Heritage Adventurer:  A New Era for Heritage Expeditions

I’m going to share something with you I probably shouldn’t admit. After years of exploring the far corners of the world working with various companies, I have a few favorite travel companies. I suppose much like parents – a travel writer is not supposed to have their favorites, but I do – cuz I’m human.

If I had a ‘stamp of approval’ – I would give Heritage Expeditions the ‘Ottsworld Approval’ in a heartbeat. I love this family-owned expedition company; their travel philosophy of getting off the beaten track is in alignment with mine.

Heritage Expeditions tends to challenge people’s views of the world with their unique itineraries. I too believe that travel is about taking on challenges – in the way you think, act, and live. It certainly has been that way for me over the years, and it is what keeps me continuing to travel to new destinations and cultures.

The Beauty of Being Different

As I get older, I am less and less interested in following the crowd; I don’t want to be living the same life as everyone else – nor do I want to travel to destinations that everyone else goes. This is also a core value of Heritage Expeditions; they strive to be different, unique, and not like every other cruise operator out there (and there are many).

Heritage differentiates themselves by their unique itineraries, passion for exploration, taking you to destinations few people visit, their incredible knowledge of expedition cruising, and their ability to pivot quickly to new plans (which is often necessary for expedition travel).

Heritage Expeditions Travel to the Ross Sea and SubAntarctic Islands – a place where few people go.

It’s no surprise then that they ask their passengers to be ‘riggidly flexible’. Every time I hear that, it makes me smile because it resonates with me so much.

A New Expedition Ship

Heritage’s expedition cruise offerings changed drastically in the last year –I was curious to see if they were the same great company that I remembered from my previous trips to Antarctica’s Ross Sea (LINK) and Russia’s Wrangle Island pre-pandemic with them.

As we all know, the pandemic hit the travel industry hard. The cruise industry was probably hit the hardest. Heritage stopped operations the first year and then could really only offer cruises to local New Zealanders the second year. Finally, when cruises started back up internationally, Heritage had one more additional curve ball…