Client Reviews

Nov 2022

Nepal Trekking Experts is absolutely phenomenal and I have only the best things to say about them. I have been to Nepal a few times now and have traveled with a few different companies. All said and done they are number 1 on my list for recommendations and they are by far my favorite guiding company experience.

Rajesh the owner is absolutely wonderful, so responsive, and very helpful. He is completely genuine in wanting to fulfill your dream trip and he always helped with whatever our questions and requests might have been. All together Nepal Trekking Experts helped us organize and plan the absolute trip of a lifetime for two months in Nepal and two back to back long treks. Everything went smoothly and any travel issues were immediately sorted. Raj was amazing, our guide Ram was amazing, porter (and soon to be guide) Chhwang was amazing. Raj greatly values customer satisfaction and your travel experience and this is clearly evident through his company structure and the team he has chosen. Raj and Nepal Trekking Experts deliver the best, hands down.

The company is top tier, easily accessible, responsive, genuine, and well organized. This is your guide company, you need look no further. I will recommend Nepal Trekking Experts to friends and family for years to come. Even now as I am writing this I am flooded with only the best memories and am smiling ear to ear. It is because of our top notch experience with this company that our memories and photos will bring nothing but joy to our hearts for years to come. Thank you Nepal Trekking Experts for fulfilling the absolute trip of a lifetime!!!

Jan 2023 • Family

Thank you to Rajesh, his team and our wonderful guide Ram, for the most unforgettable trekking experience! The planning was flawless and Ram went out of his ways to put us at tea houses with the most amazing views, facilites and meals ! Ram also provided excellent commentry on the local flora and fauna. Looking forward to Manaslu for our next trek with Ram as our guide - can't wait to be back

I had an excellent Mt. Manaslu trek in October 2022 with Nepal Trekking Experts & can whole heartily recommend them. 

I was impressed with their professionalism, personablity, communication and organisation. I really valued the stress free aspect of the whole trip, for example NPE will meet you at the airport, transport you to your hotel, organise all alpects of the trek including trekking permits, arange all accommodation, provide a porter if you want one (recommended 🙂), help purchase any last minute items (in our case we needed crampons, as the pass was covered in snow), as well as providing excellent knowledgeable and experienced trek guiding.

 

I waited until I was in Kathmandu and could meet trekking companies offering Mt. Manaslu treks. Nepal Trekking Experts stood out from the 4 other recommended companies I spoke with: Rajesh is very professional, knowledgable, competent  and well organised. Their fee for the trip was reasonable. 

 

Our group was small, a Dutch couple, Excellent Guide: Lok (beware, Lok is very good at card games, never misses a trick:) ), Binod, our strong porter and me. We trekked most days 4-6 hours, staying in simple tea houses (private 2 person rooms). Tea houses have restaurants attached, you will get to know Dal Bhat.. 

The trek was spectacular, we had amazing views of many mountains and glaciers. There were many unforgettable moments and stunning photos! The flora and fauna slowly changes from tropical to alpine over the days hiking, which is interesting, it's not until day 4 that you start to see the big mountains. Most days are 3-5 hours walking. 

I have no hesitation in recommending Nepal Trekking Experts & will trek with them again next year.

Nov 2022 • Couples

Posted on behalf of my dad:

My son had a most remarkable birthday present for me a few months ago: a map of the Three Passes in the Khumbu region of Nepal. For decades I have been reading and dreaming about the area around Mount Everest. Frankly I never believed I would actually go there. So my sons proposal to do a trekking together came as a wonderful surprise.
The choice of the company to assist us was easy. Last year my son and his girlfriend made a trip around Manaslu with Nepal Trekking Experts at the recommendation of one of his close friends. That proved to be an incredible journey.
Before we left for Nepal (three weeks in November of 2022) I was in touch several times with Rajesh, the owner and manager of the company. Both by WhatsApp as well as on the phone. That all went very smoothly and effectively.
It was, therefore, no surprise we were welcomed at the airport by Rabin, our guide and brother of Rajesh. That was the beginning of three incredible, amazing and spectacular weeks. The mountains, the scenery, the friendly Nepali and the convoys of yaks and donkeys could not have been enjoyed so much if it weren’t for the organizational skills of Rabin and Rajesh. Always on time and ‘to the point’. I have traveled a lot in my life and usually without the help of others, but here, it would not have been possible. We would have had to endure quite a lot to find a good lodge, the nicest room, to get our meals on time, to know where to go etc. The path, the route is usually easy to find, but when one has alternative options or when you have to change your plans (as I did when I didn’t feel well), it is important to be able to rely on a guide who knows the area well. I used the words “experience and wisdom” for Rabin – and they were fully deserved.
For the first time in many years I enjoyed having “meetings”. That is when Rabin, our (in fact only ‘my’) porter Bijaya, my son and I discussed the coming day(s). I was very glad we were a group of four when we split and Rabin and my son went ‘up’ to Kalapathar and Bijaya and I went ‘down’ on an easier trail (it wasn’t due to altitude sickness – Rabin made sure we acclimatized slowly).
After the initial payment we never did have to discuss financial matters again. That was quite comforting. Rajesh’ support didn’t stop at the end of the trek. We consulted him on other matters as well. He got us a bus ticket, advised on our unsupported trekking in the Kathmandu Valley and, generally, was a good friend to us.
Our wonderful trekking will continue to impress me the coming years as was the excellent support from Nepal Trekking Experts. (Yes, I know this all sounds extremely positive. In this case, it is fully deserved!).

With wonderful memories of my treks in the late 1980ies, I had put a return to Nepal high on my bucket list. At the time, I did the Annapurna Circuit and the Langtang trek, and now, 30-plus years later, I was hoping for a similar great adventure. And I did find what I was hoping for by completing the Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit trek. This trek, and particularly the Tsum Valley that opened only recently to foreigners, mimicked my experiences of the 1980ies. The trails and welcoming rustic teahouses of the Tsum Valley were not busy despite trekking in peak season (October and November). The landscape is spectacular in that I would always see snow-covered mountains, no matter which direction I was facing. At the same time, the landscape was pacific and calming with gently sloping pastures, fields, nature and forests, decorated with Stupas, Mani walls, and picturesque settlements. The valley provided ample opportunities to visit monasteries and nunneries and to embrace the Tibetan Buddhist culture. Not a single time I encountered motorized vehicles or noisy machinery and instead enjoyed watching the Nepali supported by oxen busying their farmlands. My meals were often vegan or otherwise vegetarian charmingly consisting of crops from adjacent fields. The Tsum Valley also provided me the opportunity to crank up my fitness level, to strengthen my muscles and to adjust to the altitude, all needed for the second leg of the trek: the Manaslu Circuit. This second leg was clearly more crowded but nonetheless offered spectacular hikes along rivers and ravines, over bolder paths and suspension bridges, and with breathtaking views of alpine landscapes with massive glaziers and countless close and distant mountain peaks. My decision to work with the Nepal Trekking Experts was easily made once I connected with Rajesh, the owner. Of everyone I corresponded with, Rajesh was most prompt, constructive and informative in his responses. He would prompt me questions on the kind of experience I was looking for, and next made several customized suggestions for treks and options. Rajesh, obviously, has expert knowledge of what Nepal has to offer. He also understands that different travelers come to Nepal for different adventures, and he is the absolute master in matching the distinct needs of travelers with everything that Nepal has to offer. In addition, he employs undoubtedly the best guides and porters. Me and my two co-trekkers were so fortunate to have Rajan Dangol as our guide. Rajan knew the area as no other. He knew all the trails, all the shortcuts and longcuts, all the viewpoints and highlights, all the good teahouses, the monasteries and nunneries, where to look for wildlife, etc. He would always try to arrange the best tables and rooms for us, and cheerfully serve our meals promptly at the agreed times. After dinner he would sit down with us to discuss the options for the next days. He would talk about the area, the history, the geology, the nature, the culture, Buddhism and Hinduism, and he would share his personal opinions and experiences. In addition to Nepali and good English, Rajan speaks at least 5 local languages. He knows many people in the area, and they would know him. Rajan would initiate and facilitate conversations for us to have with the families running the teahouses, and with some of the nuns and monks of the nunneries and monasteries. Rajan is an altruist at heart who truly wanted the experience for us to be as good as possible, just as much as he wants the very best for this people and country. Rajan added so much – for this reason we nicknamed him ‘the best guide of Nepal’. We were further fortunate with our great porters, Sudip and his younger brother Anup. Supid, a certified guide and very knowledgeable as well, introduced us to some local card games that appeared so entertaining that playing cards quickly became our collective pre-supper routine. My 2022 experience in Nepal had been so amazing that I will be planning another trek in the years to come. Undoubtedly, I will be re-connecting with Rajesh and Rajan to whom I am so grateful.

Nov 2022 • Solo

Nepal is a wonderful country and if you want to explore it these are the guys to help you do it . This year they organised a complicated trip both trekking to Khopra Danda and Mohare Danda then flights to Pokhara and onward to Nepalgunj and to Bardya National Park. We had to make lots of changes both up the mountain and with activities die to flight delays etc . This is where these guys are great they are flexible and always coming up with solutions to problems beyond their control and they looked after me as a solo traveller like I was one of their family. They have also helped me greatly in Kathmandu and Pokhara with last minute side trips and buying gifts etc. I cannot recommend these people more highly. Rajesh is my friend now and I trek with the same guide Prakash who is excellent and use the same family as Porters. If you want to really experience Nepal and be sure that if you have any issues , with weather , transport , mountain conditions etc then these are the guys to use . please please don’t use an ( expensive ) international firm use a local firm that can tailor something specifically for you and your party if you are part of one. Undoubtedly the best in Nepal who offer you a completely bespoke service that suits you at a far keener price than you get by booking internationally where most of the money leaves the country.

I completed the Tsum Valley and Manaslu trek back in 2017 and had a great experience with Nepal Trekking Experts who organised the trek. 5 Years later and I returned to Nepal looking to complete another trek. I looked no further than Nepal Trekking Experts and the ever enthusiastic and helpful Rajesh and eventually decided upon the Kanchenjunga Circuit trek, visiting North and South base camps. Rajesh always responded quickly to emails and is a mine of information on trekking in Nepal. Rajesh did warn us that the original return flight date from Bhadrapur to Kathmandu may need to be rescheduled due to the general election on the 20th November and provided various options for amending the trek accordingly. Three of us set off with our guide Ram and proceeded as scheduled from Taplejung for the first 2 days. Then, one of the group had to drop out due to an injury, but his repatriation to Kathmandu was expertly handled by Rajesh and Ram and the remaining two of us were able to continue as scheduled. Early on in the trek, Ram also discussed with us the options for picking up a day to account for the general election and we were able amend the itinerary to take account of this. Ram really showed himself to be an excellent guide and also a great human being. He has a very detailed knowledge of the area and was happy to share his knowledge with other guides and trekkers who lacked such expertise. One particular highlight was attending an early morning puja ceremony in Phale and visiting the wonderful Phale monastery. This would not have been possible without Ram and most other trekkers missed out on this experience. Another suggestion from Ram was to hike to Oktang from Cheram and return to Cheram on the same day rather than spending a very cold night in a very basic lodge in Ramche. This was definitely the correct decision for us because not only did we visit Oktang, but the descent to Tortong the following day was made much shorter. During the trek, I mentioned to Ram about rescheduling the return flight to Kathmandu and he told me that Rajesh had already rebooked the flights for the 19th as a result of all domestic flights being cancelled on the 20th. This is typical of Nepal Trekking Experts who are able to resolve any issues before questions are even asked! I would very much recommend using the services of Nepal Trekking Experts for organising any treks or other activities. Rajesh is trustworthy and extremely well informed and will give you very good advice depending upon your interests and abilities. Ram is a superb guide who made the trek so very special.

In November 2022 me and my girlfriend did the Langtang valley track. Including Kyanjing Ri Lower Peak, Kyanjing Ri Upper Peak and Tsergo Ri. It was an amazing experience. First we visited the office and mister Rajesh brainstormed with us about the trip we wanted to do. He gave good advice and made a plan that suited our ambitions, experience and abilities. It was so nice that he arranged hiking poles, sleeping bags and down jackets we could lent for free. Rajesh connected us with a great guide named Soti. Soti has an uplifting spirit and is an endless source of positivity. When down or in self doubt during a challenging hike, Soti can boost your energy and make you believe in yourself. Soti is a caring person who looks after you. He makes your trip safe, fun and care free. Along with us came a porter named Dadzu. He carried half of our luggage. That was very pleasant on the sometimes challenging trail. Dadzu was not only a porter. He was the back up plan and the friend that catches you when you fall.