Charity Challenge Events in 2025: Your Guide to Our Newest Adventures
If you’re ready to get a new challenge event in your diary, we’ve got you covered! We’ve just added a range of 2025 charity challenges to our calendar (with more still to come!), so keep reading for all the details.
How do charity challenges work?
After paying the registration fee, you have two ways to pay for your place on the challenge. You can either raise a minimum amount of sponsorship, or you can pay the cost of the challenge yourself and fundraise separately with no minimum amount set.
When? 19 – 24 February 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Challenging (1)
How long is the challenge? 6 days
Trek for four days through the ever-changing dunes of the Sahara Desert! This long weekend challenge packs plenty of adventure into a short duration and is perfect if you’re short on time. We’ll even watch a desert sunrise from the Sahara’s largest dunes!
When? 20 February - 9 March 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Extreme (3)
How long is the challenge? 18 days
The ultimate trek for charity! Join us as we hike through the Nepalese Himalayas, to the foot of the world’s highest mountain. Home to eight of the world’s fifteen highest mountains, the scenery in this region will take your breath away. Combined with unbeatable support from our local guides, this challenge will leave us with memories that’ll last for a lifetime!
When? 5 - 9 March 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Tough (2)
How long is the challenge? 5 days
Join us as we hike across Iceland, exploring volcanic landscapes and colourful mountains. Surrounded by beautiful lake and mountain scenery, if we’re lucky we may even be dazzled by the spectacular Northern Lights! We’ll end our adventure with a dip in the Blue Lagoon to relax and rest our tired legs, before enjoying a celebratory meal.
When? 7 - 14 March 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Tough (2)
How long is the challenge? 8 days
Spend five days sledding through the rolling highlands and deep forests of Sweden, leading your own team of huskies! Don’t worry if you’ve never taken part in a sledding challenge before, as this charity challenge is perfect for beginners and you’ll be given full training. During this hands-on experience we’ll be looking after our hardworking huskies as well as ourselves – this is no ordinary adventure!
When? 7 - 18 May 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Challenging (1)
How long is the challenge? 12 days
Spectacular mountain scenery awaits as we explore the beautiful Indian Himalayas! We’ll spend five days trekking through the Dauladhar mountain range, where we’ll visit Hindu settlements and Buddhist monasteries. Our adventures comes to a close with a visit to a world famous monument to love and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World – the Taj Mahal!
When? 10 - 18 May 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Challenging (1)
How long is the challenge? 9 days
Trek for five days along the incredible Great Wall of China, passing through watchtowers and over mountains along the way! Leave the tourist trail and visit remote and unrestored sections of the Wall, many of which were the site of hundreds of historic battles. We’ll even visit a newly repaired section of the Wall, where we’ll be able to lay our own brick, a privilege exclusive to Global Adventure Challenges.
When? 6 - 15 June 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Tough (2)
How long is the challenge? 10 days
Take on one of the world’s most iconic trekking trails, and follow the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu! This adventure will push our boundaries, but the sight of the lost city appearing through the mist will make all our hard work worth it. Exceptional support awaits – from our porters and chefs through the medics and guides, we’ll be in great hands to help us reach our goal!
When? 19 - 29 June 2025
How difficult is the challenge? Extreme (3)
How long is the challenge? 10 days
Follow the Machame route to the top of the world's highest freestanding mountain - Mount Kilimanjaro! Our route has been designed to allow gradual acclimatisation to the altitude, giving us a great chance of summit success. Our highly trained leaders and medics will be supporting us all the way, and we’ll conquer this challenging adventure as a team!
If you're feeling inspired for your next charity challenge, you can see all our adventures here.
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