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Latest News - Gap year in India, next departure
on February 28th 2008
Venture Overview
First the Aryans swept in through the northwest frontier, then came the
Persians, the Greeks and the Moghuls; more recently, the British Raj.
India has absorbed and integrated centuries-worth of foreigners and amalgamated
the newcomers into a strikingly complex society that finally found independence
with Partition in 1947. As the Venture progresses, what begins as bewilderment
becomes an appreciation of India’s great fusion.
Three phases make one Venture:
- Cultural Orientation: religions, castes, real curry and a sprinkling of Hindi.
- Live and work with village communities.
- Everest – the ultimate Base Camp Trek.
Venture Highlights
- Travel Safety Course in UK before departure
- Acclimatisation and cultural orientation in India including basic Hindi lessons
- Camel trek, Thar desert
- Community development project in Rajasthan desert
- Visit the Taj Mahal
- Work with the Maharaja on a community development project in the Rewa jungle.
- Tiger safari on elephant back in Bandhavgargh National Park
- Ganges sail trek
- Varanasi ghats, holy Hindu shrine.
- Calcutta – big city madness
- Darjeeling, land of the Toy Train and tea plantations
- Tigers and rhinos in Chitwan National Park, Nepal
- Kathmandu, capital of the Himalayas
- Whitewater rafting the Himalayan melt waters
- Everest Base Camp trek, the world’s highest peak
- New friends and the time of your life!
Thinking about onward travel?
This Venture is a comprehensive introduction to travelling in India and Nepal so when it’s all over, why not stay on and see a bit more? Continue exploring the Himalayas, cross into Tibet and travel on through Lhasa to China. In southern India, Goa and Kerala provide a dramatic contrast to the Himalayas. Further afield you can fly east to Thailand which opens up South East Asian countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Bali. Airline connections are available to incorporate India and Nepal into a Round the World travel plan.
VentureCo staff have explored extensively throughout
Asia. Call us to talk through your ideas and develop a travel plan.
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