Small Group Tour in Patagonia
Luxury Small Group Tour in New Zealand
