Although the majority of people who visit the Himalayas make trekking, or climbing, the focus of their adventure holiday, overland tours in Nepal and Tibet are equally dramatic and easily accessible. They offer a unique experience as roads twist and wind their way up and down hills and valleys, and to travel by vehicle can be just as exciting as trekking along some of the vertigo-inducing high paths of the mountain ranges. There are only five metalled highways in Nepal, one of which runs up into Tibet, and these intertwine with each other quite confusingly. Imagining their construction through such unforgiving terrain, with tools and equipment a million miles away from what we are used to in the West, is definitely food for thought as your vehicle eats up the kilometres along the way. A relatively wide range of transport opportunities means that, even if you find walking difficult for... read more about Overland and Cultural Tours