I had the luck to do both trekkings in the Everest region and in the Annapurna region. I chose to get help, support and information from the local trekking office Nepal Guide Treks & Expedition (p) LTD in Kathmandu. The manager Mr Prakash Devkota welcomed me heartily and arranged both trips as all-inclusive tours for the time and budget I had. My guide while trekking in the mountains was his brother Mukesh, who could tell me a lot of interesting things about the people, country, landscape and Nepalese life. The trekking tour to the Mount Everest Base Camp (13 days) started with a flight to Lukla and already from the plane, it was possible to see the panorama of the Himalayan mountains.
Every day we walked for several hours and when we reached the lodge in the evening I felt really tired but happy. Here far from the city and modern life, in small villages high up in the mountains you really feel a unique atmosphere. On the way, we enjoyed the view and changing vegetation, saw yaks and met other trekkers, slept in nice lodges where friendly people served us the food. We also visited the great monastery in Tengboche. The greatest moment was, of course, to see Mount Everest (8848m) from the viewpoint called Kala Pattar. The tour in the Annapurna region (one week) started near the city Pokhara, to where we went by minibus. Here we walked to the viewpoint called Poon Hill from where it is possible to see a great mountain panorama with for example Machhapuchhre ("Fish Tail" 6993m). Very beautiful was also the village Ghandrung. The days in Kathmandu I stayed at Lhasa Guest House, which was a good choice as well as to make the trekking tours with Nepal Guide Treks & Expedition. I took a lot of memories back to Sweden and can definitely imagine returning to Nepal again.
