Lindblad Expeditions

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Any discussion of our history must begin with Lars-Eric Lindblad, Sven's father, who pioneered expedition travel - or what many call "eco-tourism." In his autobiography, Passport to Anywhere, published ten years before his death in 1994, Lars-Eric writes, "I believe in freedom, creativity, and conversation. And…I believe that tourism is the handmaiden of them all…" Lars'company, Lindblad Travel, was a geographic trailblazer, introducing tourism in some of the most exotic parts of the globe including Antarctica, Bhutan, China, Easter Island and the Galapagos. Many of these places had no facilities for visitors in the late 1950's and early sixties, when Lindblad Travel was in its infancy."Countless times my father was told that something was impossible," recalls Sven, "only to prove that with ingenuity and determination it could be done after all."Indeed, the success of Lindblad Travel was based on Lars' ability to think and act ahead of his time, a trait that lives on in his son Sven, who grew up with a love for travel. Sven spent his twenties in East Africa, where he worked for wildlife film makers, studied elephants, and saw nature in its purest form, an experience that inspired him to carry on the unique style of travel his father had begun.

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