Our Tours are focussed on particular cultural themes, usually with an art-historical flavour. They involve some driving and staying in quality homestays and hotels, as well as Himalayan Orchard farm stay. The aim is to find a balance between spending enough time at the locations to absorb something of their nature, meaning and beauty, on the one hand, while on the other realising that we have to spend some time getting to these places in the first place, and getting back, all within a reasonable time frame and cost. We try not to spend too much time sitting in a vehicle gazing at the world going by, nor do we aim to tick off as many boxes a possible. 'Been there, done that' is not our ethos.

Treks involve camping overnight or staying at Forest Rest Houses, if available.

Hikes usually start and finish at Himalayan Orchard, and can be self-guided by following a predetermined route on an app, or guided.

Half-Day Hikes to Two-Week Excursions to a Yoga Retreat in Tuscany

1. 10-day tour from Himalayan Orchard to Kinnaur and the Spiti valley in the footsteps of the Buddhist monk, Rinchen Zangpo (958 - 1055), who founded many major monasteries including those at Pooh in Kinnaur and Tabo in Spiti. Ten nights in quality hotels and homestays. For more details click here.

2. 14-day tour in the footsteps of the Scottish artist and writer, James Baillie Fraser (1783 - 1856), from Nahan to Sarahan to Gangotri to Mussoorie, visiting the sites of his twenty Views in the Himala Mountains. 19 of the sites can be visited relatively easily. The 20th, however, involves a separate 5-day high altitude trek. 13 nights in quality hotels and homestays. For more details click here.  

3. Half-day circular hike from Himalayan Orchard through deodar forest to an early 20th century Forest Rest House and back for lunch. Read more.

4. Full-day hike from Himalayan Orchard through apple orchards and deodar forest, passing sacred village temples, Bhim's boulder, the Hanging Rock, to the local peak of 8800 feet / 2685 metres. Picnic lunch. Read more.

5. Three-day circular trek from Himalayan Orchard through apple orchards, deodar and mixed forest, and high altitude meadows to Hatu peak, 11,152 feet / 3400 metres. Three nights camping. For more details click here.

6. Four-day circular trek from Himalayan Orchard through orchards, forests and high altitude meadows to Kuppar peak and the ancient temples at Giri Ganga, the source of the Giri river. Four nights camping, or three nights camping and one night in a hotel. Read more.

7. Seven-day trek along forested ridges following the ancient route of the Old Hindustan-Tibet Road from Himalayan Orchard to Sarahan. Five nights camping, one night in quality hotel. Taxi back. Read more. 

 8. 13-day mountain bike tour in the footsteps of James Baillie Fraser. Read more.

9. We are also hosting a yoga retreat in Tuscany this August. Read more. And here.