To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one’s distance; to understand its form, one must move around it; to experience its moods, one must see it at sunrise and sunset, at noon and at mid-night, in sun and in rain in all other season; He who can see the mountain like this, comes near to the life of the mountain, a life that is as intense and varied as that of a human being.

‘Youth’- a wonderful phase of life, is filled with exuberant enthusiasm, abundant energy and vitality. Youth is a power that shapes the future of the nation and ‘Yuvashakti’ and ‘Himalayan Adventurers’ attempt to channelize this power in a purposeful manner.

‘Yuvashakti’ and ‘Himalayan Adventurers’ are two leading voluntary organizations, working in the field of trekking, mountaineering & allied adventure sports, in Pune. Twenty four years ago, a few young adventure lovers got together and started these two organizations with the aim of introducing young people to adventure activities such as trekking, mountaineering, skiing etc. under the guidance and support of Founder President Shri. Mohan Dharia, a well known nature lover & founder of ‘Vanarai’.

Since 1983 we have been regularly organizing various high altitude trekking programmes in the Himalaya. We also organize bicycle and motorcycle expeditions in India, visits to wildlife sanctuaries, etc. throughout the year. In addition, we carry out activities like tree plantation and blood donation drives.

In the last  25 years, ‘Yuvashakti’ and ‘Himalayan Adventurers’ have done a great deal for the youth of Maharashtra.
Our activities are multi-faceted.

• They range from trekking and mountaineering to nature study and wild life projects.
• Successful completion of Everest Base Camp high altitude trek 13 times, is an achievement we feel very proud about.
• As many as 4650 trekkers have participated in Manali high altitude treks in 1985, 1989, 1991 to 1997, 2001-2009.
• Participation of over 1600 trekkers, in ‘Trek the Himalaya programme’ during 1986-88. (Kishtwar Margan-Synthen Pass Trek in J&K)
• About 2650 trekkers took part in Pindari-Kafni Glaciers trek during 1991-2009.
• Participation of  2340 nature lovers in Valley of Flowers Trek from the year 1990 to 2009.
• 1900 trekkers took part in the Har-ki-Dun Trek from 1996 to 2009.
• 350 trekkers participated in Dharamshala Trek in 2000.
• Over 1250 participants took part in the Dhana Kunu Pass Trek in Himachal Pradesh from 2000 to 2007.
• Our Mahabaleshwar trek is one of the most popular treks.
• Over 5000 youth have participated in this programme during the last 25 years.
• Our nature study and wild life watching programmes have also become immensely popular.
• Visits to Project Tiger in Melghat, Nagzira, Kanha, Ranathambore, Tadoba,
• Bandhavgarh,Pench had a participation of over 2000 students.
• Successful completion of Everest Base Camp High Altitude trek 13 times, is an achievement, we feel very proud about.Mountaineering expeditions to Ladakhi and Shitidhar peaks and successful climb to an unnamed peak of 18,471 ft. is yet another feather in our cap.

Since the activities are interesting, there is tremendous response from all over, including people from abroad. The number of participants has been increasing every year. With such a heartening response we plan to surge ahead and scale higher peaks of achievement.

The mighty Himalaya has always lured the adventure lovers. However it is not easy to organize a trek on ones own, as it requires a lot of planning and resources. Therefore, ‘Yuvashakti’ and ‘Himalayan Adventurers have taken up this task. We arrange treks to various parts of the Himalaya and that too at a very reasonable cost. This is possible only because the activities of these organizations are conducted on a voluntary basis, without any commercial purpose.

The organizations will conduct various Himalayan treks & Jungle safaris in the year 2009. The details of these programmes have been given in this brochure. Kindly go through this brochure in detail, before registering your name for any of  our camps. Once you register your name for any of our programmes, it shall be deemed that you have gone through this brochure in detail and that you agree and accept all the conditions for participation mentioned in this brochure.

Combined with a little physical effort, we have opened unlimited opportunities to enjoy these high mountains, dense forests, lush meadows and green valleys, to get closer to nature and to know different people, customs & cultures. Participating in ‘The Himalayan Trekking Programmes & Jungle Safaris 2009’ is an experience of a life time.

Before we go further with the information about the activities of the organizations, please note that we are not travel companies with a commercial purpose. We are voluntary organizations dedicated to  adventure sports. The idea behind promotion of adventure sports is to build stamina, develop physical fitness and test ones endurance. We promote through such activities, sportsman spirit and co-operation. We build a team, in which the group leader instructs the team and the team members have to follow his instructions carefully. A participant offers to join these activities at his or her own risk. It becomes his/her responsibility to overcome the trouble caused by a human error or a natural calamity. All grievances or claims will be subject to Pune Jurisdiction only.