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On Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, the Tuschinski Theatre will host the Freeride Film Festival. The annual event is organized by wePowder. The best ski and snowboard films will be shown in multiple rooms throughout the evening. This year’s edition will feature our film of the Silk Road Freeride competition. This film called “Silk Ride” centers […]

As of today, Ryce Travel is a member of 1% for the Planet. They provide direct investment to address global environmental problems. They ask each member company to dedicate 1% of their sales to issues such as climate change and environmental pollution. We are aware that winter sports travel is a delicate dance with the […]

Disputed political relations caused a further delay After a difficult journey of more than 10,000 kilometers, our aid transport has arrived in Kyrgyzstan. As early as June 2020, we had collected 22 pallets of relief supplies for Kyrgyzstan. A fundraiser collected large quantities of clothing, toys, teaching materials, sports equipment and medicines. After the departure […]

Unfortunately, we cannot escape raising prices. In our destinations, energy prices have risen considerably. Transportation and cat skiing in particular have become significantly more expensive. In addition, financial institutions have imposed restrictions on international transactions. In all the countries where we operate, prices rose between 10 and 20% last year. This price increase was already […]

Recently we were able to build yurts in the Netherlands and Belgium It has been a resounding success to export yurts directly from Kyrgyzstan Most of the yurts for sale in Europe are actually from Mongolia Other yurts are copies made in China or Europe These yurts are usually made of plastic, metal and most […]

This week, Ryce Travel transported wintersport- en skiing- equipment to Kosovo. Our director Peter Hofman drove all the way to Peja, to deliver the skiing equipment to the local guides by himself. He transported primairly touring ski’s, splitboards and avalanche gear. The transport of the equipment was made able by our follwing parnters; MK […]

Interview for the FD with Peter Hofman Het Financieel Dagblad, FD, (Dutch Financial Newspaper) has written an extensive article about Ryce Travel. They have interviewed our founder Peter Hofman about the Corona humanitarian goods that were transported to Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan had a very hard time during the Corona crisis and is still recovering. In this […]

The October edition of the Wintersport Magazine contains an extensive article about Ryce Travel. Edo Jungerius (editor-in-chief) had an interesting interview with our founder Peter Hofman. Wintersport Magazine is the magazine of the Dutch ski association and we are very happy that they put us in the spotlight. Click on the picture below to download […]

Almost 3 months after the departure of our aid transport to Kyrgyzstan, we finally have positive news. The goods have been released by Belarus and can be returned to the Netherlands. We never imagined in June that this would be positive news. What happened? Until Lithuania everything was running smoothly. The problems started when crossing […]

We are Jop and Jitte, brother and sister of 30 and 36 years old from Oudewater. We used to go on ski holidays with our parents and for a number of years we have been going together annually. Usually to Austria but 3 years ago our eye fell on the Ryce Travel page via Facebook […]

I am Tornike (born in 1996) and a guide from Georgia. I live in the capital, Tbilisi. I learned in German-Georgian school and currently I am a Psychology student in Ilia State University. Despite these facts I wouldn’t consider myself as a “city boy” at all. I have spent a serious time of my life […]

In recent weeks we have slowly adapted to the new normal. Many of us have gone to clean up, do odd jobs, and squabble. What is actually relevant and what do we really need? Eating, drinking and a roof over our heads? Education, work and leisure? What especially emerges is that we need charity and […]