Started by guides, not investors

Our story

In 2012, four guides — two from the Khumbu, two from the Annapurna region — pooled savings to register a small trekking agency in Thamel. The idea was simple: keep guiding decisions with people who actually walk the trails, and pay porters and guides fairly instead of squeezing margins to compete with resellers.

Fourteen years on, we're a Nepal Tourism Board registered operator (Reg. No. 84213) with 22 staff, a roster of 40+ regional guides, and a standing policy of capping every departure at 12 trekkers.

Guiding standards

• All guides hold Nepal Government trekking guide licenses and wilderness first-aid certification
• Porters carry a maximum 20kg, are insured, and are paid above International Porter Protection Group guidelines
• Every departure carries a satellite phone and a pulse oximeter for altitude monitoring
• Group size capped at 12 trekkers, with a 1:4 guide ratio

Meet the founders