FIND YOUR PERFECT HOLIDAY
Useful Links
Getting ready for one of our adventure holidays can be rather overwhelming at times. So, we have created this page of related links to (hopefully) make the preparation process that bit easier. The list of links below covers a majority of the topics that will arise as you get ready to leave home.
- Holiday Extras
- Travel Visas
- Travel advice
- Travel health
- Books and maps
- Clothing & Equipment
- Airlines & Low-cost carriers
- Biking
- Responsible tourism
- Photography, Film & Art
- Other useful links
- UK Holidays
- Festivals
- Alpine Accommodation
- Skiing
- Expedition Companies
- Main
Holiday Extras
KE Travel
Our in-house travel agents for UK Airport Parking and Hotels
Tel: +44 (0)17687 80888
Travel health
Travellers Health
A very good online resource is the Scottish National Health Travellers website
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CIWEC Clinic - Travel Medicine Centre
The best source of Western medical care in Nepal and one of the most famous destination travel medicine clinics in the world. The clinic was established in 1982 to meet the need for a Western standard clinic to treat foreign tourists, diplomats and aid workers in Nepal.
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Amazon
Needs no introduction, Amazon offers a wide range and good value
UK: - visit site
USA: - visit site
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Cicerone
Cicerone are publishers of over 250 award-winning guidebooks for walking, trekking, climbing and mountaineering, cycle touring and hill and mountain skills
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Amazon - USA
Clothing & Equipment
Cotswold Outdoor
Shopping at Cotswold raises funds for the Juniper Trust
At the time of booking, KE clients get a 15% discount entitlement to be used at all Cotswold stores. Cotswold Outdoor kindly donate a proportion of monies spent to the Juniper Trust charity, helping fund community projects.
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George Fisher
One of the UK's leading retailers of outdoor clothing and equipment - based just up the road from KE in Keswick.
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Mountain Equipment
Specialist manufacturers of down, Gore-tex, fleece and other outdoor clothing. Mountain Equipment has been supplying the world's expedition elite since 1961.
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Millican
Travel and outdoor lifestyle brand for eco-friendly travellers. Stylish rucksacks and travel bags made from organic materials
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Endura
Technical Cycling Clothing. At Endura we believe in testing the equipment we sell. Ourselves.
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PHD Mountain Software
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Airlines & Low-cost carriers
Ryanair
Flies to: France (Perpignan), Italy, Morocco, Poland, Sardinia, Spain
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Biking
Keswick Bikes
Keswick Mountain Bike's on-line shop. It is customer friendly, interactive and without risk!
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cycleNoodle
cycleNoodle was formed especially for you, the budding cycling enthusiast. It is a place where cyclists can go to find information, such as where their nearest bike shop is, get direct access to their favourite manufacturer's website or find a masseuse for those aching legs!
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Cyclewise Training
Cyclewise Training is the U.K's leading Mountain Bike Training Course providers and the first professional training company to offer the Scottish Mountain Bike Leader Awards (SMBLA) in England.
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Chain Reaction Cycles
Europe's Largest Online Bike Store. Fast low cost delivery worldwide.
Click to view this linkResponsible tourism
The Juniper Trust
A small charity dedicated to responding to requests from Nepal to assist in Educational and Health projects.
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Tourism Concern
A UK based organisation campaigning for ethical and fairly traded tourism
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The International Porter Protection Group
The IPPG works to improve the conditions of mountain porters in the tourism industry worldwide.
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Rob Fraser Photographer
Award winning travel photographer who is also a guide for KE.
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Photographer and author Steve Razzetti also leads trips for KE.
Click to view this linkGeraldine Westrupp Gallery
Brilliant and original photography from India, Spain and Iceland. View online galleries by Geraldine Westrupp at Asturian Spirit.
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Adventure and landscape images from around the world.
Click to view this linkCaroline Cook - Glencoe Artist
High Quality Fine Art, Limited Edition Prints and Original Paintings of some of the most popular mountains, glens and shores of Scotland from the talented Glencoe-based artist, Caroline Cooke.
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Wandering Aengus Treks
Know before you go! Take a walk with one of KE's most experienced leaders and find out all you need to know about your fitness for the trip of a lifetime.
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Glaramara - Lake District Outdoor Centre
We are a Keswick based Activity and Adventure company which also operates a multi-functional venue in the Borrowdale Valley close to the Scafell range. Comfortable accommodation, restaurant and bar, ideal for walking, biking holidays as well as a full range of outdoor activities. Available to all - groups, families and individuals. Great venue to hire exclusively for your event.
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Keswick Mountain Festival
Keswick Mountain Festival’s 2010 line-up is already packed full of outdoor activities, sporting competitions and great speakers. The World’s Greatest Living Explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, is set to top the speaker line up at Keswick Mountain Festival. A year to the day after he conquered Everest (21 May), he will take to the stage at the Theatre by The Lake and talk about his amazing life.
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Yeti Lodge - Chalets & Apartments
Nestled high in the Chamonix Valley beneath Europe’s highest mountain, Mont Blanc, Yeti Lodge Chamonix is the perfect base for your summer or winter Chamonix holiday, catering for families and groups from 4 to 36.
Click to view this linkChalet Whymper
Situated in the heart of Les Houches Chamonix, Chalet Whymper is a brand new complex of luxury apartments just 45 minutes drive from Geneva airport with accommodation for 4 to 6 clients to be rented individually or combined.
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Chamonix Experience
Founded by renowned mountain guide and foremost Everest expedition leader, Russell Brice, Chamonix Experience is a mountain guide and adventure bureau based in the Chamonix Valley at the foot of the Mont Blanc massif. We have over 25 guides working with us, all IFMGA qualified with years of experience guiding in the alpine region.
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Baltistan Tours, Pakistan
Based in Skardu, in the Northern areas of Pakistan, Baltistan Tours has the honour of being the first and senior most Tour Operator of the region, offering a wealth of experience in organising high mountain climbing expeditions.
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