Epic Expeditions

There's a moment that happens on almost every Epic expedition. Someone you'd never normally cross paths with does something quietly generous, and it reframes the entire trip.

A Kokoda porter who's walked the track a hundred times and still points out the things you'd miss. A Mongolian herder who waves a group of strangers into his ger like it's the most natural thing in the world. A family in the Hunza Valley who hands out fruit from their orchard at the trailhead before you've even introduced yourself.

No transaction. No agenda. Just people being people in places where that still means something.

Most hard treks offer scenery. Kokoda offers something harder to explain 🇵🇬

The track runs past the real battle sites in roughly the order they happened. The campaign was never cleared away, so eighty years on there are foxholes still cut into the ridgelines, rifles and helmets the jungle has slowly reclaimed, and graves of the men who died here.

At Isurava, four granite pillars read Courage, Endurance, Mateship, Sacrifice over the ridge where Australian and Papuan troops held against a far larger force for five days in 1942.

Only around 3,000 people walk it in a year. Long stretches with nobody out there but the group and the jungle.

A place that stays with people long after the mud washes off.

A tent at altitude is the smallest home you'll ever love ⛺️

Safe to say our team at Epic have spent quite a significant portion of our nights sleeping in tents. There's something special about crawling in, pulling the zip shut, and the enormous world outside going quiet.

Most people book a trip to these far flung places for the views or the summits, but often we've found it's the little moments like winding down after a long day of trekking in your own tiny little dome that are the most memorable.

Pictured are our favorite expeditions tents deep in the Karakoram. ⛺️ 🏔️

Ready to disappear into one of the last truly wild corners of the planet? 🇵🇬🌿

The 12 Day Kokoda Track Expedition is 96km of jungle, mud and near-vertical climbs through the Owen Stanley Ranges, in heat and humidity that never lets up. You'll cross rivers, pass WWII wreckages swallowed by the overhanging canopy, and rest in villages living entirely off the grid.

Trip Dates:
📅 October 11th – October 22nd, 2026

Get in touch to secure your spot.

Trekking in Madeira 🇵🇹

Madeira is a hiker's island filled with ancient laurel forest, levada trails and a volcanic spine you can walk almost end to end. Our Lost World of Europe expedition is a 7 or 10 day trip of proper trekking, with comfortable nights and seriously good food.

One island with hidden trails, wild canyoneering & a vibrant culture.

Trip Dates:
📅 October 28th – November 6th, 2026
📅 November 14th – 20th, 2026

Ready for an adventure? Get in touch to book.

Most people have never heard of the Fann Mountains 🇹🇯🇺🇿

Join us for two weeks through 63km of Central Asia's wildest ranges, bookended by the Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. You'll witness bare granite peaks, turquoise lakes, shepherd camps, and the 4,750m Chimtarga Pass as the high point.

Trip Dates:
📅 August 2nd–16th, 2026

Limited spots. Get in touch to join us.

Uganda Chimp Trekking & Rwenzori Mountains Expedition

Chimps in Kibale, six days in the Rwenzori, a drive through Queen Elizabeth, and a summit on the Uganda-Rwanda-DRC border. We built one trip that covers some epic locations.

Get in touch to find out more about the upcoming 2027 trips.

115km, with passes up to 5,020m. This is trekking the Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru 🇵🇪.

We start in Huaraz and head into a side of the country most travelers never see. August brings dry trails with clear skies over Yerupajá and Siula Grande. You'll wake to frozen mornings and thaw out in natural hot springs deep in the mountains. 12 days, completely off the grid to disconnect and challenge your limits.

Trip Dates:
📅 August 1st – August 12th, 2026

Get in touch to join this expedition.

A Epic Expedition to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 🇹🇯🇺🇿

We start in the bazaars of Samarkand, then cross into Tajikistan's Fann Mountains for 63 kilometers of empty trail. Sheer valleys, still lakes and the occasional local shepherd passing through.

We climb the 4,750-meter Chimtarga Col, then descend from Big Allo Lake down to Small Allo Lake and into a pocket the locals call "Little Tuscany," before heading back to the civilisation of Bukhara and Samarkand.

Trip Dates:
📅 August 2nd – August 16th, 2026

Limited spots available so get in touch to join us.

K2BC vs EBC. Two base camps, two completely different treks 🥾

Everest Base Camp pulls 30,000 to 45,000 trekkers a year. K2 Base Camp gets 1,000 to 2,000. That ratio tells you most of what you need to know about these two treks.

EBC: walk into Nepal on a tourist visa, sleep in teahouses with hot meals and pool tables, push to Kala Patthar at 5,545m. Solo trekking still allowed.

K2BC: trekking and mountaineering visa, Letter of Invitation from a licensed operator, $300 Central Karakoram National Park permit, mandatory tour. Ten to twelve days of camping on glacier past Askole, no villages, four-season tents, mess tents, generators at every camp. Concordia sits at 5,000m surrounded by four 8,000m peaks.

The K2BC season is one window. June, July, August. That's it.

Swipe through for the full breakdown.