17 Apr 2023
April 1st week 2023, I successfully completed my trek to Everest Base Camp in just 6 days, and returned via helicopter to Kathmandu on day-7. We were a small group of three (my 16 year old son, my brother and I), and we are glad to have done this trek with Sublime Trails. Ram (owner and manager of Sublime Trails company) did excellent in planning the logistics and executing this trek.
Ram is very helpful from the moment I planned this trek 3 months ago, and when I first contacted Ram. He extended his support before and well after the trek was completed. Ram offered to keep our extra luggage bags at his office location, while we were out at the trek. When we arrived back to Kathmandu a few hours earlier, Ram helped with getting us a hotel room for 3-4 hours so we could take a shower, freshen up and pack-up. Ram arranged and took care of the shuttle from the airport, and back to the airport once the trek.
Our trek guide, Prakash Adhikari is an excellent guide, who explained every detail of the trek, shared great details about the trail, the monuments we see along the way and the various mountain peaks we see. From making sure we ordered the best food and tea along the trek, to offering medical help when we were struggling with altitude sickness, Prakash has been hugely helpful. Without Prakash’s continuous care and support, this trek would not have been as smooth and as successful.
In complete honesty, we did not enjoy the hotel stays during the EBC trek. Pretty much all hostels we stayed were of poor quality and lack basic amenities, however, I completely understand that this is outside of Sublime Trails’ control and the hotel accommodation situation is as such not very good throughout EBC. I believe that Ram did everything possible in his hands and control to make our trip very successful and comfortable.
Overall Ram & Prakash’s hospitality is much appreciated. I recommend my friends and others interested in doing EBC trek to consider going with Sublime Travels and ask for Prakash as the guide.