About RJ Travel
The operator that goes where others won’t — and brings you back safely.
Since 2018, RJ Travel has operated licensed tours to Morocco, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, and 30+ destinations across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Over 10,000 travelers served.
10,000+
Travelers served
30+
Destinations
600+
5-star reviews
0
Safety evacuations
Founder & CEO
João Leitão
145 UN+ countries · Tour leader across Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Iraq, Yemen, & Afghanistan · IATI Award 2022 — Best Travel Blog
João Leitão has been travelling the world independently since 1999. Over the course of more than two decades on the road — across more than 145 UN+ recognised countries and regions on all seven continents — he built Nomad Revelations into one of the most widely read adventure travel platforms -speaking world, attracting millions of readers annually, millions of YouTube views per year, and more than 100 million Pinterest views per year.
In 2022, João Leitão Viagens was awarded the IATI Prize for Best Travel Blog — widely regarded as the Oscars of the Iberian travel blogging world — competing against prominent finalists.
His work has been featured in the Daily Mail, Wanderlust Magazine, Lonely Planet Pathfinders, Insight Guides, Público, DN Magazine, La Presse, TVI 24, Globo, eDreams, and momondo, among others.
João founded RJ Travel in 2018 with a single premise: that the most meaningful destinations on earth — Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Algeria — deserve a tour operator who has actually been there. He has personally led group tours across many of them. Every guide, every hotel, and every itinerary the company sells has been verified by João firsthand.
I built the company I wished existed when I started travelling to these places in the early 2000s. No outsourcing. No guesswork. No Western tour leaders who read about a country last month. Just people who have been there, built real relationships, and know how to keep you safe while showing you something extraordinary.
RJ Travel holds active tourism licences in both the UAE (SHAMS Authority, Licence No. 2323876) and Morocco (Ministry of Tourism, Licence No. ODV-13817), and is a registered member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA).
Featured & mentioned in
Daily Mail • Wanderlust • Lonely Planet • Público • Insight Guides • eDreams • Momondo • La Presse • DN Magazine • TVI 24 • Globo • Ekonomista
Brand collaborations
Lonely Planet • Hilton • Hyatt Regency • Mercedes-Benz • Sultanate of Oman • Visit Morocco • Amazing Thailand • Turismo de Portugal • Kyrgyzstan Tourism
Middle East Branch — Sharjah, UAE
The people handling your trip
Jamila Al Qadi
Office & Operations
Every voucher, invoice, and booking confirmation that reaches you has been reviewed by Jamila. She is the reason your documents are correct on arrival day — not scrambled at the airport.
Zaina Nid Abdelkrim
Client Communications
Zaina manages incoming enquiries across email and WhatsApp, ensuring no request goes unanswered and every piece of traveller information is logged accurately before your file is built and passed to the operations team.
North Africa Branch — Marrakech, Morocco
On the ground in Morocco
Aziz El Gasmi
Director, Morocco Operations
Aziz runs RJ Travel Agency sarl in Marrakech — our licensed Moroccan entity. He manages every driver, guide, and supplier relationship on the ground.
Luís Seco
Morocco Sales
Luís handles Morocco enquiries with the depth that only comes from knowing every route, riad, and border crossing personally. Fast, detailed replies — not generic brochure copy.
Anna Chojnacka
Poland & Eastern Europe Sales
Anna specialises in Polish-market clients, combining cultural fluency with thorough knowledge of Morocco’s routes and logistics. She handles Polish enquiries and bookings in your language.
Every guide is local — by policy
We do not hire Western guides for our Middle East or North Africa destinations. A guide born and raised in Sana’a, Baghdad, or the Bamiyan Valley will show you something no outsider can teach from a briefing document. Local knowledge is not a selling point — it is the product.
Two licensed entities, one standard
We operate under UAE tourism licence No. 2323876 (SHAMS Authority) and Moroccan Ministry of Tourism licence No. ODV-13817. Both are active, audited, and verifiable. We are also a registered member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA).
Ready to go somewhere most people never will?
Talk to the team directly. No automated responses, no call centres — a real person who knows your destination.
