749 green & sustainable trips found
Hidden Highlands of Bhutan: Gangkhar Puensuum |
Hidden Highlands of Bhutan: Gangkhar Puensuum
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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18 Days • from $7,550* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered May, October: A few years ago this writer got one of his all-time mountain thrills by being a member of the first group of outsiders ever to make this superb trek to 24,734-foot Gangkhar Puensum, the highest unclimbed… more |
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Hidden Treasures of Bhutan |
Hidden Treasures of Bhutan
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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12 Days • from $4,350* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered February, November, December: The kingdom’s old capital of Punakha is the heart and soul of Bhutanese culture. It’s a marvelous area to explore during the winter months, due to its subtropical climate and low elevations (in the four- to… more |
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Sacred Festivals of Bhutan |
Sacred Festivals of Bhutan
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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7 Days • from $3,650* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered March, April, July, September, December: Bhutan’s festivals are joyous expressions of its Buddhist culture. Françoise Pommaret, describing their Chaucerian atmosphere, writes that “the festivals offer Bhutanese an opportunity to become immersed in the meaning of their religion [but] they are also… more |
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The Essence of Bhutan |
The Essence of Bhutan
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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14 Days • from $6,550* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered March, April, September, October: Getting to know Bhutan has been a balm and a revelation to our many GeoEx travelers through the years. Brent Olson, a veteran of three score and more trips to the Dragon Kingdom since we started… more |
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The Living Edens Trek |
The Living Edens Trek
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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16 Days • from $5,150* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered January, December: The Nabji Trail brilliantly unfurls the kingdom’s postharvest/winter beauties as it serpentines through central Bhutan’s Jigme Singye Wangchuk National Park. On our six-day, low-altitude trek (never rising above 5000 feet or so), we’ll camp in high… more |
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The Sacred Valleys Trek |
The Sacred Valleys Trek
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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14 Days • from $6,550* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered March, April, September, October: Bumthang is extraordinarily beautiful, even for Bhutan. Its four high valleys are draped with forests that embrace small monasteries, chortens, traditional stone houses, and markets. Elevations on trek stay below 12,000 feet, and each day’s walk… more |
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A Sacred Buddhist Land |
A Sacred Buddhist Land
Xining Airport, China
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8 Days • from $3,590* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered Year-round: Very much part of Tibet—though split off into a separate province by the Chinese— Qinghai is, of all the places in the world that make the claim, worthy of the title “Roof of the World.” Its… more |
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A Short Trip South of the Clouds: Yunnan Province |
A Short Trip South of the Clouds: Yunnan Province
Kunming airport, China
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8 Days • from $4,600* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered March-November: We’re Yunnan fans (we once said it was one of those places we wanted to grab you by the lapels and rave about), so we constructed this shorter trip as an easy Private Departure addition to… more |
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Hidden Tribes: Festivals of Guizhou Province |
Hidden Tribes: Festivals of Guizhou Province
Beijing Airport, China
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12 Days • from $6,995* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered March, November: A rare chance to experience rural life in China, Hidden Tribes spins us well beyond the tourist-trod paths for a close and extraordinarily colorful look at the ethnically diverse villages of Guizhou Province, a festival of… more |
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Highlands of Ladakh: The Hemis Festival |
Highlands of Ladakh: The Hemis Festival
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi
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15 Days • from $4,150* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered June: Ladakh, though politically Indian, is emphatically and enduringly Tibetan, culturally, religiously, and geographically. It’s a heart-grabbing place, simultaneously austere and warm, vast and intimate. Thinking of Ladakh, we’re always reminded of Andrew Harvey’s story of his… more |
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Village to Village in Sikkim |
Village to Village in Sikkim
Kolkata Airport Station, Kolkata, West Bengal
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13 Days • from $5,750* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered February-April, October, November: Nestled into the heart of the eastern Himalaya and bordered by Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan, Sikkim offers some of the most breathtaking views in India. Beyond the allure of its scenery and fabled mountain, Kangchenjunga, this… more |
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Kyushu Island |
Kyushu Island
Beppu Airport Japan
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7 Days • from $6,875* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered Year-round: Japan is a beautifully and intricately designed puzzle, boxes within boxes, a country that has refined just about every taste into an art form. We take delight in solving the amazing Japanese enigma with Private Departures… more |
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Festivals of Mongolia: Golden Eagle Festival |
Festivals of Mongolia: Golden Eagle Festival
Ulaanbaatar Airport, Mongolia
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11 Days • from $4,450* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered October: Living in the shadow of the majestic Altai Mountains, the nomadic Kazakhs of western Mongolia live and prosper much as they have for centuries. They move seasonally in search of good pasture for their animals, maintaining… more |
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Festivals of Mongolia: Khovsgol Ice Festival and Gobi Camel Festival |
Festivals of Mongolia: Khovsgol Ice Festival and Gobi Camel Festival
Ulaanbaatar Airport, Mongolia
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12 Days • from $4,250* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered February: A vast and lonely treasure, Mongolia occupies a space more than three times the size of France, yet its population is only a little over a third that of New York City! So it is no… more |
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Festivals of Mongolia: National Naadam Festival |
Festivals of Mongolia: National Naadam Festival
Ulaanbaatar Airport, Mongolia
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11 Days • from $4,550* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered July: We've been under Mongolia's spell for a long time, dating to the days when it appeared in musty atlases as “Outer Mongolia.” So, it’s with great joy that we introduce people to this magnificent land and… more |
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Mongolia and Siberia |
Mongolia and Siberia
Ulaanbaatar Airport, Mongolia
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14 Days • from $6,550* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered July: Since the preceding pages are full of paeans to Mongolia, into which we drive on Day 7, let’s concentrate here on the Siberian segment of this lovely journey, which centers around glorious Lake Baikal. “A primordial… more |
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Mongolian Odyssey |
Mongolian Odyssey
Ulaanbaatar Airport, Mongolia
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18 Days • from $6,250* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered June, August: This overland journey displays Mongolia’s unexpectedly wide variety of landscapes, from vast sand dunes to snowy peaks, from forested enclaves to the oceanic steppe. We begin with some sightseeing in Ulaanbaatar, then head a little way… more |
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Five Kings of the Altai: Trekking in Mongolia's Highest Mountains |
Five Kings of the Altai: Trekking in Mongolia's Highest Mountains
Ulaanbaatar Airport, Mongolia
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18 Days • from $7,950* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered July: Mongolia’s far west, where China, Russia, and Mongolia meet,is a region of giant beauty, virtually untouched by the outside world until quite recently. Forested valleys and clear alpine lakes are punctuated by expansive meadows carpeted with… more |
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Mongolia Explorer |
Mongolia Explorer
Ulaanbaatar Airport, Mongolia
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13 Days • from $5,650* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered July, August: As you read about Mongolia on our web pages, you’ll notice our deep fondness for it. This active tour, lovingly crafted by our ranking Mongolia enthusiast Michael Steigerwald, gives us an unassumingly cushy experience of the… more |
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A Nepal Medley: Rivers, Mountains, & Jungles |
A Nepal Medley: Rivers, Mountains, & Jungles
Kathmandu airport, Nepal
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8 Days • from $1,750* per person
Operator: Geographic Expeditions Offered March-May, September-November: Nepal is where many of us got serious about our love affair with mountains, with travel, and with the varietal inhabitants of the welcoming world. In A Nepalese Medley, our Michael Steigerwald, Nicole Peelle, and Becca… more |
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