Nepal is renowned worldwide for its natural beauty, rich cultural heritage and the diversity of sightseeing, wildlife safari and Himalayan adventure opportunities available. Adventure seekers have been attracted by a range of activities such as trekking, white-water rafting and mountain biking, amidst the spectacular mountains and deep valleys of the Himalaya. If you are short in time but want to savor as much Himalayan adventure available in Nepal within a short timescale, our Multi Activity holiday packages include several different activities such as guided cultural tour, short but highly rewarding easy trek, thrilling rafting, wildlife tour and village tour by mountain bike – in short, a trip that encompasses all the major essence of Himalayan adventure. These trips are suitable for a reasonably fit person with any level of experience or a family with little grown up kids.

Activities & fitness level
These are combination trips that include all the essence of Himalayan adventure tours within a shortest possible timeframe. Activities include weeklong soft adventure treks in the shadow of world’s highest peaks, thrilling white-water rafting on 2-4 Class Himalaya River, wildlife tour in Chitwan National park, one of the world’s best National parks, and through exploration of cultural hearts of Nepal & mountain biking through captivating Nepalese countryside.
These trips are suitable for any reasonable fit person or a family with grown up kids. Trekking trails selected for this combo trips are fairly easy, rafting on 2-4 class river, high rapids can be avoided depending on your choice.

Guides
There will be different guides for different activities:
For city sightseeing, you have a choice of your own language guide. Rafting, trekking, safari and mountain bike guides are generally English speaking. All our guides are professionally trained and are thoroughly versed in their respective field. Tour guide usually guides you in the cities only and are employed locally through our regional offices in all the major cities of tourist interest. Multilingual guides are not available outside Kathmandu City. If English is not your preferred language we can always be able to arrange a guide or an interpreter who speaks your language to accompany you throughout your trip. However, this will incur extra cost. Likewise, an experienced guide will be assigned during mountain biking to keep any bikers within the track of the trail and familiarize with the locality.

Safety precautions
We at Explore Himalaya, always regard safety of our guests as utmost priority. Prior to venturing into a rafting trip, rafters are thoroughly briefed about the safety measures and rafting guidelines. Our river guides have absolute expertise on white water rafting, swift water rescue and emergency wilderness first aid. Rafts are of high quality and can survive wildest of rapids. Only after wearing helmets, life jackets and river-friendly clothes rafters will be allowed to take a rafting trip. Mountain bikes are checked for its worthy. Company provides comprehensive first-aid kits.

Cost of the trip:
We operate multi activity holidays for private team of your friends and family so you can enjoy your private trip without having to deal and confront with others people with different interests and attitude. Each trip is accompanied by guide(s) and driver(s). The cost of each trip depends on various factors such as types of accommodation, type of vehicles with or without air-conditioner, group size (i.e. number of people in your team) etc. Our costs are usually categorized into standard package (based on 3 star hotels), superior package (combination of 3-4 star hotel) and deluxe package (5 star hotels with air conditioned vehicles). However, you can always upgrade your accommodation and use air conditioned car at extra charge though you have initially booked standard or superior package. We can customize any tour to suit your best interest and budget.

Transportation
We have a fleet of mostly Japanese made Toyota vehicles of all types and sizes, from small two-seater luxury cars to large capacity luxury tourist coaches. 4WD Land cruisers are used in difficult and muddy road trips. Size and type of vehicle depend on size of your group. We use two-seater car for 1-2 persons, micro luxury 6-seater van for 3-5 persons, 10-seater van for 6-9 persons and tourist coach or coaster for group size above 10 persons. Our drivers are specially trained to serve in the hospitability industry. The vehicles are checked carefully before assigning to your service

Meals
Lunch & dinner aren’t included in cities. All meals will be provided in tented camp during rafting and during Jungle Safari and a packed lunch will be served during mountain biking. In Cities like Kathmandu and Pokhara plenty of quality restaurants serve Nepali, oriental and continental dishes. We recommend good one depending on your taste preference. A good continental lunch or dinner at a good restaurant approximately costs USD 6-10 (refer our ‘know before you come’ section for more info)

What to bring For Rafting:
• Lightweight pants • Cotton underwear • Light weight long sleeved shirt or T-shirt • Toiletries •Moisturizing lotion • Sun glasses (UV protection) • Water-bottle • River sandals or running shoes • Shorts or a swimming costume (Optional: • Small binoculars • Camera, film & spare batteries • Personal first aid kit)
For Biking: Bikes suited for these trips are available on hire. Can provide you with available types with hiring cost once you decide to book.

For trekking & touring:
Please refer ‘general information on Trekking in Nepal & know before you come Sections of this site for comprehensive information.

Company provides:
Accommodation in lodges with all meals during trekking & rafting, raft with all safety devices, first aid medical supplies (to be used on your own risk), domestic flights, private local transfers, Guides and arrange necessary permits.

Best Season
The best seasons to visit Nepal for these multi activity trips are autumn, from early September until early December and spring, from the beginning of March until the end of May. During autumn, the weather is generally clear with mild to warm days and cold nights. In the spring, the mornings are usually clear but afternoon cloud build-up brings occasional showers. The days are warm and the displays of wildflowers, such as rhododendrons, are spectacular at this time of year.

Summer in Nepal, from June to September, is the monsoon season. Trekking/Rafting/Biking at this time of year is generally difficult and uncomfortable as the weather is hot and it rains almost every day. Rivers become high, the trails become muddy and are often leech-infested and the mountains are usually obscured by cloud.

Meeting/airport transfers:
In all our packaged trips featured in this site, airport pick up and drop are included. You have to mention your flight detail (Airlines name and arrival time in Kathmandu) while booking any trip with us. One of our tour officers and driver meet and greet you at the airport; escort you to your hotel and brief you about your further activities in detail, collect your flight tickets for reconfirmation and deliver back them later. After your trip is over you will be transferred back to the airport in time to catch your flight back home.

Insurance
Your insurance is not included in our cost. We insure all our staff. Please ensure that you arrange your own insurance for emergency evacuation, personal effects, personal accident, medical travel expenses, baggage, cancellation etc.

Changing Money
Your Hotel’s reception changes money at reasonable rates. Also, in Thamel (main tourist hangout place in Kathmandu) there are many money changers as well. You need to produce your passport or its copy while changing money. Kathmandu now has some ATM machines which accept VISA, Master cards and Switch cards.

Disclaimer/booking/payment:
Please visit our ‘booking condition’ section of this website and also visit ‘know before you come’ page for comprehensive information on Nepal.

Last updated
21 February 2007