Customised North India Tours, Trekking and Remote Road Safaris in the Indian Himalaya. Specialist India tour operator since 1991.

 

TREKKING and ADVENTURING

FULLY GUIDED GLOBAL TREKKING, TOURS, ROAD SAFARIS

2008     Guided by Yoga Thakur                                              

Special Himalaya treks in India and around the world.  Global tours and treks led by Robin Ross   India road safari led in 2008 by Yoga Thakur
When travelling in the Indian Himalaya these unique experiences are unavailable elsewhere with personalised exposure to the culture of the Indian Himalaya mountain people.  Stay in Robin’s homestay in a tiny village high on the mountainside above Manali

FORBIDDEN TEMPLES SAFARI   Take a Remote Road Safari in ancient lands, camping on safari, with unsurpassed exciting adventures/short day walks - Fully Guided by expert mountain guide Yoga Thakur.  In Manali stay in Robin's village homestay     
                                                                                                                                               
Indian Himalaya:   July 5-29, 2008  Cost: $5880 NZ pp  Start/finish Delhi

Experience the glories left by the British Raj -experience an Indian train then drive to Manali.  After idyllic days in your homestay we leave on the remote road safari to high-altitude Ladakh & The Nubra Valley up near the Karakoram Pass where the camel caravans used to pass, laden with silk and cotton.  Bactrian camels now roam free and you can take a ride.    

Unique times especially for you:  While living amongst Indian Himalaya Hindu Mountain People be welcomed into their village homes. On a remote road safari visit Kinnaur and Spiti and cross the Greater Himalaya to Ladakh 'Little Tibet' -to explore Forbidden Temples and the ancient, mysterious lands of the North.  In Leh bustling bazaars will enthrall you.  Add on a trip to the Taj Mahal and Rajasthan after flying back to Delhi.

2009   Escorted by Robin Ross

INDIA           July 4 - 16, 2009 (NZ School Holidays)  GRANDPARENT/GRANDCHILD INDIAN HIMALAYA ADVENTURE

Cost to be finalised but  an indication is $4700 NZ pp adults. $4200 pp for children sharing room. Ex-Delhi land cost only. 2 nights camping.

Bring your grandchild to India for leisurely day walks, local involvement and adventures from Robin's own homestay base high in the Indian Himalaya -Koshla village close to Vashist, Manali in the Himalaya state of HImachal Pradesh  Follow this with a remote road safari camping two nights en route to cross over the Himalaya from south to north enroute to Leh in Ladakh. before flying back to Delhi and on to Agra.  Grandchildren must be over 11 years old.  Robin's grandson will be 12 years old at this time.  So come and join us on an adventure.

ICELAND     August 10-27,2009   ICELAND OVERLAND JOURNEY

Cost to befinalised - $TBA NZ pp     Ex-Reykjavik land cost only. No camping.

A discovery tour circumnavigating Iceland by 4 x 4 with many day walks into this dreamlike wilderness.  We stay in hotels and B & B's. A volcanic and coastal tour along the South & East Coasts and to the Northwest Fjords feels like a journey to the edge of the world, to a spectacular, desolate landscape, carved by ice and countless Atlantic storms. The mood is relaxed, friendly, unhurried. We stretch our legs often walking to points of interest that our vehicle cannot reach and just to breath the fresh, pure arctic air.  Includes ferry trip to stay on the isolated fishing oriented Westman Islands to walk and relax on this amazing volcanic island.   More to come!!  ......
 

INDIA           November 2009 INDIAN MUTINY TOUR -17 days.  (Dates yet to confirm)

Cost to befinalised but  an indication is $5485 NZ pp Ex-Delhiland cost only. No camping
  
The Indian Mutiny occurred in 1857.  This road and rail tour gives you an appreciation of the terrible events and difficulties experienced by both sides involved so long ago, yet still so real in the Indian experience.  Experience Shimla and Mussorie both important Himalaya hill stations, Agra with theTaj Mahal and Varanasi.  You will visit mutiny sites of historical significance in Delhi, Meerut, Lucknow, Cawnpore and Kolkata (Calcutta) The essence of Varanasi is the early morning bathing on the ghats and you will be on the River Ganges to watch the ritual.  As a contrast take in the mountain air and relax in the Himalaya hill stations of Mussorie and Shimla where the British Raj enjoyed the high life and located their Summer Capital.