Although we do not envisage any health difficulties, we will on occasion be a long way from any help, so this overcomes any fears in that department. It is however incumbent on all to be responsible for your own safety, and to be wary and alive to possible dangers. It s not good to start out with a warning but it would be good to get back in one piece. The single most dangerous aspect of travelling in the Less Developed World is road traffic accidents. Traffic Accidents are many times more likely hurt you than snake bites, lion attacks and all of the other worries that people have.
Responsibility is therefore the name of the game.
Not only do accidents spoil the expeditions, but medical care is a long way away, and what facilities exist, are not first world standard. Vehicles are resident in their destination country and expeditions are available as frequently as possible given the climatic conditions in the country this may mean 7 months of the year, or 7 weeks in the case of Mongolia. Please refer to each country s destination page for more details. Again this depends on location, but generally expeditions run for 1 and 2 weeks for short haul, and 3 weeks for long haul. This is not only to make more use of the more expensive air fare, but also, in a country such as Australia, to actually cover some of the enormous distances involved.