Dough Ferris, a Corporate Sales Manager from Sydney Australia and his friends trekked to Everest Base Camp with us in Autumn. We recieved an email from him a few days ago. Here's what he had to say: “First of all I would like to thank you for all your work in organizing our trek. From [...]
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Danish Climbers Scale Mera Peak – October 2011
On October Explore Himalaya organized an expedition to Mera Peak(6654m) for a large group of 13 Danish climbers. The team leader was Ole Andreassen. The team along with 6 climbing sherpas from Explore Himalaya left Kathmandu and flew to Lukla on 7th October from where their trek started. By 19th October the team had reached [...]
Makalu Base Camp Trek
John Paul Van Der Woerd from Amsterdam had trekked to Kanchenjunga in 2007 with us. He returned to Nepal again this year in November, to try another challenging trek to the base of the world's fifth highest mountain Mt. Makalu at 8475m. Though it was a difficult and challenging trek, John along with three other [...]
RacingThePlanet : Nepal 2011
RacingThePlanet 2011 ( Day by Day Report) Day1 (Mardi Khola – Nayapul) 20 Nov, 2011 Racingtheplanet 2011 Nepal kicked- off at 7 am Nepalese time sharp on the 20th of November . A total of 213 runners from around 42 countries started the race from Mardi Khola. The day was more like a warm- up [...]
Yala Peak Trekking
Every once in a while we receive thank-you notes and e-mails from happy and satisfied clients for making their trips memorable (in a good way!:-)). Here are some comments we received from clients who went on a trekking expedition to Yala Peak, Langtang region in October 2011. “…I was with Trapp Lewis and his group [...]
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 [...]
Danish Geographers Visit Nepal
A trip to Nepal not only promises fun & good time, but it can be educative as well. The high mountain environment, the rich spiritual history and co-existence of diverse ethnic communities make Nepal an interesting destination for scholars as well as researchers interested in Himalayan environment and culture. Explore Himalaya recently organized a tour [...]
Multi Activity Experience for KGV School from Hong Kong
Explore Himalaya had an opportunity to organize a multi-activity trip for a group of 27 students & 3 teachers from King George V School, Hong Kong. The group travelled from Kathmandu to Pokhara and then trekked to Ghandruk during their 10 days stay (8th-18th October 2011). Main highlights of this trip were: Cultural exchange and [...]
A Lifetime Experience – Across Beijing-Lhasa-KTM
American Byron King from California got to know about one of Explore Himalaya’s amazing adventure products, the Beijing- Lhasa – Kathmandu Tour through an old newspaper article (best bet is this article from San francisco Chronicle (2006) “High train To Tibet” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/05/TRGS2M1H351.DTL) . He took the trip, completed his journey and upon his return sent [...]