Langtang Trekking - 12 days

I got to know about Mountain Mart while staying at the hotel run by the same owner (Everest Boutique Hotel, which was also an excellent experience!). Mr Dolakh, the owner, is super friendly and was extremely helpful during my three weeks in Nepal. I ended up staying at his hotel every time I was in Kathmandu and did two major treks with Mountain Mart over two weeks! He even provided very valueable suggestions to optimize my itinerary! We first did the Chisapani-Nagarkot-Bhaktapur hike over 3 days and that experience was absolutely fantastic! That made me go for a longer trek with them again, this time to Langtang Valley! I had Sudip as the guide for both the treks, and I can't recommend him enough! He is experienced and knew the localities and the people of the places very well! He is super courteous and provided top-rated hospitality and services over the course of the two weeks we trekked together! He is also very friendly and cheerful, and we had great conversations and banters together! He planned the trips very well, and always kept my preferences in mind! Would throughly recommend him! Overall, couple of great experiences with Mountain Mart, and I hope to do more again with them soon!

We were recommended Mountain Marts by one of our friends and we’re so glad that we were. From the initial point of contact, Dolakh was brilliant in responding to us quickly by email to answer our questions about different trekking itineraries and the cost of them. We were originally going to do the 7 day Langtang trek but after meeting with Dolakh in the Mountain Mart offices in Kathmandu we decided to extend the trek and do the 14 day Langtang - Gosaikunda trek, and boy we were pleased we did! Our guide Makar and porter Durga were both excellent. Makar was a fantastic trekking guide and was clearly the most experienced guide on the trek (other guides asked him for advice frequently along the way!). He was extremely knowledgeable about trekking in Nepal and never needed to look at a map once. He was great to talk to on the trek and always kept us motivated too. Durga was also a fantastic, never faltering, porter and was an absolute legend for carrying our bags on the trek. They were both very accommodating to us and saw to our every need without being over the top. We all had a good laugh every evening after dinner and played a range of card games – our favourite was Dumball that Makar taught us. The trek itself was awesome. The itinerary was great as it gave us a nice mix of some longer and some shorter days trekking so we could rest and re-charge when we needed to. We had to try not be too smug when meeting independent trekkers who would try to do too much in a day or miss a lunch spot etc. The scenery was spectacular and we enjoyed seeing the different views in Langtang and in Gosaikunda. The teahouses were also great to stay in (though sometimes they were very cold – bring a good down coat with you to keep warm!). We were often greeted by a friendly Nepalese family who cooked freshly prepared meals for everyone in the dining room which were warmly welcomed after a day’s trekking. We also enjoyed stopping at the teahouses for lunch and having what became our staple lunch fuel whilst on the trek, Dhal Bhat (Dhal Bhat Power, 24 Hour!). Overall we had a brilliant time on the trek with Mountain Marts and we would highly recommend them to everyone. We would love to come back to Nepal sometime in the future and we would definitely use Mountain Marts again. Luckily we managed to finish our trek and get back to Kathmandu before Covid-19 really kicked off but sadly we did have to change our plans and fly back to the UK 10 days early. We hope that Covid-19 passes as soon as possible and opens the world back up for tourism so people can travel again and see how wonderful Nepal is. Thank you Dolakh, Makar and Durga! Sarah and Tim England, UK

Me and Patrick had a trek to Everest base camp. Prem was our guide and Dawa our porter. All in all It was a very memorable trip, Prem was very knowledgeable and friendly. The scenic from the path was amazing, we had great weather and saw many panoramic vistas. The places we stayed and the food we had was good considering it has to come up the mountain. We were briefed every night about what we were going to do the next day, and we were also free to change things if we wanted. I can only recommend this trip since it was a great experience. Will definitely be back to do the Anapura circuit. Side note, because they are working on Kathmandu airport you have to travel six hours to Ramachap, to catch the plane to Lukla there. This was quite an inconvenience, because the road is really horrible and dodgy. This will be over as soon as Kathmandu airport is back to full capacity.