Ker & Downey is a USA-based, award-winning luxury tour operator with over four decades of success in the industry. What sets us apart from all the others is our commitment to custom travel with experiences that are completely unique, specifically designed for each client's style and budget.

Each journey should be flawlessly arranged to provide the traveler a "worry free" experience. Our Ker & Downey Signature "Meet and Greet" services, incredible private guides, and fabulous properties all make for that unforgettable itinerary. We work hard to get to know each and every client and partner with them to design the ultimate itinerary that will be memorable and unforgettable, with memories that last long after the photographs have faded.

The country lists found on our website ensures clients that we have in-house expertise for those destinations. Each member of our staff travels to these destination on a yearly basis, if not more. With this sort of "white glove" expertise, we can recommend properties, transfers, guide services, and even the best location for lunch! This credibility has been our focal point for over four decades. When we say, "talk to an expert", you can be assured that you are.

The world belongs to you. Many of our clients request adding destinations that are not in our line up of country offerings on our website, so don't be afraid to ask. So, if you've ever had a hankering for Hunan... just let us know and we can make your special arrangements. Take a look at our suggested itineraries on the website. While some choose to follow the exact itinerary, over 80% of our clients enjoy customizing and tweaking to fulfill their own desires.

Either way, we are here to help you. Talk to an expert & contact us today.

Awards and Accolades:

2009

Ranked #3 by Travel + Leisure in the 2009 World's Best Awards for Luxury Tour Operator

National Geographic Adventure Magazine's "Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth" - Luxury Category

2008

National Geographic Adventure Magazine's "Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth" - Luxury Category

National Geographic Traveler's "Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime" - Australian Dreamtime

Conde Nast's online magazine Concierge.com "Best Adventure Tour" - Best of Peru

National Geographic Adventure Magazine's "One of the Best Outfitters on Earth"

2007

National Geographic Traveler's "Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime" - Splendors of the Cape

Luxury Link - "World's Best Tour Companies"

2006

National Geographic Traveler's "Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime" - Namibia Explorer

Outside Magazine's "Trip of the Year" - Tribes of the Amazon

 

From Our Clients

"There were many highlights of the trip but we think the camp at Shinde was the best. We loved being there and thought it was a real privilege to have had Bilippe (not sure of spelling) the Bushman as our guide. He was fantastic and made the game drives a real excitement. We were also impressed with the management of Richard and Olivia at Shinde. Muchenje was also fabulous and we loved the game drives there. Got some great footage of three lion cubs there and these with the footage of a leopard that Bilippe tracked at Shinde were the best footage we got. We had a great time and met some great people and saw some great game - lions at Muchenje, leopard at Shinde and wild dogs at Lagoon. As is said Shinde was the most enjoyable. Once again many thanks for your assistance and we are already looking at next year."

G & N Edwards, Australia