ABOUT US
THE ULTIMATE FAMILY
The Ultimate Travel Company was founded in 1991 by Nick Van Gruisen, Rowan Paterson and Martin Thompson with the objective of selling high-end, bespoke holidays and Escorted Tours worldwide.
Specialising in inbound tours to Europe, for museums, cultural institutions and private parties, Specialtours joined the fold in 2010 to add further diversity to our Escorted Tours division. Ultimate Challenges was created in the late 1990’s to provide trekking and biking expeditions for charities, corporates and private groups.

Our charity division, Ultimate Challenges, specialises in worldwide fundraising bike rides, treks and multi-activity challenges.
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Our escorted tours division for private clubs, museums and cultural and garden associations.
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TRUSTED BY FELLOW TRAVELLERS
“PROBLEM FREE EXCELLENCE.”
Efficiently organised, everything went like clockwork. This is all the more remarkable since the tour involved considerable complexity.
“FANTASTIC!”
Sophie went above and beyond to ensure we had a fantastic honeymoon. We had 0 stress relating to planning and everything was taken care of from the moment we stepped off the plane. Sophie anticipated what we wanted when we didn’t even know ourselves. We will certainly be booking with Ultimate again.
“AN EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE COMPANY.”
We have continued to ask Ultimate Travel to make our distant overseas travel arrangements for many years and they have always given us great service.