Event Spotlight: Adventure Travel World Summit 2025
Recorded live in Puerto Natales, Chile, this special Event Spotlight takes you inside the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS), the annual gathering of global adventure leaders hosted by the Adventure Travel Trade Association.
From rewilded national parks to the gravel roads of Aysén, from marble caves at sunrise to a tent shaking to the sounds of Los Jaivas, this episode captures the spirit of Patagonia, a rare mix of purpose and play.
Our host, Dan Christian shares his firsthand experience cycling through Patagonia on a five-day pre-summit adventure with CicloAustral, learning the meaning of “forest bathing,” and discovering how e-bikes, small groups, and community connection redefine sustainable adventure.
Along the way, we hear from an incredible lineup of storytellers, guides, and innovators from writers and filmmakers to operators and conservationists each revealing how to scale adventure tourism without losing the soul of the places we love.
We wrap with a look ahead: the next Adventure Travel World Summit heads north to Quebec City in 2026, continuing the global journey of this passionate, purpose-driven community.
Timestamps:
9m14s - Carolina Margado, Executive Director at Rewilding Chile
30m31s- Kristine Tompkins, former CEO of Patagonia, and Co-founder and President of Tompkins Conservation
58m51s - Nina Kokotas Hahn, Writer and Editor
1h23m - Kaiya Yu, Author
1hr39m - Aizaz Sheikh, Keynote Speaker
2h4m - Gondwana Brasil - Camila Barp & Daniela Meres, Co-founders
2h33m - Rob Holmes, Filmmaker
2hr48m - Gabi Stowell - Travel Trade Specialist, Bannikin
3hr4m - Isabel Hofman, Co-founder, Bike Odyssey
3hr26m - Shannon Stowell - President, ATTA
3hr58m - Claudia Huepe - Co-founder, Cicloaustral
