Our way of traveling

Difficulty Rating

To help you choose the right trip, we have created a rating system that gives you an indication of which trips might suit you best. Read more about our difficulty levels here!

Our Guides and Tour Leaders

All our guides share a deep knowledge and extensive experience of their respective destinations, ensuring you get the most out of your trip.
Some trips are led by Swedish guides and tour leaders, while others are led by local guides. In cases where the trip is guided by a local expert in Europe, they are typically internationally certified hiking guides (UIMLA) or internationally certified mountain guides (UIAGM/IFMGA). In countries such as Nepal and Morocco, they are certified according to national regulations.

We work with guides with whom we have personal relationships, and most of them have been part of our network for many years.
Read more about our guides here.

Safety

Our mountain and snow-based trips are characterized by both high quality and a strong focus on safety. By working with professional, certified guides, we can confidently offer our trips while minimizing potential risks, ensuring a rewarding mountain experience for our travelers. We set high standards for our participants, just as our travelers have high expectations of us.

A guide’s judgment and expertise can mean the difference between life and death. While we strive to be flexible in many aspects of our trips, this does not apply in the mountains. When we are in the mountains, the guide’s decisions are final, and there is no room for individual flexibility. We require all our travelers to follow the guide’s instructions for both their own safety and that of the group.

For our snow-based adventures, you must bring the following safety equipment: an avalanche transceiver, a shovel, and an avalanche probe. A mandatory basic training session in handling this equipment is conducted by our guides at the start of each trip, ensuring you have the necessary skills to use your own and others’ safety gear if needed.

Certified Mountain Guides

On the website of the Swedish Mountain Guide Association, www.sbo.nu, you can find information about the skills of an internationally certified mountain guide and why you should rely on their expertise.

Our Prices

We offer flexible and highly personalized service from booking to the execution of the trip and have over 20 years of experience in organizing active mountain adventures. When comparing our prices with others, keep in mind our high standards for guides and tour leaders. Additionally, our groups never exceed 12 participants on standard trips.

In most cases, local transportation, food, and accommodation are included in the price. If travel to the destination is included, the means of transport will be a tourist bus, minibus, train, or boat.

We do not book international flights. In rare cases, we may include domestic flights at the destination (e.g., in Nepal for travel to the Everest region).

You can find details on what is included in the trip price under each specific destination. Prices are subject to change due to taxes, airfare fluctuations, and exchange rates.

Getting to the Destination

International travel to the destination is not included in our trips. For European trips, we encourage travelers to consider train travel as an alternative to flying.

Excluding flights gives you more flexibility in choosing your airline, trip duration (if you wish to extend your stay), booking class, and other preferences. Often, booking your flight independently is also more cost-effective.

Booking flights is relatively straightforward via platforms like flygresor.se, and for train bookings, you can find assistance here!

We will notify you by email as soon as the minimum number of participants for the trip is reached and the trip is confirmed. You should only book your flight or train ticket after receiving this confirmation.

If you book a flight or other transport before we confirm the trip, we will not reimburse any cancellation costs.

However, if we must cancel a confirmed trip, we will reimburse flight or transport cancellation costs. This does not apply if the cancellation is due to force majeure.

Meeting Point

Unless otherwise specified (e.g., if transport by bus, train, or boat is included), it is the traveler’s responsibility to arrive at the designated meeting point on the correct date and time.

Participants often arrive using different transport methods from various locations, which may result in some waiting time at the common meeting place. You will receive detailed information well in advance of departure. In most cases, this information is also available in the trip description on our website.

Transport

During our trips, we use various types of transportation, including rented minibuses/4x4s, local buses, and trains.

Accommodation

In cities, we stay in double or multi-bed rooms. The hotels and guesthouses we use are generally smaller, family-run accommodations with a 2–4 star standard. We avoid large luxury hotels and chains, as they often lack character and their revenues rarely benefit the local population.

During ski touring and hiking trips, we also stay in mountain refuges, huts, or tea houses. In some cases, we stay with local families, and in certain trekking expeditions, we camp in tents. The specific accommodation details for each trip are outlined in the respective trip descriptions.