Expertise and Specialisation

Trekking and real adventure holidays.

Licences and Associations

We have Public Liability insurance.

We are an associate member of IATO

We are ATOL (4491) accredited.

Responsible Travel

Our porters in Nepal and India and other mountain regions always carry efficient kerosene or other liquid fuel stoves. This adds significantly to our costs but maintains our minimal impact policy, ensuring that our trips do not contribute to deforestation and associated erosion or loss of biodiversity in regions which are struggling with these serious threats.

Our local employment policy and high standards of training in first aid leadership, communication and high altitude trekking ensure that our travellers receive the best possible care on their trip. Our employment of local people wherever possible has many benefits for our travellers, our hosts, and for us:

1. There is no better person to teach you about the landscape and culture than a local person. Employing local people ensures that World Expeditions’ travellers receive credible knowledge and treatment. Local intelligence underpins our ability to operate genuine ‘off the beaten track’ experiences away from commercial travel routes.

2. Employing local people ensures a good proportion of participants’ trek fees remain with the people who are custodians of the places and cultures visited.

3. Our expert staff training team is introducing effective skills in developing nations such as top quality remote area first aid techniques.

4. English language, leadership and communications skills are fundamentals in our training process. World Expeditions provides opportunities for personal advancement, industry-leading conditions and inspiration in communities where employment conditions can be very harsh.

5. World Expeditions employs a generous number of porters on trek in order to implement our minimal impact policies. These extra porters carry kerosene fuel in and take rubbish out. World Expeditions pay porters a per kilogram cash bonus for rubbish returned at the end of the trek.

6. This policy has been implemented to combat the habit of disposing unnecessary waste into glaciers and over cliffs.

Trekking

Season: Year round

We are experts in organizing multi-day walks (trekking) to the world’s most pristine and remote places.

Trekking Peaks

Season: Year round

For beginner mountaineers and fit trekkers, we have identified the world’s most attractive peaks and offer programs with experienced leaders.

Polar Voyages

Season: Year round

Small ship Polar Voyages with renowned leaders.

Cycling

Season: Year round

Experience the world’s exotic destinations at handlebar levels.

Travel Agency Services

Season: Year round

We can arrange flights, insurance and other needs you may have related to your trip.

Food and Beverages

On our treks we have trained cooks providing nourishing meals that ensure the quality and hygiene of the food provided. We bring our food with us so we do not have to rely on, or deplete, local supplies. We always provide access to clean drinking water while on trek. On treks we offer ALL meals while in the cities it is usually breakfast only so you are free to visit the restaurant of your choice.

Accommodation

When not camping you can expect good quality hotels (usually around 3-star) with private en-suite facilities in cities, or clean hotels or lodges with a local flavour where facilities are simple yet authentic, clean and comfortable. The latter are usually the best available in very remote.

Transport

We operate a variety of charter vehicles to transfer you as required.

Local Guides

On all our Himalayan treks we use local guides. Each year we hold a first general guides and first aid course in Kathmandu. Our guides must sit these days and then pass the exam at the end of the course. If they do not pass, they do not guide. The course has been run for over a nearly two decades by Dr Jim Duff, who is our medical advisor/consultant and was the expeditions doctor on the successful 1975 British Everest expedition.
 

Age Restrictions

Minimum 14 for most treks except family graded departures. Participants over 50, with pre-existing medical conditions or on a challenging graded trip must have their medical form completed by a doctor prior to joining our trips.

What to Bring

You do not need to bring any camp gear, sleeping bags, tents or even a duffel bag – we supply all this. You only need to bring adequate clothing and a good set of worn in trekking boots. A complete gear list specific to your trek will be supplied upon booking your tour with us.