Your adventures News

Mike’s Zanskar Dream Trek

By Mountain Kingdoms on 27 Mar 2014
Categories: India, Walking & Trekking, Your adventures

Last summer trek leader Mike Ford led our Zanskar Dream Trek(renamed in 2018 to Wild Zanskar Trek) in Ladakh, India. He described it as an "absolutely amazing high-altitude trekking experience".

SHIVA says Thank You

By Mountain Kingdoms on 20 Mar 2014
Categories: Nepal, Responsible Tourism, Your adventures

The children of the Ginette Harrison School would like to say thank you to Hill International for their generous donation.

Steve Thompson travelled to Everest Base Camp with Mountain Kingdoms in November 2013. When he told the company that he works for, Hill International, of his plans to trek to Everest Base Camp, not only were they supportive of Steve's adventure, they also felt that they would like to use this opportunity to support a charity in Nepal.

Rough Guides’ Top Ten Destinations for 2014

By Mountain Kingdoms on 02 Jan 2014
Categories: Ethiopia, Our recommendations, Your adventures

Check out Rough Guides' Top Ten destinations for 2014 on their website. We're pleased to see that Ethiopia is number one! To be honest, we are not surprised when we see all the lovely images sent in to us by our clients.

Photo of the Year - Mark’s story

By Mountain Kingdoms on 12 Dec 2013
Categories: Venezuela, Awards & competitions, Your adventures

We asked Mark Green, the winner of the Photo of the Year competition, to share with us the story of how he captured the prize-winning shot of the Angel Falls in Venezuela.

"As far as I remember this is how the story unfolded: Our group had made a very early pre-dawn start for the 3-4 hour motorised canoe journey up the Carao river from Canaima. The river forked after we had been going for a few hours and we continued up the narrower and faster Churun river until navigating a series of rapids and tight bends and suddenly catching our first partially obscured view over the lush forest of the magnificent Angel Falls towering above us and in full thundering flow....

Big Wide World Photography Blog

By Mountain Kingdoms on 26 Jun 2013
Categories: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Walking & Trekking, Your adventures

Follow Holly's blog as she travels around the world taking beautiful photos of the fantastic scenery she encounters. Make sure you read to the end of each page, where she selects her favourite photo from the trek and tells you the story behind it.

Win a £150 voucher

By Charlotte Kawecki on 15 May 2013
Categories: Awards & competitions, Office news, Your adventures

We've had some fantastic photos sent in from our clients - here is just a small selection. We love to feature your photos in our brochure, newsletters and on our website, so please send them to charlotte@mountainkingdoms.com. Our favourite photo will win the 2013 Photo of the Year competition, and a £150 voucher towards one of our holidays.

Love at 17,764ft!

By Mountain Kingdoms on 26 Apr 2013
Categories: Nepal, Walking & Trekking, Your adventures

Mountain Kingdoms are delighted to announce the engagement of clients Andy Evans & Kelly Price. The proposal happened in true trekking style - at the top of the Annapurna Pass!