My perfect trip is one part adventure, one part luxury, one part wonder.
I'm a physician with an MBA from Duke University and have spent more than twenty years in global leadership roles across three Fortune 500 companies. Today, I serve as a Vice President in Medical Affairs at Pfizer.
I've always believed that everyone should have passions beyond work, things that keep you curious, inspire you to keep learning, and remind you that life is bigger than your job. For me, that's always been travel. I've spent every spare vacation day exploring far-flung corners of the world.
I've lived on three continents and traveled to more than fifty countries. Along the way, I've realized that my perfect trip is one part adventure, one part luxury, one part wonder.
Hi, I'm Ena
I've always wanted to see the world, but life had a way of getting in the way. Career. Family. Vacation days. There was always a reason to wait. Until one day I realized that if I kept waiting for the perfect time, I might never go. So I finally gave myself permission to say yes.
I'm a little travel mad. At any given moment, I have six or seven itineraries sitting in my desk drawer. All you have to say is, "Let's go," and I'm halfway to the airport.
For the past fifteen years, I've planned an annual adventure with friends to some exciting and enchanting corner of the world. We've seen timeworn ruins, we've slept under the desert stars, we've sipped coffee in tiny, hidden cafes. We've always, always come back with ridiculous stories.
Somewhere along the way, I realized the greatest joy wasn't just in going on these journeys—it was in planning them, sharing them, and watching other people fall in love with the world too. That's how Ena's Escapades was born.
The longer I travel, the more I realize that the journeys I remember most are where extraordinary places and remarkable people come together. Those are the moments that stay with me long after I've returned home, and they're the stories I hope to share here.
It started the way most good things do, by accident and then on purpose.
25+
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50+
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years of girls trips
Countries visited
What began as a spontaneous escape from a gray winter became the start of a fifteen-year tradition of friendship, laughter, and adventures around the world.
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April 2010 | 5 women | 4 days
Sunshine, margaritas, and the beginning of a tradition.
Cancun
From grand mosques and bustling bazaars to Bosphorus sunsets and late nights, Istanbul swept us up from the very beginning. It set the standard for every girls' trip that followed.
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March 2011 | 6 women | 7 days
Minarets, baklava, and nights that somehow became mornings.
Istanbul · Türkiye
From the labyrinthine medinas of Marrakech to the vast silence of the Saharan dunes, Morocco is a country of extraordinary contrasts. There really is nowhere quite like it.
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April 2013 | 5 women | 8 days
Souks, kasbahs, and dunes that swallow the horizon whole.
Morocco
From the vineyards of Santiago to the wind-whipped trails at the edge of the world, Chile will surprise you at every turn.
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April 2024 | 3 women | 7 days
Unreal sunrises, turquoise lakes, and granite towers piercing the edge of the world.
Chile
From the sun-bleached streets of Marseille to the lavender fields of Valensole, France delivered exactly what it always promises, and then some.
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July 2019 | 7 women | 6 days
Limestone calanques, lavender fields at golden hour, and fireworks over Saint-Tropez on Bastille Day.
Provence & the Côte d'Azur · France
From the private conservancies of the Mara North to the vast golden plains of the Maasai Mara, Kenya gets under your skin in a way that is very difficult to explain.
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May 2025 | 4 family members | 8 days
Big skies, bigger game, and a front-row seat to one of the great wildlife spectacles on earth.
Maasai Mara · Kenya
From hidden waterfalls and glacier lagoons to black sand beaches and steaming geothermal springs, Iceland never stopped reinventing itself. I expected it to be spectacular. It exceeded every expectation.
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July 2016 | 7 women | 7 days
Waterfalls, glaciers, and a landscape so relentlessly extraordinary it starts to feel like showing off.
Iceland
Six rolling carry-on suitcases, one very patient skipper, and a week in the Adriatic that included a summer storm, two Carpe Diems, and a fortress that turned into a nightclub.
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July 2014 | 6 women | 8 days
Inky blue seas, medieval towns, and six women saying yes to adventure.
Croatia & Montenegro
From the miradouros of Alfama to the windswept edge of Europe at Cabo da Roca, Lisbon gets under your skin in a way that is very difficult to resist. We have been trying to go back ever since.
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April 2012 | 8 women | 5 days
Armani heels, cobblestones, and a city with a remarkable talent for enabling you to stay out much too late.
Lisbon · Portugal
From the slopes of Blackcomb to the old growth forests of the Callaghan Valley, Whistler at Christmas is everything you hope it will be - and then some. Our first winter trip, and already the bar is set.
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Dec 2023 | 7 women | 5 days
Powder, après ski, and the discovery that pizza and french fries are, in fact, skiing techniques.
Whistler · Canada
From the clifftops of Miraflores to the heights of Machu Picchu, Peru is a country of vertigo and reverence in equal measure.
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March 2015 | 6 women | 6 days
Colonial streets, sacred valleys, and a citadel that plays hide and seek in the clouds.
Machu Picchu · Peru
Mystery Edition Trip
Cobblestone alleys, bougainvillea-draped balconies, and doors in every shade imaginable.
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July 2017 | 7 women | 6 days
Seven passports, one secret, and a walled city built entirely in color.
Cartagena, Colombia
The Dolomites make a very compelling case for themselves, particularly at the moment the light hits the peaks and the argument becomes impossible to counter.
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2022 Bespoke Trip
Jagged peaks and rose-gold summits at dawn
Dolomites · Italy
Tucked into the Fann Mountains of Tajikistan, the Seven Lakes are one of Central Asia's most extraordinary secrets, vivid, remote, and completely worth the journey to get there.
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2024 Bespoke Trip
Turquoise lakes and improbably untouched mountains.
Tajikistan
Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva. A journey down the old Silk Road, through cities that empires fought centuries to control.
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2024 Bespoke Trip
Turquoise domes and ancient trading squares.
Uzbekistan
Rovaniemi in a heatwave, Turku by air balloon, and the Finnish archipelago by sail, Finland spent the whole trip undercutting every expectation I arrived with. Thank you Parna and Trishla for planning this one.
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2018 Girls Trip
Glass treehouses under a sun that never sets and sauna-to-cold-plunge rituals.
Finland
Three national parks, one Icefields Parkway, bear spray stories, and a birthday celebration.
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2025 Bespoke Trip
Emerald lakes and cascading waterfalls
Banff, Jasper & Yoho NPs
1,357 miles, five of us, one rental car with questionable cell signal the whole way. Willamette Valley wine by day, bad boy margaritas by night, and a million inside stories that are staying exactly where they belong.
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2021 Girls Trip
Waterfalls stacked on waterfalls and endless miles of lavender
Oregon
Three sisters, one rental car, and a lot of dusty highway between stops. Margaritas on patios, green chile on everything, and sand still in our shoes weeks later.
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2022 Girls Trip
White dunes rolling into forever and the Blue Hole's impossible turquoise
New Mexico
For a group of islands sitting in the middle of the Atlantic, far from just about everything, the Azores dramatically over-index on drama.
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2022 Girls Trip
Green Island, blue water, and a piece of me still out there somewhere.
Azores, Portugal
- Trishla J.
"Every trip has been filled with adventure, laughter, incredible experiences, and the kind of thoughtful planning that allows you to simply enjoy the journey"
"Some of my favorite memories have come from our girls’ trips over the years. Ena has a remarkable talent for uncovering the hidden gems of every destination and thoughtfully building each trip around those unique experiences. She strikes the perfect balance between having a well crafted plan and leaving room for spontaneity, ensuring you never miss a special moment, meaningful experience, or unforgettable photo opportunity."
- Jeevitha N.
"What really stands out is the love, effort, and commitment behind these trips over the last 14 years. It’s not just the destinations, it’s the incredible dedication from Ena."
"From choosing the place and planning every detail to somehow coordinating everyone’s schedules, especially around my difficult month-end close at work, and even helping me draft emails to my boss to make a girls’ trip possible. That kind of care is truly priceless."
