Some people run marathons. Some climb mountains for the view. Some do challenges because they like the medal at the end.
A charity challenge is different. The difficulty is real — long days, steep climbs, terrain that asks everything of you. But the effort counts for something beyond the finish line. For days, your body does the hard work, and for many participants on a charity challenge that work is supported by friends and family through sponsorship which becomes money.
Money becomes research. Lives change. And whether you’re doing this for yourself or for others, the result is the same — you’re not just proving you can do hard things. You’re proving you can do hard things that matter.
Hard things that matter.
There is a specific satisfaction in physical effort. The feeling of your lungs working in cold air. The ache of your legs after a long climb. The knowledge that you covered the distance under your own power, step after step, mile after mile.
Jim came to Kenya. He said he was unfit, but he was carrying a promise to his friend Andy, who had been paralysed in a diving accident. No matter what, he wasn’t going to let him down. Every hill was a fight. Every day he got back on the bike. And when they reached the end, having willed each other up every hill, Jim had proven something to himself that no one could take away.
Andy called it the most unbelievable experience.
That is a powerful way to travel.
Oh, and the medal — you’ll get one of those too.
Twenty-five years of challenges where the effort counts.
We find routes that ask something real of you. Volcanic highlands. Desert crossings. Mountains that don’t care if you’re ready. And we partner with charities where your fundraising makes a tangible difference.
You bring the commitment. We bring the structure — guides, training plans, a group going through it together.
You’ll be tested. You won’t be alone. And what you raise will matter.
Six routes where your strength becomes someone else’s hope. Discounts available by calling 01590 615 708:
Cycle Costa Rica — Exclusive discount – Save £175pp
Cross a country. Prove what your body remembers.
Caribbean sunrise. Pacific dusk. Twelve days through rainforest, volcanic highlands, and warm coastal wind. The effort is real — long days that empty the head and steady the breath. The landscape holds you while you cross it. One ocean behind. Another ahead. A geography that mirrors what is shifting inside.
This route is for you if: You want a crossing you feel in your body. A line drawn across land and life.
Trek Ethiopia — Simien Mountains – Save £125pp
High plateau. Knife-edge escarpments. Ras Dashen at 4,533 metres. Six days on foot through altitude that demands your full attention. Long climbs, long descents, long horizons. Terrain that few will ever stand on.
For those who want a summit they had to earn.
Cycle Ethiopia – Exclusive discount – Save £175pp
Into the Rift Valley. Out through volcanic highlands. Elevation that drops then rises again across open country. Five riding days, honest gradients, distance stacked. Landscapes that reveal themselves to those who work for them.
For those who want the road to ask something of them.
Trek Fansipan — The Roof of Indochina – Save £100pp
3,147 metres. The highest peak in Vietnam.
The trail rises through bamboo rainforests and steep, moss-covered paths to reach the cloud line, and then you cross it. Fansipan is a sustained ascent that asks for focus and determination. The days are full—up to seven hours on the trail —moving through beautiful and demanding terrain. Five days of trekking, and all your effort is rewarded with a once-in-a-lifetime view from the Roof of Indochina before descending to the calm of Lan Ha Bay.
For those who want a summit that demands their best work.
Cycle Taiwan – NEW for 2027
Pacific coastline. Taroko Gorge and its marble walls. Mountains that roll and rise again. 459 kilometres across six days. Humidity, clean climbs, the rhythm of the sea.
For those who want distance with substance.
Cycle Tanzania — Kilimanjaro to Coast – Save £100pp
Africa’s highest mountain behind you at the start. The Indian Ocean at the end. Red earth, acacia plains, heat that keeps you honest. A crossing that belongs to those who complete it.
For those who want a finish that speaks for itself.
