Specialist Adventure Travel Company

Founded by British adventurer and mountaineer Gavin Bate in 2001, Adventure Alternative offers adventure holidays including climbing trips, trekking holidays and wildlife safaris, school trips and charity treks mostly in Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal, Morocco and Borneo. Our work supports the Moving Mountains Charity that supports disadvantaged children and communities in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal

Since 1991 we have built sixteen schools across Kenya pushing kids out of poverty through education.

In Tanzinia we built a primary school and support the teachers with salaries.

We’ve built schools, clinics, monasteries and hydro electric power schemes in Nepal

We’ve schooled over 80K children in Nepal, Kenya and Tanzinia since 2002

Adventures in
Kenya

Adventures in
Borneo

Adventures in
Nepal

Adventures in
Tanzania

Adventures in
Morocco

Our Popular Tours & Trips

Featured Trips Borneo Adventure Himalayan Peaks Kenya Adventure Mount Kilimanjaro Treks in Nepal

Mera Peak and Island Peak

This is a 25 day mountain expedition to the Nepalese Himalaya to climb the famous trekking peaks of Mera Peak and Imja Tse or Island Peak (6189m), which are both achievable for someone with good fitness and alpine skills up to PD/PD+.

Days	28
Altitude	6476 m
Challenge	Strenuous

Trip Price £3595

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Nepal School Expedition

Our expedition for schools to the Himalayas lasts 22 days and visits the villages of Bupsa and Bumburi where we have been working with our charity Moving Mountains for over twenty years.

Days	22
Altitude	-2 m

Trip Price £1,445

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Gokyo Lakes Trek

This is one of the more adventurous treks in the Everest region of the Himalayas, following the high route pass of Cho La (5330m) into the Base Camp of Mount Everest.

Days	21
Altitude	5483 m
Distance	100 km
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £1,895.00

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Langtang Valley and Tamang Heritage Trek

This fifteen day trip in-country includes ten days trekking in the stunning Langtang region of Nepal, which is the closest National Park to Kathmandu and requires no internal flights to reach it.

Days	15
Altitude	5000 m
Distance	95 km
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £1,345.00

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Kanchenjunga Trek

Our Kanchenjunga base camp trek is a superb 26 day holiday in the east of Nepal, with 21 days of actual trekking covering 220 km.

Days	21
Altitude	5388 m
Challenge	Strenuous

Trip Price £2,895.00

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Manaslu Circuit Trek

The Manaslu Circuit trek is a stunning 13-day journey (18 days including travel and days in Kathmandu) which treks around the world’s eighth highest mountain.

Days	21
Altitude	5160 m
Distance	190 km
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £1,795.00

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Annapurna Circuit trek

The Annapurna circuit trek is one of the Himalayas most famous treks. This trek is achievable for most fit hill walkers and includes a crossing of the Thorong La (pass) at 5416 metres.

Days	21
Altitude	5416 m
Distance	209 km
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £1,895.00

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Pikey Peak and Dudhkunda Lake Trek

This trek through the solu (lower) region where the Sherpa people live and farm is a very attractive journey through forest covered hills, terraced fields and villages.

Trip Price £1,395.00

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Poon Hill

This ten day holiday includes a 6 day circular trek on one of Nepal's gentler trails and is perfect for families and first time trekkers.

Days	10
Altitude	3210 m
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £895.00

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Mera Peak

Mera Peak is the highest of the peaks in Nepal that are defined as 'trekking peaks'. At 6476m it is a high mountain that requires little technical climbing on its normal route.

Days	22
Altitude	6476 m
Challenge	Difficult

Trip Price £2,695.00

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Annapurna Sanctuary Trek

The Annapurna Sanctuary trek which also visits Annapurna Base Camp is perfect if you're time restricted but want to journey through an exceptional amphitheatre of rock and ice on a glorious scale.

Days	15
Altitude	4130 m
Distance	70 km
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £1,545.00

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Everest Base Camp Trek

The seduction of a trek to Everest base camp has long been known in adventure travel for its unmatched views of Everest, immersed in the peaceful world of Tibetan Buddhism and framed by the majestic Himalayas.

Days	17
Altitude	5545 m
Distance	90 km
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £1695.00

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Upper Mustang Trek

The Upper Mustang trek in to the remote Trans-Himalayan Region of this semi-independent Tibetan Kingdom.

Days	14
Altitude	4020 m
Distance	120 km
Challenge	Moderate

Trip Price £2,495.00

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Empowering Communities: Our Social Responsibility Efforts

Adventure Alternative is run as profit-making venture but our character is more of a social enterprise. Where possible we try to ensure that every holiday has an identifiable local benefit, and this is connected to Moving Mountains which is a non-profit that Gavin set up to manage many community projects and developmental programmes and complement the revenue that the company was bringing.

Our vision has been to run a sustainable tourism business that allows everyone who is involved in providing a holiday to share in the economic benefits. We know that at a local level tourism can really improve people’s lives so we work closely with local people and help them develop a holiday that is well run and provides a high quality experience for our visitors.

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Our Trip Leaders

Mountain guides, trek leaders, safari guides and sales staff - all of them are qualified and experienced in their own field and all of them have been employed by the company for many years. We pride ourselves on loyal and enthusiastic staff.

What Our Customers Say

We had an unforgettable experience both on safari and during our Kilimanjaro climb. The communication and advice from you guys in the office was first class pre trip and Castro and the team in Moshi were great too.

Steve Fordham Kilimanjaro, Tanzinia

Adventure Alternative Articles

We’re dedicated to helping you make the most of your next adventure trekking holiday. That’s why we’ve created our travel blog full of in-depth trekking guides, travel inspiration and other fantastic information. Having done all of these climbs many times already, we want to pass on our wealth of trekking wisdom to you.