Luxury and intentional wildlife journeys co-designed with the communities who protect the landscapes we travel into

Locally-led, consciously curated

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Why we exist

A few journeys a year. Small by design so it remains unrepeatable.

We don't run tours. We host a small collection of journeys into the wild places of India and East Africa, each curated with the people who live there and hosted by one of us in person.

You decide how and with whom you want to experience the wild, without any fixed itineraries. Each journey is rooted in enabling and developing a growing ecosystem for conservation of local livelihoods because what is even conservation of nature & wildlife without conserving the people & culture who protect it.

OUR STORY
The Avaana signatures

What every journey holds.

Hosted by a founder Meet or Riya travels with every departure.
Private by design Your own naturalist and vehicle.
The Host Table A meal in the home of a host family.
The Field Briefing An evening with a conservationist.
The Quiet Hour One hour with no agenda, only listening.
The Field Journal Hand-bound, sent before you travel.
The Letter Home What your visit funded, from your hosts.
The Avaana Way
20%
Impact

of our revenue funds projects designed and led by our host communities. Your journey becomes their livelihood, and their livelihood protects the wild.

Meet Muchhala in the field with guides
A note from the founders

We started Avaana because the best moments of our lives in the wild were always shared with someone who belonged there. Every journey we host is our way of introducing you to them.

Meet Muchhala & Riya Bhoomkar