KarmaQuest Ecotourism and Adventure Travel

11/07/2019

What makes a KarmaQuest trip different? http://p0.vresp.com/IbLOiE

Undiscovered Sri Lanka Blessed with extraordinarily high species diversity -- one of the highest in Asia -- Sri Lanka is a natural destination for birding and wildlife enthusiasts. Our brand new Jan/Feb 2020 Undiscovered trip focuses on migratory and endemic birds in an area just opened to visitors....

06/17/2019

06/17/2019

04/02/2019

On our "Life with the Nomads" trip to Mongolia (Sept. 2-17, 2019), you'll share day-to-day life with nomadic families while staying in your own comfortably outfitted felt ger (yurt-like tent). You'll ride camels and horses on the steppe; and attend the wildly spectacular Golden Eagle Festival -- made famous in the award winning film "The Eagle Huntress." Join us!
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04/02/2019

Witness this magnificent eagle hunting competition -- and meet the people in it -- up close on KarmaQuest's "Life with the Nomads." (Sept 2019)

Opens in New York and Los Angeles on October 28th - Coming soon to a city near you! THE EAGLE HUNTRESS follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains t...

03/30/2017

Let's hope the Chinese are serious.

29 March 2017 – In a major step toward implementing its pledge to ban the ivory trade, China will close 67 carving factories and retail shops across the country on Friday, WildAid has learned. The f...

03/21/2017

Stories that make you want to travel http://p0.vresp.com/rAgIWq

Some KarmaQuest travelers wish to leave a longer lasting legacy by sponsoring a child’s education.At a home for orphaned and disadvantaged girls, our South India women's group heard of the girls’ ambitions to be doctors, scientists, and social workers. With our donations, the home will seek matching...

12/06/2016

How do you spot not one but hundreds of wild elephants? http://p0.vresp.com/ZQrmPD

Tracking wildlife while on a fixed-schedule holiday is a chancy proposition, hampered by inaccessibility, weather uncertainties, and unpredictable wildlife behavior.

11/30/2016

11/04/2016

KarmaQuest trip, "In Search of Snow Leopards in Bhutan," offers you a chance to see these stunning cats in their natural habitat. Your participation on the trip directly contributes to snow leopard conservation, and helps build local pride in Bhutan's own efforts to protect it. A mountain festival celebrates these efforts and is part of the trek experience -- much fun! Be sure to watch the video in the posting for some wonderful footage of the cats caught on camera traps.

Thimpu, Bhutan, 23rd October – On International Snow Leopard Day, Bhutan today released the results of its first nationwide snow leopard survey – showing there are 96 of the endangered big cats roaming the country. It is the the first time any snow leopard range country has conducted a full national...

10/31/2016

Seven years after a brutal civil war, the South Asian nation faces the aftermath: the tens of thousands homeless or missing.

10/26/2016

What are the best destinations to visit in 2017? Lonely Planet’s travel experts reveal all...

10/26/2016

By visiting Nepal now and supporting local culture and people, you could help a nation rebuild and bounce back even stronger. Check out Lonely Planet's top 10 countries to visit in 2017, #5 being Nepal!

05/18/2016

Sri Lanka is deservedly on the mend. We find the people genuinely welcoming with ready smiles. Wildlife sightings are beyond expectations: mother and baby elephants meander within meters of your safari jeep, peacocks perch on every tree top, while marsh mugger crocodile laze next to painted storks. This is a magical place. Watch for our new 2017 wildlife tour (coming soon), or join our Ancient Sites and Lifestyles trip and see wildlife, millenia old Buddhist sites and much more.

Survivors of Sri Lanka’s 26-year conflict have slowly returned to the Kilinochchi area, after months or even years in government rehabilitation camps.

05/11/2016

Isn't it great that the first expedition team to summit Everest this year is all Sherpas!

Nine high altitude Nepali mountain workers have climbed Mt Everest on Wednesday, making it the first ascent in the last two years.

05/06/2016

Icefall doctors have prepared a climbing route up to Camp IV on Everest as of Thursday after being prevented from working for four days due to bad weather.

04/25/2016

KarmaQuest invites you to visit Nepal. Tourism has also suffered from the earthquake and your visit can help generate jobs and re-kindle pride in this amazing place. Please contact us to help you plan the trip of your dreams.

04/14/2016

Our trips to Burma/Myanmar are on schedule. Fortunately there was no significant damage or loss of life from the April 13 earthquake (centered northwest of Mandalay) in Burma/Myanmar but sadly it did cause injuries and a few deaths in northeast India. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36038029

A strong earthquake has struck Myanmar, the US Geological Survey says, with shaking felt in north-east India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

11/03/2015

KarmaQuest New Trips and News for 2016 http://p0.vresp.com/iPiszY

Our Partners in the Field For a decade KarmaQuest and the Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC) have collaborated in operating WinterQuest for the Snow Leopard trips to Ladakh, India. The success of these trips - with 100% snow leopard sightings on every trip and community support for the cats - takes cont…

10/26/2015

A short putting the magic of Mongolia to music.

10/23/2015

You can visit and learn more about this amazing people and culture on our "Trekking Amongst the Tsaachin “Reindeer” People of Mongolia’s Taiga" (Sept. 2016). Your visit supports a community-based tourism program that helps preserve their lifestyle. Please read about the trip at KarmaQuest.com

10/22/2015

After living in Nepal and exploring Tibet and the Himalayas for more than a decade, photographer Hamid Sardar-Afkhami decided he would travel to outer Mongolia to document the nomadic tribes and their unique way of life. A scholar of Tibetan and Mongol languages who received his Ph.D. from Harvard U…

10/20/2015

Snow leopard sighted by attendees of the 2015 Jomolhari Mountain Festival! Join KarmaQuest's 2016 "Trek for Snow Leopard Conservation in Bhutan" to participate in this festival and perhaps see a snow leopard as well.

The festival is held annually to strengthen community-based conservation while celebrating life in t...