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"Speaking on behalf of all three of us, I would have no hesitation recommending Tibet to anyone with a sense of adventure. We all found the balance of culture / spirituality / adventure very rewarding.
Additionally, we all found Lobsang and the driver extremely courteous, knowledgeable and entertaining - everything you want on a trip like this. I will be recommending Explore Himalaya to anyone who shows an interest in Tibet."
Name: Tom Picking, Kunal Damani & Kieran Spriggs
Country: USA
Area: Beijing Lhasa Everest BC Kathmandu tour - 22 Oct - 4 Nov 07
"Greetings! I just wanted to let you know what a wonderful trip Laura and I had to Tibet....when I arrived at Everest Base camp on a beautiful clear sunny day, I was overcome with gratitude and appreciation and awe. To stand at the base of the such a magnificant mountain was for me a life long dream and there are no words to adequetely express the feeling. Our guide Tsering, not only shared his knowledge of Tibet and Budihism but also his deep caring about people. I learned from him the importance of doing good for others... and I cannot say enough about our driver who was a real Rock Star. His ability and safety and excellent drving techniques helped make the trip an exciting adventure. Thank you for all of your help and taking care of all the details so that Laura and I could just enjoy the trip of a lifetime!"
Name: Linda Whildin
Country: USA
Area: Tibet overland tour - October 2007
"Dear Bimal,
How are you!
Now I have returned into the office after my trip. I would like to thank you for your excellent organizational work, attention and help. All was very nice! If we will going to visit the Nepal or nearest regions once again, we will necessarily take advantage of services of your company again. I will recommend your company to all my friends.
Once again many thanks for you!
Best regards,
Sergey."
Name: Sergey Shaposhnikov
Country: Russia
Area: Tibet overland tour - September/October 2007
"We would like to thank you one more time for breathtaking Tibet Overland Tour (23/08/07 - 02/09/07). I could say that this trip exceeds all our expactations, because of high quality service, excellent client orientation and real fun. Special thanks to Bimal and Kedar for organizing this. And of course our trip to Tibet couldn't be so beautiful, safe and interesting without our Tibetan guide Jamyang Yeshi and driver Norbu - these guys were just great.
I hope that this trip is not our last one, and in future we will have more trips in Tibet and Bhutan. And of course, for organizing our future trips we should apply to the best travel agency in Nepal - Explore Himalaya."
Name: Irina Malysheva
Country: Ukraine
Area: Tibet overland tour - September/October 2007
" Excellent guides. Only had trouble with customer service at a hotel the 2nd night in Tingri. Tibet guide (Kelsang) is excellent and solved problems quickly. Drivers were very excellent. Very smooth crossing border from Tibet to Nepal. Very excellent! The best tour!
Name: Hester Lo
Country: Canada
Area: Tibet Overland Tour
August 2007
Speaking on behalf of all three of us, I would have no hesitation recommending Tibet to anyone with a sense of adventure. We all found the balance of culture / spirituality / adventure very rewarding.
Additionally, we all found Lobsang and the driver extremely courteous, knowledgeable and entertaining - everything you want on a trip like this. I will be recommending Explore Himalaya to anyone who shows an interest in Tibet.
Tom Picking,
Kunal Damani &
Kieran Spriggs
Beijing Lhasa Everest BC Kathmandu tour
22 Oct - 4 Nov 07
"Excellent tour. Kalsang and drivers were great! Prachanda was very helpfull in Nepal so was Kedar! You have a great crew in Tibet."
Name: Craig Kassover
Country: USA
Area: Tibet Overland Tour
August 2007
“Good Trip. Guides and Driver were very good in solving problems and were very nice people”.
Name: Mr. Finn Otto Madsen
Country: Denmark
Area: Tibet Overland Tour
Duration: 29 July – 11 August 2007
"It was an insightful and eye opening trip. Many thanks to the guide for sharing with us the various stories and history of the country. And special thanks to the drivers too, for their efforts in making our journey safe and confortable.
Low Wen Ee
Country: Singapor
Area: 11 day overland tour Lhasa/Kathmandu
Period: July 2007
“Overall a very good tour. Excellent itinerary. Guide, drivers and staffs were very good. Vehicle was in excellent condition”.
Name: Marco Gnecchi
Country: Italy
Area: Tibet Overland Tour (11 Days)
Duration: 21 June-05 July 2007
“Very friendly and efficient. Always on time and giving us plenty of time. All the staffs were very helpful. Very good, tasty and varieties of food. All exceeded expectations. An excellent experience and trek. Thank you”
Name: John Manning
Country: New Zealand
Area: Khangsung Face of Everest
Duration: 03-13 May 2007
“Our itinerary in Tibet was excellent. We were very pleased with the Explore Himalaya office team and in particular with Sony, our Tibetan guide and Samir, our Nepali contact”.
Name: Robert Mead Jones Jr
Country: United States
Area: Everest Advance Base Camp
Duration: 02 - 12 May 2007
“The overall tour was very good. Even the Beijing/Lhasa train journey on Hard Sleeper was very comfortable”.
Name: Joergen Solberg
Country: Norway
Area: Tibet Overland Tour (11 Days)
Duration: 26 April-09 May 2007
“We thoroughly enjoyed our tour, good mix of seeing, appreciating and understanding the cultural of natural heritage of Tibet. We have the early morning wonderful close up views of Everest. On the whole a magnificent trip.”
Mr John Manning
Country: New Zealand
Area: Khangsung Face
Period: 10 May to 12 June, 2007
“Brilliant Trip would do it again”
Mr Nikul Bhanderi
Country: Great Britian , UK
Area: Tibet overland tour
Priod: 20 May – 04 June, 2007
“The service level of our guide was extra ordinary ! The company of our guide and driver was pleasure in cross Himalaya”
Ms Erica Ramstad
Country: Denmark
Area: Beijing and Rongbuk Tour
Period: 24 april to 12 may
“An outstanding experience. The standards were far higher than expected. Thank you”.
“ Staff attitude has been remarkably good, always helping and making this fall trip incredible”
Mr Alvargonzalez Gonzalo Gimeno
Country: Spain
Trip: Everest
17 -27 March 2007
“Very professional organization. We will recommend to our friends”
Name: Christopher Hoider,Leah Espino,Francis Lavery,Jesse Anne Lavery
Country: Australia and New Zealand
Area: Tibet Overland Tour (11 Days)
Duration: 03 - 12 April 2007
"Dear Suman,
It was an unexpected pleasure meeting you in Lhasa, I appreciated all your efforts to make this trip a great success and look forward to future travels with the professional team of Explore Himalaya.
Both the Nepalese crew with Nyima in charge and the Tibetan crew with Penba overseeing the various arrangements were excellent. There isn't one critical comment I could make on any level and the service was always Five Star. On top of the expert ground support the skies stayed clear the entire time and everyone stayed healthy with no real problems getting the group over the Drolma La.
Your complimentary dinner at the Du Ghood on the last evening was a very thoughtful gesture and much enjoyed by all, a finishing touch to an amazing journey. A million thanks for making our 2006 Tibet trip a memorable experience of a lifetime
With Best Regards, "
Brian Finnie
Country: Canada
Trip: Tibet Kailash Tour
"Thank you for arranging everything -- the (short) tour of Lhasa did go very well. I was impressed by my guide's knowledge, he had good english and was friendly enough to take me out for a drink.
Thanks again,."
Robert Oliver Beahrs
Country: USA
Trip: Tibet Tour
"We appreciate the help from our Tibetan guide and the driver through the way, especially in overcoming the landslide probelm between Nyalam and the border.."
Heng Hang Boon
Country: Singapore
Trip: Tibet Rongbuk Tour
"The trip went very well. Dawa was a good guide and our driver was also very good. There was some flexibility in the programme which was good..we saw the Milerepa cave near Nyalem and also saw the ruined fort at Shegar: two things I wanted..Weather was good; great views of Everest, Cho Oyu, Shishapangma and many other good sights..Best regards,Dave Mc."
Dave Michael McClung
Country: Canadian
Trip: Tibet Rongbuk Tour
"We had an excellent trip in Lhasa. All travel details were arranged perfectly. We loved the hotel Dhood Gu!."
Lauren Alderfer
Country: America
Trip: Tibet Tour
"I had a wonderful experience with Explore Himalaya and would highly recommend them. All the hotels they used getting to base camp were wonderful. The main guide for non-climbing who was with us in Tibet was incredible and totally went out of his way to make everything run smooth. And the climbing guides where great -- very accomplished and strong and good cooks too.
I did the full climb including LhakpaRi. I am actually a middle aged woman, with mountaineering experience, and didn't have any trouble with the climb up. I had eaten some beef jerky from my own stash the night before and wound up with some food poisoning from it and was totally weak on the way down -- it took me forever to get down, not up, and the climbing sherpa was more than patient. They Sherpas at base camp noticed how slow going it was for me - I had to stop and throw up every ten minutes, and they sent the yak herders up the bottom of the glacier with tea and soup and to help out. It would have been an extra hour or two without their help as sick as I was. But even in that condition, which was totally my fault, the climb was beautiful and very doable. I'd say to bring some warm gloves if you are doing LakpaRI. I had my regular mountaineering gloves that I had used on many high peaks, but the wind factor made it a bit colder and I had to borrow more gloves from the Sherpas, who can climb it with thin liners -- they are amazing. It is very beautiful up there and you'd find it quite an accomplishment.
So all in all I would very much recommend the trip -- the cultural aspect of visiting China/Tibet and then the accomplishment of the climb to either ABC or LhakpaRi are a great combination. Good accommodations in the cities, great food all around.
We were done and back in Kathmandu early so I took advantage of the rate at the Yak and Yeti hotel that Bimal can get you and it is pretty nice to treat yourself to a couple of days of that kind of luxury after the trip.
I recently heard for another couple, who I have never met, but who went to ABC in October of last year with Explore Himalaya. They had contacted to ask some questions and to send some documents with me for Bimal when I went over. They emailed me when they got back, and they too had a fantastic trip and were very happy that they went with Explore Himalaya On my next trip to Nepal, I would certainly choose them again.
Hope you go and Have Fun. Cheers, Sheilah."
Sheilah Bryan
Country: USA
Trip: Lakpari & Everest Advance Base Camp
"I would like to thank once more to your staffs for the competent and smooth way everything worked out on our Tibet trip.
Especially, I was impressed with the flexibility and readiness to deal with unforeseen matters. So once again from me, a big THANK to you and all of your staffs who helped me have a great experience on Everest ABC Trek!! Best wishes."
Tom Jorgensen
Country: Denmark
Trip: Lhakpa Ri(Tibet)
"An excellent holiday, overall a wonderful experience as we wished, we saw the vast glacier landscape and the massive Himalaya range. Traveling in Tibet was like begin in a parallel universe. Amazing !."
Eileen Riley & Alan Drabble
Country: UK
Trip: Everest Base Camp in Tibet
"Thanks again for all your help with the Tibet tour. We did have a good time despite cutting the trip a little short. Your counterpart in Tibet/China is just superb! My compliments to you, your staff and the ones in Tibet.
Many thanks. I am leaving Kathmandu tomorrow, but will be sure to return sometime soon. Anyway, do take care, and thanks once again."
Swee Yin (Pearly Lee)
Country: USA
Trip: Tibet
Speaking on behalf of all three of us, I would have no hesitation recommending Tibet to anyone with a sense of adventure. We all found the balance of culture / spirituality / adventure very rewarding.
Additionally, we all found Lobsang and the driver extremely courteous, knowledgeable and entertaining - everything you want on a trip like this. I will be recommending Explore Himalaya to anyone who shows an interest in Tibet.
Tom Picking,
Kunal Damani &
Kieran Spriggs
Trip: Beijing Lhasa Everest BC Kathmandu tour
22 Oct - 4 Nov 07
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