Like a sommelier pairs wine with a meal, Leslie masterfully pairs travelers with their ideal itinerary and accommodation—and she’s not afraid to go off-menu. Since 2016 Leslie has built lasting relationships with her AdventureSmith clients, via her signature style of learning all she can about the people they are and the experience they seek.
Leslie brings deep travel experience to the trips she plans, including nearly 5 years working in-country for travel agencies across Bolivia and Ecuador prior to joining AdventureSmith. Her travel resume has 5 continents, 22 countries and counting, and her professional resume includes a Latin American Studies degree.
Leslie has firsthand experience with a variety of wilderness lodges, plus 11 ships ranging in style and size, from 32-200 guests and from simple to trendsetting. Her savvy insights earned her a spot as a Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist.
Leslie opens doors travelers don’t even know to knock on, by planning trips that don’t exist online. She uses local knowledge and connections to craft tailor-made itineraries, with themes including active adventure, accessible exploration, cultural exchange, off-the-beaten-path routes and more.
Leslie is a preferred partner of many expedition cruise lines due to strong bookings (averaging 13 per month), swift communication and glowing client feedback. Via her relationships, Leslie can unlock added value with things like cabin and room upgrades, and preferential space.
By working with travel suppliers beyond AdventureSmith’s website, she surpasses what’s simply available or online. And her clients appreciate her attention to details like cabin placement, tradeoffs between cabin categories, add-on options, direction and season, and desired activity level.
“I thought that the era of using travel “agents” had gone by the wayside because of easy access to the internet. But in reality, it is just that mind boggling access, and resulting amount of information, that makes it such a daunting task and someone like you is needed to help sift through the monumental amount of information out there.”
– Marty H.
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Leslie credits her grandparents with instilling a yearning to explore new places. From a young age, Leslie went camping and took annual summer road trips with her family. To this day, she loves to drive to new and unknown areas, and sleep under the stars. Her home in Sacramento, California is an ideal jumping-off point. Outside of camping and road trips, Leslie enjoys wine and craft beer, alpine skiing at the resort and in the backcountry, practicing yoga and hiking.
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Our longtime travel specialist Leslie reviews the iconic Evolution yacht in her second trip to the Galapagos. Read her insights, then find even more MV Evolution Galapagos reviews from our travelers who’ve been aboard.
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An AdventureSmith cruise expert goes aboard in Australia to write this ship review of the 120-guest Coral Adventurer. Read about her favorite features and cabin insights.
An AdventureSmith Specialist reviews her time in the Peruvian Amazon aboard the 30-guest Amatista where she learned from the locals, observed sleepy sloths and fished for piranha.
Learn all about the Antarctic Latitudes cruise and the expedition's Citizen Science Program in this review written by an AdventureSmith Specialist who sailed aboard.
Adventure Specialist Leslie Camacho reviews her Alaska small ship cruise aboard the 76-guest Wilderness Explorer and post-cruise land trip on the Kenai Peninsula.
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