Caroline Phillips Walking Product Manager
I am just as happy walking from village to village in Spain, savouring the local food, as I am trekking in the Himalaya. There is simply no better way to travel than on foot, be it in the foothills of the Alps or summiting a peak to watch sunrise. The lure of the hills and mountains pulled me from my former career as a lawyer to spend months exploring Asia as a Tour Leader. I’ve also led groups along the Lycian Way and up Kilimanjaro several times as well as trekking independently in the Annapurna and Everest areas of Nepal. Now I am responsible for all our walking and trekking tours – an ideal role for me. I have had some amazing experiences and my aim is that all travellers with us should have too.
Michelle Laverick Head of Marketing
There is nothing I love more than stepping out in my walking boots. However, even though I have trekked around the world including Nepal, South America and Europe, I had never really summited a serious mountain - until now - and it was amazing. In 2013 I achieved a lifetime ambition and summited Mount Kilimanjaro.
John Telfer
Product and Operations Director
I started off at Explore leading trekking tours in the Andes and Turkey; almost 30 years later, my love of walking is unabated. Not many people have had the opportunity to trek the Inca Trail 8 times! Over the last decade, following the theme behind Bruce Chatwin’s ‘Songlines’, I have slowly been walking across the UK linking up my friends. Overseas, as well as some of the classic routes, I have walked coast-to-coast (Panama) and most recently the St Paul’s trail in Turkey. The St Paul’s Trail was fabulous; way off the tourist routes with exceptional hospitality. With homestays and enigmatic Roman ruins thrown in for good measure, this was a classic trip. Sadly (or fortunately!) hardly anyone goes there.
Emily Davies
PR and Marketing Communications Officer
I had always wanted to trek the famous Inca Trail in Peru. I fi nally did it in 2013; the experience more than lived up to my high expectations. As well as spectacular scenery and the physical challenge, camping under the stars and waking up to views of snow-capped mountains are two of the highlights I’ll never forget. Absolutely perfect escapism.
Lisa Spratling Adventure Travel Consultant
The higher the better is my motto, and there is nowhere on Earth quite like the Himalayas! I have been lucky to trek extensively in Nepal whilst I was living there - including the Annapurna, Everest and Langtang regions - but my favourite and most memorable trek was the Annapurna Circuit – like heaven on earth. Nepal has a special magic that makes you fall completely under its spell, drawing you back again and again – you have been warned! I also love the Julian Alps in Slovenia - unspoilt trekking, mountain lodges in amazing locations and the European Alps spread out below. Somewhere that surprised me was Morocco and the Atlas Mountains; trekking down hidden valleys towards Jebel Toubkal was stunning - and in a country where I never expected to see ‘big mountains’.
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