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| Can
I get Nepal visa on arrival? |
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| Yes! Nepal visa is easily available
up on arrival at Tribhuvan International
Airport Kathmandu. Only US$30.00 will
be charge for 60 days visa. In once
you will get 60 days visa whether you
saty less then 60 days it doesn't matter,
the charge will be same. |
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| Do
you have Airport pickup facilities? |
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Definitely! We do have airport
pick up facilities for our customers
who booked our any packages. We don't
charge any money. As the time you
booked your trip, you should inform
us, if you just join a trip only.
In our full board package trip you
should not inform us it is obviously
informed and included. If you booked
just trip join itinerary from Kathmandu
to Kathmandu, should inform us we
help you. |
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| Can
I just join Himalayan Glacier Treks
Trip? |
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| Yes! You can join just the trip. It
will be difference in price. That is
why we have many option for our clients.
We do have fixed departure, Custom itinerary
( Which mean trip joining) and Trip
plan where you can plan your trip yourself. |
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| What
is lodge to lodge Trek? |
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| A small teahouse you will be staying
and using for any meals during your
trek. Except some places you will be
provided attached bathroom but other
places with sharing basis. A clean cemented
or wooden framed room with two beds
are available on the major trekking
destination such as Annapurna, Everest
and Langtang. But Langtang still remote
for such facilities. Each day dinner
and breakfast are used to take in the
same lodge you spend the night. Where
as Lunch will be taken on the way to
destination, but not fixed place. All
meal are prepared by well train local
cook. Believe us, we take HGT's well
train cook for the group more then 6
people even you are on lodge trek. |
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| How
many hours walking a day on a trek? |
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| Roughly each day 5 to 7 hours for
the 10 to 14 km distance to cover, our
train guide will monitor your trekking
speed for safety manner. But above 3500m,
hours of walking will be same but you
will walk 8 to 9 km distance each day.
Himalayan Glacier Trekking is fully
understand that HGT's any itineraries
are flexible by days. We understand
it is the adventure trip which affect
by weather, geography condition and
physical condition of the individual
participant. |
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| Your guide is Nepali. But speaks very
well in English. If required we can
serve you through any foreign language
such as French, Spanish, Japanese, German
and Italian. Most of your guide came
from hilly regions and mountain above
3000 m. Climbing guides are sherpas
where as trekking guides are Sherpas
as well as various ethnic comunity like
Gurung, Magar, Rai and Brahmin. |
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| What
is the minimum group size and maximum
size? |
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| Small! Maximum 8 people. But we operate
our trip even just for 1 people except
some regions such as Tibet, Mustang,
Dolpo, Manaslu and Kanchenjunga. Some
of our agent from overseas drag a big
group arround 20 people, we don'r ignore
this. We respect you if you have more
then 8 people we operate such trip also. |
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| Does
your company arrange personal trip? |
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| We are more then happy to arrange
any shorts of personal trip such as
Family trip, honimun trip, Educational
trip. Manager trip etc. |
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Does your guide
speaks English? |
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| Perfectly!
Don't worry! we provide one of the best
informative guide for your holidays
who can explain about Culture, Geography,
Eco system, Plants and History. Additional
linguistic guide also be provided up
on request. |
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| How
do you organize my Tibet Trip? |
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| We need your passport document before
3 weeks before your arrival. All we
do official work for you. Don't worry. |
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| Do
I get Tibet visa myself in Nepal? Can't
I travel alone in Tibet? |
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| Sorry! you don't get your Tibet visa
yourself and can't travel alone either. |
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| Does
your company help to arrange domestic
flight, interntional flight, hotel bookings
and other services? |
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| We are Nepal based company.
So we suggest you to arrange your destination
International flight from your hometown.
Additional help will be provided for
you on free on charge. All domestic
flight and hotels are reserved as per
itinerary but additional service also
be provided if you have just joined
on the trip. |
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| What
type of insurance should I have before
come to Nepal? Can I get there? |
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| Check your
insurance whether you have both medical
and evacuation insurance. If you need
that just for the trip tell us we help
you. That mean you can get here as well.
Our encouragement to have it before
you come and make it in your country. |
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| How
safe? Travelling alone women with
your company? |
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| We ensure all safety
and security for individual woman
traveller while with us, we are
more confidence for this issues,
believe us. We have train our
guides, the way our clients want.
We give you personal room on lodge
trek and personal tent for wilderness
camping trek. |
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| Wilderness trek
is a trek, which follows the remote
and beaten path where no teahouses
and lodges are available. For
such trek we do a team crew for
the operation and using tent all
the time from place to place.
Guide, Sherpa, well trained cook
for preparing hygienic foods for
you, chitchen team and necessary
porters for your bags and other
logistics to carry for the trek.
Kanchenjungha, Makalu region,
Hinku Valley, Milke danda, Ganesh
Himal, Manaslu region, Mesokato
Pass in Tilicho Lake, Upper Mustang,
Around Dhaulagiri, Siklish the
Gurung Village, Lower and upper
Dolpo, Dolpo to Rara , Simikot
and many more. Please visit our
wilderness page for more details. |
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| Do
you arrange tented trek? |
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| Yes! We do. All
our wilderness trek and climbing
peak as well mountain climbing
over 6500m are tented operation.
We are happy to arrange tented
trek at any touristy regions such
Langtang, Annapurna and Everest,
in fact we consider your interest
we are here just to help you.
We want you to make happy. Please
understand us such types trek
is expensive as compare lodge
to lode trek. |
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| Please
tell me your climbing arrangement? |
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| Himalayan Glacier
Trekking is one of the most leading
adventure companies in Nepal.
Despite trekking we do small climbing
up to Mt. Everest both from Nepal
and Tibet side. We suggest the
name of peak for you if you are
new climber in the Himalayas or
we full fill your dream over any
mountain you wish to climb. For
more please visit our climbing
and expedition page.Do you provide
trekking and climbing equipments
such as down sleeping bags, down
jacket, tent, mattress, trekking
poles, kitchen equipments etc?Yes!
We do provide most of the listing
things as mention in the question.
Especially in our package equipment
like down sleeping bag and Jacket,
Trekking poles if necessary, tents
and kitchen equipments are included.
But equipments such as trekking
shoes, any shorts of personal
equipments and climbing equipments
are not included. |
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| What
are the best months and season
to travel, trek and expedition? |
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| We have main two
seasons for trekking, Climbing
and tours. The best months are
September, October, November,
December, February, March, April
and May. January is also recommended
for tours, safari and low altitudes
trek below 4000m. Besides these
months May, June, July & August
are the best months for trek and
tours in Nepal (Mustang, Dolpo,
Rara and Simikot), Tibet (Mt.
Kailash, Everest Base Camp and
over all Tibet tours) and India
(Ladak specially for trekking)
because these areas are rain shadows
and through out the year received
very lass rain. |
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| Can
I do the trek in the Himalayas
even I haven't done any trek before? |
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| Himalayan Glacier
Trekking P. Ltd offers you very
much suitable trek and climb as
per your experience from easy
hiking/ trekking/ climbing to
wilderness high altitudes adventure/Expeditions.
Before booking please provide
us your previous experience and
the details, we are your consultants
to advise. |
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| Are
the foods & water on the lodges
and camps hygienically standard? |
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| Very good questions.
Yes! Absolutely your foods and
water are safe while you are lodge
and camp trek. We provide you
only when it is hygienically prepared
on the lodge. Our guides are also
the cook while you are on the
lodge trek, he will checked while
it is preparing on the kitchen
& make sure everything are
Okay. Most of the cooks in the
local teahouses are simply train
but experienced. If the group
required our well trained 5 star
class cooks with the crew even
on the lodge trek we are more
delighted to take with an additional
costs. We will provide boiled
with purified by tablet and bottled
sealed water in case of insufficient
even though we are conscious about
current environmental issues.
On HGT's camp crew we have good
combination of Guides, Sherpas,
Cooks, Kitchen staffs and Porters.
Guides and cooks are technically,
practically and theoretically
well train where as kitchen staffs
and porters are practically well
train. While on the camping trek
our best cooks cook you the best
varieties foods, which is hygienically
prepared. You will find out very
rare repetition of food items
on your entire trek duration.
As far as drinking water is treated
by boiling and water purification
by medicine or with filtered. |
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| Does
your company work for the environmental
eco trek? |
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| You will see Himalayan
Glacier Trekking company is only
one company in town works for
the environment and the eco trek.
Our environmental co partner is
Katmandu Educational Environmental
Project (KEEP) and Dhaulagiri
Association France.we had successfully
handle Dhaulagiri Clean up Expedition
on October 2003 with KEEP and
Dhaulagiri Association France.On
HGT's camp crew we have good combination
of Guides, Sherpas, Cooks, Kitchen
staffs and Porters. Guides and
cooks are technically, practically
and theoretically well train where
as kitchen staffs and porters
are practically well train. While
on the camping trek our best cooks
cook you the best varieties foods,
which is hygienically prepared.
You will find out very rare repetition
of food items on your entire trek
duration. As far as drinking water
is treated by boiling and water
purification by medicine or with
filtered. |
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| What
equipment should I bring? |
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| Your equipments
we suggest as you choose the trip
on the month because it different
according to the trekking destination
and the months you are doing.
Please see our equipment lists
or e-mail us. |
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| Are
your staffs fully equipped? What
about their insurance? |
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| Yes! Our guides,
cooks, Sherpas and porters are
fully equipped. Actually we are
working in a team. We all are
boss and we all are workers. We
are the partner of Himalayan Explores
Connections (Porters assistance
project) we supply enough good
clothes from this project, that's
why we are different then other
companies. Please compare yourself.We
know there will no longer HGT
with out the good staffs. HGT
protect rights of the all our
staffs and fully insured. |
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| What
types of equipments do your company
provide on the camping trek? |
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We do have both
International as well as national
branded tents, sleeping bags and
down jackets. Dome Tents are used
for high altitudes adventures
and A shaped Tent for the low
altitudes trek. Thick Mattress,
Down sleeping bags with liner
and pillow, Neet kitchen equipments,
the right way of garbage dispatches
on the camping trek are granted
on our operation.
If you have more questions, Please
e-mail
us. |
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| What does grading (Strenuous, Moderate, Easy) means? |
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Himalayan Glacier Trekking Grades
Himalayan Glacier Trekking measures the following grades; the following guide can help you choose a trek or climb that best suits your fitness level and experience. Please keep in mind that this is a general guide only. A variety of factors, including weather, may add to the challenge.
Easy
No special physical preparation required; usually on very good paths or trails; generally at lower altitudes; no previous experience required. Walking up to 7 hours a day; possibility of walking on snow and glaciers below 4100m; general good fitness and physical preparation preferred (e.g., jogging or hiking both uphill and downhill 6-8 weeks before arrival); increased time at higher altitudes; no previous experience required.
Moderate
Walking 7 hours plus a day; crossing high altitude passes; physical preparation required; some long and demanding days; increased time in remote areas and at higher altitudes; need a positive attitude and a strong determination; previous hiking/camping experience preferred. Infect physical and mental preparation; No technical experience need
Strenuous
As above, with additional very long days; crossing 5240m one or more high passes in one trek; high altitude passes over difficult terrain in remote areas; excellent physical condition required with a positive attitude and a strong determination; rock and ice climbing experience; ropes and climbing equipment (e.g., ice axe and crampons) may be used; previous hiking/camping experience are highly recommended. |
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