The calendar of the: « yogatreks ».
Eric Lon was trekking in the Himalayas from July to October 2011
to prepare the 2012 summer season.
The program for Himalaya is on this page
During February, April 2012, school holidays,
trek in Sahara... Marocco or Algeria
Our “yogatreks” are made for people who have time for walking,
and for doing yoga for trekking more easily.
The best period for trekking is indicated in the page: “yogatrek”.
The timing has been calculated to provide the best services at this spot.
If you are a group, we can organize the same “yogatrek” at your dates.
The trek timing has been calculated for lay trekkers coming from sea level.
Our circuits can be longer, but it is more difficult to make them shorter because
trekking in altitude must be safer. Safety first.
Trekking abroad, especially in Himalaya, should be organized well in advance with your aims in harmony with your capacities. Practicing yoga helps to trek more easily, but you must walk.
Choose your trek and your dates at the best period of the year. Nature is the Queen.
In the mountains the weather is unpredictable: keep it in mind for the timing of your “yogatrek”.
The best is to save some extra days at the end of your trek in order to adapt to any change in the program.
The “global warming’ is changing the climate. The seasons are no more like in the past. What was considered as for sure is no more the truth.
The trekkers must to adapt to the weather…
To travel means to adapt.
New in winter 2011 -2012:
Discover Sahara with yoga and with dune ski
Yoga treks in Marocco in February 2012
850 Euros only for one yogatrek week...
In April 2012, Yoga trek to the highest peak of Northern Africa:
Mount Toubkal, 4167 meters.
The ascent is easier with yoga
Organiser: www.VisagesDuMaroc.com
E mail: hassan.guide@gmail.com
Facebook: Trekking.randonnée
France
Saturday and sunday yogatreks in Provence: France
Eric Lon is proposing, on sunday to trek around Marseille and Toulon.
Visualize the yoga treks on his Flickr photo set: Provence - France.
www.mieux-vivre-sans-tabac.net
Yoga treks in Spiti: 2012
Eric Lon has open new yoga treks in Spiti in July,
including the highest Spiti yogatrek at 5974 meters.
Yoga treks in Ladakh: 2012
In August 2012, all age trekkers are welcome to ascent Stok Kangri, 6153 meters,
the easiest trekking peak of Ladakh.
In September 2012, the yoga trek led by Eric Lon, 62 years old, will be for trekkers
from 50 years.
Yoga camp at 5000 meters, Stok Kangri Base Camp,
Trekking up to 6153 meters is optional.
Skiing on stones is possible around Stok Kangri
NEPAL in October 2012
Everest : the highest world yoga camp
October 2011: 18 days = 1650 Euro
E mail: infos.cgk@gmail.com
Sahara, Algeria
If you are not afraid of Algeria, you can book Eric Lon for trekking on the footsteps
of Father Charles de Foucauld, the Sahara hermit
Highlights of this exceptional trip
Short journey, easy for anybody, 7 nights, without spending a night at Algiers.
Visit of several oasis, palm tree gardens, dunes, rock art sites.
Relaxing yoga in the dunes, and sand ski in option.
This trip is made for the non smokers, or for those who are want to stop smoking.
Charles de Foucauld
He was belonging to a French rich noble family. He has been an officer in the French Army, and later he turned to be a poor Christian monk. He became hermit in the desert and he built a hermitage close to the dunes of Beni Abbes, Algeria, and later in the Hoggar mountains.
Eric Lon
Eric Lon was born in Algeria, but he has been educated in France. He travelled many times in the Sahara, creating the first dune ski club at Beni Abbes. He has good relationships with the president of the dune ski association at Beni Abbes, as well as with the Christian monks at the hermitage. He is also a rock art expert.
Discover the Saoura region
This part of the Sahara has fewer tourists than other places of Sahara. The gate of this Algerian region is the city of Bechar, where Army controlling the safety of the tourists.
The way of life of the oasis, villages close to the desert is interesting to discover. All the oases are linked by tarred roads, and each one is different from the others.
This trip is for everybody, with yoga on the dunes to make it more comfortable.
It is like a pilgrimage on the footsteps of the Sahara hermit, and it can help to feel the desert attraction.
The Saoura itinerary
Day 1 : Flight Marseille – Algiers – Bechar
Short flight over the Mediterranean Sea and landing at Algiers.
If we have enough transit time we may visit the capital of Algeria.
Flight above the Sahara, to Bechar: astonishing views of the desert.
Taxi, 100 km to the oasis of Taghit. At at the Grand Hotel.
Day 2: Taghit oasis
Wake up with early yoga session on the top of the highest dune: 100 meters.
You can ski on the dunes if you carry your own cross country equipment.
After breakfast at the hotel, we drive 20 km to visit a rock art site.
After lunch, visit of the old fortified village where Father Charles de Foucauld was supporting French soldiers. Visit of the palm trees gardens.
Relaxing yoga at sunset in the dunes.
Each village has his hot bath with different timing for men and for women. It is a way to discover the local way of life.
Day 3 and 4: Beni Abbes oasis
Wake up with early yoga session on the top of the highest dune: 100 meters.
After breakfast, we drive 120 km to reach Beni Abbes: Hotel Rym, close to the dunes.
Visit of the old village located within the palm trees gardens, with a nice swimming pool.
Visit of the Desert Museum and the Desert Zoo.
Trek or ski in the dunes. Meeting with the president of the sand ski association.
Visit the hermitage.
Relaxing yoga in the dunes at sunset.
Day 5: Kerzaz dunes and Timimoun oasis
Wake up with early yoga session on dunes close to the hotel Rym, breakfast and drive 120 km to Kerzaz. On the way we visit another rock art site.
The highest dunes, 250 meters, are located at Kerzaz. Climbing a big dune, by foot or by skis, offers gorgeous panorama of the Sand Sea.
Long drive to Timimoun and stay in a nice hotel close to the palm trees gardens.
Relaxing yoga at sunset.
Day 6: Timimoun oasis
It is called “the red oasis” because the traditional are painted red.
Wake up with yoga at the hotel terrace.
Enjoy a camel ride in the small dunes, visit the place with the sand roses, the old city and the gardens.
Last sunset yoga class
Day 7: Flight Timimoun – Algiers – Marseille
Different view of the Sahara by air, and then flight back to Marseille.
Dates: Choose your dates, and then contact Eric Lon
Price: coming soon
Eric Lon is part of Facebook, French pages, during the week end
How to use Flickr
Flickr is an international photo web linking thousands of photographers from all over the world. It is free to get in for sharing photos: www.flickr.com
To get in the photostream of a specific photographer, type his, or her name and surname.
Typing Eric Lon opens about 6000 pictures depicting his trips and “yogatreks”.
To get in one specific album you can also go through: www.yogatrekking.com
At the top of each destination of a “yogatrek”, there is a link with a specific photo set.
Eric Lon is part of about 200 groups and he has around 1000 contacts.
Do not hesitate to visit again a specific set because some new photos and information
are added … Enjoy sharing Flickr with friends. It is free ...