About Us
Adventures with Kit specializes in creating one-of-a-kind travel experiences for the adventurous at heart. Founded and led by the passionate and experienced Kit, our boutique adventure tours provide personalized and unforgettable journeys. With small group sizes and a focus on unique destinations, every trip is meticulously organized to ensure an intimate and immersive experience. Whether you’re trekking through remote landscapes or exploring hidden gems off the beaten path, Adventures with Kit promises a truly exceptional adventure. Join us for an adventure of a lifetime, and discover the world in a way you’ve never imagined.
“Travel with All Your Heart!”
Meet Kit, Guide Extraordinaire
My name is Cross. Kit Cross. And yes, my life reads like the location settings for James Bond films. Gorgeous. Remote (and not so). Breathtaking. From the serene to the chaotic. Mountain tops in Tibet to markets in Marrakesh. Even Timbuktu. My backyard is huge and I haven’t run out of places to get to yet.
Travelers like me rarely do.
Traveling with all your heart gets you in touch with the world at large and results in those magic experiences we love to read about. It’s being unafraid to immerse yourself in the culture, environment and the wonderful, warm, inviting people around you all over the world. It builds bridges of understanding — and grows friendships that can last a lifetime.
These days I’m hiring out as an Adventure Guide and a Tour Director. I’ll take you to places that don’t have fries on the menu. Places that don’t have all-inclusive’ swim-up bars and cookie cutter hotel rooms with spa showers. Not that I have anything against hot showers!
Over the last 20 years, I’ve escorted both 5-star guests and backpackers alike, through the streets of downtown Lhasa; we’ve paddled the wilds of Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario, and sipped wine overlooking the Great Wall of China. We’ve been charged by cows outside a temple in India, climbed steps three at a time (then a breath) at the Potala Palace in Tibet, burned ceremonial sage and listened to a native elder telling stories at Pyramid Lake in the Canadian Rockies. And we dipped our toes into the Pacific ocean to see if it was warmer than the Atlantic.
I know these places — I’ve been there, lived there, travelled them with all my heart, and come away profoundly changed.
Want to feel that? Next one’s Morocco. Let’s go find the world. It’s right where you left it!
“Not all who wander are lost.” JRR Tolkein
Our Company
Adventures with Kit is a small company about to embark on our 4th expedition. As a traveler, I know first hand and intimately all the parts of the world I’ll take you to.
All travellers know the feeling when you come off the road, your life takes a different turn and your priorities change. But that thing--that intangible thing that carried you through worlds and places and people–the stuff of your stories, never really went away. And now the kids are on their own journey you can hear that voice again, calling….
Adventures With Kit curates exactly that. It’s an authentic mix of culture and nature with a family run Inn at the end of the day (hand picked with your own facilities and hot water!) Might even fit in a pool every now and then.
We are constantly striving to have as little impact on the planet as we can. We may not be able to fix all the issues in the places we travel but we can mitigate our contribution towards them. Bring your own water bottle. A water purifier like a Steripen means you can fill it up directly from the tap in your hotel. I use one all over the world! I’ve also heard good things about Lifestraw but I have no personal knowledge of this.
It’s also important that our interaction with the cultures we come in contact with is respectful and that we see ourselves as travellers—not tourists. If you “Travel with all your Heart” you’ll see the very best (and worst) of this little blue planet and come away with new friends and ideas that are bound to change and challenge your perspective.
We are fortunate to be partnered with a local travel agency—that way you know we’re not going to abscond in the middle of the night with your hard-earned cash! Klara and Raelene at Around the World Travel in Nanaimo, BC take care of all the booking arrangements for us (processing of credit cards, collecting payments, booking flights, etc.). You’ll find their info on the contact us page.