Posts Tagged ‘walking’
Friday, July 6th, 2007
You might not know, but Explore also organise School trips (or adventures as we like to call them). Right now one of our long time Schools’ customers – Teesside High School – are on their way around Thailand on their 4th adventure with us. A group of 19 teachers and students are travelling, and they are writing a blog about their trip with us, from start to finish.
So to see how Explore works from an education perspective go take a look at Teesside High School’s blog
Update: They have now returned – go to their blog to read more.
Tags: adventure, customer, small groups, Tea, Thailand, travel, walking
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Cameron Alexander (nee Parker), the Managing Editor of Easy living Magazine, headed out to Nepal on our Everest Tea House Trek. Alastair caught up with him her recently for this podcast. You can also read more in June’s Easy Living Magazine page 157!
Cameron Parker - Everest Tea House Trek [7:37m]:
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Update: I’ve had an email from Anna, who is booked to go on our Other Side of Everest tour – she would love to have someone to talk to about the tour – so if anyone who has been on this or any other walking and trekking tour in and around Everest and Nepal wouldn’t mind swapping emails with her then, let me know by leaving a comment or sending us an email at talktome [at] exploreblogs.co.uk (replace the at with an @).
Tags: Everest, interview, Nepal, podcast, small groups, Tea, Tea House, trekking, walking, worldwide
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
In case you didn’t know our Eclipse programme is up on the Explore.co.uk website.
Eclipse chasing is apparently very popular, and given the relatively remote location of the best viewing in August 2008 (West of Mongolia, NW China and Siberia), its worth booking as soon as possible. If you’re interested in seeing the Moon blot out the Sun, that is!
Totality – the Moon eclipses the Sun
There are also a couple of other tours which are focused on other astronomical phenomena: a total eclipse of the Moon in Cuba in 2008 and a viewing of the Perseid Meteor shower in the Azores in August 2007.
Hopefully we can get an interview and a little more detail about these tours for April.
Tags: astronomy, China, Eclipse, Lunar eclipse, Mongolia, Perseid, Siberia, solar eclipse, tours, trekking, walking
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Apparently Kilimanjaro comes from “Kilima Njaro” in Swahili, meaning “shining mountain”. Uhuru (the peak) is the Swahili word for freedom. It’s these kind of fascinating things you find out when writing about the amazing travel destinations we go to. It’s also stunning just looking at the pictures, but hearing from someone who has been, is inspiring.
Ingrid Waterfield, in another podcast from Destinations, talks about her experience on the mountain that is Kili. Ingrid is probably a bit biased about Explore as she is Sandy Beatty’s partner – our African Ops manager. (You can listen to Sandy’s take on Africa here). Nevertheless take a listen and imagine trekking up the shining mountain.
Elephants in the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
Interview with Ingrid Waterfield on Kili [3:05m]:
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Tags: Africa, interview, Kilimanjaro, podcast, Sandy Beatty, small groups, Tanzania, trekking, walking
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Bryan Tomalin is certainly one of Explore’s best customers. He’s travelled no less than 38 times and has more trips booked for 2007 (and yes that’s trips!). He even talks about being on a tour led by Derek Moore, one of the founders of Explore, who is now an Associate Director of the company (not the Managing Director, Alastair!) and the current Chairman of the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO).
Bryan talks about his love of Explore and the type of trips offered and about some of his future plans. And also sings the praises of our website at www.explore.co.uk
All I can say is, Bryan is defintely an Explore enthusiast! Thanks for your support, Bryan!
Interview with Bryan Tomalin [4:05m]:
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Tags: adventure travel, Bryan Tomalin, customer, interview, podcast, trekking, walking
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
A lot of people who popped by at Destinations, and who talk to us throughout the year, are people (of all ages) who are thinking about travelling to somewhere new, and wondering whether to opt for independent travel or head off with a tour operator.
Alastair interviews a couple, Rachel and Paul Stevens, who have previously travelled independently, and now want someone to do the hard work for them, because they have limited time to organise it themselves. A good reason to opt for an adventure tour operator that only runs tours with small groups but can do all (or most) of the organising for you.
Personally I would also like to head to Peru and Machu Picchu, or even Choquequirao…
Interview with Rachel and Paul Stevens [1:54m]:
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Tags: cash rich time poor, independent travel, interview, Machu Picchu, podcast, small groups, value for money, walking
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Paul Bonsfield, Explore’s Marketing Communications Manager, talks about his experiences on the island of Madeira on Explore’s Levada Trails tour.
Levada Trails [4:17m]:
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Tags: interview, levada, madeira, podcast, portugal, test, travelogue, trekking, walking
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
In case you don’t know Explore Worldwide Ltd is the UK’s leading Adventure Travel operator, operating tours around the world. We work by taking small groups (up to 24 maximum) on journey or itinerary based holidays, usually moving around an area within or across countries.
You can of course find out more on our website at www.explore.co.uk.
We also offer Adventure holidays for Families (they’re fantastic!), cycling holidays, walking and trekking holidays and specialist history tours not to mention short breaks and adventures beyond the beaten track.
Of course you could opt for two weeks on a beach but then that’s not really an adventure, is it?
Tags: beyond the beaten track, cycling, family, history holidays, history tours, small groups, trekking, walking
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