Treking/adventure holidays

LundiMardi

Anyone know of any good sites that offer treks/adventure ''holidays'', i'm doing a trek in July and want to plan another one for next year, i know of one site that offers a trek to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, along with a safari afterwards, it's rather expensive however and i think there are better options available, i just don't know what they are yet!

So any kind of treks in distant lands interest me!

Thanks:)

Marathon_Man

I did a month in China with Interpid last year. Small groups, personal local guide and good prices.

Can be booked via Trailfinders as well.

http://www.intrepidtravel.com/

FergusF

LundiMardi wrote:

Anyone know of any good sites that offer treks/adventure ''holidays'', i'm doing a trek in July and want to plan another one for next year, i know of one site that offers a trek to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, along with a safari afterwards, it's rather expensive however and i think there are better options available, i just don't know what they are yet!

So any kind of treks in distant lands interest me!

Thanks:)

Did a trek in the Indian Himalayas last year with 2 mates; we booked the flights with a local travel agent and 1st night in Delhi via email. The rest we organised as we went along, it was an unforgettable experience and much more of a sense of adventure than going with a package tour.

Some friends travelled to Thailand last year and organised the whole thing themselves in advance, saved several hundred euros over the package price and got a better standard of accom and more importantly they did exactly what they wanted to do.

I would usually take this approach when travelling, it is a lot better value and you get the chance to personally check out the guides, accommodation etc before you decide on which to use. Most trekking areas in the world would have plenty of companies looking for your business so you can shop around yourself.

Decide where you want to go and start Googling! I think organising it yourself is half the fun and very satisfying.

Lindaloo

Hiya

I recently won the overland part of a trek with Dragoman (think it's .co.uk), it's from Katmandhu to Dehli, they may be worth looking into.

I've researched them and heard from someone else that they are very experienced. The 15 night trip I won is worth about 620 Euro and you have to contribute to a kitty about 240 Euro, I've to make my own way to India.

(I know I've researched the net but has anyone heard of this company, good or bad, just before I book)

el tel

I went up Mt. Kilimanjaro with two mates in November and we organised it all ourselves using scheduled flights. We arranged our guides before we went and met them at the mountain base. Afterwards we did a safari which we sorted out when there and afterwards flew to Zanibar for a few days to relax. It was all pretty straightforward to plan and it only took 3 weeks off work.

On other self-organised trips I've done have taken in Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, South Africa and Botswana. All you need are a few relaible travelling companions, everything else comes together easily and they are the kind of trips that don't need much, if any, specialist gear.

Lindaloo

Lundi, you could check out doing one of the sponsored treks, there's a lot of them around and they really do bring you to far flung regions of the world that you may never get to see off your own bat.

Friend of mine did walking in Cuba and another is going to Capetown for a marathon later this year.

LundiMardi

thanks for the replies:)

Yeah, that's what i'm doing this year with www.charitychallenge.com. I'm doing the trek through the grand canyon in july.

I think i've decided to do this next year, as long as they organise more, the only ones listed are for this september.

http://www.charitychallenge.com/expedition_details.php?id=2171&trip=527]

Looks good though, still quite expensive but no where near as expensive as the Kilimanjaro climb.