HIMALAYAN KINGDOMS BROCHURE

Trek with the Experts

Himalayan Kingdoms are the leading operators of trekking holidays in the world's greatest mountain range, pioneering many routes through isolatged regions that have remained hidden with their peoples from the outside world until recent years.

Their brochure features more than 60 treks in Tibet, the kingdoms of Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim, Ladakh, the Karakoram, Chitral, Northern India, Thailand and Laos, Vietnam, Outer Mongolia and Central Asia.

The holidays range from 13 to 40 days.

The maximum group size is 12, plus leader, and there are no surcharges, even if there are less than 10 clients on the trek.

All the treks, led by either an experienced European leader or English-speaking Sherpas or local guides, are carefully graded to cater for all ages and all levels of fitness and walking is at one's own pace.

The main baggage is carried by either porters, horses, mules or yaks, so all the trekker has to carry is a light day sack and Sherpas or local staff also handle the erection of tents and cooking on trek.

More than 30 per cent of those who book with Himalayan Kingdoms are over 50 and one 73-year-old woman recently joined a trek to K2.

Detailed day-by-day itineraries plus more information about the countries visited can be downloaded from the Himalayan Kingdoms website.