Background
As a qualified mountaineer Nazir’s love has been and is the mountains but his reputation spread and clients requested not only trekking and walking trips, but off the beaten track cultural adventures. To meet these requests more than 25 years ago we expanded and started to provide a whole range of tours, covering the length and breadth of the Indian Subcontinent. In addition to classical sightseeing tours we are proud to have developed many specialised tours such as bicycle trips through remote areas of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Explore Culture & Tours offers to the addictedtotravel.com community a range of suggested tours which can be taken as shown, or alternatively adapted as much as you need, together with the facility to totally tailor-make a bespoke itinerary. We have great experience in operating a wide range of interests from culture and wildlife, village, walking and trekking, horse safaris and even pilgrimage tours.
Licences And Associations
Officially recognised and licensed by the Government of India, Ministry of Tourism as both a Tour Operator and an Adventure Tour Operator. Public Liability insurance covered; policy no.272300/48/2007/1302, renewed annually.
Active members of: IATO (Indian Association of Tour Operators), ATOAI (Adventure Tour Operators Association of India), IMF (Indian Mountaineering Foundation), TAAI (Travel Agents Association of India), TASK (Travel Agents Society of Kashmir).
Responsible Travel
At Explore Culture and Tours we take Responsible Tourism seriously by creating new and supporting existing projects, which benefit the land, nature and people, ensuring as we do so the sustainability of both projects and the local communities in which they are based. We believe in fair, respectful treatment of local people, whether they be our own employees right through to porters, villagers we stay with, shepherds who provide pack animals, or indeed any local people our trips come into contact with.
A secondary aim is to educate our clients about the environmental, social, and political issues surrounding the areas we visit, in the hopes that our visit to the area raises awareness of the issues that exist. In turn we hope that this will be beneficial to local people and the environment through which we travel.
Thirdly, we educate our local partners about sustainability and environmental concerns that arise through tourism so that we can work to a solution to issues such as waste management, instead of contributing to them.
All of this directly or indirectly promotes sustainable tourism, enabling our current and future guests to continue to experience the true culture, traditions and heritage of each place they visit.