Bespoke Trips - Adventure Base

bespoke group adventure experience

We specialise in creating and delivering quality experiences in mountain environments for clients looking for tailor-made trips, groups and teams. With decades of knowledge in mountain event management, we pride ourselves in helping people enjoy the mountains.

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CREATING AND DELIVERING BESPOKE EXPERIENCES

With decades of experience creating and operating adventures in the mountains, we've innovated and refined our 6 stage trip building process. This involves our operations and creative teams spending days researching opportunities and environments that fit the brief. Based on those findings, we cook up your bespoke trip and the adventure begins.
We believe in environments and people. When you combine the two, it creates the opportunity to achieve something special.

Being based in the Alps, we love talking all things adventure, so next time you find yourself in Chamonix let us know. Coffee is on us.
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A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER KENTON COOL

“Having led countless teams and individuals up and down mountains for over 20 years, I can truly say there is nothing quite like the bond formed during these experiences. It lasts a lifetime. I couldn’t be more confident in the service our operations team creative team and guides deliver, no matter how big or small your mountain objectives. We’ve worked extremely hard to build a company with pedigree, helped by decades of expertise, all the while doing everything with our trademark personal approach. We are looking forward to helping you, or your clients enjoy the mountains with us.”
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“The summit was like a dream. It was so overwhelming I began to cry with joy for making it to this magical world at the top of Europe.”

Princess Beatrice

Mont Blanc

“Perfect mini trip to introduce to ski touring. I had always wanted to try it and now I'm addicted!”

Maddison

Ski Touring

“I’d recommend Adventure Base 100%. I want to be an Adventure Base guide!”

Sir Richard Branson

Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Tour du Mont Blanc, Haute Route

“Just had a fantastic week on Gran Paradiso. The Catalan guides Fabio and Roger were superb. This has been my greatest experience to date and at 50 that is saying something! Don’t hesitate to book with Adventure Base, you will not regret it.”

Martin

Gran Paradiso

“The route was stunning and the guides were great. Logistics were really seamless which makes a huge difference. All this contributes to a stunning experience for the participants.”

Virgin Strive Challenge

Mont Blanc Trek & Summit, Haute Route

NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF ADVENTURE SUITS YOU?

If you’re looking for something a little more bespoke for a special occasion, a corporate trip or if you're an events company looking at white labelling a trip for your clients then get in touch for a free chat with one of our experts.

Click the button below to answer a few simple questions to help us better understand what your goals are. It takes one minute and will give us a head start when we speak.
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What makes our trips special? Three key principles!

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    DARING ADVENTURES

    We believe the future belongs to those that do. That's why we build adventures in stunning environments, inspiring us to dream big and live more. Our trips are not easy, but the best things in life aren't.

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    HUMAN EXPERIENCES

    Great teams, local culture, authentic experiences, quality adventures. It's these principles that make our trips memorable. We believe experiences are better when you can share them with someone else.

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    EFFORTLESS ORGANISATION

    Save your effort for the Adventure. We’ll do the rest! We pride ourselves on getting the details right and the trip ready.

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SOME PREVIOUS CLIENT TRIPS

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The Adventure

Big Change Charity (With Threshold Sports)
The Virgin Strive Challenge

A multi day hiking adventure across the Alps with a group of 60 hikers, followed by an Alpine Climb (Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn) by a core team of 10-15 people. An adventure and challenge to raise awareness to create a society in which the young can thrive regardless of their start in life.

The Objective

Fundraise over £1,000,000 for the the Big Change charity.

The Results

Fundraised over £1,460,000, multiple successful mountain ascents, real conversations, happy clients, a couple of blister plasters and way too many celebratory beers!
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The Adventure

Operation Mobilization
The Freedom Climb

50 hikers from the missionary church group Operation Mobilization, crossed the high alpine range from Chamonix to Zermatt along the world famous Haute Route. The group, consisting mostly of women from the US with little hiking experience trekked for 8 days, covering 200km and 12000m of elevation along this historic and unique route. Supported by our team and with steely determination, all 50 hikers completed the challenge and were rewarded with life changing experiences.

The Objective

Raise funds and generate awareness about enslaved women around the world.

The Results

All 50 hikers completed the challenge and in their words were rewarded with “A life changing experience.”
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The Adventure

Virgin Atlantic
High Alps Trek

The Adventure: 55 staff from the Virgin cabin crew and ops teams hiked for 4 days across the French Alps, from Chamonix to Verbier. Good company, great mountain food and a healthy dose of ‘play’ were all part of an energy fuelled long weekend.

The Objective

Investing in and reward their best people with an eye to achieve the following: team bonding, a sense of togetherness, a ‘right good’ adventure and an experience no one would forget.

The Results

Employee recognition and care for the investment made in their wellbeing as well as stronger relationships within the leadership team.

HOW DOES A TAILOR-MADE BOOKING WORK?

Whether it's a climb to Western Europe’s highest peak or maybe something completely different and unique; we’ll help find and create the perfect adventure for you or your clients.

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STAGE 1

Discovery Stage

We learn about your objectives, the people, the budget, the time frame, the dog’s name... you get the picture! This is the most important stage of the whole process as it dictates the direction we all move in from this point. You don't need to have the solutions, that's our job, just come with your objectives.

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STAGE 2

Inspiration Stage

Our operations and creative teams research opportunities and environments that fit the brief. Based on our findings, we then cook up your bespoke adventure options and present them to you for discussion. At this point we either move forwards with the one you like and fine tune it, or we go back to the drawing board.

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STAGE 3

Commitment Stage

Once all agreed, you pay the deposit and away we go. Financial terms can be structured according to the adventure and your requirements.

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STAGE 4

Pre-Adventure

We walk you through the necessary steps to progress the administrative side of organising a trip. Further, we create assets (Detailed itineraries, kit list, training advice and more) that can be distributed to your clients or your team. Our objective is to make sure you arrive at your trip confident and excited in what's to come.

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STAGE 5

Adventure

This is where the magic happens. Your adventure manager will oversee the trip and make sure everything runs smoothly for the duration of the experience. We're here every step of the trip to deliver for you and your objectives.

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STAGE 6

Post-Adventure

We debrief and discuss the trip, tie up any loose ends, send across any imagery or videography and reminisce about ‘this time last week’.

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We'd love to discuss any ideas you may have about any potential corporate trip for yourself or your clients. Why not send us a message or give us a ring, so we can start planning the trip today.