Camping Trek: For many of our treks, you can choose between camping and staying in mountain lodges. The classic style of trekking is the Camping trek, where a group camps in luxury tents each night and a trekking crew accompanies the trip. Porters or animals carry all trekking equipment, food, fuel, and personal belongings, cooks prepare hygienic meals and a guide leads the group and handles all arrangements.

Tea house trek: In the popular areas such as the Annapurna, Langtang and Everest areas, where there are nice mountain lodges, also known as tea houses, for most of the length of the trek, tea house trekking is common. Teahouse treks mean that groups use private mountain lodges along the route for accommodations and meals. Porters or animals carry all gear, and a guide travels with the group and handles all the arrangements, including food and accommodations.

A typical Camping trek day: On a typical camping trek, the day starts around 6 a.m. with a cup of tea or coffee followed by a large bowl of warm water for washing and cleaning. When you have cleaned, dressed and packed your duffel bag, just go to your waiting breakfast, leaving our staff to organize your tent, sleeping bags and travel baggage or back packs. The staff packs all camping equipment and gear, and the porters carry them to the next camping site. The trekkers should carry only light personal belongings that they may need for the day in a day pack. The walk to the lunch spot normally takes 3 hours. The cook and assistants serve a hot lunch upon your arrival. The afternoon walk takes about 3 to 4 hours to reach the night camp. The evening meals are usually served family style around 6.30 p.m. in a mess tent, lit with a pressurized lantern and furnished with a table and camping utensils. After the dinner, the guide will answer questions about the day, brief you about the following day’s program and then let you retire to your sleeping tents.

Trekking in Nepal can be undertaken throughout the year depending on the region. The best time for trekking is during spring and autumn. Spring (March – May) is the time for rhododendrons, while the clearest skies are found after the monsoon in Autumn (September - November). The winter (December – February) months provide good trekking conditions throughout the foothills below 3000 meters, since some of the higher passes will be closed due to snow. Unlike other parts of Nepal, the monsoon season (June – August) is the ideal time to visit the region that falls in the rain-shadow regions north of the Himalaya, such as Mustang, Dolpo, Humla, Jumla of Nepal and of course the regions of Tibet.

Easy: Trekking at altitudes below 3000m but entailing a lot of ups and downs, walking on mountain trails for 4 to 6 hours a day. These treks are suitable to family groups with younger children and with limited time. These lower altitude treks often provide colorful horizons of a whole series of mountain ranges.

Moderate: Moderate trekking to altitudes that average 4500m, possibly involving side trips to higher elevations and generally of two weeks duration. These are tougher than easy treks and involve more walking up and down, sometimes at slightly higher altitudes, where you will be rewarded with close–up views of big mountains.

Strenuous: Treks of a demanding nature, requiring all participants to be fit and in excellent health, often in remote alpine areas and sometimes reaching altitudes in excess of 5500m. These trips include a physical component with some mountain experience. Trekking will involve some steeper ups and downs on well-defined trails.

Challenging: The main component at this level is likely to be a long, high altitude trek that requires physical and mental stamina. Altitudes will often exceed 5000m, where the treks involve camping for relatively long periods. A high level of preparation is required, with basic knowledge of the use of crampons, ice axes and rope climbing is essential before embarking on one of these adventures.