Kathmandu Private Full-Day Heritage Tour from Thamel

Booked the trip just 3 weeks prior to flying and Krishna was very accommodating and provided quick responses to my queries. Everything during the trip was pretty smooth, drivers were polite and arrived on time. My guides and porter was really helpful during the trek, itinerary were pretty flexible too since I was going solo. Acclimatisation days during the ascend was really helpful, didn’t experience much altitude sickness although trekking did get more challenging as the altitude increased. Travelled during off peak season, July is their monsoon period so there aren’t many tourist around. Did get some good views along the way, weather is clear most of the time in the morning & the clouds set in during the afternoons & rains most of the times in the evening. As it was off peak season, many places were closed as well. However, I enjoyed the peace & tranquility during the trek without many people around and thought it was a good trade off for the weather. Signed up for Island Peak and was an unsuccessful attempt due to the weather & other safety reasons. Won’t recommend others for a technical ascend during the off peak season. Had to add extra days during the trip incase of bad weather. Fortunately for me, the weather did not affect me & Krishna helped me to manage the remaining days left in Kathmandu to tour around the area and my accommodations. My trip to Nepal was a pleasant one so am really thankful for the experience!

- Professional - Serious and well prepared - Excelent level of English - Kind and polite - Great advisors - Flexible and quick to make any changes to our trip In summary, turned our Nepalese experience amazing. This agency was referred to me by friends and I will continue to recommend it to any of my friends and family.

Responses to messages where always very fast before the trip and it was easy to customize the trip because I added a few days extra to see Everest Basecamp. No problems and payment with credit card was easy. In Kathmandu we met before and after the trip to make sure everything was OK, and Kris was very kind. During the tour everything went well thanks to the guide and porter and rescheduling of the flight back to Lukla with no problem. Mera Peak and Island Peak is a long trip with a lot of days spend above 5000m. So be aware that it is not easy but it is a beautiful trip where you get away from the crowd most of the time. Nobody else was crossing Amphu Lhapsa Pass the same day. But there were a few people other people most days and many after Everest Base. You get some really good and different scenic views on this trip. Mera Peak is mostly walking but sometimes it can be in deep snow. Amphu Lhapsa Pass is very steep but you have steel wires attached in the rocks that you can hook in to for safety. From the top you abseil down the first part but most of it is walking. At Island Peak you end up with what looks like a vertical icewall. It is very steep and you need to use ropes to climb up and to abseil down. You can still stand many places and relax so it's not climbing with ice axe but just a few meters up using the jumar and you can stand again. The last 30meters part to the summit is on a narrow ridge - very beautiful - there is a fixed lined for safety. The camping part of the trip from Mera to Island Peak via Amphu Lhapsa Pass was in tents already on the campsites - so no need to carry tent and food. Everything is available at the camp site. Food was included in my trip but drinks and water was not. You can buy bottled water and soda everywhere (1.5 - 5USD per bottle) or you can buy bottled water or use water purification tablets (I bought some in Kathmandu). I used all three methods. A warm down sleeping bag and a waterproof duffelbag was included in the price and it was good quality. I can recommend anyone to use this company. It was a good experience. Easy booking and easy communication - Kris is on Whatsapp so you can communicate oon wifi when you are in Nepal