Published on Jan, 2025
We had an amazing 12-day trekking with Escape Himalaya from Kathmandu to Pokhara, Poonhill and Annapurna Base Camp. There were 19 of us, mostly in our 50s with mixed fitness. There were two young kids as well, with the youngest one 3 years old. Escape Himalaya helped organised everything for us (airport pickup/delivery with welcoming flowers/goodbye scarfs; accommodation, transportation, food, duffel bag transportation between accommodations). Raj, Suman and Bassau were amazing guides! They were very experienced and professional. They were also special to us: the father of Suman, and Bassau were already the guides for our group leader around 20 years ago! Their friendship and trust are invaluable for all of us! Bassau had more than 17 years of experience with the abc trekking, he knows everything about the trails if not every step of it. Everything looked so easy for them! The guides started to help carry our day packs when some of us were out of shape. At one point, Bassau was carrying four day packs for us! They were also flexible and took care of new things, big and small: booking of flights instead of bus, new booking of horses/jeeps. For example, Raj helped plan optimized midway return routes for some of us. In short: the trekking with Escape Himalaya is one of the most memorable trips for me, leading into a great new year of 2025.