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Mike Wood - Owner

Mike Woods

Mike Wood is a seasoned traveller whose travel and exploration experiences are nothing short of extraordinary. With a passion for adventure than spans over four decades, Mike has journeyed to every continent. Some of his most memorable adventures include:

  • Since moving to Perth and owning the Mountain Designs Outdoor stores in WA, he has led annual trekking groups to Nepal – including the Annapurnas, Everest, Naar Phu, Manaslu, Langtang, Jugal Himal, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, and Kanchenjunga
  • Lived in Nepal for six years, leading Himalayan treks (Everest region) and white-water rafting expeditions (Sun Khosi River)
  • Spent four seasons in the Indian Himalaya, leading treks in Kashmir and Ladakh for Peregrine 
  • Voyaged to Antarctica nine times aboard multiple ships, mostly recently the Ultramarine
  • Sea kayaked nine times in Antarctica including twice at South Georgia
  • A three Arctic Islands voyage (Svalbard, East Greenland, Iceland) also cruised past Jan Mayen
  •  Land based circumnavigation of Iceland
  • Climbing Kilimanjaro - twice
  • Exploring the old slave forts of Ghana
  • Trekking in Patagonia eight times
  • Iguazu Falls, Brazil and Argentina
  • Led a group through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia on the Transcaucasian Trail and the Upper Svaneti Valley
  • Led two Jhomolhari Base Treks in Bhutan, including a visit to the ‘Black Necked Crane Festival in eastern Bhutan
  • Sailed on a charter through the Cyclades Islands in Greece
  • A two week trip ‘Cycling in the Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’ 
  • Climbing on Aconcagua
  • A ten day ‘Scenic Fjords of Norway’ trip
  • A safari in South Africa
  • Driving a truck through Tunisia
  • An extensive 3 week trip in Peru
  • Trekking the Inca Trail
  • Trekking in the European Alps, the Dolomites and the Amalfi Coast
  • Walking the Camino de Santiago three times and the Portuguese Coastal Camino twice. 
  • Walking the entire 1,000km length of the Bibbulmun Track
  • Skiing in Hokkaido, Japan
  • Sea kayaking in places as diverse as Fiji, Antarctica, Canada and the Southern Ocean
  • Walking the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea

Mike kicked off his travel career began in 1980 after being a part of the first Australian Himalayan Kayak Expedition to kayak the descent of the Sunkoshi River in Nepal, stretching from Tibet to India. Inspired by this trip, he made the decision to stay in Nepal as an expedition guide for the next three years. He then joined the original Peregrine team setting up new operations in Nepal and was involved in training local Nepali guides for a further three years. After returning to Western Australia, Mike owned and operated the Mountain Designs adventure stores in WA for 24 years before purchasing Peregrine Travel Centre WA in 2008 and adding consultant and agency owner to his CV. Throughout the years, Mike has reminded active in hosting and leading adventure travel groups contributing to his extensive and unique experience within the travel industry. 

Mike’s passion for trails extends beyond participation in the physical journey. As Chairman of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation since its inception in 1996, he believes in visiting as many of the world’s long-distance trails as possible to bring back knowledge to WA.

Mike’s travel knowledge and experience really is unparalleled and he loves sharing his passion for adventure. For all of your adventure travel needs and bucket list experiences, there really is no one better to bring your itinerary to life than Mike Wood at Peregrine Travel Centre WA.
 
Countries Visited:
Antarctica, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Canada, Croatia, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Estonia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Nepal, Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Tibet, Tunisia, Turkey and the USA.

 

Shelby Triscari

Shelby

Shelby Shelby Triscari began her career in travel at her family's local travel agency when she was 17, specialising in luxury holidays and river cruising. As well as leisure travel, she has worked in in corporate travel, group travel, international events travel and now adventure travel!

When Shelby was 18 she had her first educational trip to New Zealand where she was able to experience the best things to do in Queenstown. She did many adventure activities from the steepest zip line in the southern hemisphere to the famous Shotover jet.

Shelby loved New Zealand so much that she went on to win the highest seller award for New Zealand-specialist supplier, ANZCRO, so if you are thinking about a trip to New Zealand – she will be able to help you plan the perfect trip!

Shelby has been lucky enough to experience some amazing things during her time in travel:

  • In Russia, she river cruised from Moscow to St Petersburg, visiting the small Russian towns in-between. She also interviewed a cosmonaut in Moscow, experienced the Russian ballet at a palace in St Petersburg and visited the world famous Hermitage Museum.
  • In Mauritius, she explored the local markets of Port Louis, did trapeze lessons in Albion, walked alongside lions and snorkelled the beautiful crystal clear waters.
  • In Japan, she did Intrepid Travel's 'Land Of The Rising Sun' trip and visited Tokyo, Nikko, Hakone, Takayama, Hiroshima, Miyajima Island, Himeji, Kyoto and Osaka. She now thinks Shinkanzen (bullet train) is the best form of transport ever and believes that Japan is a country that has something for everyone, no matter who you are.

Countries visited: 
Austria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

 

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