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of the profit generated through these trips will be used to help locals, which makes us different than most trekking agencies.

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Customizable trips can be tailored to fit your travel plans and budget perfectly, whether you’re seeking adventure or relaxation.

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Years of experience, we are an independent team of seasoned extreme mountain adventurers and guides.

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About independent Trekking Guides

We are Nepal-based team offering expert mountain adventure and thrilling lifetime experiences.

We are a group of highly trained licensed guides with 10-15 years of experience as guides and porters. We are Nepal based, an independent team of experienced extreme mountain adventurer and guides who offer expertise and knowledge to explorers interested in a lifetime experience, adventure and thrill of being in the mountains.

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Years of experience, we are an independent team of seasoned extreme mountain adventurers and guides.

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Customizable trips can be tailored to fit your travel plans and budget perfectly, whether you’re seeking adventure or relaxation.

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of the profit generated through these trips will be used to help locals, which makes us different than most trekking agencies.

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Satisfaction guaranteed as we promise an unforgettable adventure with every step through stunning paths and guides.

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Years of experience, we are an independent team of seasoned extreme mountain adventurers and guides.

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Customizable trips can be tailored to fit your travel plans and budget perfectly, whether you’re seeking adventure or relaxation.

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10%

of the profit generated through these trips will be used to help locals, which makes us different than most trekking agencies.

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Satisfaction guaranteed as we promise an unforgettable adventure with every step through stunning paths and guides.

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Explore stunning trails, embrace nature, and forge unforgettable memories.

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Great locally based company. Flexible and able to cater for couples through to larger groups. Have used them for Annapurna and for Everest/Gokyo lakes treks as well as around Kathmandu. Will even sort out Kathmandu hotels and airport pick up etc as well as cultural tours

Darrell M

Jagat and his team were top notch with organising our trek, transfers and accommodation both in Kathmandu and on the Everest trek. Our guide Gopi and porters were excellent especially when I had to come down early due to altitude sickness. My other two friends are still up there doing the Island Pea

Dave NZ

We spent a week in the Langtang valley with Chet and his team. We did a 7-day trek with our 3 children aged 6, 4 and 1 years old. Everything went very smoothly thanks to the professionalism of the team. Chet and Jagat welcomed us at the airport and took care of us up until the very last day. The tea

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How We Assist Your Trekking Adventure

Join us in our mission for change as we trek together, knowing that every step, donation, and act of volunteering shapes our journey towards a brighter future.

We work without an agency thus it ensures a direct communication with you, the Clients. We are the only Trekking Guides Team which can offer the most cost-effective trip with maximum chances of customization for your full satisfaction.

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How We Assist Your Trekking Adventure

Join us in our mission for change as we trek together, knowing that every step, donation, and act of volunteering shapes our journey towards a brighter future.

We work without an agency thus it ensures a direct communication with you, the Clients. We are the only Trekking Guides Team which can offer the most cost-effective trip with maximum chances of customization for your full satisfaction.

How We Assist Your Trekking Adventure

Join us in our mission for change as we trek together, knowing that every step, donation, and act of volunteering shapes our journey towards a brighter future.

We work without an agency thus it ensures a direct communication with you, the Clients. We are the only Trekking Guides Team which can offer the most cost-effective trip with maximum chances of customization for your full satisfaction.

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Independent Trekking works without an agency. This means that guide and client interact directly, resulting in custom-made itineraries that suit every budget and interest.
Nepal offers an infinite variety of choices for your trekking adventure far beyond the fixed itineraries that most agencies offer. Your guide will consider your personal interests, whether they are focused on mountain scenery, rafting, nature exploration, cultural experiences, or all of the above.

Definitely not. Your guide will work with you throughout the planning process and will consider your budget carefully. He will offer choices ranging from small to large groups, from low-budget accommodations to all-inclusive camping trips that offer any imaginable creature comfort.

Because there is no agency overhead, your budget will be only used for your travel expenses, and it guarantees that guide and porters will be paid fairly. The stiff competition between agencies often makes this difficult.

On the contrary. If you are coming to Nepal for the first time, your guide will have arranged for accommodations in Kathmandu according to your preferences, pick you up at the airport, escort you to your hotel, and even show you the sights in this remarkable ancient city and its surroundings. He can show you good places to eat, to shop, or where to enjoy the local culture outside the tourist bustle. And since he is not bound by agency preferences, he can help you avoid the “tourist markup” at every step of the way.

Agencies often prefer to stick to prescribed itineraries, assembling their staff at the last minute, and consequently the guide has only rudimentary knowledge of the visitor’s preferences. This approach eliminates a great number of creative approaches, and frustrates travelers and guides equally.

Throughout the journey an independent guide can make his own decisions regarding ad-hoc itinerary changes or emergencies. Some agencies send out their guides with a bare-bones cash allowance, which can result in an unfortunate budget crisis. An independent guide has more freedom to allocate his resources to ensure that such problems never arise.

His extensive experience enables him to choose top-quality staff for your journey, should your group itinerary require it. He will provide porters, kitchen and security staff for camping expeditions, and climbing sherpas for higher peak adventures.

And of course he will ensure that all staff is paid fairly and provided with proper equipment, clothing, and insurance. About Porters

Your guide is well informed, through training and experience, about all kinds of health problems that may befall a traveler, and you should feel free to discuss any kind of trouble with him, whether it is simply gastro-intestinal or altitude related. He will be able to steer you towards safe food and water and will insist on a responsible and slow approach towards the higher areas. Should an emergency situation arise, he is well connected and can arrange for immediate evacuation, by horse or helicopter, depending on the severity of the case. Because he is free to assess the gravity of the situation, he will not have to rely on orders from his superiors in the distant capital.

The cooperative was founded in 2006 by Jagat Lama, who has had a lifetime of experience walking the mountains in Nepal. About Jagat

During his many years of agency work he often faced the frustration of not being able to serve his clients in the best possible way because of miscommunication and constraints by the agencies. At the same time he saw how trekking and expedition staff got squeezed financially and physically through the intense competition among agencies and each other. Many members of the lower mountain casts were forever stuck in porters’ roles, unable to raise through the ranks and become guides, regardless of their abilities.

The cooperative provides those opportunites to its members who share their profits and expenses, provide training and license fees, as well as language courses for each other and work out their travel schedules as a group.

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