Our mission is to bring out life in its true colours: Exciting, Adventurous and Challenging. Using nature as the educational tool, we offer vital programmes that span beyond homes, classrooms and offices.

All our adventure tours and corporate programmes are conducted in the presence of certified instructors and experts. Not only will they guide you but also help you understand your true side.

With over 15 years of experience in organising adventure tours, the Explorers enjoy a dominant presence even on roads less travelled.

Core Team

We’ve been outdoors since 1990. Thanks to our team of adventure enthusiasts. Or better still, natural born adventurers. Here’s a quick look at the profile of our outdoor specialists:

Aloke Bajpai
This post graduate from Mumbai University is the founder of The Explorers. He used to actively pursue his interest in adventure and exploratory trips during his college days & went on to do courses in mountaineering from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darleeling. He has also done skiing course from the Indian Institute of Skiing & Mountaineering and river rafting course from GMVN. Over the last 15 years Aloke has led several groups on adventure activities like Himalayan treks, Skiing, Rafting, Camping, Wild life Safaris etc and trips to various parts of India, Nepal and Bhutan. He has also contributed several articles on tourism & adventure in leading newspapers & delivered lectures and talks on Travel & Tourism at many institutions & organizations. He is also the Regional Officer of the Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award for West Zone, India.

Deepali Shahasane
Our affable and very much ‘sought-after’ accountant cum secretary is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University. Apart from handling the roster, she also keeps an eye on discipline and punctuality at our office.

Hemraj Parmar
Hemraj Parmar joined the organization last year and has become a great asset to the company. Being a quick learner; he is a jack of all trades. He is enthusiastic about this work and is extremely dependable. He needs little guidance to get the job done. Versatility is his name from coordinating to ticketing with an excellent sense of humour.

Sneha Dalvi
Sneha Dalvi’s on the job training for the post graduate course in travel and tourism that she was doing resulted in her remaining with ‘The Explorers’ as a full time employee. She has followed her passion for travel and has now made it her career choice. She has always been a distinction student and that distinction is evident at work. She is the voice of the explorers handling educational Tours, client queries, hotel bookings and the urgent coordination that accompanies a trip.

Outdoor Co-ordinators

Deepak Chudasama
Has been with The Explorers for many years, Deepak is our man Friday. No one in our office can do without him. Extremely reliable and hard working, he handles all sundry jobs at The Explorers and sometimes accompanies the trips as well.

Chandresh K. Sejpal
A street smart guy who is extremely passionate about traveling and adventure. He has grown his hobby of traveling to profession by joining “The Explorers”. Some people say he is always on a move from the day he has joined The Explorers. Though he has traveled extensively, the dream journey still remains, across the globe. Prior to joining The Explorers, Chandresh has dabbled in several kinds of jobs. Due to his varied experience he is also fondly called Mr. Fix-it!
Never deterred by any difficult situation he is a true ‘Die-hard’.
‘I seek difficulties, because obstacles and difficulties in life only represent a way of gaining greater self-control.’- That’s his motto.

Gleeson Dias
Lab. technician by profession, but love for Nature, Mountains pulled him to be a part of The Explorers. Gleeson has been with The Explorers for 12 years and has escorted several groups on tours & treks.
Friendly by nature and helpful he is tough and trustworthy. Apart from nature he is passionate about soccer and old melodies.

Jaywant Mane
Jaywant has been associated with us for 10 years as a tour co-ordinator .A professional Physical Instructor with a Masters in physical education, he is currently pursuing doctorate in physical education. Jaywant has been trekking in the Sahyadri Hills for the last 15 years and has a considerable experience in rappelling & rock climbing as well. He is a professional sports coach and a rifle shooting instructor at one of the most prestigious schools of Mumbai

Azra Khan
Has been associated with us for 8 years. After traveling as a teacher from her school on one of the trips conducted by The Explorers she decided to be part of the organization and worked as at our office for 2 years before returning to teaching. She now accompanies our trips and camps as a co-ordinator on a regular basis.
She says: ‘With The Explorers, I learnt to be confident and enjoy life. I also made some good friends and learnt to deal with all kinds of situations in a supervisory role’.
‘Having seen almost the whole of India I now plan to embark on Globe trotting’.

Dinesh Singh
He’s one of the highly trained instructors at The Explorers. His passion for adventure saw him complete the basic course in Rock-climbing from Bangalore in 2004. Dinesh also completed his Basic & Advanced courses in Mountaineering from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM). In 2006, he completed the Search and Rescue along with Method of Instruction (MOI) from NIM. Thus making him one of the few people authorized to lead Expeditions in the Himalayas.

Affiliations

Time and again we join hands with several organisations and institutions in India and abroad. And it’s all for the love of adventure and the passion to see more and explore new frontiers. In the process, we learn more from them and share our knowledge with them.

We are approved by Department of Tourism, Government of India. We are also member of Travel Agents Association of India.

We are official adventure partner of Duke of Edinburgh's Award (IAYP India)