ABOUT US
"WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD, AND THEY LEAVE WITH FRIENDSHIPS THEY NEVER EXPECTED TO FIND"
Jakes Maritz, co-founder
WHAT WE DO
Travel Chasers runs hosted group tours across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, by coach, rail and river. Choose from four travel ranges, from great-value group tours to more elevated experiences.
TRAVEL FEELS DIFFERENT WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
It changes how you experience a place. It gives you the confidence to try something new, the chance to see somewhere through someone else's eyes, and turns strangers into people you’re still talking to long after you get home.
Over the years, we've watched that happen again and again. An 18-year-old and an 80-year-old sharing stories on the same trip. Travellers from different countries finding common ground over a meal. People who started a trip as strangers still keeping in touch years later.
That’s what happens when people with different stories, backgrounds and reasons for travelling find themselves experiencing the world together.
Over the years, we've watched that happen again and again. An 18-year-old and an 80-year-old sharing stories on the same trip. Travellers from different countries finding common ground over a meal. People who started a trip as strangers still keeping in touch years later.
That’s what happens when people with different stories, backgrounds and reasons for travelling find themselves experiencing the world together.
“FROM DAY ONE, WE’VE BELIEVED TRAVEL STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE PERSON”
Carl Cronje
Why are they here? Do they want to stand in front of history they’ve only ever read about? Try the food and wine they’ve always heard about? Or simply take some time away and see somewhere new?
Some know exactly what they want from the trip. Others discover it along the way.
That's what we pay attention to.
Some know exactly what they want from the trip. Others discover it along the way.
That's what we pay attention to.
BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO HOST
Every Tour Leader. We know them personally.
If we wouldn't stay there, neither will you.
We've travelled every route before you do.
Restaurants are personal recommendations.
We know the local people behind every experience.
Still building tours we'd want to be on.
FROM EXPAT EXPLORE TO TRAVEL CHASERS
We started with one way to travel. Then people asked for more.
More places. Different ways to get there. More choice in how they spent their time. A change in pace. We listened, learned, explored and kept building.
Over 20+ years, one tour became hundreds. Europe became more of the world. Coach travel was joined by rail, river and trips were built around your group chats.
The company grew, and in 2026, Expat Explore became Travel Chasers.
A new name for the same belief: travel is better when it’s built around people.
Carl Cronje
Today, there are more ways than ever to travel with us. But underneath all of it, the important things are still the same.
The people. The places. And the stories that only happen when you experience them together.
Travel Ranges
HOW DO YOU
WANT TO CHASE?
Four ways to chase. Same reason to go. From great value to more elevated experiences, choose the way you want to chase.
IN THEIR WORDS
“HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL WITH US, WE HOPE IT FEELS LIKE TRAVELLING WITH FRIENDS.”
Carl Cronje, co-founder
20+
YEARS OPERATING
200,000+
TRAVELLERS
50+
COUNTRIES
TRAVEL BY
LAND + RAIL + RIVER
THIS IS WHAT WE HOPE YOU TAKE HOME.
If we've done our job, you'll come home with more than photos.
LAUGH MORE THAN EXPECTED.
FORGET YOU'RE TRAVELLING WITH STRANGERS.
FIND THE CONFIDENCE TO SAY YES TO SOMETHING NEW.
GO HOME WITH A FEW MORE PERSPECTIVES THAN YOU ARRIVED WITH.
DISCOVER SOMETHING YOU NEVER KNEW YOU LOVED.
SURPRISE
YOURSELF.
MAKE FRIENDS YOU'LL STILL BE TALKING TO YEARS FROM NOW.
TRAVEL WITH US
The best way to understand what we've built is to experience it yourself. We'd love to welcome you on one of our tours.
MEET US ON THE ROAD
Carl and Jakes still join departures throughout the year. We'd love to see you there.
THE GOODBYES SAY IT ALL
“Sit in the back of the coach. Watch how people say goodbye. Count how many people are crying.”
That’s Carl’s metric.
