World Odyssey Competitors

Intrepid Travel offers sustainable experience-rich travel via more than 900 trips on all seven continents. As a certified B Corp, we're a business that balances purpose and profit. We are the largest global adventure tour operator with a network of 35 destination management companies (DMCs) and a not-for-profit foundation. Majority owned by its co-founders and staff, Intrepid has been taking small groups to travel the local way, on real-life experiences for more than three decades. Through our global DMC network, our expert teams operate the majority of our trips, as well as tours on behalf of other leading travel brands. Our not-for-profit, The Intrepid Foundation, has raised over AUD $20m for 160 charities around the world since 2002. Find out more in our annual report: https://www.intrepidtravel.com/annualreport

EF Education First is an international education company focusing on language, academics, and cultural experience. With a mission to open the world through education, EF was founded in 1965. Today, EF has a global presence in 107 countries, running 500 schools across 53 countries. EF Corporate Solutions is dedicated to providing the most effective language training for business and government - online with the EF Efekta™ cloud-school and offline with executive schools in Boston, USA and Cambridge, UK. The immersion courses at Boston and Cambridge executive schools consist of highly tailored, one-to-one, and premium English training for professionals. They are fully accredited and EF partnerships with academic leading institutions, such as Cambridge University, ensure EF Corporate Solutions stays at the fore front of innovation in the field of language learning. EF Executive Language Institutes use a unique method of blended learning combining tailor-made courses with dynamic classroom learning. Executive students enjoy full-year premium access to EF Efekta™ cloud-school, including unlimited teacher-led virtual conversation classes and private classes after each study unit. EF Corporate Solutions' immersion courses provide professionals with the right tools to quickly improve their English in order to kick-start their international career and professional development.

We’ve always believed that travel isn’t just about where you go — it’s about how it changes you. From the very beginning, we set out to do things differently. No cookie-cutter tours. No giant buses or cruise ships. Just real people, venturing out into the world with open minds, open hearts, and a sense of purpose. For over 35 years, we’ve been creating life-changing experiences that connect travellers with the communities they visit — not just passing through, but showing up with care, curiosity, and intention. We call it community tourism, and it’s been in our DNA since day one. But we’re not just a travel company. We’re a people company. Powered by the passion of our team, the heartbeat of our local partners, and the energy of every traveller who’s ever said “yes” to something new. To travel your heart out is to go all in. To move through the world with compassion, courage, and joy. It’s about embracing the bizarre, celebrating the beautiful, and connecting with something bigger than yourself. It means leading with love — for the planet, for people, and for the possibilities that come with saying let’s go. We don’t do this to fill passports. We do it to fill lives. To build connection. To create joy. To leave the world better than we found it — one step, one trip, one ripple at a time. This is travel that goes way beyond travelling. This is G Adventures. And we’re just getting started.