Smoke and shafts of light over a market grill

8 seats. No name tags. No fluff.

Food you can't Google.

Micro-group trips built with tip-offs, fixers and food obsessives. Eight travelers, one table, and eats that don't show up in search results.

All killer. Leave whenever you like.

From the team behind Leatherback Travel.

Sound familiar?

Ever queued 45 minutes for something everyone told you was amazing, only to wonder what all the fuss was about?

Us too.

So we made Salt Caravan: small-group food trips built around the places, people and dishes you won’t find at the top of a search result.

We’ve got the local contacts, the travel know-how and a healthy distrust of anything with a 45-minute queue.

What's next

Two trips for 2027. Eight seats each, every one led by an expert host. Subscribers hear about them before they're announced.

Two trips. Two tables.

Every trip begins in a city worth arriving early for. Pick a marker.

For you if

  • You'd say yes to a spontaneous dinner with a chef you've never met
  • You trust a scribbled address from a cook more than 2,000 reviews
  • You want to know what the cook's grandmother called the dish
  • You're happy sharing a table with seven strangers who care about the same things

Not for you if

  • You need a place to be famous before you'll eat there
  • You're mostly there for the photo of the plate
  • You'd rather tick off a top 10 than get lost in a market
  • You want to go on the trip your mate’s already been on

We're not for everyone. That's fine.

The queue is for tourists. You're a guest.

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  • Destinations in the pipeline, ahead of release
  • Stories, recipes and notes from the road between launches