Freshly landed in Kathmandu in September 2018 for a stay of 3 months, a very happy chance put us in touch with Nilam and his agency "ASIAN HERITAGE TREKS" ... and it was our lucky day !
My husband and I wanted to organize a 60 days trekking to discover the Solu-Khumbu region. It was important for us to spend time in the remote areas, protected of mass tourism, and continue our adventure by joining the Everest base camp and the Kala-Patthar viewpoint through the traditional trekking trails.
We wanted above all to discover the reality of the Nepalese people, their life and their traditional culture, off the beaten path. Walking these remote areas on foot has allowed us to discover and share some of the hard reality of Nepali life in the countryside, where everything is done by hand. We have especially discovered the kindness and smiles of this people who has always opened the doors of their home with so much kindness.
Nilam and his agency : From our first meeting, it became clear to us that a good relationship of trust had naturally established with its director Nilam. In excellent professional very friendly and caring, Nilam has created an agency in his image : Beautiful !
Always listening to us, he immediately understood our expectations, he also very well perceived and reassured our fears to launch "just the feeling" in such a great adventure. With all his team, he has concocted a magnificent program of personal trekking program, leaving plenty to adventure and improvisation day by day, according to our favorite places, our physical abilities and our adaptation.
We realized our trek from October 2nd to November 31st 2018
Naresh, our guide : Walking together for 60 days, we had the time to get to know each other ! As a very experienced guide, Naresh has made this extraordinary trip a moment of sharing and happiness of great depth.
He loves his job, it's obvious !
Very professional, excellent communicator and very endearing, Naresh has a great mastery of his profession and a perfect knowledge of this whole region. He quickly understood how we worked, knew how to adapt to our pace of walking, and compose our itineraries and stages according to our physical form of the day. As he knows very well all the possibilities of lodging, he always did the best for our comfort and our well-being.
He also knows, and it is vital, to perfectly prevent and identify all the problems caused by acute mountain sickness. He also managed very smoothly his team of 2 porters, the very nice and happy Harry and Krishna !
Thanks to his charisma and talent, he gave us the gift of an exceptional and fascinating stay. He knew how to weave between our different cultures a family link always very happy, where everyone had to discover the other and make us forget our status of "customers"
Conclusion, Naresh is a must guide !
OUR MOST SINCERE THANKS to Nilam, Naresh and all your very professional teams : with the perfect organization of this extraordinary trek ... you have made a wonderful and extraordinary gift.
The success of this trek is our success to all of us, together !!!
Marie-Jeanne BOISSY and Daniel GEORGET