Along with our PRIZE-WINNING Snow Leopard Wintertime Quest, now in our third year, we have recently added some NEW cultural tours below.

Traveling with KarmaQuest is much more than a holiday adventure. It is experiencing a new culture and way of life from the inside out. It is helping to conserve the natural environment, endangered wildlife, and our world's rich cultural heritage by supporting conservation and sustainable tourism. It is about learning from studied and local experts in the field and on location.


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, and see some of our favorites highlighted below. 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.

qq A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity KarmaQuest's Wintertime Quests for the Snow Leopard have added nine more Westerners to the few dozen foreigners who have seen a snow leopard in the wild. Inquire NOW! about the 2009 Winter Quest and we'll try our best to make you the tenth person!

Summertime Quest for the Snow Leopard and the Ancient Buddhist Culture of Ladakh ---- Trip dates: July 22 to August 11, 2008 A trip to benefit the snow leopard, and the Ladakhi people who conserve its habitat.: KarmaQuest has teamed up with the Snow Leopard Conservancy and Ladakhi partners in ecotourism to offer this one-of-a-kind trip -- trekking through snow leopard country in Ladakh, India. Your visit will help support local farmers to protect these endangered wild cats and generate income for education and jobs in these remote mountain villagers. In addition to the wildlife-viewing trek, you'll experience the rich culture and traditions of Ladakh, in village homes and at some of the best preserved Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. Some were built in the 10th century and still actively functioning today.


Nepal is back on travelers' radar, and KarmaQuest's decades of experience in Nepal enables us to offer unique travel experiences that also help disadvantaged Nepalis. Our "Cultures, Arts and Wonders of Nepal Benefiting Paropakar Orphans (October 3 to 17, 2008) takes you on 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 the neediest children at Paropakar. Your donation will support and educate a blind child in school for one year. A Sign up soon, as space is limited.
 

TWO IN ONE! "A Festival and Eco-Tour of Bhutan,and " An Invitation to Sikkim: A Cultural Tour and Home Visit with KarmaQuest
On this eleven day trip in Bhutan, you’ll have the chance to attend two "tshechus" (Buddhist ritual dance festivals) plus a community festival that celebrates the Black Necked Crane, an endangered bird that is honored and protected by the people of Phobjikha Valley.
Next, KarmaQuest invites you on this specially designed journey to Darjeeling and Sikkim, allowing you “a day in the life” experience in a Himalayan kingdom. Hosted by native Sikkimese Karma Lama, you’ll be treated as honored family guests as you travel across this sacred and pristine landscape. In Kuzing and in Temi, you’ll stay with farming families and dine on home-grown organic produce.You’ll learn from village leaders about their efforts to conserve their cultural heritage and natural environment, assisted by a local NGO (ECOSS) and through a UNESCO program that Wendy Lama advises.
Trip Dates: A Festival and Eco-Tour of Bhutan November 7 to 17, 2008
Trip Dates: Sikkim: A Cultural Tour and Home Visit November 18 to 30, 2008

Photo left: A dancer at the Phobjikhia Black Necked Crane Festival, featured in our November 2008 trip to Bhutan.


KarmaQuest also organizes cultural excursions, ecotourism, educational and adventure trips to Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan (China), Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Kyrgyzstan, and extensions to Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, India and within Nepal.

KarmaQuest is a proud member of the Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce & Visitors’ Bureau Coastside Eco-Cultural Tourism program. Please visit the website to learn more about how your visit to the Half Moon Bay/San Mateo Coast (California) can help support local businesses that are conserving the area's unique cultural heritage and fragile ecosystem.
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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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