Archive for the Trekking Category

July 22, 2011 / Trekking

Kilimanjaro – Trekking Through History

It is Africa’s highest mountain, at 5,895 metres, and one of the world’s great iconic peaks – it is Kilimanjaro. Trekking up this majestic volcano can be a personal aspiration for lovers of the

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June 28, 2011 / Trekking

Bear Tours – Getting Back to Nature

One of the things that you will learn quickly when you set off on bear tours is that you need to be flexible and adaptable. Bears, in their natural environment, are neither tame nor considerate of the

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June 28, 2011 / Trekking

The Bare Facts on Bear Tours

A long time ago, a US president - Theodore Roosevelt - popularised bears, and immortalised his own name, as toy versions became known as “Teddy Bears”. Those long-ago events have a relevance to to

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June 28, 2011 / Trekking

Bear Tours – Meeting the Real Animal

Sometimes when you mention bear tours, you may get a lukewarm reaction. That’s because many people may have seen bears in their local zoo, or in documentaries about parts of North America where you

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April 6, 2010 / Trekking

Mustang Trekking – Jomsom and Beyond

For those adventurers who arrive in Mustang, trekkingthrough this ancient Buddhist kingdom can fulfil an aspiration to explore a destination that is so remote that until 1992 was a closed book to west

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