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Private Expeditions was created by keen high-altitude trekkers Jane and Paul Deakin, who had experienced poor guiding services and seen unscrupulous practices. They decided to organise treks themselves that would bring together all the key elements for a safe and successful trek. The key feature was to set up their own operations in destination, rather than rely on out-sourcing to existing local operators. This allowed them complete control over how a trek operated, and also ensured that local communities benefitted. The first destination offered in 2009 was Kilimanjaro. Jane and Paul partnered with a young but experienced guide, Emanuel Nguma, to create our climb operations in Moshi, Tanzania

After the success of operating Kilimanjaro climbs, Private Expeditions extended its offering to include treks in Nepal, offering both standard treks such as EBC as well as the 6000m peaks of Island Peak and Mera Peak. Again, a local operation was set up in Kathmandu, headed up by Pimba Tenjing Lama, two-time Everest summiteer. This was closely followed by the operation in Cusco, Peru offering a range of different trekking routes to Machu Picchu. Local guide Jose Quispe Laguna set up the new office in Cusco.

Private Expeditions rebranded as Kandoo Adventures to better reflect the growing business, the range of trips available and the core principle of ‘making challenging destinations accessible to every fit, weekend trekker’.

Two more destinations are added to the Kandoo family. We established Kandoo Bhutan managed by local guide Tandin Tshering.  We also began partnering with an experienced guiding company to offer climbs of Aconcagua.

Kandoo Adventures was bought by Altaï Travel, an adventure travel network with over 40 years’ experience of taking customers to outstanding destinations around the world for adventure and discovery. The remarkable synergy between the two companies has allowed Kandoo Adventures to expand the destinations we can now offer to our customers.