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Travel Nepal with Khempalung Adventure

Welcome to Nepal – here, an adventure awaits you.
Be it getting lost in the labyrinth like alleys of Kathmandu or an adventurous trek alongside the shadows the Himalayas;
be it standing atop a 6,000 meter peak or to plan your world’s biggest adventure – a trip to the top of Everest,
At Khempalung Adventure – we’ve got you covered for an adventure of a lifetime.

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Your Travel Companion in The Himalayas…
Khempalung Adventure’s Back Bone…

Here are Khempalung Adventure’s energetic team members – all experienced travel personnel embodying the natural spirit of Nepalese hospitality as well as fully motivated to make your trip to Nepal, memorable, enjoyable and comfortable.

Why Travel With Khempalung Adventure?

We focus on the safety and comfort of our fellow travelers, and at the same time offer flexible itineraries and experienced travel mates for a successful adventure.

Customized Itineraries
We do not have ‘fixed departures’! Because we believe in providing a holiday with individualized attention and care to each of our guest, rather than...
Travel With Local Experts
All our team members are locals of the Himalayas. So, when you travel with us, we are able to show our destination (mountains,...
Years of Experience
The two founders of this Organization have a combined experience of more than 40 years in Adventure Tourism. They have personally trekked...
Safety Precautions
Although adventure sport comprises some amount of risk and hazard, we try our best to minimize and prepare for risk factor by taking and applying...

Why Travel With Khempalung Adventure?

We prioritize the safety and comfort of our fellow travellers, and at the same time offer flexible itineraries and experienced travel mates for a successful adventure.

Customized Itineraries
We do not have ‘fixed departures’! Reason being we believe in providing a holiday with individualized attention and care to each of our guest, rather than...
Travel With Local Experts
All our team members are locals of the Himalayas. So, when you travel with us, we are able to show our destination (mountains,...
Years of Experience
The two founders of this Organization have a combined experience of more than 40 years in Adventure Tourism. They have personally trekked...
Safety Precautions
Though adventure sport does some amount of risk and hazard, we try our best to minimize and prepare for risk factor by taking and applying...

Essential Information for Adventure in Nepal

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A simple way to under Tea house / Lodge is probably ‘a small hotel’. However this can sometimes be misleading, as they do not have high-end facilities like modern hotels in urban areas. The concept though is same as hotels in providing accommodations (rooms) and meals for guest staying in it.

So if one does a trek going from point A to B to C etc., and spending nights in these kind of lodges or teahouse is called a ‘Lodge Trek’ or ‘Tea House Trek’

The most popular regions for treks in Nepal are Annapurna, Everest Langtnag and Upper Mustang.  All these places have good quality lodges, well managed, variety of food to choose from the menus available and boast of Wi-Fi, bakeries etc.  

Around the areas that have lesser trekkers like, Makalu Barun, Manaslu, Kanchenjunga etc. the tea house/ lodge are very basic in comparison. 

Basically good lodges have developed where foot traffic is the most and Annapurna, Everest and Langtang receive the most trekkers in Nepal. 

The rooms are very basic in most places. In some very popular areas like Annapurna and Everest high-end rooms with attach bath and flush toilet and ruining hot/ cold water have come out in the recent years. However these kinds of lodges are very few and not available in all places on the trek route. 

Basic room’s sizes are on an average of 8 feet by 8 to 10 feet. They have twin cots with mattress and pillows. Most lodges provide blankets, however for hygienic regions it’s advisable to carry a good sleeping bag of your own.  The walls are pretty thin and noises carry. Earplugs are recommended to be carried. 

In more remote areas one may only get dormitories for accommodations and dinning and sleeping arrangements may be in the same common area.

Most lodges have several common toilets inside the lodge. The number depends on how big the lodge is. On an average a lodge having 15 /18 rooms may have 3 /4 common toilets. The toilets are very basic and no flush or running water is available in the toilets. Please bring you own Toilet paper. Drums with water and a mug are the ways to flush!

In Annapurna and Everest region we try and provide rooms with attach bath 

where available. However, do note that there are only a handful of places where this kind of facility is available. 

Menu in most places especially the more popular trekking routes have extensive looking menus ranging from local, Tibetan to western delicacies.  Items like Dal Bhat (rice, vegetables and lentils), pizzas, pastas, momos (dumplings), noodles, soup, fried rice etc., are amongst the common ones in all menus. 

Our recommendation is to avoid meat, as in most places porter carry the meat to lodges without any hygienic way to keep the meat fresh on the way. It takes at least few days to reach the lodges. Even the canned meat items are not recommended, as one has no way to check the expiry date etc. 

Recommended food items are the local ones like Dal Bhat, Momos (Dumplings), noodles etc, as they are freshly made in comparison to other food items. Please remember the cooks in the lodges are ‘not chefs’, very few are trained professionally as most have learned through looking at other cooks cooking in the same lodges or similar ones in the area. Basically sticking to local food is best as they are hygienic and fresh. 

For breakfast pancakes, porridge, toast (not available everywhere), eggs etc. are available in all lodges. 

There is a common dining area with fireplaces in all lodges. This is not only a place to eat but also a good place to unwind, interact with fellow trekkers, read a book, play board games or cards and relax.

Everyday our guide will help you and provide information on what choices to make in which places / lodges for food. 

One can get boiled water or bottled mineral water or filtered water in the Everest region, Annapurna and Langtang region. On an average a liter of water will cost US $ 1.50 to US $ 4.00 per liter. As one gains altitude on trek or goes further from the urban areas the higher the cost of drinking water. 

Hot or Cold showers are available everywhere in the Lodges.  In some lodges, especially as we go higher in altitude instead of showers a bucket of hot water may be the option.  

A hot shower cost on an average of US $ 3.00 to US $ 5.50 per shower. The higher we go the more expensive the bath.

We recommend not to take too may baths on treks specially if one is going to high altitude treks. The reason being the temperature drops rapidly as the sunsets and getting the body temperature back to normal after shower at high altitude becomes difficult. This increases the chances of catching cold and walking with cold at high altitude with thin cold air is not a pleasant experience.  So please try and avoid taking showers as much as possible.

Electricity hasn’t reached all places in Nepal. So electricity is limited to certain areas of the trek. On an average one has electricity till about 3500 meters in altitude.  As we gain altitude solar system has been set up in all lodges. 

Rooms have lights only till places where electricity has reached. So where electricity has not reached there are no room lights. Dining hall, toilets and all common areas have electricity through the night even if it is being supplied through solar system. 

Charging camera batteries, mobile phones can be done at the dining hall upon informing the management. They charge on an average of US $ 2.00 to US $ 6.5 for getting the batteries fully charged. The higher we go the more expensive to charge. 

We recommended that you put your batteries in your sleeping bags at night to keep it warm as in cold the batteries drains energy very fast. 

Annapurna and Everest regions have lodges that provide Wi-Fi. A cost of US $ 5.00 to $ 12.00 depending on what data package they have is charged on per hour or per day basis. 

Other trek areas have not developed this facility. 

Annapurna and Everest region has good mobile connectivity. Other areas don’t have much coverage but the mobile network connection is growing.  Please enquire via mail about the mobile phone coverages on trek routes for details. 

One can get a mobile phone sim card on arrival at the airport. Passport photocopies with passport size photo (one) is required. 

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We at Khempalung Adventure specialize in making customized trips to suit the needs of our guest. These trips are tailor made for individual travellers, friends travelling together, family holidays or private groups.

The itinerary will be designed focusing on your choice of interest that will suit your time frame and any other special requirement’s as required.

Contact us to make your Dream Holiday come alive.

Ashim Pradhan

Ashim Pradhan is a Trek and Tour professional and entrepreneur. He has extensive field experience having organized and led adventure trips to Mustang, Everest Base Camp, Annapurna regions and Kanchenjunga in Nepal, various tours to Bhutan and India, including motorcycle tours to Nepal and Tibet. He organizes trips for students designed for education and social service. Ashim helps design customized trips that suit the requirement of clients to help plan their unique holidays made personable with his experience of over 2 decades. He studied in the prestigious St. Josephs School in India and also did is mountaineering training from the famous Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI).

Dawa Jamba Sherpa

Dawa Jamba Sherpa is from Makalu region (Himalayan terrain) of Nepal. As Sherpas are famous and renowned in climbing Himalayas, Dawa is no exception and at this young age of has summited Mt. Everest 5 time (4 times from Nepal and 1 time from Tibet) and not to mention climbed over 40 peaks, all above 6000 meters in different regions Nepal. He has also reached the summit of Cho Oyu (8,201 meters) from the Tibetan side.

Prajwal Thapa

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Based in New York, Prajwal is an experienced professional with over 20+ years in diverse fields, including : IT, Sales, Customer Service, and Offshore Safety. He manages to seamlessly combine his dynamic career with a passion for Adventure sports. Having completed the Advanced Mountaineering Course from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling ,he has summited Island Peak (6189 m), Renok Peak (5029 m), and trekked to iconic base camps like Everest, Annapurna, and Kanchenjunga. His adventurous spirit also extends underwater as a certified PADI Open Water Diver

Pasang Nuru Sherpa

Adventure field till date, Pasang Nuru Sherpa started his career as a porter and over the years steadily climbed the ladder to become a trek guide/leader. A father of two small daughters he has trekked and climbed mountains all over the Nepal Himalayas. He has been on expeditions of Mt. Amadablum (6,812 m) -summited thrice, Mt. Himlung (7,126 m) -summited twice, Mt. Everest (8,848) – summited twice and numerous other peaks, multiple times,  like
Lobuche Peak, Island Peak, Mera Peak, Chulu West, Naya Khang and Throng peak.  In Tibet  he has done Mt. Kailash, Everest Base Camp (North) and Lhasa (Tibet) tours several times.  He has also being a Base Camp manager for Mt. Everest Expeditions in 2020 and 2021.

Chhiring Dawa Sherpa

He is another veteran of the Himalayas with over 20 years of trek guide experience.  He started his career as a porter and slowly with experience, hard work and dedication rose to being a guide. Holding a trek guide license from Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) and done several First Aid courses organized by Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP), is one of our senior trek guides. A father of two young kids, he is soft spoken, polite and has extensive knowledge of all trekking regions of Nepal. He has lead trek in Annapurna, Everest, Langtang, Upper Mustang region of Nepal and also done number of trips in Tibet including Mt. Kailash Kora. 

Tsewang Sherpa

Tsewang Sherpa did his formal education in Nepal and graduated with Social and Humanities as his subject. However, his passion has always been to be in the midst of Himalayas, hence is now been involved in Adventure Tourism for over 5 years. He is a health-conscious guy and keeps himself fit by doing various exercises and doesn’t drink any alcoholic beverages nor will you find him drinking tea/coffee, soft drinks etc. Soft spoken, polite and with his amicable smile he has lead number of treks in the Annapurna, Everest, Langtang and Upper Mustang regions of Nepal. He is a certified trek guide from Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) and completed his Fir Aid course organized by Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP).

Bibas (Lakhpa) Sherpa

Bibas (Lakhpa) Sherpa is a young, new generation of coming up dynamic climbers of Nepal. Trekking and climbing are in his blood as he is the second generation who has been  involved in adventure Tourism in his family. In his early twenties he has already summited Mt. Everest three times twice from Nepal (South) as well as from Tibet (North). Other feathers to his hat are reaching the summit of Mt. Lhotse (8516 m) and Mt. Amadablum (6812 m), thrice.

Having trekked and climbed many peaks with his father who is one of the senior climbing guides in Nepal he is now a well experienced trek and climbing guide himself. He has been trained well in hospitality trade as well as his climbing techniques and holds a Nepal Govt license to guide for trekking and climbing in the Himalayas.

Buddhi Bahadur Lama

Buddhi Bahadur Lama is an elite high-altitude climber and trek guide. He has made several successful ascents in Nepal Himalayas and his latest feat being Mt. Amadablum, 6812 meters. Mt. Amadablum is considered one of the most technical climbing mountains in Nepal. Himalayas above 6000 meter peaks that are under his belt include, Lobuche Peak, Mera Peak, Island Peak, Clulu Far East, Pachermo Peak and Pokalde Peak. He has done each peak several times. He has reached the Top of the World- Everest Summit twice
He is a trained high altitude certified guide from Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM), having completed several prestigious mountain trainings through Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA). Polite with his trade mark smile, he has trekked and led our trips all over Nepal and has always managed to get positive feedback from all our guest.

Chhedar Sherpa

Chhedar Sherpa has been in Adventure tourism in Nepal for over 30 years. He has summited Mt. Everest 8 times; twice was from Tibet (North side) and 6 times from Nepal (South side).

Amongst his other feats in mountaineering has been summiting Mt. Manaslu (8156m ), Mt. Sisapangma (8013 m), Mt. Pumori (7161 m) and other 7000 meters peaks in Nepal and few in Tibet. He is soft spoken, polite and with his vast experiences having trekked and climbed for years not only adds a big value to our team but to your holiday in the Himalayas in a special way.

With his experience, knowledge and his helpful nature, you will always be in safe hands and an assurance that he will always be making your holiday in the Himalayas a very memorable one.

Nima Nurbu Sherpa,

Nima Nurbu Sherpa, he is another young energetic climber reached the summit of Mt. Everest in 2017. His first ascent of a mountain was Yala peak in Langtang region and since then he has been climbed Mera and Island peak all above 6000 meters. He is certified guide from Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM). Always smiling, polite and hardworking is a distinguishing trade mark of his when leading trips.

Ngima Sange Sherpa,

Ngima Sange Sherpa, called mostly ‘Sange’ by his friends and collogues is our new member of Khempalung Adventure. Youngest in our team, 24 years old, is from Solu District of Nepal. He has been involved in tourism field as soon as he turned 18. He completed his +2 (grade 12) in English and due to his family situation he had to start working. He joined the field of Tourism started to trek as a porter. Having worked two years as a porter he got promoted as an
assistant guide and became a full trek guide with a certificate from Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) from 2019. He has most done his treks in Everest region and in 2022 did his first trek in the Annapurna region. He has also reached the summit of Mera Peak with Khemplaung Adventure in 2019.

Ashok Malla

Ashok Malla, has been with us since our formation. He is the head of our Accounts Department. He guides us with all our financial system and having been involved with finances for over 30 years, he is a backbone for us when it comes to financial planning, documentations and paper work of our Organization.

Yankee Ongmu Lepcha

Yankee Ongmu Lepcha, has been involved in Tourism sector for over 10 years. A professional and passionate musician (vocalist) you make find her singing in some top venues of Nepal in the weekends with her band ‘April Rush’. Versatile, polite and always smiling, she takes care of our guest in Nepal and makes them feel welcomed and comfortable along with looking after our logistics of hotels, transportations and domestic flights.

Customized Itinerary

We do not have ‘fixed departures’! Reason being we believe in providing a holiday with individualized attention and care to each of our guest, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. The itinerary will be designed focusing on your choice of interest that will suit your time frame and any other special requirements as needed.

Khempalung Adventure specialize in making customized itineraries to suit your preferences and interests. We believe in providing individualized attention and care
to each of our guest. These trips are tailor made for individual travellers, friends
travelling together, family holidays or private groups.

We understand that personalized service enhances your overall travel experience and that is the reason we believe in making customized itineraries, that has a deeper connection with local communities, cultures and Himalayas.

Traveling With Local Experts

All our team members are locals, born and brought up in the laps of the Himalayas.
So, when you travel with us, we are able to show our destination (mountains, villages and culture) in the best possible way that suit your interest and requirements. The itineraries are updated frequently with all the small changes that may have occurred like new road developments, local and government policies changes and through mail we will keep you informed and updated for your travel to the Himalayas.

We have good connections and contacts with a lot of local people in Nepal so when
special projects needs to be done we make sure to use them to give our guest that something extra and special in our trips.

Years of Experience

The two founders of this organization have over 40 years of combined adventure tourism experience and they have trekked, climbed, and led tours throughout the Himalayas, which as a result, when they are involved in the planning of your trip, they bring their knowledge and experience to ensure that you get the best of everything. Your ‘trek companions’ (guides) also have many years of experience in the field, which is one of our unique selling points because we know that when they are with you on treks / climbs or any other activity you have chosen, they will be providing you with the best services.

Safety Precautions

Though adventure sport does some amount of risk and hazard, we try our best to minimize and prepare for risk factor by taking and applying the necessary precautions to ensure your safety. Safety of our guest, is our number one priority.
The itineraries are time tested itineraries and made keeping in mind high altitude factors, lodges / camps are chosen keeping in mind the hygienic factor and all our guides are trained in first aid. All our staffs are insured when they go for treks and climbs. In treks that go above 4000 meters, we make sure to carry oxygen with
regulator and mask along with a satellite phone.

Visa

Most trekking destinations in Nepal are located in areas that are protected for environmental or cultural purposes, from national parks and conservation areas to restricted areas. Foreign trekkers are required to obtain specific permits and registrations to go trekking / climbing in Nepal. The type of permits required will differ as per the trekking area you are intending to treak. Please ensure you have all the required permits before leaving for the trek. Some of the trekking regions in Nepal are under controlled areas where free individual trekkers are strictly forbidden.

The fees collected from these permits are used to maintain and preserve those areas. Entry permits are not required for children below ten years of age to enter conservation areas or national parks.

For Climbing in Nepal, The Government has charge royalties of mountain climbing permits. Different mountains require different permits and depending on the season one plan to climb the permit fees vary.

TREKKING / CLIMBING PERMIT REGULATIONS

Most trekking destinations in Nepal are located in areas that are protected for environmental or cultural purposes, from national parks and conservation areas to restricted areas. Foreign trekkers are required to obtain specific permits and registrations to go trekking / climbing in Nepal. The type of permits required will differ as per the trekking area you are intending to treak. Please ensure you have all the required permits before leaving for the trek. Some of the trekking regions in Nepal are under controlled areas where free individual trekkers are strictly forbidden.

TRAVEL INSURANCE INFORMATION FOR NEPAL

We encourage all our clients to get insurance that covers both medical evacuation and travel protection including air evacuation. Trekking and expedition may involve risks and several other factors that cannot be foretold. Altitude Mountain Sickness (AMS), medical emergencies, natural calamities are common in high altitudes and we like to be assured that our clients are insured against helicopter evacuations, trip cancellations, and personal accidents. Considering these factors, it’s better to be prepared for the possibilities that may occur.

These rescue operations and the subsequent medical treatments are expensive, and travelers will have to pay out of pocket for these treatments if they do not get insurance coverage