About Us

"Adventure is not in the guidebook and beauty is not on the map"

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Your guides to adventure, Jen and Mike

We are passionate about conservation of wild places and cultures through meaningful experiences with people and places in South America. Through travel we have the opportunity to expand our world perspective and come to a better understanding of our sense of place on this beautiful and diverse planet. Upon our return home from travel, we have the power to influence others through our excitement, photos and stories using this broadened world-view as a medium to affect consumer and investment choices. Respectfully leaving the well-trodden tourist path and seeking learning experiences creates opportunities for more meaningful experiences and interactions than are available to the less adventurous or open-minded traveler.

We recognize that travel to remote places is not without impact on a landscape or a culture. For this reason Untamed Path trips always have local guides and staff who also support our enthusiasm and commitment to this type of travel. In this day and age of great change on our planet, it is crucial that when we do travel that the type of travel we do supports our values and ethics. We support various grass roots education, cultural appreciation and land conservation projects in Ecuador and Bolivia through contribution of our time and profits. By traveling with Untamed Path you too will be expressing your support for this value.

What Makes A Trip With Untamed Path So Unique?

Group Size: Our small group sizes allow us to travel more freely and intimately within the fragile cultures and eco-systems of rural South America while minimizing our impact on the people and wildlife who live there.

Where We travel: Our adventures go to places that are remote and well off of the beaten path. We offer adventures in Ecuador (including Galapagos), Bolivia and Peru because we are in love with the Andean and Amazon cultures that are still intact there and the wide expanses of open space teeming with birds and other wildlife.

What We Do There: Because we are active, adventurous people we run active, adventurous vacations ranging from very comfortable to roughing it and everything in-between to meet the needs and interests of our clients. All of our trips are participatory and involve varying degrees of travel by foot. From walks, hikes and snorkeling in the Galapagos or paddling in the rainforest to trekking trips in the highlands, we will show you the best of South America!

Your Fellow Travelers: We offer a wide range of trips of different difficulty and comfort levels so that people of similar interests and fitness levels can travel together. Some of our guests have had extensive travel experience with a values and ethics-driven operator like Untamed Path and others are new to this type of travel. Many of our clients are used to traveling independently but would like to have the trip planning assistance of an operator like Untamed Path who has in-depth experience in order to get the most out of their trip.


		Our background as owners is that we have over 30 years of extensive combined experience leading groups in wild places around the world. As professional guides we have led clients in all kinds of environments: hiking, climbing, skiing, mountaineering, rafting, kayaking, canoeing and biking. As educators we have taught all imaginable subjects related to the outdoors including: leave no trace camping, navigation, first aid, natural history, weather, etc. Our many years working as guides gives us a unique perspective when formulating itineraries in the places where we run trips. Our local operators and guides are the best trained and most experienced available..

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