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Island Peak Summit

Danish Climbers Anders Løvschal & Anders Lyhne at the summit of Island Peak  (6163m) (Photo taken on 18th October 2011/ Photo courtesy Anders Lyhne) Read their interview

Danish Friends Scale Island Peak (6173m)

Good friends Anders Løvschal & Anders Lyhne from Denmark have much in common – apart from the obvious, similar first names, both share a passion for travel & adventure and both are engineers. Travelling to Nepal for the first time, the friends took on a climbing challenge and scaled Island Peak(6173m) in the Everest Region.That [...]

Jomsom Trek

A trek to Jomsom and rafting adventure on the Trishuli River was recently organized by Explore Himalaya for a group of eight Israeli visitors. They trekked from Jomsom to Ghorepani, walking through the villages of Tukuche, Marpha, Ghasa, Tatopani & Poon Hill en route. On their return trip to Kathmandu they stopped briefly at Royal [...]

Recce trek to Everest Base Camp

And here’s Samir’s account: “The story of my journey began when I unexpectedly received an offer from my office, Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure to visit an Everest region. It was like a dream come true as going on a Trek to Everest was something I had dreamed of. This was a kind of educational [...]

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 , [...]