About Camino & Beyond
We are pilgrims first. Ten Caminos across fifteen years — the Francés, the Inglés, the Coastal Portugués, Finisterre & Muxía, and the Via de la Plata. We are still walking.
Every route on this site is one we have walked personally, and every piece of advice comes from the road, not a guidebook.
Walk in. Walk out changed.
We’ve been exactly where you are
In November 2011, three Canadians flew to Paris, took a train south to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, and walked over the Pyrenees into Spain. It started as a 50th birthday challenge — a few days on the Camino Francés, a good story to bring home.
On the first morning, we watched our luggage leave the hotel, wondering if we’d ever see it again. Then we stepped outside, turned with great confidence in completely the wrong direction, and walked a couple of blocks before someone put us right.
We had no idea what we were doing. We figured it out as we went. And by the time we reached Roncesvalles that evening — sore feet, spirits entirely unreasonably high — the Camino had us.
We came back the following November. And the November after that. For five consecutive years we picked up exactly where we had left off — until in November 2015 we walked out of Santiago and kept going, all the way to Cape Finisterre and the Atlantic. Eight hundred kilometres. Five years. One road that kept calling us back.
It still does. Since then we’ve walked the Camino Inglés, the Coastal Portugués from Porto, to Muxia and we’re currently mid-journey on the Via de la Plata from Seville to Santiago.
Fifteen years of walking, journaling, and paying close attention to what the Camino actually gives you — and what it takes to do it well
Why Camino and Beyond?
We didn’t build Camino & Beyond because the logistics didn’t exist — operators were doing that well when we first walked in 2011 and still do. We built it because we believe the Camino is one of the most meaningful things a person can do. We share our stories to give people an honest picture of what the walk is — and to inspire them to take the first step. It is not easy. It will challenge you physically and mentally in ways you don’t expect. It will also surprise you with how much fun it is, how uplifting, how achievable — and how quickly strangers become companions on the road. The struggle, the joy, and the community are not in conflict. Each creates the other. In the end, as much of a struggle as the daily walking is, it is the best part of the Camino.
What we do
We plan self-guided Camino walks for North Americans. The logistics, the accommodation, the luggage transfer — we handle all of it so you can focus entirely on the walk.
We also support Traditional Pilgrims — full pack, albergues (traditional pilgrim accommodations - hostels with shared dormitories, kitchens and communal showers), the complete Camino immersion. Everything on this site is free to use: route guides, stage information, practical notes. Take what’s useful and walk your own Camino.
If you’re not sure where to start — which route, which length, which style of walking — that’s exactly the conversation we’re here to have.
All conversations are free. No obligation. Just pilgrims who’ve walked it and want to help you walk it too.
