I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii the son of an Air Force Family. I learned travel at an early age since we did a lot of traveling. My parents taught me to appreciate all the amazing places to see around the world and I love sharing those amazing places with our friends and Clients. 

After high school I worked in the luxury hotel business working my way up the ladder in addition to working in Food & Beverage in Texas and California before being recruited to work in the world of film and Television as a talent agent and in film & music production. After several years in the entertainment world I started pursuing my goal of helping people as a firefighter. I became a professional firefighter/paramedic in 2000 and met me wife a month into the fire academy. We were set to be married on Sept 15th, 2001 and started talking to a local travel agency to help us plan our honeymoon. When 9/11 occurred our travel agent, Patty did an amazing job of shuffling things around to make sure we were still able to have an amazing trip and boy did she. We were sold after that. Patty called me in 2011 and said she was retiring and asked if we would be interested in pursuing a travel career. I thought about it and was skeptical but, have a knack for logistics and helping folks so figured why not. We started doing weekend trips for firefighters and police officers and have continued growing ever since. We know the value of a travel professional and strive to make the trips for our clients amazing. Our team has grown and are thankful for that and we love sharing the excitement of our clients travels and helping them get their passport stamps. 

The motto our team holds is "Adventure is out there...We'll help you find it". 

Let us help make your next trip amazing. 

Client Testimonials

Los Cabos. Mexico

Leland was so helpful and spot on helping us pick our honeymoon spot in Ocho Rios Jamaica!! The room to the flight to the service was amazing and everything went so smoothly! We will definitely use Leland and explorer travels for our next trip.. and the trip after that lol! Thank you so much Leland!! Tricia G. 

Leland and the team at Explorer Travel & Tours is the only travel agent we deal with. They are incredible. They give attention to every detail, which is very important to us , as at times we travel with our special needs daughter. I highly recommend them, you can count on them to make your adventure a memorable and positive experience. Victor L.