For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!

Lo Manthang & the Tiji Festival with Dr. Antonia Neubauer

Travel with Dr. Antonia Neubauer as honored guests…a rare treat.

Every spring, at the palace in Mustang, there is a colorful Buddhist festival called Tiji that is hosted by the King of Mustang.

This year you have the opportunity to attend the festival with READ Founder, Dr. Antonia Neubauer, as honored guests who will dedicate the first READ Library in the entire area of Upper Mustang.

The three day festival is a celebration of color, costumes, and culture. Visit medieval forts and palaces, and see villagers living as they have for centuries. Kathmandu, Pokhara, and Jomsom on your route, as are monasteries, museums, magnificent mountains, and the wonderful Nepali people.

A rare treat indeed.

• ACTIVITY: Walking & Hiking Vacations, Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration
• WHERE: Nepal, ASIA
• AVAILABILITY: May, June
• FROM: $4,350.00
• DURATION: 19 days
• AUDIENCE: For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!

Mountains and Monasteries: A solu Explorer

The Solu area of Nepal boasts beautiful views of Everest, Shorung Yu La (the holiest mountain to the Solu Sherpas), and Kanteiga; some of Nepal's most interesting monasteries (Chiwong, Tuptencholing, and Tragshindu); friendly Sherpas; and trekking routes with few tourists. Explore Junbesi, site of the first READ library. Trek along the Himalayan range, down to the banks of the Beni Khola, and then up to Dudh Kund, a 16,000 glacial lake at the base of Shorung Yu La, an important pilgrimage site to Hindus and Buddhists.

• ACTIVITY: Walking & Hiking Vacations, Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration
• WHERE: Nepal, ASIA
• AVAILABILITY: April, October
• FROM: $2,395.00
• DURATION: 12 days
• AUDIENCE: For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!

Around Annapurna

Trek the Annaurna massif

This trek travels around the entire Annapurna massif, visiting the Tibet-like country on the northern slopes of the Himalaya and the dramatic Kali Gandaki Gorge. Much of the trek is through lowland country, but there is one high pass, Thorung La.

The pass is not difficult, but this is still a long trek at high elevation. The change of scenery at the limits of Thorung Pass and the remains around the sacred area of Muktinath are also extremely interesting. The many hotels and tea houses along the course make camping equipment unnecessary.

We have also combined this trip with Ghale Gaon. A unique experience of Nepalese Culture and lifestyle, Ghale Gaon is home to Ghales, the famed Gurungs, the legendary mid-hill people of western Nepal. As people say, they come to Nepal for the mountains, but return for the people. Besides the extravaganza of the peaks, the warm and sincere hospitality of the Gurung, Manangi and Thakali people you meet along the way is also bound to captivate and touch you.

Comfortable rooms with clean restrooms are available at selected Gurung houses and other lodges along the way.. There are a few Pahuna Ghar (Guest Houses) belonging to the Aama Samuha (Mother´s Community) that also provide accommodation.

• ACTIVITY: Walking & Hiking Vacations, Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration
• WHERE: Nepal, ASIA
• AVAILABILITY: March, April
• FROM: $2,395.00
• DURATION: 20 days
• AUDIENCE: For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!

Nepal READ Expedition: Mountains, Monkeys and Books

This intimate view of intriguing Nepal offers a unique opportunity to see how READ Global can change a country, one village at a time. You'll get inside the culture by spending time with a host of Nepalis, from farmers, local officials, monks and saddhus, to university chancellors and former ambassadors. Travel from bustling Kathmandu to the serene mountains of Mustang and down into the jungles of the southern Terai.

• ACTIVITY: Walking & Hiking Vacations, Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration
• WHERE: Nepal, ASIA
• AVAILABILITY: October
• FROM: $2,995.00 Plus a $300 pp donation to READ
• DURATION: 11 days
• AUDIENCE: For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!

Nepal: Portrait of a Country

Enjoy the many faces of Nepal without trekking. Meet pilgrims at Buddhist and Hindu temples, sit down with a Living Goddess, and visit the palaces of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur. Fly to Pokhara and the new Tiger Mountain Resort in the shadow of Machapuchhare, walk to Gurung villages, take boat rides, and ride horses. Drive to Tiger Tops Lodge in Chitwan Royal Animal Park, where you'll search for tigers, ride elephants, and visit some of the holiest places in Nepal Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, and Janakpur, birthplace of Sita, and home to the renowned Janakpur Woman's Craft Development Center.

• ACTIVITY: Walking & Hiking Vacations, Eco-Travel & Cultural Exploration
• WHERE: Nepal, ASIA
• AVAILABILITY: February, November
• FROM: $2,895.00
• DURATION: 13 days
• AUDIENCE: For Groups: Adventure Travel With the Experts!