Hi Scott
It good to know you have travelled to Nepal twice and now planning to coming back to Nepal on your third venture. Nepal has a lot of trekking route and some of them can do independently and several of them can do through trekking agency I mean should hire trek guide through a register trekking agency. Restricted area means have to issue trekking permits from authorized trek agencies and also need a licensed guide where the guide has to register his guide licensed number all the permit checkpoints. Not only about the licensed guide without proper insurance of guide cannot issue restricted area permits.
Yes, the amount you have written is correct U$D500 P. P for minimum fees of Upper mustang permit. Since it is a restricted area 100% cannot do independently, if any international tourist goes independently it is an offense.
I'm not sure you will able to find other travelers in March to make trekking permits (2 pax requires to make trekking permit) but that 100% you easily find another trekker during the Tiji festival period which falls the third week of May 2020.
The meals prices are pretty similar like Jomsom and Muktinath but the accommodation prices relatively higher than the lower Mustang.
Hallo all,
I am going for 10 days to Morocco (for the second time in my life) and I have the following question.
we are going to stay in the south-center (no Casablanca or Fez)
We start three days in Marrakesh, we rent a car, and then drive towards the desert through Ouarzazate and Zagora. There we plan to stay a couple of days and visit the desert (not yet really planned)
The question is, having 3 more nights (and a last one in Marrakesh) what would you choose:
a) Making a tour Zagora - Mergouza - Tingihr - Skoura visiting several nice gorges
the other option would be
b) Leaving Zagora towards the see and visit Taraudannt and Essaouira
As a sub question I have heard that Taraudannt is like a little Marrakesh. Is that just that? or something more, because we will have already some days in Marrakesh.
Thanks a lot
Jose in Berlin
Hello
I am a sole female travelling to Myanmar next week for 4 weeks and was hoping i could get some advice on a few things!
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I would like to do some trekking , can anyone recommend any routes and tour companies to go with ? It seems Kalaw to Inle lake is popular but i would like to do something less touristy.
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Do shoulders need to be covered for a female when travelling? Obviously in temples but when not in temples ? As a female travelling alone i prefer to err on the conservative side.
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I would like to get off the "beaten track", can anyone give any tips on places they have really enjoyed travelling to? I enjoy temples, beaches , trekking, Buddhist sites, waterfalls food and generally soaking up the local culture.
Thanks
Avoid Agadir, there it is nothing interesting to see until you want look at one big resort. To see some coast town is much better to go to Essaouira and stay there over night or more.
In Ouarzazate are much more to see than only movie place, Ateliers I mean. Near there is ksar Ait BenHaddou even if now very touristy so it is nice. In Ourzazate self is kasbah Taourirt and Palace of Glaoui, both worth to visit.
To the desert, it is not Sahara though, Sahara is more South, begin in Guelmim and go down to Western Sahara.
But to the desert Erg Chebbi you can go by bus, stage by stage. I mean first overnight stop in Ouarzazate and visit above. Next stop in Boumalne / Tinerhir and visit Dades / Todra Gorge.
Then go to Erg Chebbi where each accommodation can arrange camel trek for you in sand dunes, with overnight in the camp. Stay first night after arrival at the hotel and second night in the camp.
From there by bus again to Fes. Not first to Rabat, then to Fes, it is wrong advise from wiisamitax.
Go to Rabat first after to been in Fes. And finish in Casablanca. You can even go to one other old Portuguese town, El Jadida, with a wonderful Cistern to see. It is about 2 hours by train from Casablanca.
All this you can do by bus and train. But, if you can drive the car, then to drive by your self is the best you can do. Independent, driving is nice, roads good, signed well.
Not necessary to have a guide or travel agency.
About to find hotels etc, I search and book mostly via booking.com
Hi BklynFire. My wife and I did this tour except it was 5 days in July this year and it was great for us. Not a good time of the year to see the western sahara though as it was HOT. We paid 980 Euro for the both of us and we were picked up in Fes and finished in Marrakesh. If you do this tour you may get Khallid as your driver/guide, a capable 30 something Morrocan guy who lives in Marrakesh. Say Hi for us. Even he was nervous when we were hasseled by the gendarmes as we entered Merzouga and we had the car searched and papers shuffled for 20 minutes. Personally, I would not hire a car in Morocco for this reason and the fact you drive on the wrong side of the road lol. Having said that, if we went again I would consider it now that we are more familiar with the way things work in Morocco. The tour stayed in good standard accommodation which we wanted with all meals included except for drinks. Enjoy. Zeppelin.
Hi all,
I have got the below tour itenary for 4 day tour from Sandakan. Any thoughts if this is a decent tour to go with kids? Anything else you would add or subtract for a Borneo tour experience? It's pretty pricey - RM8000 for the whole package - does it sound reasonable?
Day 1 Arrive Sandakan – MY Nature Resort Sepilok (D)
Pickup from Sandakan airport and transfer to MY Nature Resort at Sepilok. The rest of the day is free at leisure. Relax, swim in the pool or walk (5-10 minutes) to the nearby Rainforest Discovery Centre (entrance fee applies) and experience the canopy walkway, one of the best in Malaysia. Dinner and overnight at MY Nature Resort.
Day 2 Sepilok Orangutan- Sun Bear Centre – Kinabatangan River Abai (B/L/D)
Pick up from your resort and visit the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary where captive orangutans are reintroduced into the wild. You will be able to observe them at their feeding stations in the rainforest and at the nursery (if open). Watch the feeding session at 1000 hours. Then proceed to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC). This centre rescues captured sun bears and is involved in sun bear conservation, welfare rehabilitation and education. Over 30 sun bears live at the centre in the bear house and outdoor enclosures.
1115 hours depart Sepilok and proceed to a boat jetty in Sandakan. 1200 hours depart for a 1-hour boat cruise up the Lower Kinabatangan River, passing pristine mangrove forests and searching for wildlife. Arrive at Abai Jungle Lodge and have lunch. Free to relax or explore the surrounding area on the nature boardwalk. At 1630 hours go on a cruise in search of proboscis monkeys, birds, reptiles and other wildlife. As night falls witness the glittering of fireflies on the mangrove trees. Return to the lodge for dinner. After dinner, go on a guided night walk around the Lodge’s nature boardwalk and search for insects, birds and other wildlife. Overnight at the Abai Jungle Lodge.
Day 3 Pitas Lake – Abai Village – Sukau – Menanggul River (B/L/D)
0630 hours – depart on a boat trip for bird watching and wildlife viewing at the nearby Pitas Lake. Return to lodge around 0800 hours and have breakfast. After breakfast visit the nearby Abai village and enjoy a local-style lunch prepared and served by the villagers. After lunch, cruise upriver to Sukau, searching for wildlife along the way. Arrive Sukau and check-in to Kinabatangan Riverside Lodge. 1630 hours go on a river cruise up Kinabatangan River to the Menanggul River in search of proboscis monkeys, birds and other wildlife. Return to the lodge for dinner. Overnight at the Kinabatangan Riverside Lodge.
Day 4 Sukau – Abai – Sandakan (B/L)
After breakfast depart the lodge at 0700 hours and return to Sandakan by boat. The 2½ hour journey offers another chance to see wildlife. Around 0830 hours stop at Abai Jungle Lodge for a short break before continuing your journey downriver. Arrive at Sandakan jetty and proceed to hotel or Sandakan airport for flight out. Have lunch at the airport or a local restaurant.
There are lots of possible treks. Not only the most famous one like Torres del Paine. In Chile, but also Argentina and Peru, there are many treks with few tourists or even none at all. The wikiexplora website describes 300 hikes and treks in Chile alone !
February is very high season in Chile, March is much better, for instance in the Lake District it is quiet.