Reviews

I did a seven days Poon Hill trek and, even if I was scared about cold and difficulty of the walk, all was absolutely perfect. Suman Dhakal, my guide, is a great professional and a wonderful person who took care of me and every Moment, and Deepak (the organizer), organised all perfectly in order to get the best experience of this wonderful country. The country is awesome and its people is the best. I would definitely come again to view the heavenly beauty of this country and i m going to choose this agency for exceptional planning who has experienced and explorable team like Suman dhakal and Deepak(the organizer) himself.

I pleasely recommend Trekking Planner for explorable and exceptional trek who has an experienced team. And thanks for Deepak making my holiday more beautiful than i expected by providing me such sort of tallented and desciplined guide.

Una muy buena experiencia, excelentes profesionales tanto Deepak, el boss, como Suman, el guía; flexibles, buenos conocedores de la zona y magníficas personas. Recomendable sin ninguna duda.

I recently set off on a 7 day circuit trek from Nayapul to Poon Hill in the Annapurna area of Nepal. My youth being well behind me I chose the 'slow and easy' trek - part of a 13 day tour- offered by Trekking Planner. It was a fantastic experience. I had my own guide, Saru, and porter, Romus and was able to walk - or more often climb! - at my own pace enjoying the serenity and the amazing scenery. Saru and Romus were perfect walking companions, very attentive, and helped make my trip a truly memorable one. The tour was very well organised and any hitches were promptly sorted out by Dipak. The only thing I would do differently would be to spend an extra day or two in Chitwan.

From the very first moment walking into the Trekking Planner office, we felt very comfortable and knew that we’d made a good choice. Dipak sat with us and we discussed what we had intended to arrange. He was very knowledgeable due to his extensive experience guiding all over Nepal. We were doing this as part of a world trip, so due to our long term travelling, and not wanting to take unneeded items, Dipak kindly allowed us to leave our excess baggage in the office for safekeeping.

We planned to do the Manaslu circuit and link up to the Annapurna circuit directly after. The plan was recommended to do the Tsum valley on the Manaslu trek to assist in acclimatisation prior to attempting the high passes. It was a fantastic recommendation as was far less busy than other sections and the scenery was magnificent from the top of the valley. We arranged to have our guide with us for the Manaslu trek (18 days) and then when we finished and prepared to leave from Dharapani for the Annapurna, we planned to continue on our own.

Our guide, Ramesh, met us at the office on the morning we left for the beginning of the trek. Ramesh was such an awesome young guide. Always cheerful, smiling and singing along the way, he was very knowledgeable on the mountain ranges and always happy to answer any questions we had. Having spent some time trekking the Tsum valley before attempting the the Larke Pass (5106m) definitely helped with our acclimatisation. The company takes this all very seriously as we were one of the few groups that had their guide monitoring the oxygen absorption and pulse of an evening to ensure we were in good physical condition to continue higher the next day.

We arranged to have the accomodation and food as a package and it worked very well for us. There wasn’t any issues with limiting food options from the menu, as we’d heard some other guides had imposed. Our food and drink orders were made well within reason, though we had some allowances made for us on occasion. Everything was very well organised and explained what the trekking plan would be for the following day.

Even though we had planned for Ramesh to return to Kathmandu as we continued on our own, he was ever helpful in giving us some fantastic information and assisting us before we parted. He has a lot of experience in his years of guiding and it was such a pleasure having him along with us, that we intend on having him guide us again when we return to Nepal to do some more trekking in the future.

Based on our personal experience, and the reviews of many other satisfied clients, we would highly recommend Dipak at Trekking Planner, and also Ramesh to guide you, to assist you in tailoring your trekking requirements in Nepal.

We had a great time on our trek. Everything was well planned. Our guide Gyeljan and porter Ngawang was really sweet and did an excellent job. They were super funny so even the hardest part of the trek felt alright.

I warmly recommend everyone this company and especially these guys.

Thank you so much.

Thank you TP for arranging such an amazing trip. TP was very responsive from the 1st day we enquired about the trek. From the day we confirmed and until the day we depart to Nepal, TP was able to give us all information that we need for our preparation and answer all our questions satisfactorily. During the trek, our guide, Anil monitor of our health condition regularly, do his best to ensure we have comfortable stay in all the lodges and go beyond to ensure we are back to Kathmandu safely. For the level of services provided, package offered by TP are reasonable and value for money. Definitely continue to engage TP for my future trekking in Nepal.

What an amazing trekking experience with Trekking Planner!!!. Great team leader, great guide and great porters. Dipak, a very responsible team leader who always well plan and think what is the best way to his clients so that his clients will be able fully enjoy the trekking trip. Anil, our trekking guide who is responsible, informative and funny personnel. He has been taking care of us very well for this whole trek. Thanks to him, we really have a very wonderful trekking experience.

What a fantastic trip! Great trek, great porters, fantastic guides. Nirmal and Suman looked after us really well and made the trip memorable! Deepak over looked everything and I couldn’t recommend them enough!

Communications with Dipak before and during my Nepal visit was prompt and informative, no enquiries dismissed even the small ones. He follows through once in the country, as well as being available.
My trip was a 'slow and easy Everest' which reaches 3,800m for those not wanting to complete the full Everest run. I was a solo, senior female traveller and my guide Lhapka and porter Pemba were two pleasant and personable young men. I found the estimated walking time per day to be a fair estimate, having reached daily destinations well within the indicated walking time frame, even though I would have appeared to be slow, in particular on inclines at 3,800.
Accommodation for the area is pretty standard, but one in particular I think could have been improved on (namely Khumjung). Namche had the best (access to hot, contained shower).
One destination was not reached, Tengboche due to a couple of factors.
One, not securing accommodation in advance, even with a major Monastery celebration. The second, being my decision not to attempt the long ascent from Phunki Thanga to Tengboche to then turn around the next day and retrace part of the trail finishing with another ascent to Namche.
This resulted in being one day ahead of the itinerary, giving an extra day in Lukla which was way too long.
Having said all this I have no hesitation in recommending Nepal Trekking Planner and Dipak for his dedication and professional approach in providing a trustworthy service.