Barbara Rees, founder & group leader

CULTIVATE is a culmination of my past experiences in the the hotel business and a love of travel that started at an early age. My father felt seeing the world was the best form of education, and I’ve carried that philosophy into my life.

Each of my journeys is designed to awaken your curiosity and open up new perspectives. I design the trips for your well-being but also to occasionally nudge you out of a comfort zone. It’s about doing and experiencing rather than just seeing and witnessing. You visit special places and meet local people in order to reveal the multiple layers of a society.

One of the most important things in life is a feeling of connection. Each journey is about authentic connection and relationships, not only those we meet along the way but to the other women in the group. I curate the groups to assure the best dynamic, and alter the itineraries based on particular interests.

A CULTIVATE trip is a time to laugh with new friends, reconnect with yourself, and return home with a renewed sense of the positive beauty in others and the world.

Hope you can join an adventure soon.

Happy travels!

Barbara

William Yeats

“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.”