Our Story

Travel means risk taking, Travel means exploration - knowing and get familiar with the less known or unknown, Travel means start communicating with the less known or unknown, Travel means learning and adopting new, Travel means breaking our negative or falls mindsets, Travel means be updated with time and local customs and laws. So over all Travel means building up a confident, caring, cooperative and positive character or citizen.


All travel is an incredible way of enjoying, knowing more and learning, this is my opinion and strong belief too. If you want to make the young generation confident, well-mannered and open minded then you must ensure they are travel. This travel expense is actually an investment which guarantees best returns.


Before anything else for all travellers it is very important for them to understand their responsibilities, all trekkers and travellers must ensure that they do not litter and leave anything apart from their footprints when they travel or trek. It is a moral responsibility of every traveller to ensure that whatever rubbish they have to dispose is disposed responsibly at a proper place.


Transformation of Seed into Tree.

Since my childhood I have always been attracted by the natural world and its beauty. Over time this attraction has only become more stronger and it has resulted in what I am today. As a kid I travelled to the Himalaya’s for the first time with my parents and then on a school trip in 8th grade I travelled to Nainital, these trips told me what my calling was. In 1995 I went on a trekking trip to Manali with ANALA and since then I have been connected to the Himalayas forever. I realised soon that I was smitten and that I got maximum satisfaction and happiness when I was amidst nature in the Himalayas. When I decided to make this favourite activity of mine also my work and shared this idea with my friend from the mountains Joginder (Jogi), he also showed keen inclination to work alongside me. We both decided it there and then that we would work together.


The two of us at Indian Xplorers hope and aim to provide a safe and memorable experience for trekkers who come with us for trekking. We have promised that we will execute our treks without harming the nature and environment around us and so far we have been pretty successful.


At Indian Xplorers we generally try to customise adventures like adventure holiday, road safari, trekking, camping, river rafting etc for adventure and nature loving individuals or groups. We also offer selected fix departure budgeted trekking options for big, open groups with our reliable associates. We try to take them to places which are beautiful, remote and secluded.Our goal behind this profession of adventure and trekking is to basically take the city folks closer to nature and let them experience the beauty of nature which would enable him to appreciate the importance of the natural world around us and also ensure that he understands that the environment of the natural world needs to be preserved.


Since 1995 we have been successfully dealing with various groups and have aided our travel companions on various beautiful as well as difficult treks, road safari’s, adventure holidays, extreme winter adventures / road safari into Ladakh. The basic understanding and confidence of handling groups in the tough terrain of the Himalayas has been imparted to us by many locals and our other companions for which we will be indebted to them forever.

About Us

JOGINDER THAKUR

Joginder Thakur (Jogi) / Paul is a resident of Goshal village near Manali. He worked with the Atal (Rohtang) Tunnel Project for almost 10 years from 1 November 2010 to 1 August 2020. Where he assists in rescue and snow study. it is the longest tunnel above 10,000 feet in the world He is also passionate about climbing expedition, skiing and has been actively involved in rescue operations around here and has pretty good experience of the terrain as well.


Jogi has successfully completed the basic, advanced and Method of Instruction (M.O.I) courses in mountaineering. Basic, intermediate, advance and M.O.I courses in Skiing, as well as Search and Rescue course. This all from Atal Bihari Vajpai Institue of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (ABVIMAS). He has also worked as Mountainering, skiing course instructor in the institute and has given training to many groups. In 2008 his team gave mountaineering training to BSF force team and after that along with them they successfully completed expeditions to Friendship Peak, Shetidhar Peak and Ladakhi Peak. From the same institute in 2009 their team went to Sikkim and conducted the first ever basic and intermediate course for skiing. After conducting this course successfully, Sikkim tourism and Sikkim Mountaineering Association has honoured him as well.


Jogi also worked with film satar Sunny Deol, as technical expert for verious adventure activity shoot for film Pal Pal Dil Ke Pass directed by Sunny Deol. He also took Sunny Paaji on some nice hikes and trek around Manali.


Till date whenever because of any reason if any trekker or traveller is stuck Jogi is always ready to assist and has always contributed greatly in saving lives which is really a matter of pride. Amidst extreme odds and natural calamities he is always prepared to help and rescue people is a testament of his will and confidence. For the rescue efforts that he has put in, the Director General Border Roads (DGBR), SDM of Manali and other institutions have honoured him as well.


Jogi’s rescue efforts at a glance : Jogi started rescue works from 2004.

2015 Rescued people who were stuck due to sudden heavy snowfall near Rohtang Pass.

2016 Helped locate and airlifted trekkers stuck near Chandrakhani Pass.

2016 During an avalanche in April rescued 5 BRO Jawans on the Rohtang Khoksar road for which the SDM of Manali honoured Jogi.

2017 Rescued the project worker of Atal tunnel project during an avalanche at Dhundi.

2018 Saved one BRO jawan in an avalanche.

2018 September - #OperationWhiteMountain - During sudden heavy snowfall near Baralchha and Surajtal region along with the Indian Air Force, Jogi helped rescue of the truckers and tourists.

Mountain expeditions are a thing of passion for Jogi. He has already summited Kang Yaste (21000ft) & Stok Kangri (20200ft) in Ladakh, Mt Gang Stang (20100ft) and Mt. Yunam peak (20040ft) in Lahaul valley. He has also climbed Deo Tibba (19680ft), Hanuman Tibba (19600ft) Mt. Ladakhi Peak (17500ft), Friendship Peak (17300ft), Mt Shetidhar Peak (17050ft) around 2-5 times along with Indian and Foreign climbers successfully. Apart from these Jogi has also done lengthy and tough Trans Himalayan treks like Darcha to Lamayuru, Padum to Darcha, Lamayuru to Padum successfully.

Joginder Thakur Achievement

JAY GURJAR

Since my childhood I have been fascinated and attracted by mountains and nature in general. The penchant to explore places which were off the beaten track has ensured that I always kept making travel plans with friends and solo plans as well so that I could experience and witness places that are remote and secluded and bereft of crowds. Meeting and interacting with locals, staying in homestays, understanding their culture and appreciating the connect they have with nature in their daily lives has always intrigued the city dweller in me. It is from these locals of the Himalayas that I have learnt to live a simple life which is connected to nature. The more we humans love nature the more it will rid him of any deviousness he might be holding is something I learnt with experience.


I have explored and also led adventurous treks and extreme winter adventures / road safaris. which are some memorable in many off beat places in Kinnaur, Pabbar Valley, Sangla Valley, Spiti Valley, Pattan Valley, Miyad valley, Pangi Valley, Curah Valley, Lug Valley, Saraj Valley, Janjheli Valley, Jummar Valley, Budhil Valley in Himchal Pradesh. In the same way have also led white lakes circuit an extreme winter road adventures and treks in Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Bhutan and Meghalaya. The preference always has been for offbeat and remote areas in these places and there is a long wishlist of visiting many more such unexplored beauties in future.