Meet Peter and Alex. Co-founders and fine friends
The Natural Adventure was founded by Peter Duncan, former UK Chief Scout and BBC Blue Peter presenter, and Alex Pazderski, an avid hiker and acclaimed expedition kayaker. Both natural adventurers and keen explorers of wild places and trails, remote communities and responsible tourism partners, Peter and Alex founded our company inspired by the responsible travel values they stand (walk and cycle) by.
Facilitating independent adventures
The main aim of The Natural Adventure was, and still is, to facilitate financially accessible walking or cycling holidays for people who want to delve a little deeper into nature and the local community, but who want some infrastructure along the way. As a result, the majority of our tours are self-guided, staying in small locally-owned accommodation, following a carefully crafted itinerary, benefiting from 24/7 local support, luggage transfers and top local tips for food and fun along the way.
Finding fulfilling and fun adventures
Our adventures take you to places where you can disconnect digitally, reconnect with loved ones and inject your life with slow, mindful experiences. We want this sense of fun to start from the minute you think about booking. So that you feel in safe hands with our trustworthy team when you make your big holiday decision.
Our friends on the ground
Our customers can now choose from nearly 800 self-guided (and a few small group) walking and cycling holidays in over 50 countries. These adventures exist thanks to our destination and route specialist partners in each region, all invaluable stakeholders in promoting responsible tourism, from Albania to Slovenia, Scotland to Poland. Our carefully researched and tested routes are regularly updated, as are our accommodations, and we have an ever-evolving holiday portfolio with new trip itineraries.
Our TNA Specials
Although the majority of our self-guided and guided holidays have been developed in partnership with adventure companies in the many destinations that we offer, this is changing. Although we still greatly value and work closely with these partners, and have done for many years, we’re adding to our collection with what we call TNA specials. These are holidays where the walking or cycling itineraries are created by our own in-house experts. This has allowed us to provide even more exciting adventure destinations, in even more seasons. For more information, see this blog.
The Natural Adventure’s home ground
We are over the moon that our team is growing rapidly and, as always, we are lucky to have adventurers in an array of countries to keep the wheels turning, and keep our customers yearning. Our team works across London, Dublin and Sofia. We are a fully licensed and registered Tour Operator and Tour Agent, EU Licence No. PK-01-7935, covered by mandatory Public/Product Liability Insurance (also known as Tour Operator insurance), policy No.13160190900000001, issued by Allianz Insurance. All payments are processed securely through Stripe’s servers.
