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Trek to Everest Base Camp – My Story

In April 2011, two lucky guys from our office  Samir & Prachanda ( from  Sales department) trekked  to Everest Base Camp. Here we have Prachanda’s account of his trek to EBC: “We (samir & I) were thrilled when the Management told us that we could spend a week or two trekking in the Everest Region. [...]

The Great Himalaya Trail – Nepal

Walk Through Nepal’s Great Himalaya Trail Stretching 4500kms across the world’s tallest mountain ranges and isolated Himalayan mountain communities makes The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) the longest and highest alpine walking trail in the world. GHT is a network of existing treks and trails offering an incredible diversity in terms of landscapes, flora & fauna, [...]

Everest Trek – A Trek Worth Taking!

Explore Himalaya organized a spring (May 2011) trek to Everest Base Camp for a group of nine young men from India. After returning home, one of the trekkers, Mahek Ashish Kamdar sent us some wonderful pictures he took and a small write up of his experience of   trekking to the Everest  Region with Explore [...]

Trekking on the Annapurna Circuit

Explore Himalaya recently organized an Annapurna Circuit Trek for Australian trekkers  Clare Russell-Williams  and Simon Guy. Here’s what they had to say after the completion of their trekking. “Everything was very well organized and we were well informed about meeting points and who we were to get lifts with. Dhan Kumar Rana was a fantastic [...]

Everest Heli Trek

Everest Heli Trek (6 Days) An elite adventure, this trip takes you to Khumbu Himal, the homeland of Nepal’s tough mountain tribe, the Sherpas. Trek to Sherpa villages that lie under the shadows of some of the tallest peaks in the world including Mount Everest and take an exciting heli tour to Kala Patthar (5242m), [...]

Trek Simikot-Guge Kingdom-Mount Kailash (21 Days

Trek through the remote Karnali river valley in western Nepal, before crossing into Tibet. Explore ‘Guge Kingdom’, the repository of ancient Tibetan civilization and Mount Kailash, the holiest pilgrimage site in Tibet. This trek begins from Simikot and weaves across some of the least frequented trekking trails in western Nepal. Following the Karnali river , [...]

Everest Peace Project’s Everest Base Camp trek

The Everest Peace Project’s trek to Everest Base Camp concluded recently. Lance Trumbull, the leader of the expedition has been kind enough to share some  photographs of the trek with us. Here are some images from the Everest Peace Project’s trek to Everest Base Camp. (Read our earlier blog post) Everest Peace Project’s team at [...]

Everest Heli-Trek

Heli- Trekking in Everest Region Is it possible to trek to Everest region and return to Kathmandu in two days? It may seem unbelievable (what with AMS & other health concerns),  but yes we have made it possible! How did we do  it? Read our trip our report on the Everest Heli-Trek that we organized [...]

The World’s Highest Trek – Mount Everest(North) Advance Base Camp (6400m) Trek

An exploratory journey across the Tibetan highlands and trek to the Advance Base Camp of Mount Everest (North side). The World’s Highest Trek that takes you as close to the summit of Everest as any non-climber can go… After an insightful sightseeing tour in Kathmandu, you will fly to Tibet – the Forbidden Land. Tibet, [...]

Green Hiker Green Planet Campaign

As part of the Green Hiker Green Planet campaign a four-day trek to Langtang has been organized by the USAID and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Twenty members from Nepal’s government, civil society, development sector, and media set off their Langtang trek on April 18. The Green Hiker Green Planet campaign is designed to build [...]