On a trek through the mountains and rhododendron forests of the far north, you'll be many miles from the nearest road, let alone a tour bus.

Then you climb for ten days past rhododendron forests, remote monasteries and glacial moraine, sleeping in shacks on the way.

They reside in moist oak and rhododendron forests with dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps.

The trek winds through tall grass, oak and rhododendron forests.