Leatherback isn't for everyone. It's for the everyone-elses.

Warm, wonderful trips for the people that the travel industry ignores.

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chapter one · the partnership behind it
Matthew Newton and Rebeca Suarez
Matthew & Rebeca
G'day – we're Matthew and Rebeca.

Leatherback is a travel company we started together. We run twelve small brands from four offices, and this year, close to two thousand guests will travel with us - walking women, solo adventurers, rail romantics, ceramicists and food lovers.

Things have grown in a way that no one, let alone us, ever expected... but we love it. Running Leatherback Travel gets better every day.

Thanks for joining our world! We hope you stay.

~ Matthew & Rebeca.
chapter two · proof of life

Postcards from the road

Some of our fav pics from the road this year

Erg Chebbi, before breakfast
Lake Bled, mid-swim
The Registan, after dark
Mount Bromo, dawn patrol
Annapurna Base Camp - made it!
Gobi ger camp, golden hour
chapter three · twelve front doors

Every brand is its own community

And each one exists for a specific traveller the big companies overlooked.

chapter four · happening right now
Live · right now at Leatherback

Somewhere in the world, a group is mid-adventure

This is the actual planet, the actual daylight hours, and our actual groups - spin it, then click a dot.

On the ground right now
… guests
across … trips in progress, in …
Guests welcomed this year
…
and counting - climbing every time a group sets off.
Click a dot to meet a group
✥ DRAG ANY DIRECTION
chapter five · how a trip is born

How a Leatherback trip gets made

1

Someone says it out loud

"I've always wanted to walk the Pekoe Trail…"

2

A designer sketches

The feeling first, the logistics after.

3

The locals shape it

Moments no guidebook knows about.

4

You walk it together

Strangers on day one. Friends for years.

chapter six · the kitchen tables

Independently Owned & Run

A small company started at a kitchen table by two founders, and still run like one

Balkans Team
Balkans Team
Bosnia · Bulgaria · Croatia · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Serbia
Italian Team
Italian Team
Salemi, Sicily
Australian Team
Australian Team
Melbourne
Central Asian Team
Central Asian Team
Almaty, Kazakhstan
photo coming soon 📸
Americas Team
Colombia · Mexico · Uruguay · USA
photo coming soon 📸
India Team
Jaipur, India
chapter seven · other people’s words

Leatherback, in the news

A few of the pieces we’re proudest of. The full archive lives on its own page.

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