Alison
Foot and John Shipton, Y Felin, Henllan Amgoed, Whitland, Carmarthenshire
, SA34 0SL
Tel: 01994 240125
For the past ten years we have been leading trips for Himalayan Kingdoms
and Naturetrek.
This is our agenda for 2008.
12th – 27th April The Tulip Meadows of Kazakhstan.
A botanical tour with a focus on Tulipa species in the home of the genus.
For details go to naturetrek.co.uk
8th May – 1st June
Kashgar to K2
A trekking approach to the north side of K2 which John’s father Eric
explored in 1937, via Kashgar in the far West of China, where Eric was the
British Consul General for many years. Details on himalayankingdoms.com
3rd June – 21st
June Planting Hunting in Yunnan.
This follows several successful trips over the past few years to this botanical
paradise in SW China. Details and past reports on naturetrek.co.uk
22nd June – 13th
July Plant Hunting in the Land of the Panda.
This trip follows John’s reconnaissance journey in Western Sichuan.
Red Blue and Yellow Meconopsis are one of the many botanical highlights in
these mountains of Eastern Tibet. Details at naturetrek.co.uk
15th July – 5th
August
Stok Kangri and the Markha Valley.
An expedition to climb a trekking peak in Ladakh, Kashmir for HK. See himalayankingdoms.com
for details.
30th October – 16th
November
Towards the Tsang Po Gorges
A journey in Arunchal Pradesh in NW India. This is an to approach to the
spot where the Tsang Po flows out of Tibet to become the great Brahmaputra
River. See himalayankingdoms.com for details.
click on www.himalayankingdoms.com , or www.naturetrek.co.uk for further information.