As we hope you know, the health and safety of our participants is always - and has always been - our highest priority.

Our team of experts here at Dream Challenges has created a brilliant 14-step initiative, to minimise the risk of coronavirus and maximise your safety. Please click here to see our ground-breaking plan and rest assured that you're safe booking with us.

A challenge must meet the following criteria to go ahead:

• The UK government including the Foreign Commonwealth office, and the authorities of the destination country, must be allowing travel and events of this type at the time of departure.
• There must be no general requirement for isolation or quarantine on arrival in the destination country or on the return to the UK at the time of departure.
• The challenge must meet all the relevant parts of our 14-step COVID-19 action plan.
• There must be enough people that want to travel to make the group viable.
• The challenge must be an enjoyable and memorable experience within any actions that need to be taken.

We're also currently offering free transfers for all 2021 challenges!

This means you can register now and then if you feel worried about travelling later on, you can put both your registration fee and your challenge balance towards any other 2021 or 2022 challenge of your choice, up until 12 weeks before our trek begins.

*This offer is subject to change and may expire. We will let all participants know if the deadline to request a free transfer changes so that you can decide in plenty of time.

Absolutely! As part of our amazing 14-step initiative to minimise the risk of coronavirus and maximise your safety on all our challenges we're delighted to have found a fantastic travel insurance policy, which covers you for this type of activity and also covers you for cancellation due to medically-diagnosed COVID-19.

You can see the insurance policy here or click here to check out the full 14 actions we're taking to keep you safe.

Please ask the insurer about the nature of the cover. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate cover for your challenge.

This challenge is not designed for Olympic athletes – it is designed for people looking for an amazing goal to train and get fit for. A number of the people who will take part in this trek will have a low level of fitness when they sign up. Our adventure trekking through the Himalayas is the perfect motivation to get fit and have the experience of a lifetime.

We'll have two UK qualified doctors and a group of fabulous first-aid-trained challenge guides accompanying us the whole time.

Please don't be! The majority of people will sign up on their own and our Dream Challenges are renowned for the amazing camaraderie and life long friendships made as our groups take on these incredible feats together.

Once you've signed up for the challenge, we'll send you a link to a private Facebook group for everyone registered for Walk With Me in the Himalayas. Please feel free to use this space to swap questions, advice and updates with your fellow trekkers on your training and fundraising. You may also want to reach out to the fellow participants in this group to see if there's anyone in your local area you can meet up to train and fundraise with.

Absolutely not! One of the amazing things about the challenge is that people of all ages will come together to do something very special. Everyone who is at least 18 years old by the challenge date is more than welcome to join this awesome charity trek.

You will of course need a pair of walking boots. We will supply you with a comprehensive list of everything you will need to take on the event well before your departure date.

We will stay in three-star class hotels, throughout this challenge except for on Days 3, 4 and 7, on which we'll be sleeping in comfortable mountain guest houses with amazing vistas.

We organise our accommodation on a twin-sharing basis, which is included in the challenge cost.

However, if you would rather pay for a single supplement (£200 per person, NOT included in your challenge cost) and have a room/tent to yourself, please get in touch and we can arrange this for you.

Yes of course! If you wish to extend your stay you will need to come out of our international group flights (and of course we would deduct the cost from your balance). It is not possible for you to come out of our internal flights to and from Pokhara. 

In addition to paying your registration fee of £299 and either self funding your challenge costs or raising the minimum sponsorship, you will need to budget for:

• Airport taxes and the fuel surcharge (approx. £350)
• Personal travel insurance
• Gratuities
• Personal expenses
• Your visa for Nepal (You will need to arrange this yourself. We'll send you details of this in the lead up to the challenge.)
• Optional excursions/extensions
• You may also choose to pay £200 for a single supplement at our accommodation

You will need to take out your own personal travel insurance covering health, accident, loss and repatriation.

Dream Challenges has found an insurance policy, which covers you for this type of activity and also for cancellation due to medically-diagnosed COVID-19. We will send you details of this once you register for the trek.

You can, however, take out your own insurance, providing it covers you for a charity trek in Nepal.

Please ask the insurer about the nature of the cover. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate cover for your challenge.

You will need to apply for a visa to obtain entry into Nepal, we will send you all the relevant information and forms in plenty of time.

The Dream Challenges team are here to help you achieve your challenge and will support you all the way. We are on hand from the minute you sign up to answer any questions that you may have about your training or the challenge itself. Once you have registered, we will send you a realistic training programme to help you get fit for the trek. The programme builds up gradually as the challenge gets closer.

We also have fantastic, first-aid-trained challenge guides, a group of porters and at least one UK doctor with expedition medicine training accompanying us throughout the challenge.

As we're not medically trained, we're afraid we can't offer you advice on this. We recommend you contact your GP or your local travel clinic, who will have the latest travel health advice.

We also recommend you visit the NHS Fit for Travel website here, to keep up to date with current travel health news and advice on staying healthy abroad.

NHS Fit for Travel website: https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home

Your registration fee of £299 per person is used to administer the challenge and secure your seats with the airline.

Your challenge costs of £1,800 (ie. 50% of the fundraising target if you choose the sponsorship option) cover:

• Your international flights (not including airport taxes and the fuel surcharge, approx. £350)
• Your internal flights to and from Pokhara
• Meals throughout the challenge (except for your lunch on your free day on Day 10)
• Accommodation
• All transfers in Nepal
• Entry fees where applicable
• A team of awesome, first-aid trained local guides and Dream Challenges staff
• Full support from the Dream Challenges office in the lead up to and during your challenge
• Medical support, including at least one UK doctor with expedition medicine training, who will accompany us throughout the challenge and call all participants for a COVID-19-symptom check prior to departure
• Your Walk With Me in the Himalayas 2021 t-shirt and medal
• Extra protocols taken to protect you from COVID-19 - please see our ground-breaking 14-step action plan here.

*Accommodation is included on a twin-sharing basis. If you would rather pay for a single supplement and have a room/tent to yourself, we can arrange this for you for an additional cost of £200.

Please email us at events@dream-challenges.com if you would like to do this at least fourteen weeks before the challenge starts.