Who We Are?

Khempalung Adventure

An adventure travel company established in 2014 specializing in trekking, mountaineering expeditions, wildlife excursions and cultural tours to the Himalayan range that fringes Nepal and Bhutan. And also organizing educational trips for students.

Till date Khempalung Adventure has organized treks, expeditions and tours for over 2000 clients from all over the world. Aspire to contribute to environmental sustainability, strengthen local ecosystems and livelihoods of indigenous communities as a local organisation. We are always seeking innovation and learning to ensure high quality service standards. 

The name ‘Khempalung’ is inspired by a holy cave of the same name in the Sankhuwasabha district (close to Makalu National Park) in Eastern Nepal. In the Tibetan language ‘Khempalung’ means the ‘hidden cave’. The spiritual belief is Guru Padmasambhava meditated in this cave, which was hidden from the rest of the world. Myth holds that when famine and disease hit the world ‘Khempalung’ shall be revealed, and will be the only place on earth where natural medicines, food and water will be available to save human race from extinction.

Your Travel Companion in The Himalayas... Khempalung Adventure's Back Bone...

Embodying the natural spirit of Nepalese hospitality, Khempalung Adventures is a team of enthusiastic and experienced travel personnel who will make your trip to Nepal all the more memorable, enjoyable, and comfortable.

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Ashim Pradhan
Director
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Dawa Jamba Sherpa
Operations Director
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Prajwal Thapa
Marketing & Sales Director
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Pasang Nuru Sherpa
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Chhiring Dawa Sherpa
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Tsewang Sherpa
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Bibas Sherpa
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Buddhi Bahadur Lama
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Chhedar Sherpa
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Nima Nurbu Sherpa
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Ngima Sange Sherpa
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Ashok Malla
Accountant
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Yankee Ongmu Lepcha
Manager
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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.

Customize Your Trip

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.