Rivers & Roads is a travel advising agency for curious, thoughtful travelers who want more than a generic itinerary.

What sets us apart isn’t just attention to detail—it’s how we design travel that’s personal, efficient, and deeply aligned with how you want to experience the world.

This approach means you get:

  • Smart routing that avoids backtracking and makes the most of your time

  • Local insight for authentic, meaningful experiences

  • Support from first plans to your return home

  • Sustainable choices that support and respect local communities

About Rivers & Roads

Great Skellig, Ireland

Meet Kerk, Travel Advisor

As the founder of Rivers & Roads, Kerk designs travel that’s intentional, well-paced, and rooted in the real character of a place.

With experience across 30+ countries, Kerk creates seamless, memorable trips that align with each traveler’s style. Many of his favorite travel moments have become client favorites, too: the difference between seeing a place and truly experiencing it.

That might mean riding Icelandic horses across volcanic plains, soaking in a quiet thermal cove near Athens, staying in a converted abbey by Loch Ness, making plaster art with a sculptor in Fes, crafting lanterns in Hoi An, or ending the day in Milan’s tiniest bar, where the bartender makes a drink inspired by your story.

These experiences reflect a shared approach: thoughtful planning, local insight, and an eye for what makes travel feel truly personal.

Kerk sees travel as an investment of time, energy, and attention. With Rivers & Roads, that investment pays off in a journey that feels fully your own.

Because it’s not about going everywhere—it’s about being in the right place, with the right plan, at the right pace.

What Travelers Are Saying About Rivers & Roads:

“I can’t speak highly enough about how great a job Kerk did for us. All I had to do was tell him what we wanted, and he pulled it all together and even gave our trip to Italy a name, ‘Ruins, Renaissance and Religion.’ Kerk was there for us during the trip to help make minor changes and also help us with lodging when the registration process was confusing! We received an itinerary with everything mapped out in detail, including transportation instructions and recommendations for things to do in our free time. There was also an app that we could access anytime with the itinerary, tickets, directions, instructions...literally everything we needed. If you are considering a major trip but stressed about the thought of planning it, I can’t recommend Kerk at Rivers and Roads enough. I will be forever grateful for the experience he put together for us.”

— Cindy C. (Italy and Czech Republic 2025)