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The Karakoram Experience

The first commercial trip to K2 ran with a group of 12 who had responded to an advert in ‘Climber and Rambler' magazine. Our local guide and agent on that first trip was Mohamed Iqbal and we continue to work with Iqbal and his son Zafar to this day.

Trekkers lodge 1987

The Trekkers Lodge

Tim and Glenn bought the property at 32 Lake Road, Keswick and embarked on a new life in the heart of the English Lake District. The bottom floor of the property became the ‘Trekkers Lodge' café, managed for a time by Kit Wilkinson, who continues to work for KE.

Mera Summit panorama SG

Beyond the Karakoram

Whilst pioneering many of the classic Karakoram treks during the second half of the 80's, the process of diversification had begun, with visits to China's Tian Shan Mountains and to Nepal, where Karakoram Experience groups climbed trekking peaks such as Chulu East, Ramdung and Mera. At this time, we were also offering trips to Mount Elbrus in Russia, to Mount Kenya and to Peru's Cordillera Blanca.

Pakistan biking trips

Mountain Bike Madness

The first Karakoram Experience mountain bike group travelled to northern Pakistan and this would soon be followed by 2-wheel trips to Nepal, Tibet, Ladakh and to Bhutan.

Juniper Trust Hydro scheme pakistan

Hushe Water Scheme

Keen to give something back to the people of Hushe Village in the Karakoram, we began the long process of raising funds that would pay for a clean water supply and a hydro-electricity generator for the people of Hushe Village.

Climb Kilimanjaro Roof of Africa

The Roof of Africa

Having already run holidays to Kenya and to the Rwenzoris of Uganda, we ran our first trip to trek to the summit of Kilimanjaro, the hightest point in Africa,  in this year.

Morocco Sahara desert trek 2

Short-haul Destinations and One-week Adventures

In the first years of the new Millennium we began to look more closely at European destinations and at Morocco. Holidays promising a real adventure within just a week (especially those benefitting from low-cost flights) were becoming increasingly popular.

Family holiday adventures 2

A Family Affair

We were all getting older and some of us had our own families by this stage. It was logical that we should apply our experience to the setting up of family adventures, the first of which were in Nepal, Peru and in Morocco.

cruising

Adventure Cruising

As you can imagine normal cruise holidays were not for us, we concentrated the Arctic and Antarctica, perhaps the last pristine and true wilderness areas left on our planet.

Chris Bonnington opens new KE offices in 2014

Moved to our shiny new office!

After 30 years in our Lake Road premises we moved to our new spacious open plan office. Don't worry we've not moved far as we are located just behind Lake Road on Central Car Park Road.  Our Customer Sales and Support Team would love you to drop in next time your are visiting Keswick.

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