By Christine Mackay, Crooked Trails Co-Founder & Executive Director I remember the first time I rode an elephant; it was over 20 years ago in Chiang Mai, Thailand on an ‘eco-cultural trek’. We spent a … Read More
The Universal Power of Sport
By Emily Cole Soccer is the world’s game, a universal language as profound as a smile. I have been blessed to play and coach at many levels, but nothing taught me this truth like playing … Read More
Travel Inspires Giving
Crooked Trails has long been committed to the fight against sexual slavery and human trafficking, leading trips to Nepal, Thailand, and India to learn on-the-ground about the issue. What is truly incredible is what happens … Read More
The Fight Against Human Trafficking
By Christine Mackay, Crooked Trails Co-founder & Executive Director The journey to Mumbai was deep, intense, confusing and enlightening all at once, like India itself; a never-ending series of contradictions, where beauty brushes against deformity, … Read More
The world is waiting…
By Crooked Trails Traveler Stephanie S.Everest has always been on my bucket list, as it is for many people. After an emotionally taxing year of my 2nd divorce, my cousin’s suicide, my middle son’s health … Read More
Mozart in the Himalayas
By Crooked Trails traveler Alison Schafer We shoved oboes into duffel bags. Slid recorders next to hiking socks and zipped up carry-on bags. Nestled a clarinet next to a rain jacket. Stuffed harmonicas in small … Read More
We’re kicking off 2019 Travel with a FREE SteriPen!
Crooked Trails is the proud founder of Travelers Against Plastic (TAP), and we prepare all of our travelers to minimize plastic waste and stay healthy by treating their own drinking water. The SteriPen has been one … Read More
Cuba Special! Travel in Support the Cuban People This Summer at Lower Rates
Our partners in Cuba would love to host you this summer on two spectacular 7-day travel programs. With tourism down in Cuba due to recent changes in travel policies, it is a perfect time to go … Read More
Pulling Back the Curtain on an Ancient Mountain Culture
By Angela Broderick, Director of Communications Flying between Himalayan giants before spiraling down, our plane seeming to nearly graze rocky spires, the arrival in Leh was like the beginning of a dream sequence. The first … Read More
The Call of the Mountains
By Tammy Leland, Crooked Trails Co-founder & International Program Director When I was 12 years old, I was given a rock for my birthday which was inscribed with the following quote … “Whatever you do, … Read More