Climb Kilimajaro with Action Challenge
All year round, 2015
Helping almost 3,000 trekkers stand on the top of Africa’s tallest mountain last year, Action Challenge has an impressive track record. Whether you choose the most popular Machame route to the 5,895m summit or one of the seven other possible routes, this towering volcano is capable of finding anyone’s limits.
Cost: Action Challenge can offer various self-funding and sponsorship options, from £399 sign up.
BHF Burma Trek
9-18 October, 2015
Join this five-day trek through one of the last unexplored countries in Southeast Asia. You’ll explore on foot from the modern, bustling city of Yangon, with its colonial architecture and the golden Shwedagon Paya pagoda, into the Shan Mountains, past the Pindaya Caves and their 8,000-plus Buddha images, to the stunning Inle Lake, where whole villages are built on stilts – all while raising money for the BHF.
Cost: Minimum sponsorship £3,995. inc. flights, food, accommodation.
South West Coast Path Challenge
Throughout October
Backed by TV adventurer Monty Halls (see Ask a Local, p87), the Challenge is a world record attempt for the number of times the Coast Path can be walked in a month, raising funds to protect the coastline.
Create your own Challenge distance or join one of four organised 10-mile Challenge events taking place each Saturday throughout October in all four counties that the path passes through.
Cost: £10 registration for individual challenges or £20 for organised walks, plus fundraising target of £30
Go Canoeing Three Lakes Challenge
Any time!
Follow in the wake of Olympic gold medallist Tim Baillie and paddle the longest lakes in Wales, England and Scotland; a total of 43 miles on the water. Taking in the spectacular locations of Llyn Tegid, Windermere and Loch Awe you can set your own time goal, start the challenge when you like, and raise money for a charity of your choice. You’ll need on-water experience though and you’ll have to sort out your own kit and logistics but the locations alone are worth it!
For maps and guidance information:gocanoeing.org.uk
Alder Hey Grand Canyon Trek
1-8 October, 2016
This five-day trekking challenge in the US will take you into the two billion-year-old geological depths of America’s inimitable Grand Canyon. Exploring an ancient Indian trail on foot – while your main luggage is taken on ahead – you’ll see stunning waterfalls, dazzling red rock formations and crystal clear lagoons. Your final night will be spent celebrating your trekking and fundraising achievements in the bright lights of Las Vegas. The trip is organised by experienced challenge operators Global Adventure Challenges, so you’ll be in safe hands.
Cost: Registration £349, minimum sponsorship: £3,190. All-inclusive
Action Medical Research’s Cycle Central America
12 November 2015
You’ll ride though three countries on this incredible bike tour from Panama City in Panama, through Costa Rica to Managua in Nicaragua. The route will take you through peaceful and verdant banana and pineapple plantations, take in stunning Caribbean coastal scenery, pass giant smoking volcanoes and climb though primary rainforest. This bike trip of a lifetime covers over 435 km of hot, humid, spectacular scenery in a week, so don’t go unprepared!
Cost: Registration £399, fundraising target: £3,750. Flights, food, bike and board included.
