Customized treks and climbs to common and less
Travelled trails and peaks in Nepal, Tibet and Ladakh

This website is to provide very simple and brief information of trekking, tour and expeditions we run. More detail information is provided promptly on request. Our office staffs take care of each of your questions and concerns. Please, send us your questions and comments for further information. Well-described day-by-day itinerary and trip dossier are provided on request.

There are number of options to choose holiday trips in Nepal. The best method to decide where, when and how to go is to discuss your interests, time you have, fitness and expectations with 3 Jewels' management. You can put different view together talking with our previous visitors as well. Please, ask for reference.

You do not need to be a mountaineer or athletic to enjoy trekking in the Himalayas. It is for people of any age. If you are reasonably fit, have a courage for outdoor activities to look something different and able to walk on your own pace, each day 5 to 7 hours comprises ups and downs; you qualify! However, good physical condition helps for the maximum enjoyment of treks. For most treks, we recommend couple hours walk involving ups and downs or regular exercise daily, couple of months before participating a in Nepal.

Camping Trek: The traditional style of trekking; clients are led by a guide accompanying by a team of cook staffs and porters or livestock carriers with all camping plus kitchen equipment and food. You should carry only your day pack with camera, water bottle, journal, batteries, etc. and your luggage with all your cloths, sleeping bag, etc. will be carried by porters to the camp. You spend night single or double in roomy double tent on thick sleeping pad. Your day begins with wake-up call (usually between 6.30 and 7.30) with a cup of hot drinks followed by warm wash water for washing and breakfast. Breakfast will be served at table set by staffs and hot lunch will be served at noon picnic style, eat your dinner at private dinning tent and have the facility of toilet tent and camp area. Sherpa staffs accompany you on the trail, set up camp and are ready to help at any moment to cross the bridge or find right way. Your guide takes you to show monuments, temples, villages view points and shares fascinating encounters. The cook staffs take every precaution to assure clean, tasty and healthy food to the clients and staffs.

Teahouse Trek: In Teahouse trek, you will accompany by guide and porter staffs, you carry only a day pack. Most popular trekking trails offers excellent teahouses along the route you trek. Your guide chooses the best lodge available where you spend night. You will share the family environment of the people eating local and continental food prepared in home kitchen and making friends along the way with locals and fellow trekkers.

In Teahouse trek, you will accompany by guide and porter staffs, you carry only a day pack. Most popular trekking trails offers excellent teahouses along the route you trek. Your guide chooses the best lodge available where you spend night. You will share the family environment of the people eating local and continental food prepared in home kitchen and making friends along the way with locals and fellow trekkers.

Our price tagged in the trip information section includes most of the everyday expenditure of your trip. Our price includes the most extensive range of service than any other company. In a package trip (trekking) generally includes the following:

» Accommodation of at least 4 nights at best tourist class hotels on bed and breakfast basis. Welcome Dinner » Half day guided Kathmandu sightseeing tour. » All internal transport by private bus, Jeep, car as listed in your itinerary. » Flight fare if listed in your itinerary. » Orientation Documentation » Full service trekking and other trips (if attached with) listed in the itinerary including duffle bag to sleeping bag to support staff and to accommodation. » National Park Entry Fee and Permits. » All group camping with state of the art equipment in camping trek and climbs. » Comprehensive Medical Kit. Health Precaution
Check with your doctor and make sure that you are as healthy as possible before you leave home. The most common health problem in trekking is diarrhea. We minimize the risks by providing most of our meals in camp (except on the teahouse treks). 3 Jewels will attempt to secure but does not guarantee. The services of medical services are severely limited or non-existent in remote areas. However a well-equipped first- aid kit will be carried and the trip leaders or guides are trained in emergency first aid.

Mostly busy trekking times are Mid-September to mid-December and mid February to May. But it's possible to trek at any time of year depending on where you are interested to trek. December, January and February are the coldest months, when the temperature above altitude line (3000mtr /9600ft) drops below 0 C, so trekking is risky up high. June, July and August are the rainy months when the snow melts in the mountains and the days are usually cloudy. The rainy season in the valleys and lowlands bring warm and nice weather in the Trans Himalayan areas. So, July-August becomes better for trekking in these areas like Mustang, Dolpo and Tibet.

Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal and is also the only international airport of the country. Thus Kathmandu becomes the first stop for more than 95% tourists who come from third countries (other than Indians). 3 Jewel's trip packages include airport pick up on arrival, airport transfer on departure and couple of nights accommodation in Kathmandu. Regular trekking, climbing trip package includes accommodation in 2-3 star standard hotels. Kathmandu has wide range of hotels starting from simple tourist guest house of budget range (starting from $ 12 per night); descent mid range hotels and guest houses of 2-3 star standard (starting from $ 25 per night) and top end world class 5 star hotels (starting from $ 90 per night).

Similarly there are numbers of good restaurants in Kathmandu. Thamel district of Kathmandu is the main rendezvous for tourists where one can find hotels, restaurants and almost anything which is needed for the visitors. Most of the hotel bookings through 3 Jewels include breakfast at the same hotel unless it is requested otherwise. For other meals you can stroll down through the streets of Thamel or we will provide you list of recommendations.

List of hotels and approximate room rates which one can book through 3 Jewels Adventures

Staff employed for carrying luggage and equipment for the trek are known as porters. Porter's job is one of the difficult works but this has been one option for the local people to support their living. Himalayan Pilgrimage is concerned to make sure that its staff get well paid, insured, trained, well equipped and after all enjoy their job with clients.

In teahouse treks we have guide and porters. Sometime we employ trip leader besides guide. In camping trek, we employ other staff to support the group kitchen and carrying. The Sirdar is the word for guide and cook does the cooking and food management. Kitchen boy carries the kitchen dishes and spare boy carries the kerosene fuel. The Sherpa staffs are for setting tents and helping guides and porters in big groups. Some time we also employ Yaks or Zos (yak-cow cross breed, animal) with Yak man for carrying our supplies.