About Griffon Trails

CO-FOUNDER

Tenzin Tsering hails from Zanskar, Ladakh. He cherishes his times while growing up in Zansakr, Ladakh, which has taught him the value of simplest of things. He looks back fondly on the memory when he fled from school and instead chose to become a monk at at the age of 13. He remained a monk for the next 12 years and in these years he got accustomed to buddhist philosophy and perform intricate rituals from all different sect of Tibetan Buddhism in proximity to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He chose to leave his monkshood at the age of 25 and ventured into a lay life there on.

Since then he has been chasing his dreams to travel, meet new people and learn new things. He is a trained barista, an avid traveller, an entrepreneur and an eloquent communicator with a contagious sense of humour. 

Over the years, he has led groups from different countries and ethnicities to Bhutan, Nepal, Northern India, and Ladakh. A monastic life has taught some values that he carries and applies them into his life now, which has helped him immensely to be mindful and give people a good time and a meaningful travel experience.

CO-FOUNDER

Lobzang Wangtak, hails from Zanskar, Ladakh. Over a span of 10 years he has led groups from around the world in Ladakh. Spanning from running study-programs, expedition, to dharma tours. 

He showed keen interest in Buddhism on his visit to Dharamsala when he was just 17 years old. The Dharma classes would usually be accompanied by people four times his age. Since then, he developed a broader understanding of the world and life itself.

Since 2014 he has been involved directly in climate adaptation techniques such as Artificial Glaciers and Ice-Stupas. He is also an environmentalist, and a water conservationist and cofounder of Navikarana Trust that provides water solutions to perched villages facing water scarcity.

 His organisation has provided solutions to 8 villages, and three monasteries in Zanskar so far. He advocates for a sustainable policy in the Himalayas, he believes this could be only achieved by understanding the vitality of glaciers, the source of all lives.  

He is passionate about taking people to his region and provide them with an experience that transform themselves and if not then a memory of a lifetime. 

Currently, he is also working on a documentary film which is an attempt to give a local narrative to the stories they have to tell about themselves (Zanskaris).