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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. [...]

A visit like no other – Nuwakot & Samari Village Homestays

A couple of weeks back Claus Andreasen from Denmark travelled to the villages of Nuwakot & Samari with his wife. He was delighted with his stay there and said that he would visit these villages again in future. The verdant nature, beautiful views, traditional Nepalese houses and warm and hospitable locals and a peaceful and [...]

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 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 [...]

Neal Beidleman & Other Members of ‘Mountain Trip Everest Expedition 2011’ summit Mount Everest

All eight members of the ‘Mountain Trip Everest Expedition 2011’,  reached the summit of Mount Everest this morning, May 20, 2011, between 8 AM to 9 AM, together with the climbing sherpas. The expedition has been organized by  ‘Mountain Trip’ – a US based adventure company. Neal Beidleman, one of the members who summitted, is [...]

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 [...]

Everest Peace Project’s Trek to Everest Base Camp

A group of trekkers are currently on their way to Everest Base Camp. Trekking under the banner of Everest Peace Project, their mission is to inspire and to show that people from diverse cultural backgrounds and faiths can unite together as friends and accomplish incredible things. Led by Lance Trumbull, the expedition leader of the [...]

Explore Himalaya’s Cho Oyu (8201m) Expedition – Spring 2011

Ukrainian climber Dendruk Oleksandr climbed Lhakpa Ri (7045m) with Explore Himalaya last autumn (on September 2010). He is back again this spring all set to climb Cho Oyu(8201 m), the sixth Highest Peak in the world. After final preparation and participating at a two-day climbing course in Kathmandu, Oleksandr is on his way to Tibet [...]