India is an excellent destination for adventure. Its vast geographical diversity and the pristine natureof its facilities enables all tastes to be catered for, from the gentlest to the fast-paced, and for people of every level of competence-the beginner and the expert. From the daunting Himalayan peaks in the North to the azure coastal areas in the South, from the rain forests of the North East to the coral paradise in the South-West, it is variety that is as bewildering as it is diverse.

The sheer thrill of hurtling down ski slopes or trekking and pedaling along daunting mountain slopes, rafting along roaring waters of great rivers, hang gliding over deep mountain gorges and climbing serrated glaciers or mountain summits is to be experienced to be believed. Then there is the serenity of scuba diving along coral reefs, floating on hot air balloons, ambling along deserts of camels or going on horse or elephant safaris-all this would have been dismissed as fanciful were it not so true.