Italy's Sardinia and France's Corsica both sit in the Mediterranean Sea, separated by a mere 112 nautical miles. So close, yet so different! Both islands feature unique active and cultural explorations and cuisine...
The wilds of the 49th state of Alaska make for challenging adventures - whether by land or sea. Gray & Co. summer land-based explorations included Sheldon Chalet, perched on a high rock outcropping...
Gravel cycling is an increasingly popular adventure sport which is opening up new active travel options around the globe. Despite its name, gravel cycling is about exploring a mix of paved and unpaved roads...
We ventured into the Highlands and rekindled our love for bonnie Scotland. Its charm is irresistible, with wild landscapes, misty mountains, and craggy coastlines. Regal castles stand tall, while deep valleys hide secluded lochs...
Hannah has just returned from "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" land! From landing in Auckland, the "city of sails" to jet boating Queenstown's Shotover Gorge, Hannah experienced the best of the North & South Islands...
There are many exciting openings that are getting the Gray & Co. team excited to travel this coming year. Destinations are setting their sights on new initiatives like eco-tourism or pioneering...
“I was there on September 8. when the tragic 6.8 earthquake happened. I was luckily unharmed by the seismic shift in the earth’s core, and got to witness first-hand the how the Moroccan people sprang into action..."
Riding a current surge of post-Olympic popularity, Japan offers year-round unique experiences and active pursuits — from sacred temples, high technology, sublime...
The Central American country of Costa Rica is well known for pristine jungles, beaches, charming critters, impressive birds and the friendlies...
A Gray day in St Barth’s starts with the option for action whether it’s hiking (so many choices!) tennis, yoga, surfing, boating or just relaxing...
We surveyed our team and came up with these G.O.A.T.(D.)S – Greatest of All Time Destinations. From Ireland to Mallorca, Uruguay, Northern Italy, South Africa, Australia to name a few...
Producing trips for the world’s most discerning travelers requires crazy levels of communication, dedication, discretion, passion for details, curiosity, deep connections, and first-hand knowledge – to list a few...
The American West offers wide-open spaces and National Parks aplenty, with more than enough enticing places to hike, bike, raft, fish, horseback ride and more. In typical Gray & Co. fashion we’ve vetted, tested and handpicked the best...
For year-round road biking, you can’t top the vineyards and horse pastures of California’s Santa Ynez Valley. The roads out of the town of Los Olivos are varied and quiet. You can hit the pavement right from the front door of our favorite basecamp, the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn & Spa...
There’s a newfound appreciation for travel that includes active, wellness-focused and mindfulness-oriented journeys, as well as travelers’ continued desires to visit both favorite classic destinations, including those close to home, and buzz-worthy rising locales in more far-flung areas...
Spinning the globe, we've come up with a list of the destinations we’d be happiest to transport ourselves to tomorrow, if we could — and to take you with us...
Enticing new hotels, resorts, lodges and yachts have opened around the world in the latter half of 2020, with more coming in 2021. From Sicily to Serbia, we’ve curated our top picks, best suited for our savvy active travelers...
Since 2009, Gray & Co. has specialized in crafting private trips around the world. Throughout each day of each journey, we love to engage and delight all ages and abilities - from grandma to grandkid. Well designed time together and time apart is the key to making it all seamless in destinations around the globe...
While many of our travelers are waiting for a vaccine before heading off and away again, some members of the Gray & Co. team have ventured out to keep up on vital connections, best practices and local intelligence...
For maximum fun and togetherness, we love to craft takeovers of luxe properties and yachts for private travel with families and friends...
Although the travel industry has been rocked to its core, we’re gearing up for the return of travel this fall and into 2021...
Get to know one of Gray & Co.'s top producer/guide's Carolyn Werry from her expertise to what ignites her passion for travel and so much more...
For our American travelers who are looking to stay local this summer we know the top luxe places to hike, spin, paddle and more....
Gray & Co. private active travel necessitates a great base and now more than ever property takeovers are the perfect way to facilitate new adventures...
We’re living in a time where giving is front and center. At Gray & Co., private travel offers a myriad of opportunities to learn, share and make a difference to our global community. On each trip, we craft exclusive opportunities to get in deep and support local causes...
When Gray & Co. got its start in 2009, Paola was the first one to join the team, and she’s been a driving force in our evolution ever since. (Before signing on with us, she was the regional director of Patagonia for Butterfield & Robinson, for whom she had been a top-rated guide for more than a decade.)...
Kia Ora and hello! We’re just back from New Zealand, a place whose outdoor beauty and top-notch lodges have long been legendary. We’re particularly partial to lesser-known but luxe active outposts, and all of our preferred places to stay here are...
The very first trip Gray & Co. arranged was to South Africa in 2009 and our love affair with the country continues to this day. The South Africa experience offers a Mediterranean-like climate, countless smooth roads for biking and trails for hiking, world-renowned vineyards to explore and the most luxurious places to stay...
At Gray & Co., we embrace activity at all levels and ages. With our high staff-to-guest ratios, expert mechanics on every trip and follow-along support vehicles, we ensure that everyone has fun and makes it to lunch...
When Belgian-born couple Stephen (GM) and Annelie (chef) Jacobs moved to Windhoek, Namibia, to open the award-winning Zannier Hotel’s Omaanda Lodge two years ago, it was impossible to imagine that after all the challenges that lay ahead, how well it would be received...
Give your Peloton a break and head south in 2020. January to April is a great time to road bike in Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and South Africa...
In addition to crafting walking and hiking trips, we also take especially intrepid, goal-oriented travellers on epic trails...
What a treat it was to walk "The Path of the Gods" — the famed hiking trail in the hills overlooking Italy’s Amalfi Coast — during the “Dolce Vitality” fitness retreat...
Andalucia offers great weather almost year round. With hundreds of golf courses, prolific hiking trails and biking-worthy roads, it's paradise for active travellers...
Team Gray & Co. has spent the last 10 years scouring the globe to chase down the next unearthed adventures. Here are some of our most memorable trips...
Recent intrepid journeys we’ve produced for travellers include birthday celebrations in Morocco, hiking and biking the Camino de Santiago in Portugal and Spain, family e-biking in...
At Gray & Co., we chase the sun and warm weather all year long. And so, we find now to be the perfect time to visit South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand...
It's hard to top biking and hiking among ripe grapes in the vineyards of France, Italy, Spain and California during harvest...
Portugal has become a new travel darling for many great reasons. Lisbon's unique architecture and colourful streets make it the perfect urban walking locale...
To keep on top of all the latest openings, trends and best practices around the world, Gray & Co. will once again be participating...
Gray & Co. guide Paola returned this summer to Peru, one of her favourite hiking destinations, for an in-depth inspection of the many new...
On one of our recent trips, professional photographer Ruben Acosta captured active scenes on his home island of Lanzarote...
On July 1, Canada celebrates the 150th anniversary of its confederation with parties from Vancouver Island...
It's easy to keep spinning beyond summer when the roads of Spain and Italy beckon bikers with great weather well into October....
It might only be summer, but savvy travellers are already planning their end-of-year gatherings...
July 1 also marks the start of the 104th Tour de France. This year's route passes through some of our favourite French regions...
With spring just around the corner, it's none to early to start planning your warm-weather journeys. Greece tops our list of iconic...
Let Gray & Co. help you navigate the antiquities, islands, and beaches of Greece. We'll have you cruising the Cycladic and Ionian islands via super yacht...
The secret is out--our Gray & Co. team is crazy about the Balearic Island of Mallorca....
I love the endless summer days in Alaska--from hiking glaciers in Denali National Park & Preserve and fishing for king salmon on the Kenai river to sea kayaking with whales in...
Fall is a great time to taste, sip and savour Sonoma County, California, where the newly redone 25-room Farmhouse Inn and Spa is the ultimate basecamp...
We're more than ready to roll in Portugal, which was just named "Country of the Year" by the experts at Travel & Leisure magazine. Whether it's Lisbon, a coastal adventure...
Gray & Co. bike trips were mentioned in an article about “why cycling is hot and not cooling down” in the travel newsletter “Oh The People You Meet.” And coming soon...
On the heels of being named #1 Tour Operator in Travel & Leisure's 2016 World's Best Awards, Gray & Co. has been busy...
Gray & Co.'s Iceland journeys were singled out this month in CNN Travel's profile on high-end hikes...
Gray & Co. guide Annie is just back from Alaska, a wild and wonderful destination that beckons active travellers with its glaciers, fjords, mountains, and pristine nature...
Reporting in from the smooth roads of sunny Spain, where on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, we especially loves Gran Hotel Son Net...
Gray & Co. is thrilled to be voted No. 1 tour operator by the readers of the prestigious Travel & Leisure magazine. As stated on travelandleisure.com, “Canada-based...
The 2017 cycling season kicks off in Australia -- where Gray & Co. has been leading biking holidays since 2009...
For the first time, Gray & Co. will be exhibiting at the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen...
Gray & Co. travellers have busied themselves this spring on the roads, trails and beaches of Australia, Tennessee and California...
There are great events to gear up for in Europe this summer. July kicks off with...
Spring is in the air as savvy bikers and hikers (like us!) take to the trails and roads. We've spent the last few months chasing eternal summer in Chile, Australia...
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