Sunshine Himalayan Adventures

An adventure outfit well known for its love of infusing ecotourism ideas and concepts into mountaineering expeditions and countryside exploration, Sunshine Himalayan Adventures (abbreviated SHA) made its debut in 1996 as a young gun trek and tour operator with a daring passion to explore untrodden trails.

SHA is dedicated to responsible eco-tourism principles and tour products that are environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial to the local people. We offer our clients the opportunity to experience the beauty and wonder of the Western Himalayan ecosystem and the exciting culture of the renowned Kullu Valley, known throughout India as the "Valley of the Gods." This claim finds its credibility in the adventure tourism sector, courtesy investing the better part of a decade in escorting die hard adventurers across isolated regions of Ladakh, Spiti, Kinnaur and on occasions even right up to the Everest and the Annapurna base camp.

Committing its soul to the development of the Great Himalayan National Park in 2000, a forest reserve then virtually unknown to the outside world for its untouched Himalayan biodiversity other than to environmentalists and conservationists, SHA not only worked alongside the forest division of the government of Himachal Pradesh India to turn the forest reserve into a trekkers’ paradise but was one of the chief contributors to campaign alongside the environmental group ‘Friends of the Great Himalayan National Park’ to bestow the park its rightful status of a UNESCO world heritage site. This  experience simultaneously shaped its present day outlook, imbibing it with the know how of skillfully combining awareness programs and adventure activities.

As of 2020, SHA is a seasoned trek and tour outfit with a solid 24 years of experience in its rucksack, recognized for its community based ecotourism approach that strives to benefit local denizens, the species and the environment in majority through numerous initiatives and projects.

SHA’s portfolio of adventure activities is a reflection of its passion for nature, species and social welfare, and a product of its close association with conservationists and environmentalists many of whom shaped its thinking and approach to adventure tourism over campfires and group discussion since it first begun its roll as an adventure organizer, and continue to mentor its journey. Primed towards educating guests to the joy of living in nature, the activities range from strenuous and hard core expeditions across frozen mountains to simple adventure pursuits like relaxing trout fishing trips in the cold waters of the Tirthan, and from weighty educational tours to special outings for birding and snow leopard spotting as well as home stay living packages.

Preferring to operate with a core team of trained and experienced personnel reinforced with regional representatives, the outfit takes care of all necessary arrangements ranging from organizing airport pick-up and drop, transportation, accommodation, equipment, procurement of travel permits (where required) and provisions to make every tour and trip as safe as possible, educative, thoroughly enjoyable and one of its kind.

SHA’s ultimate goal is to make its treks meaningful to allow guests to not only relish the splendors of the natural habitat but gain an understanding of the people, species and locale so as to develop a deeper bond with the environment and the importance of preserving it.