Private international trips designed around neurodiverse travelers, whether that is autism, Asperger's, ADHD, or anxiety, diagnosed or not. Take one of our itineraries as it stands, change what you like, or start from a blank page. Either way, it runs for your group only, on dates that suit you.
Since 2020 we’ve taken more than 360 travelers abroad, and about a quarter of them come back and go again. Running trips for neurodiverse travelers is the only thing we have ever done. On a private trip that whole operation points at one group, and the days get built around the people in it.
Which means:
We know before we book which kitchens will serve plain rice, leave the sauce off, and do it the same way every night without making it a thing. If someone eats four foods, those four foods are on the trip, and nobody has to explain themselves to a waiter in a language they don’t speak.
Some groups want to be out the door at eight with the day packed. Others want slow mornings and a rest day in the middle. We build the days to match. And when someone has had enough and wants to head back early, nobody has to make a case for it because we’ve already worked out the fastest way back.
We stay in the calm neighborhoods next door to the busy ones. Good streets, food nearby, and quiet at night.
Several are neurodiverse themselves, and every one of them is trained in first aid and CPR. They have run these trips in every country we work in.
Parents, siblings, grandparents and cousins on one trip. Some days the whole group goes out together, and some days it splits up and meets again at dinner.
A typical group is six to fifteen people. We handle the hotels, the travel and the bookings, and your guides run the days.
Friends traveling together on dates that suit you, with nobody in the group having to plan it or run it.
The more of you there are, the lower the cost per person. Tell us who is coming and we will give you the number.
Transition programs, colleges, and organizations book private trips for a cohort, with fixed dates and a fixed group.
We provide itineraries, insurance requirements, risk documentation and staff ratios for your approval process. Educational consultants can inquire here.
There’s a lot more behind how a day gets built. Read our core beliefs and curriculum.
Talk to Us About Your GroupStart with a trip we already run, or start with a blank page.
One way to start is with an itinerary we already run, put on your dates for your group alone, with the days adjusted to the people going.
The other is a blank page. You give us a country, a rough time of year, and who is coming, and we create a bespoke itinerary just for your group.
We start with who’s going, roughly when you want to travel, and how long you have.
You get a day-by-day plan and a cost per person.
Tell us what to change and we change it, as many times as it takes.
Your guides handle everything on the trip for you. Everyone else is on vacation, including you.
Most private trips take six to nine months to put together. Shorter is sometimes possible, and we’ll tell you right away whether your trip is.
These are the regions we know best. We already know where to stay, the fastest and quietest ways to get around, which of the famous sights are worth the morning and which are better skipped, and which guides to send with you.
Tokyo, Kinosaki, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Hokkaido. Samurai training, hot springs, bamboo forests, temples and arcades. We’ve run more trips here than anywhere else.
Florence, Rome, Venice, or wherever else you want. Making pizza and gelato, the Colosseum, the Vatican, and the canals.
The Swiss Alps. Mountain villages with no cars in them, waterfalls down the valley walls, and cable cars up to the snow.
Munich and Bavaria. Fairytale palaces, village squares, and beer halls.
London and the country around it. Castles, West End theater, and the Underground. Everyone speaks English.
Southern California, central Florida and the Pacific Northwest. No passport required.
Our guides have been to almost every corner of Japan, and they know Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria and the UK far beyond the stops on our scheduled trips.
Swap a city, add a region, stretch it by a week, or hand us a blank page and a list of what your group cares about. The days get built around that.
Somewhere else entirely? Ask. We’ve also run trips in Spain and Morocco, and safaris in Zimbabwe.
The Japan itinerary alone has run around twenty times. A private trip is that same operation, run for your group.
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“The trip I took to Japan with WanderRock was one of the best experiences of my life, I was able to make so many new friends that have similar struggles to me which was so exciting. The guides were great enabling us to experience a new culture which might otherwise be overwhelming, and in a way that made us feel comfortable.”
DuPont, Washington
“I’ve always had low self-confidence, and never really held any belief in my capabilities. All of that changed after this trip. This trip gave me a peace of mind about myself I’d never known. I learned what I was capable of when put in an environment that fosters growth and learning, and found a place I felt like I belonged.
I found a new sense of confidence in myself that I don’t know if I would’ve found without going on a trip with WanderRock. If you’re on the fence about taking this trip, I highly recommend going out of your comfort zone for it. This trip changed my life for the better, and I’m sure it can change yours too if you let it.”
Millersville, Maryland
“With my trip with WanderRock to Japan I experienced a sense of inner peace and silence even with autism that I had never had before in my life. I learned to see what’s in front of me rather than trying to prepare for the next cataclysmic event that was going to be stressful to me. In my opinion, I was given the right amount of freedom to make my own decisions and the right amount of rules and control to not feel overwhelmed.
Help or support was never far away from me on any of the other individuals traveling with me. I’m the kind of person that struggles making any plans without planning it to death. This was the freedom and safety I needed to truly experience and jump right in. The connections and opportunities I was able to be apart of on my trip in Japan was nothing less then stunning.”
Monument, Colorado
“Unbelievable. I use that word a lot because that describes most of the trip to Europe. It was just unbelievable.
My family goes on vacation about once or twice a year, and I’ve been suggesting Europe for as long as I can remember, and we’ve never gone. I never really was confident that I’d be self-sufficient enough to make it over on my own. And now having gone, it was just as amazing as I’d always imagined.”
Novato, California
“This trip to Japan was a masterpiece of an itinerary which provided something that blew me away every single day. Thanks to all of you for caring about me as a person, putting your best foot forward to insure my happiness and giving me experiences unlike anything else that I had ever seen or done.”
Pasadena, California
“All the guides were super helpful and friendly and always willing to answer any questions we had on the trip. It was my first time traveling abroad without my parents. My favorite part was Kinosaki I loved the onsens and it was so relaxing and therapeutic.
I also loved all the different foods, I got to try and experience for the first time. It definitely brought out my confidence in myself I know I can do anything I set my mind to. My biggest lesson I learned is that I need to listen to my body whether it be mentally or physically. I also learned that I can travel on my own. I just need to trust myself.”
Concord, California
“Going to Japan with WanderRock was perhaps the best decision I ever made. I have saved lives, human and animal. I have inspired and uplifted dozens of children through my work in childcare over the last few summers. I’ve loved, and laughed, and lived through experiences that many would wish for, and that has been fortunate for me. And of everything I’ve done, going to Japan with WanderRock is still perhaps the best decision I’ve ever made.
I got to climb a mountain and feed monkeys, I played at shooting galleries and arcades, put coins in a frankly inadvisable amount of gachapon machines, and ate the most delightful food. Kinosaki is a slower leg, but exploring all the shops in a smaller, more rural town, wearing a rental yukata in the streets, and coming back to enjoy a bath in a private natural hot spring was a level of peace I haven’t felt in my entire life, until that trip or since I came home.
While there were plenty of opportunities to engage in modern nerdy culture, and I did partake in my share of that, I much preferred the traditional culture. In Tokyo alone I purchased authentic wood block prints, second hand kimono, and explored quite a few shrines and temples. I keep a good luck charm on me at all times now, at least when I’m out of the house. If you’re on the fence about going on this trip, do it. Without hesitation I can vouch that you will love it more than you can possibly imagine. My life is drastically better from having gone on this trip, and I’m sure yours will be too.”
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rough idea is enough to start. It can be one of our itineraries, a version of one, or a country and a group of people with nothing planned yet. We come back with a draft plan and a cost per person.
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