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There’s visiting a place.
And then there’s feeling like you’ve actually been there.
Travel • Food • Culture • Connection
Chef's Soulful Compass creates small-group experiences built around how a place actually lives—its food, people, celebrations, culture and unexpected moments.
Come curious. Leave connected.
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JARABACOA + CARNAVAL VEGANO
Dominican Republic
February 18–23, 2027
6 Days • 5 Nights • Maximum 10 Guests
Mountains. Rivers. Dominican food. Adventure. Coffee country. And one of the Caribbean's most iconic Carnaval celebrations.
This isn't the Dominican Republic from behind resort walls.
It's the DR I want you to experience.
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DOUBLE / SHARED — $2,200 PP
SINGLE — $2,400 PP
Payment plans start with $500.
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I’ve always believed the best way to understand a place is to get curious about how people actually live.
What do they eat? Where do they gather? What do they celebrate? What happens beyond the resorts and the places everyone tells you you're supposed to see?
Years of traveling, living abroad and finding my way through different cultures have taught me that the experiences I remember most rarely came from an itinerary. They came from following a local recommendation, sitting at a table I hadn't expected to be invited to, tasting something I'd never seen before, wandering into the right place at the right time, or simply slowing down long enough to pay attention.
That’s the spirit behind Chef’s Soulful Compass.
Food is often where we begin, because food tells you so much about a place. Its history. Its people. Its migrations. Its celebrations. Its struggles. Its personality.
But we don't stop at the food.
We explore the culture around it. We meet people. We get curious. We experience the familiar and the unexpected. And while there may be a plan, there will always be room to discover something we didn't know we were looking for.
This isn't about collecting destinations.
It's about experiencing a place deeply enough that you take a little of it home with you.
Come curious. Leave connected.
Where the compass is pointing next
Chef's Soulful Compass experiences are small by design, giving us the freedom to experience a destination in a more personal way.
Some trips may center around a cultural celebration. Others might take us somewhere simply because the food, people and place are worth getting to know.
Each experience has its own story. Choose the one that calls to you.
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