Original or curated by WhereNext DMC, each DO experience opens a door to people, places, and ideas guests would be unlikely to find on their own.
Each experience belongs in DO because it introduces guests to a human story worth knowing, strengthens the larger journey, and is built on a relationship of mutual respect.
The experience opens a door to people, places, or ideas guests would be unlikely to find on their own.
There is a human worth meeting at the center of the experience. Someone who chose an improbable path, ignored conventional wisdom, and built something extraordinary in an unlikely place.
It has a reason to be exactly where it is. The experience strengthens the larger story of the journey and changes how guests understand what comes before or after it.
The people behind the experience are participants, not props. Relationships are built on trust, with their time, knowledge, access, and contribution recognized through clear, mutually agreed terms.
Our experience design often begins with serendipity: a wrong turn, an unexpected conversation, or a curiosity someone on our team decides to follow.
What happens next is intentional. We develop the relationship, test the idea, refine the experience, and take responsibility for delivering it as part of a larger journey.
When an idea proves itself in the field and introduces guests to people, places, and ideas they would be unlikely to find on their own, we call it a WhereNext Original.
A WhereNext Original is an experience our team discovers, develops, tests, and takes operational responsibility for delivering. It introduces guests to people, places, and ideas they would be unlikely to find on their own.
See WhereNext OriginalsA WhereNext Curated Experience already exists in a partner supplier catalog and has been selected and quality controlled by our team.
See WhereNext Curated Experiences
BaricharaTobacco RoadA private cigar journey from Bogotá to Barichara that follows Colombian tobacco from the first cut to the rolling table and, when the season allows, back to the field.Read story 9 min
BogotáAngie’s Salsa Flash MobA Bogotá plaza becomes a dance floor when WhereNext DMC Colombia co-founder Angelika Köhler calls in friends from the world championship salsa club that became part of her life after moving to Colombia.Read story 3 min
BaricharaAlfanía Coffee FarmA morning with the family and farm team behind a small working finca, following coffee through the stages of the growing, harvesting, or processing cycle unfolding that day.Read story 3 min
Sacred ValleyDirt Under FingernailsA private farm tasting with Manuel Choqque that moves from his remarkable super potatoes to Oxalis, a fermented oca drink that tastes enough like wine to confuse the room.Read story 8 min
BaricharaFancy Ant TastingA hands-on culinary experience with Margarita Higuera in Barichara, Colombia, that introduces guests to the region's most unapologetic snack.Read story 4 min
Sacred ValleyThe Next WeaverIn Chinchero, a group of Quechua women is working to ensure that centuries of textile knowledge remain part of the future, not only the past.Read story 2 min
CartagenaThe DriftA slow sail from Cartagena moves from planting mangroves to pulling bottles of rum from beneath the Caribbean, ending with a tasting aboard a restored wooden boat.Read story 2 min
