Adventure Alternative

14/08/2024

Kathmandu - What a Place! All our treks start and and finish in this most amazing city. It's an explosion of colour, history, culture and fun! It is the most fantastic place to explore - be that on foot or by Tuk Tuk. We love to spend time in this stunning place which is such a sensory overload and a huge contrast from the peace and quiet of our treks in Nepal.
https://www.adventurealternative.com/nepal/

09/08/2024

What a few weeks we've had in East Africa! Our brilliant teams in Kenya and Tanzania have been super busy with school groups, safaris and lots of brilliant climbing teams. We've had several private teams and open groups on Mt Meru, Mt Kilimanjaro and teams climbing Mt Kenya to both the trekking peak of Pt Lenana and to the technical peak of Batian. We still have a few more teams due out shortly and have loved meeting and sharing such amazing experiences with everyone! If you'd like to join us on an African Adventure have a look at Tanzanian options here https://www.adventurealternative.com/tanzania/ or for Kenya: https://www.adventurealternative.com/climb-mount-kenya/

07/08/2024

The last few weeks has produced a number of Clouded leopard sightings but this is the first during the day for a while.

Our guests were happily observing an Orangutan and this big fella decided that he wanted some attention too.

Thanks for the picture Jean-Philippe Lamothe













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31/07/2024

What a Family Holiday - all together on top of Mt Kenya last week! With 4 decades of experience in Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal and Borneo and with the most amazing teams on the ground 24/7, our family of Adventure Alternative Guides are the perfect people to give your family the most wonderful holiday whilst providing a lifelong experience to cherish! We can tailor a private holiday to perfectly fit your family- be that adventure, culture, relaxation, education, wildlife based - or a mixture of all! We have experts in all areas, and in all our specialist countries who will look after you brilliantly. And, through our charitable and community work, and the respect that we have in the communities where we work, our team can open doors and show you the real country, her people and communities. This isn't a glossy brochure / off the shelf regular tourist holiday, this is real life, in the most amazing places, with the most amazing people. https://www.adventurealternative.com/family-holidays

10/07/2024

Our Scottish school adventurers are today tackling Mount Longonot, a stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya - all iconic, fascinating places to visit and learn from. Plus there is the challenge of reaching 2560m - nearly twice the height of Ben Nevis!
https://www.adventurealternative.com/experiences/school-expeditions/

09/07/2024

It's International School Trip time of year for us in Kenya! We've been running school trips to Kenya, Tanzania, Borneo and Nepal since the 1990's. We put together bespoke programs for every school that we work with - some climb mountains, some go on safari but all get involved with the charitable arm of Adventure Alternative, the charity called Moving Mountains Trust! Adventure Alternative has, since it's inception, been helping the communities where we work with the many challenges that they face. This week we'll be sharing some photos of school groups having fun as they learn, share, help and grow. These young people do so much good work for Moving Mountains and learn and experience so much as they do it; it's wonderful to watch and see how everyone benefits from this type of trip and experience!
https://www.adventurealternative.com/experiences/school-expeditions/

31/05/2024

Many congratulations to Tashi Thundu Sherpa on his recent summit of Mt Everest! Pictured here on the summit, Tashi is a fantastic guide who works on Mera Peak with us. We're over the moon to see another friend and team member of Adventure Alternative stand on the top of Mt Everest, or as the Sherpa people call it 'Chomolungma' meaning 'Goddess Mother of the World'.

28/05/2024

The trail to Everest Base Camp is lush and green on the lower altitude sections, with several river crossings to make, but nowadays the wooden rickety bridges are a thing of the past. Our last team from the pre monsoon season are making great progress towards the foot of Mt Everest - we'll share some photos of their travels this week.
https://www.adventurealternative.com/everest-base-camp-trek/
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21/05/2024

Rock Stars! Our successful Mera Peak Team!
We've had a busy season in Nepal with multiple treks and climbs in various regions of the country. We have one team left to trek to Everest Base Camp, who head up tomorrow. The post monsoon season is filling up and bookings are coming in for 2025 treks to Everest Base Camp, Annapurna Sanctuary & Circuit, 3 Peaks & 3 Passes trek, the Manaslu Circuit, Upper Mustang and also climbs of Mera Peak and Island Peak. We include all meals on our treks - there's no additional $600 kitties and have a wonderful team to guide and look after you. Drop us a DM for details or check out: https://www.adventurealternative.com/nepal/

13/05/2024

Mondays are always great in Nepal! And in this case, along the Annapurna Sanctuary Trek which leads you through a hidden pocket of lowland villages, meadow and rice terraces to a gorge of rhododendron forests and icy rivers born from glaciers and gigantic peaks. It's a perfect tonic to our usual busy lives' and allows you to immerse yourself in a slow and easy daily routine, with only the elements, the mountains and the quiet character of the people to accompany you.
https://www.adventurealternative.com/annapurna-sanctuary-trek/

08/05/2024

The road less travelled! The Annapurna Circuit trek is one of the Himalayas most famous treks. It is achievable for most fit hill walkers and includes a crossing of the Thorong La (pass) at 5416 metres. https://www.adventurealternative.com/annapurna-circuit-trek/

01/05/2024

We have some very exciting news to share with you next week. The charitable arm of Adventure Alternative has just finished a huge community project in the Himalayas. Our charity, 'The Moving Mountains Trust' has been working with some fantastic partners to change lives in this region of Nepal for 3 decades. More news next week!

22/04/2024

Have you read 'No Picnic on Mt Kenya'? If not do! It's a mountaineering classic about three escaped Italian prisoners of war who in 1943 attempt to reach the summit of Mount Kenya.
Meanwhile here's our good friend and guide Francis Kioni enjoying a lovely picnic on Mt Kenya! Mt Kenya is often overlooked but it offers it all - stunning views by day, northern and southern hemisphere stars by night, a trekking peak or a technical peak, camping or rooms, amazing flowers and shrubs, few people and lots of wildlife. It really is a very special place that we've been guiding on since the early 1990's. We guide on all routes, including that used by the Italians in 1943!
https://www.adventurealternative.com/climb-mount-kenya/

19/04/2024

Have you got that Friday feeling? Hopefully you'll escape into the great outdoors this weekend!

https://www.adventurealternative.com/nepal-treks/

17/04/2024

Sunrise on Mera Peak, Nepal! ❤
Nothing awakens the soul, motivates the mind, nor warms the body like the first few rays of sun as you climb to the summit of a high mountain! This was taken a few days ago by our successful team on Mera Peak.

https://www.adventurealternative.com/mountains/mera-peak-and-island-peak/

22/03/2024

Our overland trucks in Kenya are undergoing a complete overhaul. They are used mostly for the group tours we run for schools and youth groups which are called Africamp. These trips combine travel, adventure and service in support of Moving Mountains Trust. Every year since the mid 1990s we have been running these popular trips, and our self-suffiicent overland trucks are a feature of life on the African road.

28/07/2023

Climbing and trekking trips in Nepal - here are some great pictures of recent trips with Adventure Alternative, and we've got spaces left on our trips this year in Oct/Nov and next year too. Contact us for some inspiration!

30/06/2023

Fancy a big adventure in April 2024?

Parchamo Peak is a challenging but rewarding peak climbing expedition to Yalung Ri, Ramdung Go, Pachermo Peak and the Tashi Labsta Pass in the high Nepalese Himalaya.

15/05/2023

My Everest is out today on digital platforms in the UK and Ireland!

Experience Max’s journey to Everest Base Camp and discover why he felt, as a disabled man, he had to push himself to the limit, in order to be accepted by society.

📺 https://linktree.com/myeverestfilm
Amazon.co.uk, Apple TV, Microsoft, Google Play, Sky TV, Rakuten, Bohemia Euphoria.

26/04/2023

We're off to London tomorrow for the premiere of My Everest and you can watch it across the UK too!

21/04/2023

Would you like to watch 'My Everest'? The story of how and why Max challenged himself to reach Everest Base Camp. The movie is being screened around the UK. Locations and details can be found here: https://linktr.ee/myeverestfilm?fbclid=IwAR0V12B8AvK24Xfygm86wre4QREkbWldBqFmRhMsQTnbqt19pr3ZmGXXBU8

21/04/2023

14/04/2023

We're getting really excited about joining Max and the team for the premier of My Everest, in London BFI IMAX at the end of the month. Fancy joining us?

Experience Max Stainton-Parfitt's incredible journey to Everest base camp on the UK's biggest screen!
Tickets are on sale for a preview of My Everest, followed by a Q&A with director Carl Woods and Max & Candy Stainton-Parfitt 🎟️ https://theb.fi/3UaDJAa

08/04/2023

5 years ago today we reached Everest Base Camp with Max, after an amazing and challenging trek. We can't wait to meet up with him and the rest of the team later this month to celebrate at the premier of the movie that tells the story of his life, challenges and our adventure to Everest!

A physically disabled man takes on Everest to prove his self-worth, yet when the mountain takes its toll on his body, he is forced to question his own motiva...

20/03/2023

Whilst most people relaxed on Sunday morning after Paddy's weekend and Super Saturday, Rob, Barry and Charlotte summited Kilimanjaro under the wing of their guide Paul and the AA Tanzania team. Congratulations!
https://www.adventurealternative.com/climb-mount-kilimanjaro/

10/01/2023

Morocco 4th Feb? Escape to the mountains for a 1 week adventure on Mt Toubkal, learn winter skills and climb this amazing peak £745:

A winter climb of Mount Toubkal in the spectacular snow covered Atlas Mountains with guiding company Adventure Alternative

02/01/2023

As the sun rose yesterday morning, for the first dawn of 2023, our team in Tanzania watched it as they climbed to the summit of Kilimanjaro! That's how to start the year!
https://www.adventurealternative.com/climb-mount-kilimanjaro/

09/12/2022

Fancy some Adventure & Winter Skills tuition in Feb? Gavin is leading a small group up Morocco's Mt Toubkal & alongside the fantastic climb, the trip also includes training days that will teach you all the practical skills that you’ll need to climb other peaks such as the Himalayan peaks of Island Peak, Mera Peak, or S. America's Aconcagua in the future. It also includes remote emergency care and first aid training. Gavin is a great person to climb with and learn from, he has a lifetime of experience from all over the globe from the depths of Lowes Gully in Borneo, to the lofty heights of Mt Everest’s summit and has many humorous tales to keep everyone entertained. The cost for the February climb and Winter Skills package is £745 per person and is limited in group size.

Details: https://www.adventurealternative.com/mount-toubkal-winter/

21/10/2022

Fancy an epic start to 2023, stood on top of Kilimanjaro, watching the sun rise over a sea of clouds above the African plains? We have a 7 day climb via the Lemosho route doing just that! Arrive 24th, 25th or 26th Dec, climb 27th onwards, summit as the sun rises on the 1st Jan!
https://www.adventurealternative.com/mount-kilimanjaro-lemosho-route/

14/10/2022

It's all go for our team in Nepal at present with teams currently trekking in Upper Mustang, Annapurna, Manaslu and Kanchenjunga regions. Then in the Khumbu, we have two teams on their way to Everest Base Camp, one via the normal route, one via Gokyo, plus in the next few weeks we have two teams climbing Mera Peak and a team doing the fantastic 3 Peaks & 3 Passes trek to Everest!
Fancy exploring the Himalayas with us? https://www.adventurealternative.com/nepal