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Read holiday reviews by Mountain Kingdoms travellers.
“We have just returned and we had an absolutely wonderful time. The choice to do the Lingshi Laya trek was definitely best – the longer trek really got us into the mountains – the scenery and ambiance were brilliant and the pace and knees were fine. Bhutan really is a most fascinating place. Your team in Bhutan were extremely good. The lead guide (PT) was highly knowledgeable and entertaining and the team looked after us extremely well – I don’t know how they managed to produce such good food consistently in that environment but they did!”
The itinerary was excellent, with amazing scenery and mountain landscapes. The guides were all very knowledgeable, friendly and supportive.
We really don’t know what to say….what a fantastic adventure we have just had. The whole experience was beyond our expectations. We left the UK excited but a little apprehensive about what was in front of us. But we shouldn’t have been worried from the moment we were meet at the airport by Binod, our guide for the next 14 days everything was perfect. The accommodation throughout was fantastic. Dwarika’s was stunningly elegant, Everest Summit Lodges were far superior than we expected and what we saw of other lodges. We ate like KINGS..the food throughout was way above our expectations, plentiful, fresh and tasty. The scenery…the first 4 days were horrible, misty, foggy, damp, we didn’t see a mountain. Then the morning we woke in Namche everything changed, within two hours we were looking at Everest, the Top of the World WOW. The views for the next 7 days were surreal….nothing else to say about that, other than goosebumps!
Very well organised and excellent value. We would be happy to use Mountain Kingdoms again.
This was a truly memorable holiday. We trekked in the Annapurna region but it was a true wilderness trek. We didn't see a fellow Westerner until the last 2 days of the trek when we joined the Annapurna circuit. The scenery of Fishtail and the Annapurna range was breathtaking. Our guide Suman and assistant guide Lakpur were excellent especially helping out on difficult ascents and descents.This trek is not for the feint-hearted, it was labelled vigorous for a reason! Mountain Kingdom came up trumps again in finding a holiday that ticked all the boxes!
What a fantastic trip. I have wanted to visit Bhutan for some time and was not disappointed. We had a wonderful guide Karma who ensured we got the most from the experience. I really enjoyed walking parts of the trans Bhutan trail and camping. The hotels were all very nice and the food was great. I would definitely recommend this trip.
This gentle walking holiday was the best way to experience some of the wonders of Croatia. Our guide, Marko was excellent, ensuring the pace of the itinerary worked well for our small group.
Ganesh Himal trek is a camping trek, with all that entails, including a significant crew of porters to carry all the kit. While tea houses are popular, we chose a camping trek deliberately and never once regretted it. The trek takes you off the beaten track, through remote villages and up mountain trails through farm terraces, forest, and up over Singla Pass. You do need to take heed of the level of fitness you require. We are in our early 60s, and keen walkers, but we still found it challenging, adding to the sense of achievement on completing the trek. There were stunning views in the mornings, with some unseasonal cloud in the afternoons and evenings reflecting changing weather patterns. We were the only ones on the trek, paying a very reasonable supplement to ensure the trip went ahead. Our guide was excellent. Very experienced and a natural leader. Lacking formal education he’d learned English on the job. He was absolutely professional and made well judged decisions along the route. He was evidently in full charge of his team, yet he treated the porters and cooking crew with great care and consideration. Indeed the whole team (9 in all) were great. They even managed to make a birthday cake over a campfire, and the whole team picked flowers to celebrate the occasion. We were the first trek through most of the route that season, and clearly lots of the villagers weren’t used to seeing that many westerners, welcoming us with politeness and smiles, especially the children, keen to practice their few words of English. That the novelty hasn’t worn off for the locals is a reflection of what this trek is all about. We wanted to meet people, and through our guide found out so much about their lives, the state of things in the mountain communities, and about their hopes and fears for the future. We felt that might have been harder on some of the more well-known treks, and was a key reason for deciding on this one. Mountain Kingdoms were super efficient, as were their agents in country, with all of the arrangements going like clockwork - no mean achievement is a less well developed nation like Nepal. All in all , and hope others will continue to follow this route, keen to open their tent in the morning to views of snow capped peaks in the morning sunshine.
Loved everything. Upper Dolpo so so so remote and so so so spectacular. Every day was incredible. Scenery so varied over the three weeks trek. Villages very individual and varied with extensive crops or animals. Very welcoming locals and stunningly beautiful (& many ancient) Monasteries (though very few monks). New “roads” arriving to connect these remote areas although most only useable by mule and motorbikes in dry conditions and will likely always be hindrered by land slips.
A fantastic trip, road building is continuing at a rapid pace, go now before it's too late to see the beauty and remoteness of this stunning area and meet it's wonderful people.