Clients Review

Having both travelled extensively, we can honestly say this was our best holiday ever and truly an experience of a lifetimetime .

It was all down to the company—mainly two things . Karna and Sab .

Prior to booking, we explained what we liked and were looking for, and from this, Karna planned an amazing ABC trip with Poon Hill for us and was so flexible with our last-minute change of plans. He really understood our needs and the trek was so well tailored—neither too easy nor too difficult . Karna was also easily contactable when we first had to learn how Nepal worked !!

Sab, our guide Sabut, as we nicknamed him, was bloody fantastic... He also gave us nicknames, Didi and Baheni, which again added to his personal touch. His cheeky sense of humour shone throughout, and he made sure we enjoyed every step of the way. Sab chose excellent accommodations that cooked the freshest food (not many other companies did this). We not only learnt about the Annapurna trail from Sab but also how life and nature are... and the odd word in Nepalese—including one we can’t repeat 🤪

We can’t recommend Nepal's motherhouse trek enough and its people; we certainly will send friends and look forward to returning.

I cannot recommend Nepal Mother House and Jay as guides highly enough. Before the Luxury Everest Base Camp trip by Hecioter began, they worked with us to customize an itinerary based on our time constraints. Jay could not have been a better guide and our porters were truly great. When we encountered difficult travel conditions at Lukla while trying to return to Kathmandu, the team worked wonders to get us to our flights home on time.

Nepal Mother House and Jay made our trip incredibly special and memorable. If you are considering exploring Nepal, I urge you to use Nepal Mother House and request Jay as your guide.

We had a wonderful time doing the Annapurna base camp via Poon Hill as a mini-circuit. Karna was very helpful and responsive during the planning! And Pratap was a great guide, looking after us all the way around. We would definitely recommend it and look forward to our next trek!

My wife and I did the Manaslu Circuit with side trips from late September to mid-October, lasting 20 days. It was a fantastic experience for both of us! It was certainly the richest, most challenging, and most rewarding travel experience I’ve had, and we are very grateful to Karna, our guide Jayram Magar, and our porter, Kishor Thapa Magar.

Karna was very helpful in providing all the information we needed, responding very promptly to any enquiries, and there were no hassles when we decided to change our itinerary to the Manaslu Circuit with side trips about a month out instead of via Tsum Valley. We’re really glad that we made the change, as having the side trips factored in gave us a lot of flexibility to make changes to the itinerary as needed during the trek.

Once you’re on the track, you’re in the hands of your guide and porter, and we couldn’t have been happier with both. Within a week, we had created a strong bond as a team, and by that time Jay was saying, “We are family," so naturally the Sister Sledge song became our anthem!

Our first real challenge was the side trip up to Serang Gumpa. Apart from climbing almost 1000 m in a day, there were hundreds and hundreds of steep steps we had to climb in steady rain (the first day of the terrible Nepal floods). It was also the first time hiking up to 3000 m for both of us. We stayed 2 nights at the gumpa, and it was a glimpse into a culture (Tibetan Buddhism), which was much as it would have been for hundreds of years, except for the mobile phones! The setting is absolutely extraordinary, and the full day we spent there was unforgettable.

As a result of the floods, there were many landslides on the track back to Bihi Gaun after our stay, and 2 sections especially were hair-raising, with only a sliver of unstable track left and a steep drop of hundreds of meters to the river below. Jay and Kishor showed great skill and care in keeping us safe, for which we were very grateful.

Although we didn’t end up doing 2 of the longer, very demanding side trips, the upside of this was the flexibility it gave us in adapting our itinerary to suit our needs. Jay was very helpful in making suggestions when we would discuss the plan for the next day, so that we ended up staying in places that worked really well for us and going at a pace that was manageable. Although we were both very fit, the reality of being in your early-to-mid 60’s is you don’t have the same energy and drive as a 20-year-old!

The biggest day on this trip is undoubtedly getting over Larke Pass, which we managed after a great deal of difficulty for myself (aa combination of factors). Jay stayed with me the whole time, gently making some helpful suggestions that made a real difference to me getting over the pass. We again changed the itinerary so that I didn’t need to walk any more that day after getting down from the pass, and the rest of the trek worked out beautifully.

Something I wasn’t prepared for was how rich and wonderful the cultural experience was, both in terms of cultural understanding and interpersonal encounters. The mountains really sang to us, and so did the culture and people of these Himalayan valleys.

The originally planned post-trek celebration dinner (included in the package) became a celebration lunch in the following week, which suited us all better. And we had a wonderful time eating Tibetan food and enjoying a special Tibetan drink afterwards.

We highly recommend Nepal Mother House treks! We would walk with them again in a heartbeat!
 

At the start of the trip, we lost a few days waiting on the weather in Lukla (heavy cloud grounding flights)
Our guide Kul managed to make up the time; we walked longer days and did acclimatization hikes when we arrived at the end of each day. We made it to EBC on schedule and managed to make our flight out of Lukla as well. Amazing work, Kul!

Obviously, the landscapes are amazing; every day you walk through really beautiful mountain landscapes. The temperature and kind of environment change a lot from the start to the end of the hike. Initially, you walk through lush and shaded pine forests, which give way to alpine deserts and finally rocky mountainsides.

The accommodation covers your basic needs, and we rented sleeping bags from Nepal Mother House Treks, which was definitely something worth doing, especially on the colder nights.

The whole experience was as smooth and easy as walking to Everest Base Camp can be. Would recommend!
 

We hebben net de langtang valley trek achter de rug van (normaal) 9 dagen. We hebben net de langtang valley trek achter de rug van (normaal) 9 dagen. Het weer sloeg om op dag 3 aangezien we in het moesson seizoen de trek deden. Karna, de eigenaar, was enorm vriendelijk en regelde een kortere trek van 7 dagen ipv 9 dagen. Ze waren heel erg flexibel, waarvoor dank! Ook onze Gids Jayram en porter Dipak waren heel behulpzaam en vriendelijk. Zou deze trek zeker aanraden. Doe deze trek in 7 dagen als je houdt van actieve dagen, als je niet te veel op 1 dag wil wandelen is 9 dagen beter.

Karna Rana was very professional during the booking and preparation. The guide Sabut and his cousin Porter Ganesh were very kind, easygoing, and knowledgeable. They were friendly with hotel owners and I felt included when eating with them in the kitchen. Although the mountains were often cloudy in the afternoons, we had good views during the mornings and only two days of light rain during the 19 days of the trek. I enjoyed the Manaslu Circuit side trips to Serang Gompa, Kal Tal, Hinang Gompa, and Pungyen Gompa. I had heard of Milarepa caves in Samagaon, and Sabut, with the help of local villagers, was able to find them. Very recommended guide, porter, and trekking agency!

♥️♥️ Please book with these fantastic people! You couldn't be in better hands with Karna and his team!

We booked the Langtang Valley Trek online and immediately had warm contact with Karna. Once in Nepal, we met Karna in person, but also with guide Jayram and porter Sumon. We couldn't have asked for a better experience with nicer people!

We are a family with an 11-year-old boy. We had the best time hiking the valley, 'climbing' the mountain, seeing the animals and great views. Very easy for our boy, a little harder for us 😉.

EVERYTHING was arranged very well. They thought of every detail during the trek (but also during the rest of our trip in Nepal). Nice accommodations, tea and lunch stops, and trekking poles (which I thought I wouldn't need, boy was I wrong!), etc. We didn't have to lift a finger, just put one foot in front of the other.

Thanks again for the great time we had as a family - we would highly recommend others to book with you! ♥️♥️

Mar 2024 • Family
Can't recommend Nepal Mother House Treks enough. From the initial contact with Karna via email regarding our custom trip for the Everest Base Camp trek, to making a few changes along the way (and even during the trek), everything was handled professionally and without issue. Airport and hotel pickup/dropoff was also handled without any question and we were greeted warmly.

Myself and my father opted for the drive-in EBC trek and our guide, Jay, and porter, Audiraj, couldn't have been better. The first day of trekking took its toll on my father's old knees but with Jay's patience and experience of many (25 successful!) EBC treks we reached our day 1 guesthouse. The following few days we took it slow to help my father recover a bit and with Jay's guidance we successfully reached EBC according to schedule!

Along the way, Jay couldn't have been more helpful with taking our breakfast, lunch, and dinner orders at the guesthouses (and organizing a melon/apple with pomegranate desert each night), taking strategic tea stops during the trek, and explaining clearly the trekking plan for the following day. Jay's English is superb, he has a lot of local and cultural knowledge and was able to answer any of our random questions along the way. Also hats off to Audiraj for carrying the majority of our gear there and back!

I will be fully recommending Nepal Mother House Treks and Jay to my brother and his partner (and anyone else) when they come to do the EBC trek (or any other trek in Nepal). When I am back for some of the other treks I will also be using Nepal Motherhouse again!
Massive thanks to Karna, Jay, and Audiraj for making our EBC trek a successful and memorable experience!

 

We took a 7-day Langtang Valley Trek with Nepal House Mother. There is nothing we can complain about, as we were very satisfied during the whole trip. During the trip, we were accompanied by our lovely guide, Jay, and helper, Kishrul.Karna the owner was also very helpful in providing pre-arrival information. Our trip was lovely, pleasant, and wonderful. Both of them are very professional, kind, and nicest people we ever met in Nepal. I was traveling with my 60-year-old dad who has a knee problem. We felt safe as both of them took care of us very well. Everything was well organized, from the accommodation, meals, and transportation. Surely we will choose Nepal House Mother along with Jay & Kis for our next Nepal trip in the future.

They arranged for our guide (Sabut) to pick us up from the airport and as it was a holiday he arrived with amazing-smelling flower garlands handmade by his mum! The whole Manaslu Circuit trip was well organized, on time, and enjoyable. They were also flexible for us when two members of our group were delayed a day in arriving in Kathmandu. Karna met with us in his office before and after the trek just to give us the full information and double-check that we were happy with all the plans, and to get feedback at the end. It was a warm, friendly, and professional experience.

Sabut, our guide, was knowledgeable, funny, organized, and took a carefully planned approach to acclimatization which meant that the altitude change wasn't a problem for us. If we went back we would choose Mother house again and ask for Sabut as our guide again, 100%.
We also had great porters, who were always caring, and friendly, and gosh are they strong and fit, shout out to Reuben, Shyam, and Rajeesh!

As we intended to do the Manaslu Circuit together with the Tsum Valley, we reached out to Karna to amend the existing trek to our requirements. Karna was very professional, however, at the same flexible to attend to our wishes and provided an itinerary, which totally suited our expectations. Even as we had to amend our travel schedule on the very last moment, Karna provided all the flexibility to adjust our trek and, therefore, made this trip happening. The trek took place together with Ronaldo, who did an excellent job. As he knew that the primary goal was to see as much as possible, he provided all the effort to make a great trip happening. He took care even on the smallest things and, hence, assured a great experience taking place. In addition to that, it was a pleasure to spent three weeks togehter in the mountains - many thanks again!!! My recommendation: Go for Manaslu & Tsum Valley and go for Ronaldo!!