16–18 October 2026 · 4 participants maximum · By application only
WFR-certified guides · Insured & risk-assessed · By application only
“I see that I link my value to performance and results.” Alumni Participant
You feel you’re not living your best life. You know more thinking won’t resolve it.
Something’s off. Maybe it’s recent, maybe it’s been years. You hear the calling, and you’re now fed up keeping up with the Jones.
The decision you’ve postponed, the discussion you have escaped for too long. The things you’ve been tolerating for too long. The excuses you’ve been creating. You know it, but haven’t moved. YET.
The best moves happen from a place of deep alignment. And this is only possible when you’re willing to face yourself.
Don’t wait until it’s too late to live your best life. Act before life forces you to.
Apply for the journey, face yourself, and can come back fulfilled and ready to live your best life. With lightness, authenticity and joy.
“Whatever questions you have in your life, you come here. And suddenly, in a very short span of time, you have all the answers.” Dr David Roze. Founder, Roze Bio Clinics, Dubai
“I thought the solution was in doing more, not in slowing down.” — Alumni Participant
Others add. We don’t. 48h to get light.
Facing yourself doesn’t come on its own. It’s intentional.
It requires to drop the weight. To let go lots of accumulated weight. And that’s perfect, because that’s what we gonna do.
You’ll go through a powerful 48h process to drop your weights. And to finally create the space to meet yourself.
Couple that with the power of the deep desert, and you’re about to live something like you’ve never experienced before.
You will finally create enough distance from your company, your obligations and your habitual thinking to tap into your inner power.
“Carrying the backpack is a little heavy at the beginning. But carrying the emotional backpack of unforgiveness, anger and judgment, that seems to be much heavier than the backpack.”
Mafé Rabino
“I would never try to convince him. You attract the right people for this trip. It’s a special trip, it doesn’t fit everybody.”
Dr David Roze
Tapping into your inner power is not the usual topic at the meeting room. You'd like to experience it more.
“The speed of life. Too many things, too many thoughts, too many stimulations. Work, phone, messages, goals.” Antoine Blanco
You're tapping into your inner power through the different exercises of the mechanism.
They all have their own subtilities. The Surrendering Exercise, The Lighter Step, The Guess, ... Yet, they all converge to the same purpose. Getting you light, so you can face yourself.
“Letting go was the revelation. Going into the desert speeds up the process of going back to the roots.” Dr David Roze
A 4-step experience designed to face yourself and help you live your best life
A short call to confirm this is the right experience, at the right time, for you and the other participants you will be sharing it with.
24h raw in the wild. Dropping the weights. Different forms. Different challenges. Facing yourself again. Tapping into your inner power, through the challenges (physically, mentally and emotionally).
24h at an authentic camp: to relax, to share, to process.
4 calls of 1 hour with your cohort for 30 days. To keep the teachings alive, to integrate them in your daily life, to keep sharing with your cohort.
You won’t do this alone. You’ll be part of a small group of like-minded leaders, guided every step of the way.
“There is nothing to hide in the desert. You face yourself directly, and I felt I needed that. I feel like I’ve lived a full month of experience in 24 hours.”
“Climbing the dune, you slip a little with every step. Two steps forward, one back. It’s long, it’s hot, and you’re happy when you reach the top. It becomes a metaphor for life. In the desert, you walk where you want. There’s real freedom in that.”
“If you listen to the desert, the desert whispered very loudly the question that you may ask yourself. During the exercise, I surrendered. Best meditation ever.”
“No words are enough to describe the experience. It’s magnificent and fabulous. And in the silence, many things of the past were also presented to me. I smiled. It came up to be healed on another level.”
You don’t need to be tougher. You need 48 hours of quiet in a natural environment, held by people who know exactly how to bring you there.
Every journey is capped at 4 people, and applications are reviewed individually.
Let us take care of the details before and after your journey. We can arrange flights and accommodation around your experience for a seamless trip from start to finish.
Bring your own group and choose the dates that work for you.
You could. You can meditate, go on a retreat, walk in nature… It’s likely you won’t have the same results though. The process was built to create maximum result in a short period of time. Facing yourself will impact your whole life, Why would you take the risk to do trial and error when you can do it with experts?
The guide makes the call on the ground and adjusts the plan to conditions.
All guides are certified Wilderness First Responders, trained for remote-area emergencies, with a backup team nearby throughout. You must be free of any medical condition that could be risky far from medical facilities. If a genuine emergency requires early departure, the journey coordinator manages the extraction, and your 30-day integration continues as planned.
A 50% deposit secures your spot. Cancel 30+ days out and the deposit is kept; less than 30 days out, the full fee is due, unless you transfer to a future date at no cost by notifying us at least 14 days ahead. If Away Expedition cancels or postpones for low enrollment, you are fully refunded within 7 business days.
Mostly personal clothing and shoes. Away Expedition provides most equipment, and you will complete an equipment checklist before departure.
No, electronics are not permitted and are returned afterward. Communication is limited to technical questions and emergencies.
Four 60-minute integration calls follow: the week after, 2 weeks later, 3 weeks later, and one month later. Exact dates are confirmed in writing beforehand.
Yes. Anything shared during the journey, debrief, or integration calls stays private between participants. Testimonials are recorded and published only with your knowledge; you can opt out beforehand.
Yes, a 30-minute video call confirms it is the right fit and helps prepare you.
If you haven’t found the clarity you came for within 30 days of the journey, we keep working with you until you do — through further sessions with us, or through partners in our network. At no extra cost. Email us within 30 days and we’ll arrange it.
First, it’s hard to stumble across them. Cumulating over 1000 km of walking in the Liwa desert, we haven’t seen them yet. They are active at night and are instinctly scared of humans.
On the brief, you’ll be instructed how to behave appropriately in nature to minimize an already very low risk. Also, at least one guide will be a Wilderness First Responder and will be able to perform the right procedures if needed.
We will give you clear instructions during the brief, we will also provide you with the right material. We have checked the local land regulator and what is allowed regarding human feces.
Yes it’s possible to use the mechanism only for your group. Few adjustments will be made.
In any case, a form will be sent to you to create the best experience for your group.
All our guides are Wilderness First Responders, trained to rescue people in remote areas, and are Leave No Trace certified, ensuring complete respect of the land.
We create the conditions for change through nature; we’re not the ones doing the changing.
Arno stepped out of a CEO seat once he realized success alone wasn’t enough, and built Away Expedition to give other leaders a faster way back to themselves.
Army — Former reserve soldier
Business — Built and led a multi-million-euro company as CEO before founding Away Expedition
Desert — Solo crossing of the Liwa desert, 72 hours, full autonomy
Practice — Annual Vipassana practitioner
Resilience — Ice Bath Challenge winner, trained in both cold and heat exposure
Education — Master’s degree in Sport Management
Certification — Wilderness First Responder (WFR) · Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor
Community — Member of MetalMen, an international brotherhood of entrepreneurs built on integrity and mutual support
“My role isn’t to challenge you. My role is to build the conditions where you challenge yourself, and to make sure those conditions are both demanding and safe.”
Press: Arno Gazo — Challenging The Linear Life Model (HBS Blog) · Meet Arno Gazo
Nikita “Desert Fox” Ardavichus is one call away in case of emergencies.
He’s a professional motocross rider and an expert desert guide with years of experience navigating the most challenging terrains.
With Nikita as a back-up, you’re in the hands of professionals, ensuring you’ll be safe throughout the whole journey.
I’ve spent years helping founders sharpen how they tell their story and build stronger teams through alternative governance in a team of entrepreneurs. I’m now co-author of a course rooted in quantum physics. At Away Expedition, I lead the content team and make sure the 30-day integration period delivers.
