Price - US $6845 $5476(after 20% discount)
Tour Length - 45 days
Starting Point - Moscow (St. Petersburg extension possible)
Ending Point - Kolkata
Departure Date** - 4/07/2012, 8/25/2012

Highlights - Moscow Ride from Europe to Asia on the Siberian Express Lake Baikal ship and shore camping Russian homestay and banya Circum-Baikal Railway Stay with Mongolian families in gers (yurts) Ancient Mongolian city of Kharkhorin (Karakorum) Mongolian Orkhon waterfall and Lake Ogii Beijing Great Wall hike between Jinshanling and Simatai Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square Terracotta Warriors Camel ride and camping amid Gobi sand dunes Mogao Buddhist Grottoes Tibet train Lhasa's Potala Palace, Drepung and Jokhang monasteries Panchen Lama's Tashilumpu monastery Hike to Everest Base Camp Kathmandu Picturesque, non-touristed village of Bandipur River rafting down the Seti River Chitwan National Park, the home of the rare One-Horned Asian Rhino among many other tropical species Temples, ghats and allyways in holy, ancient Varanasi Bodhgaya, where Buddha found Nirvana Kolkata
**specific dates can be arranged upon request

For more details see individual 3 quests
	The Jade Express (EFS, Moscow to Beijing)
	Journey to the Roof of the World (EFS, Beijing to Kathmandu)
	Himalayan Tributaries (EFS, Kathmandu to Kolkata)
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The movie, The Way Back, dramatizes the purported escape of a group of prisoners from a Siberian gulag on foot to freedom in India during World War II. With their approximate route as a guide to our path, we journey from Moscow to Lake Baikal, Siberia; to Mongolia; through Beijing and Xian, China; across the deserts of western China; through Tibet; across the Himalayas; to Nepal and India; ending up in Kolkata, the city where they finally found freedom.

But, instead of scrounging for food, shelter and water, on our 'quest' we sample the local cuisine and stay with local people. There is a ship ride, shoreside camp and stay in a cottage with a Russian grandmother on Lake Baikal. We stay in gers with Mongolians, ride camels into the dunes of the Chinese Gobi desert and camp under the stars, do part of the hike to Everest Base Camp, river raft through the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and stay in a Bhutanese monastery with monks in the place in India where Buddha was said to have found Nirvana. We explore Tibet, see the Terracotta Warriors, and visit the ancient cities of Kathmandu, Lhasa and Varanasi, and the cosmopolitan, but nonetheless ancient, cities of Beijing, Kolkata, and Moscow.

We feel that this is the most exciting adventure trip available on the market. Not only does it hit the most intriguing places, it crosses the most fascinating cultures and environments from the Russian taiga to the tropical lowlands of the Indian subcontinent. And we can even hunt for clues to prove or disprove whether the journey actually took place.

Sounds like a lot right? Well the trip is 45 days, but it can be done in 3 parts. We call it a 'quest series' and it's divided into a Moscow to Beijing leg (20 days), a Beijing to Kathmandu leg (18 days), and a Kathmandu to Kolkata leg (12 days).

Details

For more details see individual 3 quests
	The Jade Express (EFS, Moscow to Beijing)
	Journey to the Roof of the World (EFS, Beijing to Kathmandu)
	Himalayan Tributaries (EFS, Kathmandu to Kolkata)
Go to EFS Series Home