I have been traveling since early childhood. When I was twenty, I drove overland from London to Nairobi, an eight-month journey that extended in to two long stays, one in Tanzania’s Serengeti and the other in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, where I lived and filmed among the Maasai. The journey also led to eight years of anthropological studies, an enduring love for the African continent and a passion for traveling that resulted in the launch of Lisa Lindblad Travel Design in 1997.  LLTD creates magical tailored itineraries anywhere in the world. Drawing on my experience, knowledge and friends, and depending on the expertise, professionalism and good will of vast numbers of colleagues across the globe, we have been able to bring a respected level of intelligence, insight, special access and quality to our travel designing.

As my children reached adulthood and began traveling on their own, I became the go-to travel person for them and their friends. Many of them also came in and out of the office as interns, so passionate were they about travel. These young men and women, with their curiosity, appreciation of quality – and shallow pocketbooks – were the genesis of Willing Foot.

My challenge was, "How could I provide great, stylish travel for them at an affordable price?"

Willing Foot travelers are savvy, sophisticated and informal, with healthy expectations for intimate, interesting and fun travel experiences. The itinerary modules we have designed here, ranging from 1-8 days, are gems. Digging deep in to our own knowledge bank of destinations, and using the same guides and drivers, friends and colleagues we have nurtured for more than a decade at LLTD, we have created these mini-itineraries as building blocks that you can link together to construct your own, personalized trip.

Easy to use, the itinerary modules are ready-to-go and can be packed up and taken away with just a bit of final tinkering from our end; we will join them together into what we feel is a coherent, seamless, perfect trip. Then off you go. If, however, a voice is needed on the other end of the phone to answer a question or two, we are here for that as well.

So, for you, the wayfaring kind, the jetsetter, the adventurous or the wanderer, for you who seeks culture, understanding and exclusivity, welcome to Willing Foot.