Swimmers in clear turquoise water off a sandy beach, seen from high above

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Small-group journeys to islands and coastlines, planned by people who have walked every path.

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Six coastlines we know by heart, from the granite coves of the Seychelles to the crater lakes of the Azores.

Indian Ocean

La Digue

Seychelles

Andaman Sea

Phang Nga Bay

Thailand

Mediterranean

Manarola

Cinque Terre, Italy

Indian Ocean

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Seychelles Island Hopper

Mahé to Praslin by ferry, then on to La Digue, where the island is crossed by bicycle. Ten days, nine nights in family-run guesthouses, and a guide who grew up on Praslin.

Dates: 14–23 March 2027

From: £3,450 per person

Group: up to 10 travellers

Your guide: Amina Laporte

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Cinque Terre Coast Path

One village a day on the Blue Path, luggage carried ahead, and the evening boat back along the coast from Monterosso.

Dates: 25 April – 2 May 2027

From: £1,690 per person

Group: up to 12 travellers

Your guide: Giulia Ferrante

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Andaman Coast by Longtail

Krabi’s limestone coast by longtail and kayak, two nights on quiet Ko Yao Noi, and a day among the towers of Phang Nga Bay.

Dates: 8–19 January 2027

From: £2,390 per person

Group: up to 10 travellers

Your guide: Somchai Rattanakul

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Small groups, local guides and family-run guesthouses. Prices are per person, sharing a twin room, without flights.

Two small motor boats moored in the turquoise shallows off a beach in the Seychelles, a palm leaning out over the water

Seychelles Island Hopper

10 days · up to 10 travellers

Mahé, Praslin & La Digue

The Vallée de Mai palm forest
A boat day to Curieuse and its tortoises
Cycling La Digue’s coast road

Next departure: 14 March 2027

From £3,450

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Vernazza from the coast path above it: the harbour, the church tower and the old castle on its rock, the sea beyond

Cinque Terre Coast Path

8 days · up to 12 travellers

Liguria, Italy

All five villages on foot
The boat home from Monterosso
A pesto lesson in Vernazza

Next departure: 25 April 2027

From £1,690

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A longtail boat below sheer limestone cliffs in the clear green water off Krabi

Andaman Coast by Longtail

12 days · up to 10 travellers

Krabi, Ko Yao Noi & Phang Nga Bay

Sea kayaking into the hongs
Two nights on Ko Yao Noi
A longtail day in Phang Nga Bay

Next departure: 8 January 2027

From £2,390

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What travellers say

★★★★★

Amina knew which beach would be empty at eight in the morning, and she was right every single day.

— Helen Marsh, Seychelles Island Hopper

★★★★★

We walked every village of the Cinque Terre and never once queued for a train. Small group, big days.

— Tom and Priya Ashworth, Cinque Terre Coast Path

★★★★★

Lunch on Ko Yao Noi was cooked by our boatman’s aunt. You cannot book that anywhere, and we did not have to.

— Marcus Lindqvist, Andaman Coast by Longtail

★★★★★

Nine days, three islands, and a suitcase that always seemed to reach the guesthouse before we did.

— Sarah O’Neill, Ionian Islands by Boat

How we travel

Slowly, by boat and on foot, with people who live there.

The wake of a passenger boat off a mountainous coast in the evening light

By boat and ferry

Island to island on local ferries and our own small boats, never a coach.

A guide in a checked shirt smiling as he talks with two walkers on a clifftop above the sea

Guides who live there

Every group travels with a guide from the coast you are visiting.

A shaded veranda with two wooden chairs looking out over a beach and the sea

Family-run stays

Guesthouses with a view and a host who knows your name.

A walker with a small backpack on a coastal footpath above a bay dotted with boats

At walking pace

Coast paths most days, with your luggage carried ahead.