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We've done it again! For the fifth time running, our prize-winning Wintertime Quest for the Snow Leopard 2013 groups observed snow leopards in the wild a total of fifteen times among the two groups.
(photo left: 2013 WinterQuest, B. Jollymore)
KarmaQuest in partnership with the Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC) proudly claims a 100% success rate on our winter snow leopard trips in Ladakh, India. “Not so long ago, it would have been a dream to see just one snow leopard during a 10-day winter snow camp, but last year our group had four sightings, and this group ended up with seven. This is a testament to conservation action,” says SLC's Dr. Rodney Jackson in his blog from the 2013 trip.
Inquire NOW! about our 2014 Wintertime Quest for the Snow Leopard trip. Space is limited.
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Our snow leopard trips are just two of the many exciting travel opportunities we offer that enable you to experience a new place from the inside out. Traveling with KarmaQuest is much more than a holiday adventure: it is helping to conserve the natural environment, endangered wildlife, and our world's rich cultural heritage by supporting conservation and sustainable tourism.
KarmaQuest specializes in Custom Designed trips and Travel Consultations, helping you plan a one-of-a-kind travel experience. We operate a wide range of trips, from treks and mountaineering expeditions to cultural tours and educational programs. We are expert in Himalayan trekking, overland Tibet caravans, horse-back trips in Central Asia, and special interest tours to Central, South and SouthEast Asia. Please look inside at our scheduled trips. Or share your dream destination with us, and we'll be happy to design an itinerary to suit your own time schedule, interests and abilities. Please read on about some of our more popular trips.
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Sikkim: KarmaQuest invites you to join one of two unforgettable trips to Sikkim, India this fall. On A Cultural Tour and Home Visit with KarmaQuest (November 17 to 29, 2013) -- hosted by KarmaQuest owner Wendy Lama -- you'll be treated as honored family guests as you travel across this sacred and pristine landscape, staying with farming families and dining on home-grown organic produce. You'll learn from village leaders about efforts to conserve their cultural heritage and natural environment, assisted by a local NGO (Kangchendzonga Conservation Committee), and a UNESCO-supported program that KarmaQuest's Wendy Lama advised.
En route to Mt. Kangchendzonga, Sikkim
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The second trip, Treasures of Kangchendzonga (October 14 to November 2, 2013), takes you hiking to 16,400 ft to the base of Mt. Kangchendzonga, third highest peak in the world, on a nine day camping trek through spectacular mountain scenery. A spring Rhododendron Trek reaches the same vantage point amidst spectacular rhododendron displays on trees towering 30 to 40 feet in height! Note that our Sikkim trips can be scheduled back to back with a Bhutan tour or trek, or extended for a visit of Delhi and the Taj Mahal. Please inquire.
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Homestay at Temi, Sikkim
"The homestay was the highlight of the trip. We were treated like royalty."
Mary and Tom Herrmann, Sikkim 2010
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Nepal is back on travelers' radar, and KarmaQuest's
decades of experience in Nepal enable us to offer unique
travel experiences that also help disadvantaged Nepalis.
Our "Cultures,
Arts and Wonders of Nepal Benefiting Paropakar Orphans" takes you to some of our favorite
spots around the Kathmandu and Pokhara Valleys, including
several World Heritage Sites, and on a mountain
flight for a bird's eye view of Mt. Everest. A
highlight of the trip is a visit to Paropakar Orphanage in Kathmandu. KarmaQuest has a long-standing relationship
with Paropakar and Virtue’s Children Nepal,
a charitable organization that will oversee the delivery
of your generous educational scholarship funds to some of Nepal's neediest children. Sign up soon for the trip, as space is limited.
KarmaQuest organizes cultural excursions, ecotourism, educational and adventure trips to Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan (China), Nepal, Sikkim, India, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan. Please request a copy of our travel catalogue or email us if you do not see the destination of your choice on our website.
 KarmaQuest is a proud member of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), where we support the TIES Principles of Ecotourism. See if you can find us on the Ecotourism Explorer world map (hint: Half Moon Bay is just south of San Francisco, California).
KarmaQuest is also a founding member of the Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce & Visitors’ Bureau Coastside Eco-Tourism program. Please visit the website to learn more about how your visit to the Half Moon Bay/San Mateo coast (California) -- our home town -- can help support local businesses that are conserving the area's unique cultural heritage and fragile ecosystem.
Coastal Elegance, offering Coastside eco-tour adventures, is one.
For more information
and a detailed itinerary... please contact
KarmaQuest Ecotourism and Adventure Travel
Tel: (650) 560-0101/
Fax: 712-8164
699 Spindrift Way, Half Moon Bay,
California 94019 USA
KarmaQuest@earthlink.net
Website: www.KarmaQuests.com
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