Our heart goes out to everyone on Flores Island in Indonesia following the earthquake last week ❤️

Flores is one of my favourite places in the world and one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever travelled to. If it’s not on your radar yet, it absolutely should be!

I spent a month riding across the entire island, passing through small villages, incredible landscapes and indigenous communities.

It’s also why I never take any travel experience for granted. Places change, sometimes in ways we could never predict and you never know when somewhere you’ve visited might never be quite the same again...

Sending lots of love to everyone affected and hoping, especially the remote communities across Flores are safe and able to recover quickly.

Onto this week’s travel stories 👇🏻

xoxo,
Gabby & The TRAppe. Team

In keeping with this week's love letter to Flores, we're swapping our usual playlist or podcast for a song from the island. Turn it up and let us transport you to this very special corner of Indonesia. P.S. If you're a reggae lover, Indonesia has an incredible reggae scene that's well worth exploring.

🎧 Share your go-to travel playlist or podcast with us. Whether it's road trip anthems or deep-dive travel stories, we want to hear and feature what fuels your adventures.

🏰 Cinderella moment: Planning your next fairytale adventure? This interactive map plots more than 7,000 castles and palaces around the world.

📖 Follow the story: Discover why more travellers are swapping the usual tourist routes for journeys inspired by their favourite books.

🏝️ Island hopping: Did you know Japan has more than 14,000 islands? Find the lesser-known island that matches your travel style.

💼 For job seekers: FTLO Travel is hiring for several remote US-based roles, alongside opportunities for trip leaders around the world.

📍Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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Tanzania has no shortage of bucket-list experiences, from witnessing the Great Migration in the Serengeti to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro but Land Savannah & Trekking wants travellers to experience the country through the people who know it best.

Their tailor-made journeys bring together wildlife, adventure and culture, whether that's heading out on safari, climbing Africa's highest mountain, cycling through local villages or spending time with Hadzabe and Datoga communities. Every trip is led by Tanzanian guides who bring their local knowledge, stories and personal connections to the experience.

Founded by Moses, Land Savannah & Trekking is a locally owned and operated company offering everything from wildlife safaris and mountain expeditions to cultural tours and day trips.

Behind each trip is a network of Tanzanian guides, drivers and mountain crews, alongside locally owned accommodation, restaurants and community-based tourism initiatives.

Whether you're here for the wildlife, the mountains, the culture or a bit of everything, Land Savannah & Trekking makes it possible to experience several sides of Tanzania while helping more of what you spend stay within the country.

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In this week’s What’s Hot & What’s Not, meet Vaishnavi, a web designer and community builder.

Vaishnavi moved to a remote mountain village in the Himalayas four years ago to live a slower, more sustainable life. She is the founder of Ayaskala, a literary magazine turned community of 4,000+ writers and is currently building Naari, a women's collective running residential retreats across India.

🔥 What’s Hot

travel as a catalyst to your own journey inwards, travelling solo as a woman, spending your day at the pace of the location you've chosen, chatting with locals, finding women-run businesses and supporting them, not relying on reels to find the next best spot and taking a walk to explore a place, journalling at a scenic location, taking a trip with your long-distance best friend at least once a year, farm stays run by a family across generations, eating local and seasonal produce, retreats that aren't packed with activities every hour, niche collectives and community experiences

❄️ What’s Not

travelling to tick-off itineraries, city tour buses, loud party groups, people who want city-like amenities in remote locations, a list of gram-worthy cafes, making reels about every scenic location you find, eating at fast-food chains, staying in big hotel buildings, retreats filled with 200 activities crammed into 2 days, waiting for the trip to make it out of the group chat

🤫 Hidden Find

Her Cafe (@official_hercafe)
📍Bir-Billing, Himachal Pradesh, India

An entirely local, women-run café offering Himachali delicacies. A must-try!

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