Professional expeditions, not tours. Designed by specialists trusted by the world's most iconic brands and filmmakers. Far flung lands where the days are earned.
"A true adventure is not about the destination. It is about the experience, the access, and the chance to belong. To return a different human."
Dirk Collins · Planet 5Origin Expeditions are designed and delivered by Dirk Collins and his long-time expedition partners, the filmmakers, photographers, pilots, and guides who have built access to the world's most remote landscapes. Every detail is deliberate. Every destination is earned.
Four destinations. Four ways to earn your place. Each expedition funds preservation in the region you visit.
From coffee terraces in the Himalayan foothills, through remote mountain valleys, across the great range by helicopter, to the high country where Sherpa families live. The scenic route to the roof of the world.
Request an Invitation →Patagonia, top to bottom. Wild treks through rewilded country, glacier fjords at the edge of the ice, puma tracking through the great towers, and the islands at the end of the earth.
Request an Invitation →Kenya, three worlds connected by air. Rhinos on land three generations have kept, the summit of Africa's second mountain, helicopters across volcano country, and the jade desert lake where mankind began.
Request an Invitation →From border to border across the Alps. Cog railways into high meadows, days on foot and e-bike along Roman footpaths, generations of guides reading a changing range, and the only national park where the Alps still run wild.
Request an Invitation →Tell us what calls to you. Guardians first.
A personal response from our team.
Logistics on us. Curiosity, fitness,
willingness on you.
The place remains protected.
Before the permits, before the logistics, before any camera rolls, someone has to know the place. Dirk Collins co-founded Teton Gravity Research and built a career as an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, working in places most cameras never reach. He knows the local fixers, the best guides, the routes that work and those that don't. On Origin Expeditions, that experience travels with you.
Dirk Collins · Co-Founder, Planet 5
Twelve guests. One chance. The places that matter most are the ones still worth protecting. Come see for yourself.
Request an InvitationOrigin Expeditions move in small groups, with hand-picked guides and unfettered access. Tell us which destinations interest you and we'll send the invitation when allocation opens.
We've sent a confirmation to your inbox. Once allocation opens for the destinations you chose, an invitation goes out from Dirk.
The mountains will wait.