A floating volcanic island with a black lava field and a ring of black sand, lit by one low sun behind a ridge of drifting clouds

KAIRO.

Private volcanic island expedition

Twelve guests. Seven days. One island.

A private volcanic island, twelve guests each time, seven days on foot and under water. Hiking, diving and a geologist on board, and nothing in between.

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Departure every other spring Twelve guests, one island Seven days

Why twelve

You have already done the usual ones.

By the time you are ready for this, the coastlines and the museums have been done twice. This trip is not another coastline. It is one island, and the whole week is spent on it.

The island is private, so the week is unhurried. Twelve guests, one guide, one geologist, one boat that keeps to itself.

Most of these guests have spent years on the coast, in the city, on a ski slope. They came for the same reason: something that does not repeat. The island is the only place on the programme that does.

12

Guests per expedition

7

Days on the island

1

Island, never shared

Seven days

Three stages, one island

Stage one

The ash field

Day one. You walk the ash field before the island wakes up. The ridge is the shortest route to the summit, and the ash holds the whole week.

  • Summit walk at first light
  • Sample the ash on the ridge
  • First long day on foot
Stage two

The lava lake

Day three. The lake is the one place the island is loud. You walk the shoreline, then go down with the dive lead to see what the water is carrying.

  • Shoreline walk at the lake edge
  • One dive to the black sand
  • The lake at dusk
Stage three

The ridge line

Day six. The geologist walks the ridge with you and hands over the samples. It is the longest walk of the week and the only one you finish standing.

  • Ridge walk with the geologist
  • Samples taken at three points
  • The last hour on the island
A black volcanic ash field on a floating island at dusk with a thin fissure of glowing magma and drifting ash in the air A diver with a small light pack standing on a black sand beach at the edge of a glowing lava lake, haze drifting over the water A geologist in a wide coat walking a narrow ridge trail above a sea of clouds at golden hour, distant islands dissolving in the haze

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On the island

What is on the boat

Twelve seats, one island, and a small crew that knows the island better than anyone else on it. Nothing is booked in between.

  1. 01

    A geologist on board

    One geologist walks the ridge with you and takes the samples at the three points the programme is built around. You get the samples and the story behind them.

  2. 02

    A dive lead, not a guide

    The dive lead plans the dives with the geologist and knows the water better than the island does. Every dive is short enough to finish before the sun goes down.

  3. 03

    A crew of four

    Four people on the boat: two guides, a cook and a dive lead. Twelve guests means the whole week is yours, and nobody has to be waiting on the island.

  4. 04

    Four days in

    Seven days on the island and four at sea. The boat carries the gear, the samples and the last meal of the trip, and the island is yours for all of it.

Every guest is told the route before the first morning, so the first day is a walk and not a scramble. The island is private, so the week is unhurried.

Reserve

Twelve guests. Seven days.

Departs every other spring. Twelve guests, one island, and a week that ends with the last hour on the ridge.

  1. Choose a departure
  2. Read the route with the geologist
  3. Take your place
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