Small groups · Slow travel · Since 2011
Hand-built journeys into mountains, fjords and old forests. Twelve travelers at most. No rush.
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9 days · Moderate
Hut-to-hut walking through the Dolomites. Long lunches, cold lakes, and a ridge at sunrise that you will talk about for years.
From $3,480
11 days · Easy
Small boats, fishing villages and the northern lights over Lofoten. We sleep in red cabins built on the water.
From $4,120
7 days · Easy
Old-growth cedar and moss in the Pacific Northwest. Foraging with a local guide, and nights in a timber lodge by the river.
From $2,690
“The best trip I never had to plan. I came home slower, in the good way.”
Maya R., Fjords 2025
Our story
Northbound began in 2011, when two friends drove a borrowed van to the top of Norway and missed every turn. It was the best trip of their lives. Today we run forty journeys a year, but the rules have not changed.
From the field
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