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Forty Years · One Hundred and Twenty Countries

The World, Privately

The places we know personally — because our advisors have walked the streets, sailed the coasts and slept in the suites. Choose a corner of the world, then travel it by occasion, by interest, or by season.

Anyone can sell you a destination. After forty years, what we offer is access — the door opened after hours, the table that was never on the list, the advisor who has actually been there. This is the world, arranged privately.

Where We Go

Choose a corner of the world.

All 39 destinations

Italy — Southern Europe
Southern Europe

Italy

Rome, Florence, the Amalfi Coast and beyond — privately.

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Spain — Iberia & the Balearics
Iberia & the Balearics

Spain

Andalusian palaces, a yacht through the Balearics, and tables that reinvented how the world eats.

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France — Western Europe
Western Europe

France

The Louvre after dark, a villa above the Côte d'Azur, and lavender fields at golden hour.

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French Riviera — The Côte d'Azur
The Côte d'Azur

French Riviera

Cap-Ferrat in June, lunch at a table that does not take bookings, and the tender waiting when you are ready.

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Greece — Mediterranean Europe · The Aegean
Mediterranean Europe · The Aegean

Greece

The Acropolis Museum after closing, a gulet toward islands the ferries never reach, and a caldera sunset in private.

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The United Kingdom — The British Isles
The British Isles

The United Kingdom

A private view of the Crown Jewels, a sleeper through the glens, and a castle of your own in the Highlands.

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Japan — Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific

Japan

A temple closed to the public at dawn, cherry blossom from a private ryokan, and a sushi counter held for you alone.

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Safaris — Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

Safaris

The savannah at dawn with no other vehicle in sight, a bush dinner beneath the Milky Way, and a camp that is yours alone. Designed with Debbie Heim, Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist for African safaris.

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Tanzania — The Serengeti & Ngorongoro
The Serengeti & Ngorongoro

Tanzania

The herds where they actually are that month, and the crater floor before the gate queue forms.

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Botswana — The Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta

Botswana

A delta that floods in the dry season, a camp of twelve, and a mokoro at the eye level of the water.

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Kenya — East Africa
East Africa

Kenya

The Maasai Mara from a balloon at dawn, and a private conservancy where the only other vehicle is your own.

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South Africa — The Cape & the Bushveld
The Cape & the Bushveld

South Africa

The Cape and the winelands first, then a malaria-free reserve where the Big Five come to the waterhole at dusk.

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Iceland — The North Atlantic
The North Atlantic

Iceland

The northern lights from a glass-roofed retreat, a helicopter to a glacier, and geothermal silence at the edge of the world.

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Alaska — The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier

Alaska

A private lodge on a glacial fjord, a floatplane to untouched wilderness, and whales surfacing in mirror-still water.

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The Maldives — The Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean

The Maldives

An overwater villa with a private house reef, a dawn snorkel with a marine biologist, and the tide as your only schedule.

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Bora Bora & French Polynesia — The South Pacific
The South Pacific

Bora Bora & French Polynesia

Overwater silence above lagoons the colour of liquid turquoise, a private motu dinner, and dawn with the manta rays.

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Latin America — South America & the Andes
South America & the Andes

Latin America

Tango in a private Buenos Aires salon, the wind-carved silence of Patagonia, and the thunder of Iguazú from above.

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Chile & Patagonia — The Southern Andes
The Southern Andes

Chile & Patagonia

Torres del Paine at first light, puma tracking with the people who know them, and a lodge at the end of the road.

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The Caribbean — The West Indies & the Riviera Maya
The West Indies & the Riviera Maya

The Caribbean

A private villa above a turquoise bay, a yacht between empty cays, and barefoot luxury with a butler always near.

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St Barth — The French West Indies
The French West Indies

St Barth

Gustavia at anchor, a villa above Colombier, and the one week in January when the whole island is at dinner.

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Turks & Caicos — The Lucayan Archipelago
The Lucayan Archipelago

Turks & Caicos

Twelve miles of Grace Bay, a villa with its own stretch of it, and the clearest water in the Atlantic.

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Switzerland — The Alps
The Alps

Switzerland

Zermatt, St. Moritz, Lake Geneva and beyond.

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Zermatt — The Matterhorn
The Matterhorn

Zermatt

Ski-in to a car-free village, the Matterhorn from the breakfast table, and a heli morning on untouched snow.

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St. Moritz — The Engadine
The Engadine

St. Moritz

The Engadine in January: Cresta Run mornings, long lunches at altitude, and a frozen lake that becomes a racetrack.

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Portugal — The Iberian Atlantic
The Iberian Atlantic

Portugal

Lisbon, Comporta, Douro Valley and beyond.

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United Arab Emirates — The Arabian Gulf
The Arabian Gulf

United Arab Emirates

Dubai, Abu Dhabi, The Empty Quarter and beyond.

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India — The Subcontinent
The Subcontinent

India

Udaipur, Jaipur, Kerala and beyond.

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Thailand — Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

Thailand

Bangkok, Phuket & the Andaman, Chiang Mai and beyond.

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Egypt — The Nile & the Ancients
The Nile & the Ancients

Egypt

Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and beyond.

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Australia & New Zealand — The South Pacific
The South Pacific

Australia & New Zealand

Sydney, The Great Barrier Reef, Queenstown & the South Island and beyond.

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Morocco — North Africa
North Africa

Morocco

Marrakech, The Sahara, Fez and beyond.

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Antarctica — The White Continent
The White Continent

Antarctica

The Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, The Weddell Sea & Emperors and beyond.

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Croatia & Montenegro — The Adriatic
The Adriatic

Croatia & Montenegro

Dubrovnik, Hvar & the Islands, Kotor & Montenegro and beyond.

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Turkey — Where East Meets West
Where East Meets West

Turkey

Istanbul, Cappadocia, Bodrum & the Coast and beyond.

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Norway — The Land of Fjords
The Land of Fjords

Norway

The Fjords, Lofoten Islands, Tromsø & the Arctic and beyond.

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Mexico — Two Coasts & a Living Culture
Two Coasts & a Living Culture

Mexico

Los Cabos, Riviera Maya, Mexico City and beyond.

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Singapore — The Lion City
The Lion City

Singapore

Marina Bay, Sentosa Island, The Heritage Quarters and beyond.

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United States — North America
North America

United States

Miami, the West and New York — arranged privately.

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Aspen — Colorado & the Rockies
Colorado & the Rockies

Aspen

Four mountains on one pass — and an advisor who tells you which two are worth your days.

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Everywhere Else

The whole world, privately

These are only the beginning. Four decades across more than 120 countries — wherever you can imagine, we have already been. Tell us where, and we'll design it.

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Common Questions

Questions, answered.

The whole world. Across more than 120 countries on six continents — Italy, France, Greece, Japan, African safaris, the Maldives, Bora Bora, Patagonia and the Caribbean among them — we design private luxury journeys wherever you wish to go, including places that never appear in a brochure.

A museum opened after the public leaves, a private dinner with a winemaker, a helicopter landing on a glacier, a bush dinner under the Milky Way, a yacht between empty cays. The access changes with the destination; the principle never does — moments you can't book online.

Almost always. The destinations shown are a starting point, not the limit. Tell us where — or just the feeling of the journey you want — and we'll design it, drawing on relationships built over four decades.

Forty years of on-the-ground experience, Virtuoso membership and Condé Nast Travel Specialist standing — and personal relationships across the world that turn 'impossible' into 'it's arranged.'

Because an advisor opens what no platform can sell. Online platforms list what's already public — the same rooms and flights available to everyone. A Forest advisor opens what isn't: private after-hours access, the host who answers because they know us, pacing built around your life, and logistics that stay invisible. Over forty years we've built the relationships that turn 'impossible' into 'it's arranged.'

It begins with a conversation, not a quote. A dedicated advisor learns how you want to feel — not only where you want to go — then designs a journey around you and reshapes it freely as your plans evolve. There's no fee for the initial consultation and no obligation.

Discretion is built in. We work quietly, share nothing, and arrange private transfers, exclusive-use stays and after-hours access so you're never on public display. For clients who require it, every detail is handled under strict confidentiality.

Not Sure Where to Begin?

Tell us how you like to travel.

A private advisor who has walked these places will point you to the right corner of the world — or design something the map hasn't named yet.