A-List Travel Advisors
After two years of border closures and stop-and-start reopenings, it may feel like your dream trip remains out of reach. Time to call a trusted travel advisor, who will stay on top of entry requirements, find the best guides, and step in if there's an unexpected hitch. In Travel + Leisure's annual A-List, our editors spotlight the experts who can help you get back out there—whether that means truffle hunting in Provence, chartering a yacht on the Amazon, or buying out an entire Colorado ranch for a family reunion.
Beal has visited every ecosystem in Botswana, in every season. That familiarity attracts his many repeat clients. He also leads primate treks in Rwanda and Uganda, looking for chimpanzees, golden monkeys, and mountain gorillas—and sets up stays at the best camps, such as the Gorilla Forest Camp in Uganda's Bwindi Imprenetrable Forest.
Travel Advisory Board
This group, which shares its industry knowledge with the editors of T+L, oversees tens of thousands of individual trips annually. While not all of these 27 experts personally look after clients, many do—you can find them listed under their respective specialties. The rest have teams who excel at orchestrating memorable adventures.
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