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A traveller with a backpack and a film camera on a clifftop path above the Atlantic, looking out along the coast

Who we are

We love the places where land meets water

Martine began in 2012 with one chartered boat, named after its owner’s grandmother, and eight friends who wanted to see the Ionian islands without a coach. We still travel the same way: small groups, local boats and our own two feet.

Every tour is led by a guide who lives on the coast you are visiting, and every night is spent somewhere family-run. We keep groups to twelve at most, so a harbour lunch or a last-minute swim is always possible.

We are a small team in London and on the road. When you enquire, you talk to the person who planned the trip.

Next departure

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

Next departure

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

Next departure

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

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.

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