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This exciting new holiday with Anita and Helen involves a 5 night trek through the extraordinary scenery and rocky terrain of the Sinai Desert and its mountains. The Sinai is an arid Biblical landscape dotted with secret Bedouin gardens. There are high mountain passes to cross including some scrambles at High Level, and steep rocky ground at times even along the High Intermediate route. We will walk in the company of knowledgeable and friendly Bedouin guides and their camels. We will sleep beneath the stars and eat freshly prepared meals around cosy campfires. The High level walks will ascend mountains, including Mt St Katherines (2629m), and finally Mt Sinai (2285m), whilst the High Intermediate walks will follow stunning but demanding trade routes from oasis to oasis. On one day we will follow Wadi Talaa, a steep lush valley with many interconnecting pools, including the famous blue pool of Galt El Azraq, with streams of water disappearing and resurfacing further down the valley. Everybody meets up each evening, so you can keep your options open and swap grades from day to day if you wish. At the start of the holiday there will be a chance to visit St. Katherines Monastery and prepare for out trek. After the trek, we will enjoy 2 nights in the chilled out beach resort of Dahab on the gulf of Aquaba where the snorkling is truly stunning. (Snorkling gear can be hired inexpensively from the where we stay). Here we have reserved ensuite twin and single rooms, all with fans or air conditioning, some with balconies (Single supplement here is £10-£15 a night). There will also be a feast included on the last night to celebrate! For our other meals here we'll stroll out to enjoy the atmosphere of the many little eating places along the front (not included but inexpensive). There are scuba diving and wind-surfing schools for the more adventurous - a perfect contrast to the ultimate desert experience! (Day pack only - your luggage is transported for you by camels).

Flight to Sharm el Sheik is not included. Transfer to St Katherines IS included!
There are flights to Sharm el Sheik from Gatwick with Easyjet, and from Manchester with Viking. Our 2 transfers will meet these different flights. Please talk to us before arranging any other flight).

You can book the Easyjet flight on the Internet when it comes available. The Viking flight from Manchester is available now however it can only be booked through an agent such as Charterflights.co.uk. Please ask us for details. (Alternatively we are happy to book it for you - for a WW flight booking fee of £10).

Includes: full board at St Katherines & on trek; all transfers meeting Viking flights; luggage transport by camel; local guides & camel drivers.

Not included: Flight to Sharm el Sheik; Tourist Egyptian Visa (£15); 2 breakfasts, 2 snack lunches & 1 eve. meal in Dahab; tips (allow up to £15).

You can book online - or phone us on: 08456 445335

This is a superb introduction to trekking in Nepal among some of the most beautiful scenery in the whole country. From the Hindu temples and maroon-robed Buddhist monks of Kathmandu we travel to Syabrubensi - the start of our trail up the Langtang Valley. The first few days are through varied wooded countryside, always in sight of snow-covered mountains and never far from the turquoise Langtang Khola in its deep gorge. There are monkeys in the bamboo and on the rocks, wild lilac and rhododendrons, orchids and mysterious birdsong. Climbing out above the tree line we then reach another country, wild and rocky, where weathered people of Tibetan descent herd yaks around Langtang Village. Prayer walls, and flags streaming in the wind, Lammergeiers wheeling overhead - life is hard here. Kyangjn Gompa further up the valley at 3800m is surrounded by the majesty of Langtang Ri and Langtang Lirung. Here we take a day off, or there's a chance to climb to Kyangjin Ri at 4350m for spectacular 360 degree views. Returning to Lama Hotel and Syabru we now make our way steadily to Gosainkund, a mystical high lake sacred to Hindus, where we spend a second altitude acclimatising day before crossing Laurabina Pass at 4610m. From here we descend the ridge through the lovely Helambu region: first more trees - hemlocks and rhododendron, sandier, broader paths, then deciduous trees, Lipodendrons and marijuana, terraced fields, butterflies until finally we reach the end of the trek at Sundarijal and return to Kathmandu for our last 2 nights. (3 star hotels in Kathmandu: tea houses on trek).

Trekking in Nepal is a once-in-a-lifetime experience but it also takes us well outside our normal comfort zone: altitude, long ascents and descents which you need to be fit for with plenty of stamina; mainly cold water washing and limited showers until we regain Kathmandu; and the food while trekking is simple, and based mainly on lentils, rice, potatoes, and pancakes.

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Flight to Kathmandu is not included. Taxi transfer IS included!:
The 2010 Oct/Nov flights to Nepal will come available in December or January. Linda will fly with Qatar Airlines from London Heathrow to Kathmandu via Doha (Overnight going out, day flight coming back). Our Taxi transfer will meet this flight when it lands.

You can book this flight (or another arriving on the same day) on the Internet - eg. Expedia. Please ask us for the details. Alternatively we are happy to book it for you as soon as it is released (we charge a £10 flight booking fee; you will only need to pay a flight deposit at this stage, and you will be protected on our agent's ATOL licence). Book early for the best flight prices!

Includes: 4 nights in Kathmandu hotel on a B&B basis, 14 nights in tea houses & all meals on trek, airport transfer, all transport in Nepal, cost of porters & local guide, & full day sightseeing in Kathmandu.

You can book online - or phone us on: 08456 445335