The trips have an educational focus, mainly on the ecosystems we're visiting and how to preserve them. The company also teaches outdoor skills and safety as well as nature photography techniques. Harrington, who has a master's degree in fine art photography, says that the average age of women on her trips ranges from 35 to 50. She calls the trips soft adventure. It's a very civilized experience.
Trips range from visiting Hawaii's volcanoes to cross-country skiing in Vermont.
Going Places Going Places specializes in hiking trips for women. Instead, the groups stay in boutique and small hotels. The only camping is on the Nepal trekking trip. Collins says the trips are all soft adventure, and are rated easy, moderate, and strenuous. The moderate trips entail eight to 12 miles of hiking a day.