• I will personally be your guide when you book your arrangements with me. I commit my time to be with you during your trek. Other companies will arrange a guide for you, and depending on their schedules, you may not always receive the best-qualified guide.


• I have many years of experience as a trekking guide and I feel that our relationship, as a guide/trekker begins with our initial contacts. The emails we exchange in preparation for your trip allows us to learn about one another prior to your arrival in Nepal. When you arrive in Nepal we will already know something about each other so that we will not begin our adventure together as complete strangers.


• Since we will directly interact in the planning process you will have a clear understanding about your payment. I am very much conscious of your budget. My price is very reasonable. Since I work on my own, I don’t have to pay for the expenses that a trekking agency normally has, the budget for your trip can be better used for your trekking expenses and it guarantees that guide, porters and other supporting staff will be paid fairly. The stiff competition between agencies often makes this difficult. I am not a large company so the service I provide is quite friendly and private. I am more flexible; I will hike at your pace and give more personal service.


• Me and my supporting friends are covered by insurance for the trek and I always provide them enough clothing/equipment during the treking which is a major issue in some certain areas. If you've been trekking you will know how hard porters have to work for their cash. Yet here are several trekking companies and lots of guides and porters are working with them by paying shocking amount of money. Please read my own philosophy about porters in this page( porters in Nepal ).


• Having experienced trek life through Nepal’s numerous high landscapes I’ve discovered a rich assortment of diverse cultures in Nepal. So, I will alert you to local culture, see sights, select nice lodging & dining and look after your logistical requirements like - picking you up from the airport, paying Conservation/ National park fee, organizing your transport to the trek head, liaising and directing the porter etc and in case of emergency, I can get a helicopter to pick you up immediately as I know some helicopter companies and can do that.

As a guide my primary goal is to provide rich cultural experience so that my guest may leave with many happy memories of their visit to this little country and her people. I wish your travel experience in any place during the trek to be greatly enhanced.

During my trekking days I was asked about the following questions by many travelers friends. Please click on each topics to find its answer.

1. How did you get started as trekking guide?
2. What did you learn during your guide - training period?
3. Why did you decide to become an independent guide rather than working from company?
4. Do you always select the same lodges in tea-house style trekking for your each clients?


1. How did you get started as a trekking guide?

My home village is in the lap of the mid hilly region of the Annapurana Himalayas. Since my childhood period we used to get a number of trekkers walking through my village that first caught my attention toward the tourism sector. During my school life I came to understand well about the value of tourism and its great scope in this little country. So first I worked as a porter from Pokhara. Two years later in 1995 I trained with the Pokhara Tourism Training Center (PTTC) and “His Majesty’s Government of Nepal, Ministry of Cultural Tourism Civil Aviation (HMGONMOCTCA)” in Kathmandu to become a professional government licensed guide and I started to work for a company first as an assistant guide accompanying a senior group leader. After numerous trips into various regions I escorted my first group as a senior guide in 1997.

2. What did you learn during your guide -training period?

Fortunately, I had the chance to take training in two different places witha different way of teaching - one in Pokhara and the other in Kathmandu for a government issued guide license. Here are the basic parts of the training programs.

(a) The theoretical course that provides the general information mainly about the topography, Cultural scenery, the history, zoology, first- aid training with broad information on how to recognize and treat altitude sickness, rescue and other associated topics.

(b) After 3 months of theoretical program, the practical part involves 24 days that includes rock climbing as well as camping organization.

3. Why did you decide to become an independent guide rather than working from company?

During my working period as a guide for trekking companies, for the past 6 years, I have seen a lot of mishandling of clients and trekking staffs because of the tight competition between agencies in our shrinking tourism industry. Working independently is a risky decision for me because big companies are able to attract many tourists through their advertisement. Unfortunately the guides and porters that have to work for the trekking agencies are often not paid fairly.

Because of not being involved in the planning process guides have little flexibility regarding trekking program, the trek’s budget and personal requirements of the client. When clients pay the agency for their trek and the guide often obtains limited cash to pay for lodging and food for the entire the trek. If the amount is too small, the guide has to make up the difference by his own way. This type of financial crisis can create an uncomfortable situation for both guide & client. Many companies behave this way since they cannot make reasonable money because of the stiff competition. This limited amount funds the companies give their guides for the trek is not sufficient to provide quality service.

Being independent trekking guide I feel free to work with my clients, and provide them quality service as much as I can and more importantly we have clear understanding with each other as you and I are will directly involve during the planning process via email.

4. Do you always select the same lodges in tea -house style trekking for your each client?

In some popular trekking route like in Everest, Annapurna, Langtang have abundant lodges with a variety of choices. I choose lodging based on my client’s preferences, which I give the first priority. Some would like to stay in a standard lodge with attach bathrooms and pay a little higher price. Some would like to stay in common hotel with lowest cost option where the others enjoy staying in busy places to find new friends for the evening talk. Some would like to stay with their new friends at the same lodge whom they met on the trail during the day.

Personally I would prefer to take my clients in a bit quieter, nice and less profitable lodges where the families always love to see customer’s presence and that give them a great satisfaction. The owners can give his time to talk and even can invite us in their family kitchen if there is no big groups checked in for the night.