About RAW Travel

RAW Travel was started by people with a vision to put the adventure back into 'adventure travel'. At RAW we love to create inspiring journeys that offer genuine interaction with the people and cultures we visit. That's why we believe travelling by foot or bike offers opportunities that vehicle bound travel can't. Travelling on an active trip not only energises, stimulates and excites your senses but it allows you to escape the 'everyday'; sharing experiences with new friends and connecting with local people and cultures. Exploring regions by bike or on foot is also by it's nature very eco-friendly, not to mention what it does for your health and fitness!

We're a specialist company and we enjoy providing a friendly, personal service where you're treated as an individual (no call centres here!). Being specialists allows us to deliver you a level of care and experience that comes from being focused. We pride ourselves on our intimate knowledge of our destinations and we really do "know because we go" and create journeys that get you off the tourist trails so you can experience the authentic life of your chosen destination (and not just be seen as a walking dollar sign!)

With 12 years experience of operating adventure trips we've earned a solid reputation for delivering exceptional trips around the world - and as a result we're proud to have some of Australia's biggest companies and charities as long term clients of our adventure trips.
Our Clients.

We won't cut corners or ever compromise the quality of your trip. We don't want to run hundreds of trips every year - because the quality of your experience is much more important than quantity to us. We're still small enough to care about our travellers as individuals and we want to stay that way!

We know that nowadays people desire a certain level of comfort along with their adventure, so great accommodation and discovering delicious local food is a hallmark of our trips. RAW owns and operates its own adventures from our Asian and Melbourne offices, so we can keep tight control over the quality of our trips. We take notice of the feedback you give us and your opinions do matter.

As a primarily web based company we don't have the huge overheads associated with large tour operators. We charge reasonable prices but still provide financial protection, great bikes, good quality accommodation and superb value for money.

Minimizing the environmental impact from the way we travel, the places we visit and the cultures we experience, is an absolute priority in everything we do. It's that simple.

In today's world travelling lightly is no longer just an admirable sentiment but a neccessity. We were one of the first to include compulsory carbon offsets on our overseas group flights and always look for ways to improve our impact on the ground by closely monitoring our group's environmental and cultural impacts. We have achieved advanced eco-certification on our Great Ocean walk and are committed to pro-poor tourism initiatives that ensure the benefits of tourism are distributed more equally to the people who need it most in developing countries.

Over the past 7 years the adventures we have organized have helped raise over $A15 million in funds for a range of charities here in Australia and overseas. We continue our commitment to support causes dear to our heart with donations from trips that we run.

So, rest assured, your travel with us will leave a positive, lasting impact on you and the places you visit!

RAW Travel welcomes single travellers and does not require anyone to pay a surcharge for travelling alone. On all of our adventures we will arrange for you to share accommodation with another traveller of the same sex and if we can not match you up we will provide a single room at no extra charge. If you prefer not to share a room then just pay a single supplement to guarantee your own room. Most of our travellers join trips on their own seeking a social experience!

We're also flexible as many of our featured trips depart with just two people or you can design your own adventure! If you get a group of 10 together you can travel for free as the group organizer. Our small group departures are led by experienced western and local leaders with an average maximum of 14 people.

We operate most of our own trips directly, RAW has an Australian office located in Melbourne and another operations base in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh with our own bike fleets. We offer an in depth knowledge of active travel and the regions we travel in and you can deal direct with the people who'll lead your trip (and save you money).

RAW Travel is an unusual name for a travel company but it was chosen for more reasons than just being a short URL! RAW encompasses how we like to encounter the world; real, unprocessed and vibrant. And most often the best way to do that is on foot or on a bike, travelling as the locals do in many of the countries that we visit. So RAW also stands for 'Ride and Walk', as we are active travel specialists.

We've got trips for complete beginners right through to demanding expeditions that will satisfy and thrill Veteran adventurers on bike and foot.