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Roam Expeditions

ABOUT US

Roam
Beyond

Remote Destination Travel

Carissa Western is the Founder and Director of Röam, a bespoke travel company specializing in expeditions to some of the world’s most remote destinations.

Raised in Kenya as part of a family committed to conserving natural ecosystems through research and community-based engagement, Carissa has lived most of her life in wild places. With a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution she has spent over a decade working in complex and fragile environments, and in close partnership with communities emerging from conflict. This work gave Carissa rare insights into landscapes seldom seen by the outside world—and a profound respect for places often misunderstood or overlooked because of their troubled histories.

Röam was born out of a deep personal reverence for wild and remote places and a professional understanding of the complexities that have shaped them. Knowing what these landscapes and communities have to offer—and what thoughtful, carefully considered travel can return in kind—Carissa founded Röam to create something different: travel experiences that are intimate, deeply connected, and rooted in reciprocity. Each of our journey’s is crafted with an acute awareness of the responsibility that comes with opening doors to the extraordinary and rarely-visited places that we explore.

In all of our destinations, we work closely with local guides and communities who anchor our travelers in the stories, histories, and ecologies of the places they visit. Röam experiences aren’t just about seeing the world differently, but about engaging with it—immersively, meaningfully, and in a way that gives back as much as we take away.

Collaboration and Local Partnerships

We believe that to be impactful in the way we operate it is important to work with partners who share our approach and ethos. In some destinations this means that we work directly with local people and communities to set up and implement our trips, while in others we collaborate with local travel partners or operators who have deep and extensive experience, knowledge, and relationships in the places that we go. In all instances we take special care to seek out partners with whom collaboration can help us (and them) move towards more sustainable and locally impactful travel.

Safety, Security and Emergency Preparedness

Röam offers the opportunity to travel to some of the world’s most off-the-beaten-track destinations, and in doing so we take our clients safety and security very seriously. For us this means understanding local dynamics and realities on the ground before we begin running our trips, staying on top of evolving changes as they are happening and being fully prepared to deal with any emergencies that could arise. Röam has several strategic partnerships that allow us to operationalize our emergency preparedness and response capacity.

To establish and maintain a holistic approach to our contingency planning, Röam partners with Stone Africa, a specialist operational oversight and advisory firm based in Nairobi that supports Röam through its dedicated Integrated Operations Center (IOC). Our strategic partnership enables us to maintain an in-depth understanding of regional and local dynamics across the places that we operate so that we can balance local realties with our traveler’s comfort and peace of mind.

To ensure our clients peace of mind while traveling, we partner with Global Rescue — an industry leader in medical and security evacuation services. In the event of injury or illness, Global Rescue provides field rescue and support from the point of need. For added protection, we recommend pairing a Global Rescue membership with IMG Signature Travel Insurance, which offers coverage for a range of unforeseen expenses and helps safeguard the value of your trip. We strongly encourage all Röam travelers to purchase a Global Rescue membership before departure, so they can explore with confidence, knowing they’re fully supported wherever they go

Tadrart Rouge

Algeria, North Africa

Socotra Archipelago

Yemen, Arabian Sea

Highlands & Islands

Eritrea, Red Sea Coast

South x Southwest

Angola, Southwest Africa

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Tadrart Rouge, Algeria

In the expert care of our Tuareg guides, you will discover a landscape that is both harsh and formidable, yet at the same time primordial, strangely familiar, and totally intoxicating. Stepping into this region is like passing through a doorway into another world- one governed by the elements and oblivious to time.

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Socotra Archipelago, Yemen

Röam offers carefully curated experiences that take you deep into the wild heart of Socotra. Join us to discover this extraordinary archipelago and landscapes so strange and beautiful they feel closer to a dream than a destination.

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Eritrea, Red Sea Coast

Eritrea feels like a hidden world, a place behind a secret door. From the outside, it’s almost invisible, but stepping inside reveals a mosaic of histories, cultures and landscapes that exist beyond the rush of the modern world.

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Iona Biosphere, Angola

Iona National Park and its surrounding landscapes are a testament to the region’s ecological and cultural richness. Shaped by desert winds and Atlantic fog, its onshore and offshore ecosystems host exceptional levels of endemism, with reptile, plant, and bird species found nowhere else on Earth.

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