{"id":40,"date":"2008-06-16T18:27:03","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T01:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/?p=40"},"modified":"2018-05-10T13:19:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T20:19:53","slug":"our-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/our-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 25th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launched in June 1983, our company is celebrating its 25th year leading wonderful trips to unique destinations. This\"California silver anniversary comes as a proud moment for our company’s founder, Lee Klein, who continues to scout new locations world-wide in search of new destinations for the active traveler. Klein, a graduate from Loyola Marymount University with a MBA in Management spent more than two decades as a corporate manager and college professor until, while climbing Ayer\u2019s Rock in the Australian Outback, he decided to venture into the adventure travel business. As he did, he took to heart the lessons he taught his students on how to succeed in business: \u201ckeep it simple, and learn to do it right before adding new products and services.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The initial offering from The California Native was a tour billed as \u201cThe Other Los Angeles.\u201d This day-long excursion traced the route of the San Andreas Fault from the Mojave Desert to the San Gabriel Mountains without ever leaving Los Angeles County. The tour became so popular that colleges in three California counties offered them as part of their community-education programs. From this, the company expanded its offerings to include tours to the Channel Islands, Santa Barbara Wine Country, Death Valley, and other uniquely California destinations, as well as white-water rafting, ballooning, spelunking (caving), sailplane gliding, and other outdoor adventures. \u201cMy family has lived in Los Angeles for generations,\u201d writes Klein in the company newsletter, \u201chence the name The California Native.\u201d<\/p>\n

Satisfying the growing client base led across the border to the development of The California Native\u2019s most popular destination\u2014escorted and independent tours of Mexico\u2019s Copper Canyon<\/a>. These tours feature the Chihuahua al Pacifico Railroad (labeled as one of the most spectacular train rides in the western hemisphere) and highlight one of the most primitive indigenous cultures still subsisting in North America\u2014the Tarahumara Indians. The California Native has become a major source of information on this remote area of Mexico, and it’s guides are known throughout the area for their work with the Tarahumara.<\/p>\n

Today, The California Native offers a wide selection of tours to Costa Rica<\/a>, Mexico<\/a>, Patagonia<\/a>, Peru<\/a>, the Galapagos Islands<\/a>, Ireland<\/a>, Bhutan<\/a>, Myanmar<\/a>, China<\/a>, and Laos<\/a>, and more destinations are in the planning stages.<\/p>\n


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Launched in June 1983, our company is celebrating its 25th year leading wonderful trips to unique destinations. This silver anniversary comes as a proud moment for our company’s founder, Lee Klein, who continues to scout new locations world-wide in search of new destinations for the active traveler. Klein, a graduate from Loyola Marymount University with … <\/p>\n

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