Senior Product Lead at Pura Aventura, Chris has the unenviable task of travelling across the Pura world and bringing our wonderful collection of trips into being.
After visiting Argentina in 2013, he taught himself Spanish, later using it to design No-Fly holidays to Catalonia, walking routes in Andalucía, and Pura's first Spanish island hikes. In 2024, he helped create our first trips to the Azores, then the next year pioneered a unique trip to Rio de Janeiro. These trips have been featured in The Times and FT, and he has been quoted in The Telegraph and iPaper.
Chris focuses on holidays rooted in local communities and the people he meets. His recent travels include a 1,000-mile Patagonia journey, a coast-to-coast Costa Rica road trip and forays deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon and Bolivian Altiplano. When not travelling, he is often out walking his beagle in the South Downs.
What is it about Andalucía that has captured your imagination? Is it the Moorish masterpieces of Seville and Granada or the walking trails through chestnut forests? The din of a cosy tapas bar or the silent beauty of olive groves? Sherry, jamón and flamenco?