Travel has a distinct power to not just open hearts, but bridge various cultural gaps, and leave a long-lasting impression, not just on the travelers but also on the people and places they come across. Conscious Journeys is one such company, which firmly believes that every journey has a purpose and it not just creates meaningful connections, but also contributes positively to the world. The company was founded with a mission that exploring new travel destinations should be both luxurious and responsible, and it should have the right mix of authentic experiences with utmost respect for nature, sustainability, and local traditions.

Conscious Journeys: Redefining Sustainable Tourism

Conscious Journeys is a leading Destination Management Company (DMC) that predominantly specializes in attentive and experiential travel across Asia. With offices in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Burma, the company orchestrates customized travel experience that go beyond sightseeing. Its dedicated and experienced team provides various on-site services for international tour operators and travel agencies, including hotel bookings, chauffeured transfers, professional guides, and well curated activities that mirrors the spirit of each destination.

Drawing on deep local expertise, Conscious Journeys picks only those experiences that capture the true essence of a place, be it heritage sites and natural wonders or mountains and oceans. The company also engages with community-based projects and social cooperatives. Every journey arranged by Conscious Journeys supports a greater purpose and goal. The company ensures that the local communities and the environment benefits from tourism, their pledge is to preserve diverse cultural and natural heritage, and create educational opportunities for children from underprivileged or marginalized backgrounds.  In each itinerary, Conscious Journeys combines authenticity, conscience, comfort, and most importantly a rare opportunity to travelers to rediscover Asia in a way that enriches both the souls and the societies they visit.

Leveraging Bespoke and Sustainable Travel Experiences

Heritage Luxury Experiences: Conscious Journeys Heritage Luxury Experiences helps travelers to discover Asia’s rich cultural roots through stays in restored palaces, traditional homes, and historic sites. These journeys celebrate local heritage while offering refined hospitality and unique cultural immersion.

Eco Luxury Experiences: This primarily focuses on reconnecting with nature in a responsible way. Guests can stay in beautiful eco-resorts, enjoy organic dining, and explore pristine landscapes that are carefully preserved for future generations.

Luxury Wellness Experiences: It nurtures the mind and body through healing retreats, Ayurveda therapies, yoga, and meditation in serene natural settings. Each program is tailored to restore balance, health, and inner peace. Every Conscious Luxury Experience blends authenticity, comfort, and care for the planet, thus offering travelers a chance to enjoy extraordinary moments while leaving a positive impact wherever they go.

Mindful Trekking for a Better Health and World

Trekking is one of the phenomenal ways to discover a country's natural and cultural riches, to better connect with the local communities, and to explore more isolated and natural places. Conscious Journeys offers a series of nature walking and trekking tours to discover the biological and cultural diversity of the Asian countries where it operates. 

The company provides an awareness of walking slowly, slow trekking, a true journey of self-discovery. The proposed itineraries are usually easy to follow, as the goal is not to reach the summit of the highest peaks or to perform complex physical exercises. Walking in nature, trekking in tropical forests or in mountainous or hilly areas, aims to introduce the diverse cultures of Asia, fostering an authentic encounter with the communities encountered along the way. Hiking and "slow" walking aim to increase awareness of lifestyles different from those usually experienced, respecting the Earth and the diverse cultures of the peoples who inhabit it.

The proposed treks can be itinerant (i.e. they include overnight stays in different places each day), as in Burma and Thailand, or single-day trips with overnight stays in the same accommodation facility, as in the Andaman Islands (India), Bhutan and Sri Lanka.

Altromercato Experience

Conscious Journeys supports and sustains the Altromercato Experience project by offering visits to cooperatives in the fair trade circuit, partners of Altromercato, within its itineraries. Altromercato Experience is the new project by Altromercato, the leading fair trade organization in Italy, dedicated to the world of tourism. Proximity and closeness for a more equitable world: travel to discover, experience, and grow.

Altromercato Experience offers tourists the opportunity to enjoy, as part of their holiday, a direct and engaging experience, experiencing firsthand the reality of Fair Trade producers, who have been Altromercato's partners for years in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Leonardo | Founder

Leonardo is the Founder of Conscious Journeys. Mr. Leonardo is passionate about all of South Asia, where he has worked for several years implementing development projects. The idea to create Conscious Journeys came to him after completing fieldwork for his doctoral research with indigenous communities in South India. He believed that responsible tourism could be an exciting way to make a difference in people's lives.

His main interests in creating Conscious Journeys are tourism, the environment, and community-based cultural diversity. He has developed a strong academic and practical understanding of India's culture, ecology, and history, which has enabled him to design innovative itineraries so the guests can discover the authenticity of South Asian cultures. When designing new itineraries, he always seeks the best balance between comfort and authentic experiences for visitors, while maximizing the benefits for host communities.

“At Conscious Journeys, we provide an opportunity to experience spiritually fulfilling and engaging experiences, stimulating a rethinking of one's self and rediscovering who we truly are through encounters with nature and people.”