Founding house · 2020

Far'n Away Travel

Owners

Meltem İskit

Founder and Managing Partner

Levend İskit

Founder and Managing Partner

The record

Founded

2006

Head office

Istanbul, Türkiye

Languages

English, Turkish

Website & contact

farnaway.com
info@farnaway.com

The house

Far'n Away Travel is an Istanbul-based luxury travel agency founded in 2006 by Meltem İskit and led with Levend İskit, who joined as managing partner in 2010. The company creates bespoke private journeys and carefully limited group departures for experienced travelers seeking originality, depth and personal attention.

Its knowledge comes from traveling. The team has collectively explored more than 120 countries, while the founders regularly accompany specialist journeys themselves. Every itinerary is shaped around the client’s interests, pace, preferred accommodation, dining tastes and level of activity, with an emphasis on boutique properties and experiences the team understands first-hand.

Far'n Away’s expertise extends across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Americas and the polar regions. Safaris, wine and gastronomy, photography, art, wellness, luxury cruises, skiing and heli-skiing are particular strengths. This depth of knowledge has twice earned its managing partners recognition for Destination Knowledge from Serandipians by Traveller Made.

The practice

Where they send

Africa and the Indian Ocean Luxury safaris across East and Southern Africa, combined with private-island and beach journeys in the Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles.

Europe and Its Wine Regions Cultural and culinary journeys through Europe, with particular knowledge of Italy and the continent’s less-traveled wine-producing regions.

Asia, the Americas and the Polar Regions Experience-led journeys across Asia and the Americas, alongside specialist voyages to Antarctica, the Arctic and other remote destinations.

Main areas of specialty

Bespoke Private Travel Individually designed journeys built around each traveler’s interests, pace, accommodation preferences and previous experience.

Wine, Gastronomy and Culture Journeys shaped around restaurants, wineries, art, photography and local culture, drawing on specialist knowledge developed through extensive travel.

Safari, Nature and Adventure High-end safaris, polar exploration, skiing and heli-skiing supported by first-hand knowledge of remote environments and specialist operators.

In-house

First-Hand Destination Knowledge The travel-design team has collectively visited more than 120 countries, allowing recommendations to be based on direct experience and informed comparison.

Founder-Led Boutique Groups Meltem and Levend İskit personally lead selected small-group journeys, combining logistical oversight with destination and subject-matter expertise.

Specialist Travel Design In-house knowledge spans safari, photography, wine and gastronomy, wellness, skiing and heli-skiing, enabling complex journeys to be designed around specific interests.

Standing

Affiliations

The Alliance — founding house, 2020

Serandipians — Serandipians Traveller Made member agency

Recognition

Serandipians Traveller Made Award — Winner of Destination Knowledge Award 2019

Serandipians Traveller Made Award — Winner of Destination Knowledge Award 2022

In print

Og Gusto — Levend İskit, one of the founders of Far'n Away Travel, Turkey's most stylish travel agency specializing in personalized tours, shared his passion for heli-skiing and the best heli-skiing destinations with OGGUSTO readers.

Turizm Günlüğü — Levend İskit shares insights during the Uzakrota Travel Summit about the preferences of elite travelers.

Saatolog — Levend İskit, who organizes food- and wine-focused group trips to many important destinations around the world, and even personally leads some of these trips, creates some delightful food and wine pairings for Saatolog.

From the Newsroom

30 Sep 2026 How The Alliance Began: A Network of Luxury Travel Designers It began with a few conversations at a trade show. It became a professional network of independent luxury travel agencies, founded in 2020 by Andrea Oschetti and twelve founding houses.