Meet Emily Benz

Emily is excited to return to Iceland for another adventure! She is a long-time teacher. For her first career chapter she was in a high school environmental science and biology classroom and now teaches yoga, outdoor education, teamwork and leadership. She is the Swiss-army knife of humans — eager to shift into whatever role is needed while making joy a priority all along the way.

Emily is eager to get back to Iceland to swim between the continental plates, linger under the endless waterfalls, wander below the basalt columns on the black sand beach, and take several dips in the geothermal pools. When she isn’t traveling or planning trips, Emily runs a small community- and human-building business called Rural Remedy. At home, she wrangles two young kids and a husband, cooks fresh from scratch daily, and is always trying new ways to move and create connections.

Emily has led trips in Alaska, Costa Rica and the Bahamas. She has traveled with Green Edventures since 2009 but has traveled with Tara before that (with a bit of a hiatus to raise some babies).

You can join Emily on these tours in 2024

June 15-23, 2024: Iceland Mindfulness & Multi Sport Tour

She has dreams to travel to Indonesia and Thailand, the Oregon coast, the Pantanal and the Amazon River. Emily can talk about biology, human anatomy, and zoology with enthusiasm, because to her, all life is fascinating and incredible.

As a tea drinker, she makes sure she has something herbal to sip on when she travels.

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