One Day Cultural Excursion with Beautiful Hike to Nagarkot

I booked this day hike to Nagarkot. I was picked up at my hotel. I was alone and had a private guide, Shekhar Thapa. We were driven to Nagarkot, then hiked all day, had lunch and ended at a temple. I was then driven back to my hotel. What makes the day so memorable is my guide, Shekhar. He was the perfect mix of talkative and quiet. I learned so much from him about animals. nature, eco systems. He also treks to Base Camp and told me all about Everest. I felt so comfortable with him. We had good talks about our families and our lives. It was just the kind of experience you would want to have as a lifetime memory. I'm thankful for the day and the friendship.

Namaste ! For our fourth time in Nepal we choose to cross the border with China. We made a little trekking to go to Simikot to Hilsa (no difficulties except raining the first day !). After we had choose to visit the Guge Kingdom; it's far (1day driving from Darchen) but what's a amazing place ! If you appreciate history don't skip this last Kingdom. Before we have been in Ladakh (India) /Himal Pradesh(India) /Mustang (Nepal)and Dolpo (Nepal) and the Guge Kingdom is the last piece of the puzzle. The monasteries suffered degradations following the cultural revolution, but we can see some beautiful wall painting from the tenth century and some original sculpture (but not so many). After we make the kora around mount Kailash (with the sun during the high pass; Droma la pass, the day after it's snowing !) Then we wanted to see mount Everest from tibetan Side (we stay 2 day at the base camp and every morning it's cloudy but after 11AM the cloud disappear so we can see the top of the world!). it's good to know that actually the Everest base camp were everybody arrive it's not the Base camp for climbers (we are stopped 8km before). After we came back to Kathmandu by the road (from Langtang Area, because after the earthquake the road between KTM and Lhassa was close). We have 2 guides for this trip; one for Nepal and one for Tibet. We really appreciate our 2 guides who do the best for us (accommodation, food, cultural seeing,...) . So we know that we have to come back in Nepal, the paradise for trekkers and climbers ! And of course we will choose Alpine Eco Trek & Expedition for our next trip; because we found the good interlocutor (Ram KUMAR). We can prepare our trip before with him, and when we are in the place nothing change, everything is planed. So thanks a lot to Ram KUMAR, Ramesh (our nepali guide) and his crew, Yangkyi (tibetan guide) and Sonam (our tibetan driver). Vincent M. (Dai) and Marie M. (Didi) from France

For the first time visitor to Nepal and the Himilayas, there are always many questions as one tries to get a feeling for what lies ahead. We wanted to deal with a local Nepalese company. Alpine Eco trek was our choice and as it turned out it was an excellent choice to be sure. Pre trip answers were handled timely, thoroughly and concisely. Arriving in Katmandu, tired and a bit overwhelmed it is so nice to have been met and escorted to your hotel. That was only the start of our well managed and supported trek to Everest base camp. Ram Kumar and guides and porters Rajesh, Amit, and Tej were always there for us and I can,t imagine it being any better. Running into some mediacl issues while on the trek created some scedule challenges but those were handled without a hitch.Recieving that support when one is a bit down and out of sorts is so nice and continued until I was home and stable again. That is going above and beyond. Finding some extra time on our Nepalese visit, Ram lined us up for a visit to Chitwan National Park for 4 days. A warm jungle excursion with Elephants, Crocs and birds was just the ticket for recovery from altitude. Ram and Alpine Eco trek must have great connections in the industry and we were the beneficiary. Everything came off without a hitch. One can`t visit Nepal without a curiosity of the culture, religion and of course Everest. Sitting down with Ram always led to facinating talks enlightening us on what we were witnessing.Thank you Ram and Alpine Eco Trek team for a life enriching experience.