They organise a wide range of "tame adventure" holidays, mainly long haul. I have a friend who went on the Atlas traverse holiday in Morocco. She was a thirty-something single teacher at the time, with probably a moderate attitude to washing. I think she enjoyed it, the food was good.
As with all those holidays the group can make it or break it for you. It's probably best to be open-minded about the people you are going to meet and keep your fingers crossed. I don't think Explore will attract 20-somethings, it's too expensive. I think the bulk of their clientele with be professional 30/40/50 somethings, child-free and with plenty of cash. Other people I know, or have heard of, using Explore would fit that profile. The real unwashed hippies will be too poor to buy that kind of holiday and are in any case spending 6 months doing solo walking in the High Andes.
If you phone up Explore and ask searching questions you might get them to tell you a bit about who has booked onto the holiday you are interested in, if you're lucky.
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