This fall, readers of the Montagnes Magazine site were able to follow Expeditions Unlimited's trip to Manaslu. Éric Bonnem, founder of Secret Planet and Expeditions Unlimited), looks back on their three-week expedition to the eighth highest mountain in the world. A fascinating interview.
Breffni Bolze left with Expeditions Unlimited on the clean-up operation of Mount Mustagh Ata in the Himalayan range. This project carried out has made it possible, from the first base camp at 4,400 meters to the summit at 7,546 m, to collect 800 kilos of waste! In the heap, tin cans, syringes, but also gas bottles or even batteries. Discover this amazing team work!
In the secret recesses of the Hindu Kuch, a handful of free men leaning against the Afghan border have perpetuated, for more than two thousand years, the celebration of the great cycle of nature. During the winter solstice, the Kalash reaffirm their identity in a whirlwind of rites as festive as they are spiritual. An enchanted parenthesis in a suspended microcosm. Figaro Magazine highlights our knowledge of these peoples and this area.
In the secret recesses of the Hindu Kuch, a handful of free men leaning against the Afghan border have perpetuated, for more than two thousand years, the celebration of the great cycle of nature. During the winter solstice, the Kalash reaffirm their identity in a whirlwind of rites as festive as they are spiritual. An enchanted parenthesis in a suspended microcosm. Figaro Magazine highlights our knowledge of these peoples and this area.
In northern Sudan, Nubia retains the memory of a glorious past. Along the Nile Valley are scattered Egyptian temples, Nubian necropolises, Christian monasteries. Here reigned the fearsome candaces, warrior queens, and the black pharaohs, who conquered great Egypt. Journey to the sources of a grandiose and little-known Africa. Figaro Magazine highlights our knowledge of this area.
India is reopening its doors to foreign travelers from November 15, 2021, excellent news that allows us to make you discover once again the thousand and one facets of this vast fascinating country for which we have redesigned our programming. Discover the new post-covid formalities to enter India and our programs across the country.
Bernard Muller, one of the most renowned French expedition leader for very high altitude, comes back in a fascinating interview on our expedition to Everest from which he returns, the other 8,000 meter peaks and their characteristics, key factors of achievement of such summits, oxygen... He himself has reached six peaks over 8,000 out of the fourteen on the planet.
Did you know that there is only one species of tiger, divided into six subspecies? That, nowadays, its territory only extends to eleven Asian countries? Because yes, the tiger only lives well on the Asian continent. Before returning to Nepal and explaining to you why this country is a privileged destination to observe this so popular animal, here are some general points about it.
Nepal, land of unconditional trekking and adventure, announces the end of quarantine for vaccinated people and, at the same time, the reinstatement of visas at the border. All the lights finally seem to be green for Nepal this fall. Discover the entry formalities and our selection of trips.
The Transboréal editions offer us, this autumn, the complete translation of the scientific expeditions in Ussuri led by Captain Vladimir Arseniev in 1902, 1906 and 1907: Dersu Uzala. Difficult not to be seized with vertigo on the threshold of the presentation of this monumental work! We invite you to risk a few first steps in the vast spaces of this "literary cathedral" that is Dersu Uzala.