Trip Highlight:
Few destinations inspire such a wealth of superlatives as the Himalayas. A region more than half the size of Europe, the Himalayas sweep across northern India (Sikkim), northern Pakistan, southern Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan creating an unforgettable landscape. Forested valleys, some tropical, lead to high peaks that stop the monsoon, creating otherworldly mountaintop deserts. Massive glaciers extend for miles: rivers, chilled with melting snow and ice, race through deep, dark gorges. Wild animals including rare snow leopards and blue sheep-these are all the elements of adventure and radical sports.

The great mountain ranges are some of the most beautiful and interesting areas of the World to visit. As they are often not served by roads, they can also be the most remote and difficult places to get to, and often the only way to see them is on foot. For some people, the trekking may be an end in itself, for others it's a means to enjoy the magnificent panoramas. Often the peoples of the Mountains, and their culture and traditions, provide an interest equal to the scenery. Whatever your interest and ability, whether you are a hardened mountain enthusiast who wants extended high-altitude trekking, or an occasional walker who prefers alpine footpaths, valleys and villages, we have something for you.

Any mountain can be the setting for the drama in which climbers and, more recently, skiers, rafters, hang gliders, and balloonists battle nature and their own limitations. Success or failure, it hardly matters, as long as the body survives and the soul finds meaning. The Himalayas, the abode of the gods, is the abode of the adventure-a rare place where all of us can soar to new heights.

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