{"id":596,"date":"2026-02-26T07:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/three-tenths.com\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:43:51","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/three-tenths.com\/?page_id=596","title":{"rendered":"About Three Tenths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Why Three Tenths?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Because the difference between good and unforgettable often lives in the smallest margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extra thought.
The considered pace.
The decision to stay longer.
The choice to keep groups small.
The moment you didn\u2019t rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel is rarely transformed by grand gestures. More often, it\u2019s the quiet refinements that elevate a journey from pleasant to powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Three Tenths Travel, we focus on that margin.
The final refinement that changes how a place feels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because extraordinary travel is rarely louder. Just more thoughtful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Founder\u2019s Perspective<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Travel has shaped my life in ways I never expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across five decades of travel I\u2019ve lived extensively in six countries and explored more than fifty others. Much of that journey was shaped by time spent sailing, and by a chapter working as a scuba diving instructor abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually life brought me back to South Africa and into the corporate world, where I spent more than a decade building a career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then a moment at work made me pause and reconsider the direction my life was taking. It was a reminder that time moves quickly, and that the experiences we postpone too easily become the ones we never have.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Tenths Travel was born from that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not as a traditional travel company, but as a way to design journeys around the rare moments when places truly come alive – cultural events, seasonal rituals, and natural phenomena that happen only once each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the most meaningful travel often comes down to timing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Approach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Travel should be intentional, not impulsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small groups create depth, not noise. Cultural immersion matters more than sightseeing volume. Time is not something to fill. It is something to shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our journeys are built around moments when a place reveals its true character:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvests
Festivals
Seasonal rituals
Natural phenomena<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moments that cannot be repeated, only arrived at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each journey is limited to just 10\u201312 travellers.
Small enough to move slowly.
Small enough to experience places from within, rather than simply observing them from the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no megaphones.
No rushed bus tours.
No manufactured spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just thoughtful travel, beautifully executed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An Invitation to Travel Differently<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each Three Tenths journey is built around moments that happen only once each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A grape harvest in Champagne.
The desert pageantry of the Bikaner Camel Festival.
Cherry blossoms drifting through spring air in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are not events created for tourism.
They are traditions that already exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We simply arrive at the right moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our journeys are small, intentional, and deeply rooted in place.
For travellers who value depth over speed, culture over checklists, and moments over monuments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because travel has a way of reminding us what matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the most meaningful moments rarely last long.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The People Behind Each Journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Each Three Tenths journey is carefully designed and personally hosted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the way we work with exceptional local guides, historians, artisans, and cultural experts who open doors that most travellers never see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are the storytellers, winemakers, chefs, monks, and historians who bring a destination to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small groups allow us to work with remarkable people who simply cannot accommodate large tour buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are often the moments travellers remember most.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How Our Journeys Are Designed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each Three Tenths journey begins long before travellers arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spend time understanding the rhythms of a place – when cherry trees reach their brief moment of bloom, when desert cities gather for centuries-old festivals, when mountain temples mark the turning of a season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there we build the journey around that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right place.
The right season.
The right people to guide us through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groups remain small so the experience stay personal and unhurried. The pace is intentional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the most meaningful journeys rarely happen by accident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Personal Invitation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Travel, refined.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three Tenths Travel is intentionally small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every journey is carefully designed, and every group remains limited so the experience stays personal, unhurried, and deeply connected to place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this way of travelling resonates with you, we would be honoured to welcome you on one of our journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you join us beneath the northern lights in Arctic Norway, among the colours of Holi in India, or during the lantern-lit nights of Chiang Mai, each journey is created with the same intention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To arrive at the right place, at the right moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the most meaningful travel rarely comes from seeing more places.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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