Congratulations to our Wilderness & Travel Medicine Everest Base Camp trip participants!

This is Bio Bio Expeditions’ 16th year of joining forces with Wilderness Medicine to bring you this amazing trek in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Our 2016 group  have all arrived safely home after a thrilling trek to Base Camp.  Many of you wonder what it’s like above the Base Camp and we thought you might enjoy this presentation.  You can see where the avalanche took place in the dangerous Khumbu Icefall, above Base Camp, summit Mount Everest and see what it’s like to be on world!

Click here for your Everest virtual tour

Click here to donate to Bio Bio Expeditions and Wilderness & Travel Medicine Nepal Fund

Bio Bio Expeditions is happy to announce an amazing adventure into the heart of India!

The trip includes camping, luxury hotels, and beautiful riverside lodges.

This trip is designed for the active traveler looking for a combination of adventure, expedition, fun and culture!

Dates:
November 5th – November 19th, 2007
March 9th – November 22nd, 2008

Call 1-800-246-7238 for more information or a detailed itinerary.

Bio Bio
Expeditions,  Princeton Journeys
Alumni Association  & Bodhi
Tree Foundation with Sarah Ferris.

Not long
after giving birth to two beautiful children and “settling down” in Truckee,
California, Sarah Ferris realized that she is not really the stay at home
type.   In 2006, Sarah &
her husband (Mark Ferris) decided it was time to start traveling again so they
took their 2 & 4 year old daughters on a 16-day trek around the Annapurna
Circuit in Nepal.   Shortly
after returning from that trip, Sarah & Mark co-founded a small non-profit
organization, Bodhi Tree Foundation (BTF), which promotes and supports
Maternal-Child Health Projects in the hidden Himalayas of Humla, Nepal.  BTF provides safe motherhood
educational classes, clean delivery kits and pre/postnatal vitamins.  Sarah’s passion for helping the women
of Humla stems from her experience as a Labor & Delivery and Postpartum
Nurse and the seven months that she and her husband spent living and working in
Humla in 2000.  You can learn more
about Bodhi Tree Foundation at: www.bodhitreefoundation.org

When
she is in Nepal, Sarah usually spends most of her time in Humla, overseeing BTF
projects and working as a Trekking Guide but she also loves traveling to other
regions throughout the country. This spring she went to Annapurna Base Camp
with a Princeton Journeys Alumni Association group as the Head Trekking Guide
for Bio Bio Expeditions. This was an amazing group and a beautiful trek!  Bio Bio organized a unique trekking
experience that included not only breathtaking scenery, culture and camaraderie
but also impressive and highly educational daily lectures on high-altitude
medicine and geology by some of the world’s most knowledgeable professors. This
led to stimulating conversation on every step of the trail all the way up to
4130 meters! The trip was a huge success and everyone was able to complete the
entire trek, including a truly inspiring woman with Parkinson’s disease.  This was the trip of a lifetime and is
highly recommended for everyone!

On November 14th Bio Bio Expeditions joined forces with Ultimate Descents, to run the first raft descent of the Drangme Chuu river in Eastern Bhutan.

Dave Allardice of Ultimate Descents writes ” Let’s not mince words here: Bhutan is the cutest little kingdom on earth. A gigantic staircase rising from the Indian border to the high Himalayas of Tibet, the soaring peaks of Bhutan are an untapped treasure house of whitewater. The rivers are powerful and challenging. The mountains are magnificent. The people are delightful. The architecture and art is superb. All together, this is a world-class odyssey in a magical land. Far from being a static, restricted environment, Bhutan is a dynamic country whose development is focused on meeting the practical, spiritual and aesthetic needs of its people. Compared with the countries that surround it, Bhutan is succeeding remarkably well.”

Bhutan is only 130 miles wide but still takes 4 full days of driving to cross the country and arrive at our put-in. Along the way we visited Dzongs (large fortresses), monastaries, and enjoyed an amazing 20 k raft descent of the class IV Mangde Chuu river. We arrived to the far eastern reaches of the country near Trashigang, Bhutan and got our first glimpses of the Drangme Chuu river. The river was running clear with an estimated 4000 CFS. We spent the next 7 days rafting and kayaking 120 K from Trashigang to the Indian Border. We were thrilled to find one of the finest rafting experiences in Asia. We found big fun class 4 + whitewater, with an occasional class 5 rapid, big beaches, wildlife, very few bugs, and plenty of interaction with local Bhutanese people. Simply put, the river canyon is a gem and we were all excited to have the opportunity to experience it still in its pristine state.

The people of Bhutan are some of the most gracious people we have ever met, warm and welcoming, and the country has left us with an indelible image of what is possible in an otherwise chaotic world. Hope for our planet is very evident in Bhutan.

We look forward to running the Drangme Chuu river again in 2010.

Click here for a short video preview – Final video coming in January.