Matt Prior takes adventure to a new level.
A member of the prestigious Explorers Club, his past endeavors have included circumnavigating Lake Baikal on a WWII-era Russian motorbike, traveling across Sri Lanka in a rickshaw, and even participating in a Guinness World Record-setting taxi journey at 17,143 feet.
He wanted to find a way to ignite a passion for exploring in others, so he founded Matt Prior Adventure Academy, a one-week course that teaches people how to conquer and enjoy extreme travel experiences. He exposes travelers to the joy of traveling off the beaten path, taking them through hidden villages, breathtaking volcanoes, and glistening hot springs.
The course costs $3,995 per person, not including hotel accommodations and international flights.
We've put together a collection of images from his amazing adventures so that you can see what a course with the Matt Prior Adventure Academy is like.
For the full collection, visit his Instagram or Flickr account.
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Prior's first real adventure began almost a decade ago, when he and a friend drove from London to Mongolia and back in a $180 1.0L car. "It completely turned our worlds upside down and showed us what was out there," Prior said.
In 2010, Prior and two friends who were pilots in the Royal Air Force decided to fly to India, where they would buy and legalize their own rickshaw. The plan was for them to head from Kerala, on the southern tip of India, all the way to the Himalayas in Nepal.
The trip took four weeks in total, and Prior was surprised that they were able to make it without a single technical difficulty. "I still can't quite believe it to this day," Prior told us. "The fact that [the rickshaw] is only designed for short one- to two-kilometer journeys, not for going long distance up into the Himalayas, makes it all the more impressive."
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