Nepal is one of the most popular trekking destinations in the trekking and hiking world. Due to its geographical setting and the great Himalayas including the world’s tallest Mt. Everest located inside Nepal, it is one of the most preferred trek destinations in the world. After a successful climbing of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Sherpa in 1952 Nepal become the focal point of climbing and trekking globally. As the years passed by Nepal realized that trekking can generate income and people from around the world will actually pay to visit the country and hike the high Himalayas. In the present scenario trekking is a full-fledged tourism industry bringing out good revenue to the country.
Trekking in Nepal is a great experience not found elsewhere hiking the world-famous trekking trails like Everest Bas Base, Annapurna Base Camp. At the early stage of trekking in Nepal in the 60’s & 70’s all the trek equipment has to be carried by porters like tents, kitchen equipment organizing a full camping trek. With changing time camping treks begin to be replaced with lodge base treks which means hiking the entire day and sleeping in lodges readily available on the trekking trails. These small cozy and family-run lodges are beginning to be called tea-house. Tea-house treks become even more popular and practical since now you don’t need an army of porters to carry all the camping equipment. It became easy and simple, start your trek from one point to another and at the end of the day sleep/eat in tea-houses. Tea-houses on the Himalayan trails are very basic with small rooms and shared washrooms or attached toilets sometimes. Dinner will be at a large dining hall with a heated chimney at the center most of the time. The food offered in such lodges is home-grown most of the time so very organic. One can find such lodges in the popular trek regions like Everest, Annapurna, Langtang. More remote areas like Manalsu, Kanchenjunga, Makalu have very basic level tea-houses. Nowadays to cater to the luxury travelers who are thinking to trek the hike Himalayas, there are also luxury lodges with facilities that rival the high-end hotels in Kathmandu. Such lodges have comfortable beds, attached toilets, Wi-Fi and great food.
Luxury treks in Nepal can’t be done at all trekking regions in Nepal since luxury lodges are available at popular trek regions like Everest and at some sections of the Annapurna region. ‘Khumbu’ or the Everest region being the gateway to Mt. Everest is the most popular trekking destination. Thus there are more luxury lodges in Everest than any other trek region in Nepal. These include Yeti Mountain Home, Everest Summit Lodge and Hotel Everest View. Though their rates are high compared to other lodges in Everest but the kind of services and facilities they provide is unmatchable. These luxury lodges in the Himalayas have a chain of resorts starting from Lukla and stretch as far as Pangboche. But afterward Pangboche one has to use local lodges since no luxury lodges are available beyond this point.
Everest luxury trekking is one such program that explores the Khumbu region and uses luxury lodges throughout the trek. The trek starts after flying to a small airstrip in Lukla then trek to Phakding. Everest luxury lodge trek then proceeds to Namche Bazzar ‘the Sherpa capital and the administrative headquarter of the Khumbu region. Luxury trek to Everest then explore and hike to Tashinga, Pangboche, AmaDablam Base Camp then back to Lukla. On the entire trekking route, you will get to stay at two best luxury lodges in Khumbu ‘Yeti Mountain Home’ and ‘Everest Summit Lodge’. Another great luxury trek in the Annapurna is the Annapurna luxury lodge trek. The trek starts after flying or driving to Pokhara from Kathmandu. Though there aren’t many luxury lodges in the Annapurna’s like in the popular trails like Annapurna Base Camp or Annapurna Circuit treks. But there is one luxury lodge at some sections of Ghorepani and Ghandruk villages. The idea of the Annapurna luxury trek is also to visit these chains of resorts and trek the beautiful Annapurna region. The concept of luxury treks in Nepal is to offer world-class services to luxury travelers in the high Himalayan trails at the same time discover the innumerable natural beauty of Nepal and witness some of the world’s highest mountains.