Nepal Trekking Co.est. 2009
Press Room · Issue 14 · December 2023
The independent record of fourteen seasons on the trail — third-party audits, guidebook listings, named editorial recognition and fully attributed trekker accounts.
Nepal Trekking Co. · Naxal Marg 28, Kathmandu · since 2009
Recognition index
Editorial pull-outs
"A Kathmandu outfitter that still runs Sherpa-led expeditions at sub-$1,200 entry pricing on Everest Base Camp, with a porter welfare programme that is the quiet benchmark for the rest of the sector."
Top 10 Trekking Companies feature · Wanderlust, 2023
"Nepal Trekking Co. has been a recommended Kathmandu operator since the 2017 edition of this guide, valued for transparent pricing, licensed guides and a quietly impressive safety record across their full route list."
Recommended Operators · Lonely Planet Nepal, since 2017
Verified figures
Independent figures, audited and published. No internal estimates, no projections — the four numbers the Nepal Tourism Board confirmed for our 2022–2023 cohort.
98.4%
Everest Base Camp summit-or-completion rate
Highest in the 2022–2023 audited cohort, Nepal Tourism Board.
99.1%
Annapurna Circuit completion rate
Across 412 audited trekkers, 2022–2023 season.
8,247
Trekkers safely guided across 47 routes
Cumulative figure to December 2023.
11 / 12
Operational years with zero fatalities
Eleven of the last twelve operating years recorded no trekking fatalities.
Trekker accounts
Four fully attributed reviews, sent in by name after their departure. We publish them with the trekker's permission, on a single reading column so each one carries its full weight.
"I have trekked with three operators in Nepal and this was the only one where I saw the same guide every single day of the route. Mingma's team knew every teahouse, every porter rest stop and every weather window — and they were honest with us about Lukla flights the morning they were cancelled."
Sarah K. · Everest Base Camp · March 2023 · London, United Kingdom
"We chose them because the price was clear on the website and the Sherpa ratio was published, not buried in a PDF. Eleven days on the Annapurna Circuit, fourteen trekkers, three guides, full porter welfare. The trek felt organised from Kathmandu to the gear check on day one."
Daniel R. · Annapurna Circuit · October 2022 · Melbourne, Australia
"What I appreciated most was the silence. No upsells at every village, no surprise gear rental, no 'mandatory tips' on day four. The route briefing on the first evening covered altitude, water and the actual itinerary — and then they delivered exactly that for fourteen days."
Ines M. · Manaslu Circuit · November 2023 · Lisbon, Portugal
"We sent our parents on the Langtang Valley trek with them at 64 and 67. They came home talking about Dawa, their guide, more than the mountains. That says everything about how this company treats slower trekkers and older trekkers — not as a tier, just as part of the group."
Hiro T. · Langtang Valley · April 2023 · Osaka, Japan
Your route
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