Small-group overland journeys, est. 2011

Travel the long way, with people who know the ground.

Scenery Travels runs eight-to-twelve person expeditions across the world's overland routes — Mongolia's steppe, Patagonia's ridgelines, the Simien highlands — led end to end by local guides who grew up on the terrain.

47°55'N, 106°55'E — ALTAI STEPPE 51°00'S, 73°02'W — TORRES DEL PAINE 13°15'N, 38°02'E — SIMIEN HIGHLANDS 33°30'N, 77°35'E — ZANSKAR VALLEY
Current season

Four routes, running now

Every departure caps at twelve travelers and pairs a lead guide with a local specialist who lives along the route.

ROUTE 01 — MONGOLIA

Altai Steppe Crossing

14 DAYSMAX 12HORSE + 4X4

Ger camps, nomad herders, and a horseback pass through the western Altai before the autumn frost.

$3,240Enquire →
ROUTE 02 — PATAGONIA

Torres del Paine Traverse

10 DAYSMAX 10ON FOOT

The full circuit, off the day-hiker crowds, with camps timed to catch the towers at first light.

$2,890Enquire →
ROUTE 03 — ETHIOPIA

Simien Highlands Trek

9 DAYSMAX 10ON FOOT

Ridge camps above 3,500m, gelada troops at close range, and village stays in the Amhara highlands.

$2,410Enquire →
ROUTE 04 — LADAKH

Zanskar Valley Circuit

12 DAYSMAX 12ON FOOT

High passes, monastery stays, and river crossings through one of the last roadless valleys.

$3,050Enquire →
Why Meridian

The parts we don't compromise on

GUIDES

Local, not licensed-in

Every route is co-led by a guide who lives there — not a generalist flown in for the season.

GROUP

Twelve travelers, hard cap

Small enough to move at the pace of the terrain, and to actually eat dinner with your guides.

IMPACT

Money that stays local

Camps, drivers, and outfitters are booked directly in-country — no offshore booking layer.

"Our guide knew every herder family we passed by name. It didn't feel like a tour — it felt like being let in on something."
— R. Okonkwo, Altai Steppe Crossing, 2025

Next departure window opens in three weeks

Spots on the 2026 season are moving faster than last year's.

All routes

Four continents, twelve travelers at a time.

Each route below runs 2–3 departures a year. Group size, terrain, and season are fixed — we don't stack extra travelers onto a route to fill seats.

ROUTE 01 — MONGOLIA

Altai Steppe Crossing

14 DAYSMAX 12HORSE + 4X4

Ger camps, nomad herders, and a horseback pass through the western Altai before the autumn frost.

$3,240Enquire →
ROUTE 02 — PATAGONIA

Torres del Paine Traverse

10 DAYSMAX 10ON FOOT

The full circuit, off the day-hiker crowds, with camps timed to catch the towers at first light.

$2,890Enquire →
ROUTE 03 — ETHIOPIA

Simien Highlands Trek

9 DAYSMAX 10ON FOOT

Ridge camps above 3,500m, gelada troops at close range, and village stays in the Amhara highlands.

$2,410Enquire →
ROUTE 04 — LADAKH

Zanskar Valley Circuit

12 DAYSMAX 12ON FOOT

High passes, monastery stays, and river crossings through one of the last roadless valleys.

$3,050Enquire →

Don't see your route?

We plan two or three private crossings a year for groups who bring their own itinerary.

About Scenery Travels

Started with one van and a shared trail notebook.

Scenery Travels began in 2011 when two overland guides — one Mongolian, one Welsh — decided the trips they wanted to run didn't exist yet: small, slow, and led by people who actually lived on the route. Fifteen years later, that's still the only kind of trip we run.

15
Years running trips
4
Active routes
12
Max group size
31
Local guide partners
Origin

Why we cap every group at twelve

Our founders spent years guiding for larger outfitters, watching forty-person groups turn a mountain pass into a queue. Meridian was built around one constraint first — group size — and every other decision, from vehicle choice to camp layout, follows from it.

Twelve travelers can still sit around one fire, fit in one set of jeeps, and get a real conversation with the guide leading them. It's a smaller business because of it. That's the trade we made on purpose.

How we work

What stays fixed on every route

01

A local co-lead, always

One Meridian trip leader, one guide native to the region — never a route run solo by an outsider.

02

Bookings made in-country

Camps, drivers, and homestays are paid directly, not through an international booking layer.

03

No trip grows to fill seats

If a departure doesn't reach a workable group size, we run it small or push the date — we don't pad it.

The team

Trip leads on this season's routes

Every guide below has led their route for at least four seasons and lives within a day's drive of it.

Bat-Erdene Sukhbaatar

Lead guide, Altai Steppe

Grew up herding in the western Altai; has run the crossing since Meridian's first season.

Camila Ibarra

Lead guide, Torres del Paine

Certified mountain guide out of Puerto Natales, on the Paine circuit for eleven seasons.

Meron Tesfaye

Lead guide, Simien Highlands

Born in Debark; trained the current generation of Simien park guides.

Want the long version, over a call?

We'd rather talk through a route than have you guess from a webpage.

Get in touch

Tell us where you're trying to get to.

Whether you know your route or just have a season and a continent in mind, our trip planners reply within one business day.

Email
support@scenery-travels.com
Phone
+234 912 453 5817
Studio
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Hours
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