Hiking Company

2 Hiking Company Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 10th, 2024

Are you passionate about backpacking and hiking? Starting a backpacking and trekking business can be a noble idea if you love everything about tours and travel and know all the tourist attractions in your neighborhood.

To start a hiking company, explore the hiking tour market, and create a business plan. Also, take photos of the hiking sites and the trails, then post them to your social media pages and website.

In this list, you'll find real-world hiking company success stories and very profitable examples of starting a hiking company that makes money.

1. Arara Tour ($132K/year)

Nune Tatunts, the founder of Arara Tour, started her travel company in Armenia in 2014. Through hard work and dedication, Arara Tour has become one of the leading tour operators in Armenia, with branch offices in Georgia and Uzbekistan. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 in 2020, the company was on track to double its revenue from the previous year, showcasing their success in the tourism industry.

How much money it makes: $132K/year
How much did it cost to start: $7K
How many people on the team: 8

How We Started A $22K/Month Travel Company Selling Tours Around Armenia, Caucasus And Central Asia

Araratour, led by Nune Tatunts, experienced impressive revenue growth, doubling its 2018 revenue to bring in $13,000 a month in 2019, offering combined tours around the Caucasus and Central Asia, and now has an office in three countries.

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2. Hobnail Trekking Co. ($60K/year)

Mark Johnson, the least qualified person to start an adventure travel company, got the idea for Hobnail Trekking after meeting a Nepalese man in a Lyft ride who happened to be an Everest Region Sherpa. Realizing there were no regional trekking companies offering treks to Mt. Everest Base Camp, Johnson, along with his wife and the Nepalese man, decided to create their own company with Johnson handling the marketing and web development, his wife managing finances, and the man handling the trekking logistics in Nepal.

How much money it makes: $60K/year
How many people on the team: 1

How We Are Building A Side Hustle Facilitating Treks In The Himalayas

Hobnail Trekking Co. is a side-hustle adventure travel company that offers treks to Mt. Everest Base Camp and has sent 23 Americans on this journey, while grossing close to $60k since launch.

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