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World Expeditions is an adventure travel and ecotourism company that offers guided small group trekking and adventure holidays.

History
The company was started in September 1975 as Australian Himalayan Expeditions to offer trekking holidays in the Himalayan destinations. Later, the company expanded its operations into other destinations including South America, Asia, Africa and Australia and rebranded as World Expeditions. By 1990’s the company started offering adventure holidays on all continents. In 2007, the company started UTracks as an active European holiday division to offer a range of self-guided walking and cycling trips in Europe. The company trips provide sustainable tourism experiences, allowing tourists to meet local people and experience their customs and culture. In 2011, the company announced a collaboration with New Zealand’s Adventure South NZ which it eventually acquired outright in.

In 2013, The World Expeditions Travel Group was created through a corporate restructuring of World Expeditions and became the parent company of World Expeditions and several other subsidiaries.

In 2018 they were selected by National Geographic expeditions to operate the company’s Active Expeditions range of trips.

Acquisitions

 * 2016: Completed the purchase of Sherpa Van.
 * 2017: Completed acquisition of Trail Journeys
 * 2018: Completed the acquisition of the Blue Mountains Adventure Company.

Sibling and charitable projects
World Expeditions established World Expeditions Foundation in Australia to raise donations for education based projects in underprivileged communities across the globe. The company also established the Community Project Travel (CPT) program to assisting underprivileged communities. In 2013, World Expeditions set up a charity division, Huma Charity Challenge which raised funds across the globe.