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Jalsa Urubshurow Nomadic Expeditions |
Since our first journey across the Mongolian steppe in 1992, Nomadic Expeditions has become the most respected name in travels to the remote corners of Asia, especially Mongolia. Drawing upon our founder and president Jalsa Urubshurow’s vision and dedication to highest standards, we have organized journeys for thousands of discriminating travelers in the past two decades. Many of our travelers are repeat clients and close friends, who rely on our expertise and experience in the travel industry to plan their next adventure around the world and ask us for references. With these requests and our travelers’ desire to have the best experiences in mind, we are unveiling our newly established partnership with several fellow colleagues with unparalled expertise and deep passion for their destinations. These are colleagues we personally know, who have realized the common dream of exploring the world’s truly wild places. |
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 Cherri Briggs - Explore, Inc Specializing in AfricaCherri BriggsExplore, IncSpecializing in Africa |
Cherri Briggs, EXPLORE INC, spent much of her youth on a remote cattle ranch in Nevada. Perhaps this "wild and free" childhood catalyzed her zest for adventure and respect for indigenous people. After almost twenty years of combing the African continent, from crossing the Bayuda Desert of Sudan to luxuriating in the elegant hotels of Cape Town, she remains committed to offering incomparable African travel experiences to her clients, and continues to personally seek the ultimate in adventure travel for herself. Beyond the love of exploration is a strong commitment to utilizing her travels and her business as a tool for supporting projects which preserve conservation and help local people across the continent. "For at least half the year we are based in Africa. Part of that time is spent looking for exciting new places for our clients to visit and making sure the old ones are still great. This distinguishes our product from the competition as we are always up to date, and my staff visits Africa every year. I founded EXPLORE as a result of my involvement in conservation of wilderness and preservation of indigenous cultures and have found that giving people an experience that changes their lives can also change the lives of others whose lives may not be as fortunate." Cherri and her husband have a home in Maun, Botswana, and recently purchased a large piece of land on the Zambezi River near Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park, which is being utilized as a base from which to facilitate the training of local people in wildlife conservation, anti-poaching, and other skills that will create employment and discourage poaching. As one of the founders of the Lower Zambezi Conservation Trust they are working with member lodges in the area, advisors at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and other conservation groups to help develop this new protected area which will serve the local community, tourism and wildlife. Cherri is a member of the Explorer's Club, a meeting point for explorers and scientists worldwide. Her passion for exploration was best exemplified in the expedition she organized and led in 2003, which was the first descent of Mozambique's 450-mile Lugenda River. When not in Africa she operates from Explore headquarters in Steamboat Springs Colorado. She has guided National Geographic through Sudan, Conde Nast Traveler through Botswana, Outside Magazine through Mozambique, Town and Country through Namibia and CNN down the Zambezi River. EXPLORE has been the recipient of the Top 100 Agents Award by Conde Nast for the past ten years. |
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Mei ZhangWildChinaSpecializing in China |
Mei Zhang is Founder of WildChina, a Beijing-based premium sustainable travel company offering distinctive, ecologically sensitive journeys to all corners of China. A native of Yunnan province in southwest China, Mei earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company until she found her true passion in sustainable travel. |
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Andrea RossJourneys WithinSpecializing in Cambodia |
In 2003 Andrea moved with her husband Brandon to Cambodia where they started Journeys Within Tour Company and B&B. In the last seven years Journeys Within has also set up additional offices in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar, meaning that any Journeys Within trip includes Journeys Within drivers, guides and experiences throughout. Andrea has been on the Wendy Perrin Conde Nast expert list for Cambodia, Thailand and Laos for the last four years and takes her role as a regional expert seriously. She lives in Cambodia for more than half of the year and travels extensively through Southeast Asia to make sure the guides, drivers and hotels used by Journeys Within are up to standard. She loves to find new and unique trips, hotels and experiences for her guests. Since starting the tour company Andrea has focused on philanthropic travel and the idea that travel can change the world and she is a volunteer executive director for Journeys Within Our Community (www.journeyswithinourcommunity.org), a non profit organization she and Brandon founded in 2005. Journeys Within can arrange tours around guests interests, time and budget and each tour is tailor-made for the traveler. Andrea is a great source of information for the region and is always happy to answer questions and give advice. March 6, 2011: LA Times article "Beyond Angkor, Cambodia, a Khmer kingdom emerges from the jungle" |
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Sanjay SaxenaDestination HimalayaSpecializing in India |
Sanjay Saxena was born in New Delhi, India. The son of a Brigadier General in the Indian Army, Sanjay has lived all over India and traveled extensively across Asia. He began mountaineering and rock climbing in the high Himalaya at age fifteen, after successfully completing mountaineering courses from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, India. A professional guide since 1979, Sanjay has led countless groups trekking, climbing, touring and safaris to Tibet, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Venezuela, Iran and of course throughout India. In January of 1992, David Breashears and Sanjay co-led the first western descent of the Brahmaputra river in India. The 250-mile white water rafting trip was filmed for the BBC series “Classic Adventures,” and was shown in North America by Arts& Entertainment. In 2001 he led the first western group to journey overland from Kunming to Lhasa along the “southern road.” Despite all of the "office work," Sanjay still finds the time to personally lead between two and four expeditions every year. Sanjay's deep, insider's knowledge of his homeland together with his talent for creating unique itineraries to traditional and remote destinations, make him one of the travel world's top-ranking India and Tibet specialists. For nine consecutive years (2003 – 2011), he has received Conde Nast's "Top Travel Specialist" award for his exemplary work in South Asia, specifically India, Tibet, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Under his leadership Destination HImalaya has also been chosen by National Geographic Adventure for one of the "Best Outfitters on Earth" Award. |
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