Sacred land. Long tables.Soul deep journeys.
Small groups travelling to the places where the Earth hums the loudest, eating the most delicious food of every land we touch, and coming home remembered.
We go where the land is awake, and we let it wake us too
Stone circles at sunrise. Temples swallowed by the jungle. Islands that feel like the first morning of the world. On a Sacred Activation you walk the ley lines and power places of the Earth with a small circle of kindred souls, and you open to whatever the land wants to share with you.
I hold the space; the land does the teaching. Memories surface, energy moves, downloads arrive, and there is always time to rest, to integrate and to simply be. And then we eat. Slowly, gloriously, with local cooks, farmers and makers, because nothing grounds a big opening like a beautiful meal shared around a long table.
Sacred
Ancient power places, ceremony when it is called for, and the quiet, held space to receive.
Wild
Mountains, lagoons, jungles and wildflower hills. Nature is the temple and the medicine.
Feast
Market mornings, cooking with locals, farm lunches and dinners you will dream about for years.
Florence & Tuscany
Florence in spring is pure golden light. We begin among her markets, cloisters and quiet chapels, then slip out into the Tuscan hills when the poppies are blooming, the vines are waking and every long lunch stretches gently into the evening. This is la dolce vita with a sacred heart.
Taste
Early mornings at the Florence food markets, rolling pasta by hand with a Tuscan nonna, pecorino tasted in Pienza where it is made, Brunello poured in the cellars of Montalcino, fresh olive oil, wood fired bread and dinners under the stars at a family farm.
Sacred
Ancient Etruscan places, a roofless abbey open to the sky, silent hermitages in the woods and the warm healing waters of Bagno Vignoni, where weary travellers have bathed for centuries.
Wild
Wildflower walks through the Orcia valley, cypress lined lanes, olive groves and slow afternoons in the soft Tuscan light.
Guide price per person, twin share. International flights not included.
Cambodia
Watch the sun rise over Angkor Wat, the largest temple on Earth, and feel the whole sky turn gold around it. We wander through Ta Prohm where the roots of giant trees embrace the stones, climb to the sacred mountain of Phnom Kulen and bathe in the river where a thousand carvings rest beneath the water. December brings cool, dry, glorious days.
Taste
Cooking fish amok wrapped in banana leaves with a Khmer chef, Kampot pepper and wild palm sugar, lotus farms, lantern lit night markets and gentle feasts in the countryside with local families.
Sacred
Sunrise at Angkor, the pink sandstone carvings of Banteay Srei, a traditional water blessing from Buddhist monks, and meditation in temple courtyards long before the crowds arrive.
Wild
Jungle waterfalls on Phnom Kulen, the floating villages of the Tonle Sap lake and quiet cycling between rice paddies at golden hour.
Guide price per person, twin share. International flights not included.
The Philippines
Seven thousand islands, and we have chosen the most enchanted. We drift between the limestone cathedrals and hidden lagoons of Palawan, then cross to Bohol, where the Chocolate Hills roll away into the mist and tiny tarsiers blink at you from the forest. Warm seas, soft island time and a celebration of light as the year draws to a close.
Taste
Kinilaw of just caught fish with calamansi and coconut vinegar, mangoes so sweet they taste like sunshine, a traditional boodle feast laid out on banana leaves and eaten with our hands, and a lazy lunch drifting down the Loboc river.
Sacred
Ancestral waters honoured by the indigenous peoples of Palawan, sunrise meditation on white sand, ceremony in sea caves and secret lagoons, and a soft reset for the body and soul before the new year begins.
Wild
Island hopping by private boat, snorkelling over coral gardens, swimming in jungle fringed lagoons and evenings under a sky full of stars.
Guide price per person, twin share, including internal flights. International flights not included.
Scotland Summer Solstice
The longest day of the year in the land that called me home. At midsummer the Highlands barely sleep; the light lingers until almost midnight and the stones seem to glow. We travel from ancient Perthshire to the Isle of Skye and out to the standing stones of the Hebrides, gathering for the solstice where our ancestors gathered thousands of years before us.
Taste
Langoustines and scallops pulled from the sea that morning, hot smoked salmon, wild venison, foraging for sea herbs and berries, oatcakes and crowdie, cranachan with Scottish raspberries and a dram or two in a Highland distillery.
Sacred
The ancient Fortingall Yew, the Callanish Stones, the cairns of Clava, the fortress of Scáthach and the Fairy Glen on the Isle of Skye, and a solstice ceremony in the stones as the sun reaches its highest point.
Wild
The Fairy Pools beneath the Cuillin, Glencoe, white sand beaches, and wild swimming in water so clear it looks like glass.
Guide price per person, twin share. International flights not included.
Meet Laura, our Operations Director
While I hold the space, Laura holds everything else. She organises every single detail of our journeys, from the first hello to the final hug at the airport, and she takes the most beautiful care of every guest who travels with us.
When she is away from Rock & Rose, Laura builds multimillion dollar homes in Seattle, so her eye for detail is truly exceptional. The right room, the right table, the perfect moment of quiet at the end of a big day; nothing escapes her. You can simply relax, knowing you are in the safest of hands.
- Every booking, transfer and timing
- Hand picked places to stay and to eat
- Your questions before, during and after
- All the little touches that make it feel effortless
The land remembers you. Come and remember it back.