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MONGOLIA

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The Mongolian Taiga, Lake Khovsgol – 18 days

Navigate the Mongolian winter and ski through the Taiga landscape of snow covered peaks, valleys and winter forest on a backcountry adventure that will bring you to the edge of your physical limits. This unique journey will have you crafting your very own Tsaatan skis and traversing mountaintops, most of which have never been skied before.

WORLD FIRST: TANZANIA

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Mbarika Mountains & Kilombero River – 12 days

Accompanied by Masai trackers become the first westerner to follow this route up and over the Mbarika Mountains before finally arriving at the Kilombero River. Construct bamboo rafts and spend five days navigating rapids and forging new paths down stream whilst wild camping on the river banks before finally arrive back at civilization.

WORLD FIRST: GUYANA

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Potaro & Venezuelan borderlands – 12 days

Embark on a world first expedition deep into the virgin rainforest of western Guyana. Abseil from the top of Kaieteur Falls down to the jungle floor then become the first human to ever venture behind the falls and explore the cavern behind the torrent. Take a thrilling helicopter over the jungle and land on the summit of Mt Roraima before abseiling from the prow 1500 feet down to the jungle floor.

NEPAL

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Nepal – Forbidden Valley – 16 days

A stunning trek into a secret part of Nepal; the “Forbidden Valley”. Combining scheduled and charter aircraft you will access, trek and wild camp in some of the wildest and most remote parts of northern Nepal that very few outsiders have had the privilege of visiting. Camping in the wilderness, journey through deep valleys and towering gorges with the infamous Annapurna Massif making shadows on your path.

CHILEAN PATAGONIA

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Chilean Patagonia – 8 days

An incredible expedition that will take you from mountain summit to the Pacific Ocean on one continuous journey. En route you will climb the imposing Tres Monjas, journey along remote Andean cowboy routes and negotiate some of the most challenging white water in the world in order to complete a unique journey through one of South America’s last true frontiers.

CANADA

Details Experience the extremes of northern Canada

Ellesmere Island – 12 days

A unique mountain expedition that takes you high above the Arctic Circle to the most northerly National Park in the world. Here you’ll negotiate Ellesmere Island’s hostile natural environment of glaciers, ice shelves and deeply incised fjords, as you journey to Mt Barbeau – the highest peak in the Canadian Arctic islands – which you will summit, just 550 miles from the North Pole.