Upper Mustang Culinary Trekking Adventure

The whole experience was amazing. Everything went through without issue. All of our interactions with the company were super convenient and I felt very prepared with all the information provided beforehand. Chandra was our guide. He was very helpful and attentive to all of us! He was also very knowledgeable and taught us a lot. Our porters were Sundar and Hasta. They were also very kind and lovely. The hotels we stayed at were very clean! The entire experience was super wonderful. I would do it all over again. I would also recommend going through Responsible Adventures to anyone who would like to trek to base camp.

As part of a three month trip around Asia I decided to set myself the challenge of the Gokyo Lakes and Everest Base Camp Trek as an antidote to too many beaches! After doing my research and initially narrowing down to three trek operators I ultimately chose Responsible Adventures. By far they were the most helpful and most hands on in terms of service. I also chose them because they are well known to treat their guides and porters much better than many other operators. The owner, Raj, is a well known and much respected local character, a fount of local knowledge and a real joy to deal with. I’d missed the start dates for the group treks with all the operators I’d narrowed down to. Raj pulled out all the stops to enable me to go on a solo trek with a my own guide and porter, something I thought was going to be impossibly expensive. Turned out to be a very fortuitous choice. I had total freedom to pick and chose teahouses along the way and alter the itinerary as I went along, something impossible on a group trek. After completing Gokyo and reaching Everest Base Camp I decided to cut out the last few days return trek to Lukla. Raj pulled his local strings to organise a piggy-back ride with an EBC supply helicopter for me and two other walkers Id met from EBC down to Lukla at a vastly reduced price compared to a commercial charter. Turned out to be 15 mins of the most spectacular and exhilarating flying Ive ever experienced in my life. The icing on the cake! Incredible!

Raj is an amazing tour leader which helped us even to rent sleeping bags. He and his whole team made sure that we receive only the best of our trek. Highly recommended!!

We did a 28 day trek through Kathmandu and then up to Everest base camp. Raj was quite simply the best guide and organiser I have ever come across. He has a western way of thinking and really understood what we wanted and made it happen. From food to accommodation Raj accommodated us perfectly and it made for a fantastic experience!!

Last late december i went to gosaikund lake with my 2 teen kids and we had so much fun. The view was breathtaking, the food was the best and i felt so happy with Raj's team. We had so much laughter and happiness around us. We surely recommend you to go with Raj's team. Amazing work and amazing trip. You wouldnt be disappointed, i can promise you that !

Raj and his superbly run Responsible Adventures is my go-to when I do guided treks in Nepal, and when my friends ask for recommendations for trekking agencies. My experiences with Responsible Adventures have always been excellent - knowledgeable and accommodating guides who are experienced with regard to safety and the terrain that they lead clients through. Look out also for the special treats available on every trek. All in all highly recommended!

Raj and his team put together an amazing itinerary for my family (including two kids aged 6 and 8). He organized a family-friendly trek with some of the most magnificent views in the world. Traveling with kids on a trek is not easy but all the details were covered to make it smooth and fun for everyone including porters to carry tired kids, freshly brewed coffee in the morning, delicious food (including many wellness and superfoods I had not heard of and now love), and a last night dance party with the group. Raj is also highly knowledgeable about Nepal and the culture so we learned so much. Highly, highly recommend!

Great trip. Awesome guide and buddy in Raj. His team were superb including the cooks drivers, yak drivers and local guide Brilliantly well-organised and flexible enough to adjust when we wanted to do or add something different

"I've gone trekking with Raj and Responsible Adventures a couple of times now, but this was a special one - this is my first camping trek in the Himalaya, and more importantly, we traveled to Chandra's home - a remote village called Majkharka in the Solu district - to attend his traditional wedding ceremony. Chandra is a dear friend of mine and also my guide when I went on the Manaslu Base Camp and Langtang/Gosaikunda treks, so it was a real honour and pleasure to be invited to an event so important to him. Responsible Adventures organised the logistics and made all the arrangements for this trip so that us city-dwellers could be left free to savour this cultural experience - from the thumping 4WD off-road journey to housing us in very spacious tents to custom meals (including my favourite freshly ground and brewed morning coffee). Raj and his crew (shoutout to the 2 Dils and Sundar) clearly outdid themselves again. I had initially worried that our presence would lead to too much unnecessary spectacle and negatively influence proceedings, but thankfully that was kept to a minimum. I attribute that mostly to Chandra and his fellow villagers - while they were extremely welcoming and hospitable (including plying us with copious amount of moonshine "chang", a fermented millet alcohol, and "raksi", a distilled rice/millet wine), they seemed more intent on making sure that the ceremonial proceedings were done right and all their guests from near and far well taken care of and enjoyed themselves. It also helped that the 4 of us foreigners were really sporting and keen to immerse ourselves in the experience! Great times with Responsible Adventures once again and looking forward to future trips with them!"

Raj set the bar as far a trip planning, i.e., accommodations, restaurants, tours. Guides were very proficient. If a change needed to made, it was smoothly done. The bus driver to Mt. Everest was cautious yet proficient in his driving. I would highly recommend this company. If you have difficulty walking, please bring a cane with a rubber tip. You will need it, as there are many steps on some of the sites.