For twelve years I have been leading botanical treks in the Himalayas, and Northern India, Sikkhim, Bhutan, Nepal and Yunnan in China are just some of the locations I have explored with groups of mainly older, retired people in search of adventure.
These treks are quite physically tough, up to eight hours a day of uphill climbing at altitude. As we trek we are surrounded by spectacular scenery, passing through primitive villages, over alpine meadows with grazing buffalo and yaks tended by nomadic herdsmen. It's a way of life that most comfortable westerners have never even contemplated.