Trekking in Nepal

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Holiday Mountain Treks & Expedition is specialized in organizing any types of treks to all the trekking areas. We also have assisted independent trekkers, private groups or individual trekkers. Our reputation is excellent; our staffs are organized and professional.

Holiday Mountain Treks & Expedition will provide you with the entire necessary infrastructure to assist you (as it is authorized government licensed professional trekking organizer/operator company/agency in Nepal) in your Nepal short hiking, lodge or camping trek, trekking trips to popular, remote, special area from easy to hard adventure and wilderness, Nepal trekking information, equipments/gear discussion, high altitude and glacier passes trek, detail itineraries.

We will do all the necessary paperwork for trekking, entry permits, special trekking permits, trekking registration certificate and organize all accommodation before/after the trip, transport loads and provide food, tents, guide, porters, sherpas, advice and essential assistance.

What is Trekking ?
Trekking in Nepal is a wonderful way to explore the villages, people, culture, religion, lifestyle and make meaningful contact with the country. Trekking is a journey of foot travel itself and consists of a series of ascents and descents walking 5 to 7 hours (8 to 15 kms in a day approx) with a guide, cook and porters. Most of the part, trekking routes are well traveled by local people and will often pass through forests of rhododendron, bamboo, oak, and hemlock, visiting one or two villages each day and Rivers are crossed on log passages or suspension bridges. Crossing snowfields or high pass is not usual on the trek. Trekking is truly a way to explore and enjoy rural communities, observing nature and spectacular montain views at a modest peace. However the trekkers relay on our staffs for path finding and well introduction of the area. We are here to ensure your comfortable and safety as we take you the place you want to go. It requires more time and effort, but the rewards are also greater. Instead of zipping down a freeway, racing to the next “point of interest,” each step provides new and intriguing viewpoints. Let us help you to discover things in this beautiful Himalayan Kingdome you want to see and experience it.

Why trek in Nepal ?
The diversity in Nepal’s nature and a range of exotic culture makes this country ideal for trekking. This is a land of immeasurable beauty and inexplicable spiritual wonders….The valleys to explore, distant mountain range to cross, hilltop monastery in which to ponder your inner thoughts, moments to contemplate the past and the future of humankind, where time seems to stand still and your mind is repeatedly drown to present. It is a chain of the highest and youngest mountains on earth and it encompasses a region of deep religious and cultural traditions and an amazing diversity of people. A trek in Nepal is a special and rewarding mountain holiday, which provides an opportunity to observe the local culture of the people and enjoy the beauty of nature undisturbed by the influence of modernity.
Fortunately for the visitor, there are still only a few roads extending deeply into the hills, so the only way to truly visit the remote regions of the kingdom is in the slowest and most intimate manner – walking. Trekking in Nepal will take you through a country that has captured the imagination of mountaineers and explorers for more than 100 years. You will meet people in remote mountain villages whose lifestyle has not changed in generations.
The villages embrace many ethnic groups and cultures. The terrain changes from tropical jungle to high-glaciated peaks in only 150 km. From the start, the towering peaks of the Himalaya provide one of the highlights of a trek.

How the treks are?
Our treks are exploratory, wild and off the beaten track, classic routes, Long/short trek, easy/hard trek, low/high altitude trek, cultural/wilderness trek, fun and adventurous but all special. A trek with us is great and our group sizes are smaller and personal but compete head-on with other trekking companies.

How the treks can be arranged?
In Nepal there are few major ways to arrange a trek, which can be categorized into three approaches: teahouse treks, camping trek treks and treks with guide and porters. There is a lot of overlap among these, because many aspects of each trekking style spill over into the next.

Teahouse Treks
The world”teahouse” means hotel. Since the word hotel has, it provides accommodation and foods. Thus, in the hills of Nepal a “hotel” has food & place to sleep. Many innkeepers specify the services they provide by calling their establishments “Hotel or Lodge”. The most popular way to trek in Nepal is to travel from teahouse to teahouse. Hotel accommodation is most readily available in the Khumbu region, the Langtang area and the entire Annapurna region. We provide teahouse trek as a complete package. An English-speaking native guide will accompany you and make all the arrangements for food and accommodations along the way. We also provide one porter for every two persons to carry the bulk of your kit. The standard of accommodation and food at these inns varies tremendously, but your guide will select the best available. Should our itineraries not be to your satisfaction, you are welcome to design your own. Lodges provide a special meeting place for trekkers from throughout the world. You will have a good opportunity to see how the people in the hills of Nepal live, work and eat and will probably develop at least a rudimentary knowledge of the Nepali language.

You are, however, dependent on facilities in villages or in heavily trekked regions. Therefore you must trek in inhabited areas and on the better-known routes. You may need to alter your schedule to reach a certain hotel for lunch or dinner.

Camping trek
Fully organized camping treks are conducted in remote areas supplying all camping equipment such as two person tents, mattresses, tables and chairs, dining and toilet tents, all kitchen utensils. A Sirdar (chief guide), assistant guides, cook and kitchen boys accompany each group. The Sirdar employs the appropriate number of porters to carry all equipment and trekking gear.

A typical day begins about 6.00am when tea is brought to your tent, along with a bowl of hot water for washing. This is followed by breakfast, consisting of tea/coffee, muesli, porridge, eggs and pancakes. Whilst you enjoy your breakfast and admire the surrounding scenery, the trekking crews dismantle camp. Shortly after 7.00am we are on our way, taking advantage of the cool morning, each guest carrying a small rucksack containing articles required during the day (water bottle, camera, sweater, sun cream etc). The porters carry all other personal belongings. There is plenty of time to enjoy the views, meet the local people, take photographs and enjoy the flora and fauna. Even though you are with a group, you can walk alone, if you so choose. Around 11am we reach our lunch stop and as the cooks have gone ahead, tea is ready by the time we arrive. While we relax and perhaps swim in a nearby stream, lunch will be prepared. Around 1.00pm we are on our way again, arriving at our campsite between 3-4 p.m.

Although the porters walk more slowly on the trail, they take less time for lunch and will by now have set up camp for the night. Tea and biscuits will be available when you arrive and there will be ample time to sort out your tent, relax or explore the surrounding area before dinner. As we often camp near villages, a trip to the local inn can provide some light entertainment. Rest days are built into our itineraries to allow for acclimatization and can be utilized to explore the surrounding countryside. The food provided is a combination of western and local cuisine and trekkers are usually astonished at the quality and variety of meals produced in the camp kitchen. The cooks and kitchen staff are fully trained to the highest standards of hygiene.

Trekking with a guide & porters
Those who are self-sufficient and experienced trekkers, a guide and porters can be hired from a trekking company. One major advantage to hire a guide and porter from a trekking company is the reliability and responsibility. This approach is suite for those who want to take all responsibility like arranging entry permits, transfers, food, accommodation etc. However this option is not very convenient for the travelers because they need time to arrange all the logistic and every concern of the trips before and during the trek. So better trekkers choose the package deal either tea house or camping to have relax like on holiday and free enough time to enjoy fully the land and the people which have attracted trekkers for a century.

When to Trek in Nepal
There are two major factors to weigh as you decide when to go to Nepal: crowds and weather. As a general rule, the better the weather, the more people come to Nepal to go trekking. During the high tourist season in Autumn (Sep-Nov) and Spring (Mar-May), flights and hotels are fully booked and hotels and trails in the hills can be horrendously busy. In these both season bight sun makes for pleasant day temperatures. So the best seasons are Autumn & Spring for trekking in Nepal.

The winter is cold and off-season for trekking. However some low altitude and shorter treks are possible. The Christmas period is cold, but this is the holiday season in Japan and Australia and these nationalities dominate flights and hotels.
The monsoon is rainy and off eason but trekking is possible if you are willing to put up with the rain, leeches, slippery trails and lousy mountain views. Flights operate throughout the monsoon to remote parts, so it is possible to fly in and trek above the leech line. The Mustang & Dolpo restricted areas are inthe Himalayan rain shadow so these places are the best for summer treks

Trekking Requires Physical Effort
A trek is physically demanding because of its length and the almost unbelievable changes in elevation. The trail gains and loses more than thousands of metres of elevation during many steep ascents and descents. On most treks, the daily gain is less than 800 metres in about 15 km, though ascents of as much as 1200 metres are possible on some days. You can always take plenty of time during the day to cover this distance, so the physical exertion, though quite strenuous at times, is not sustained. You also can stop frequently and take plenty of time for rest. Probably the only physical problem that may make a trek impossible is a history of knee problems on descents. In Nepal the descents are long, steep and unrelenting. There is hardly a level stretch of trail in the entire country. If you are an experienced walker and often hike 15 km a day with a pack, a trek should prove no difficulty. Previous experience in hiking and living outdoors is, however, helpful as you make plans for your trek.

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