Access Nepal Tour & Trekking

Gokyo Valley trek November, 2019
Nov 2019
As a solo traveler I did the Gokyo Lakes trek with Access Nepal in November 2019. Beginning from Lukla on our first day we were trekking in the rain, but after that the weather cleared up, with excellent views of the Himalaya. We had a group of 5 trekkers, 3 porters and a guide, Giri. On our 6th day of trekking we reached Gokyo Village, a small village with several lodges and restaurants catering to trekkers. It sits at the edge of Gokyo Lake, a beautiful alpine lake surrounded by spectacular peaks and flanked by Ngozumba Glacier, the longest glacier in Nepal. Early the next morning our group did the climb up Gokyo Ri, reaching the summit about 2 ½ hours later, where we enjoyed a 360 degree view of the Himalaya, with blue skies and very few clouds. With good weather for 10 of our 11 days trekking it was all well worth it, and I am glad I did it, even though I flew half way around the planet to get there. Our guide Giri was great! He was very knowledgeable of the area, and made sure that everything went smoothly. Our contact in Kathmandu was Rahul, who organized the trip and took care of transfers and hotel accommodations. About halfway through the trip I had caught a bad cold and was feeling rotten when we got back to Kathmandu at the end of the trek. My return flight was booked for late in the evening but check out time at the hotel was noon. Rahul contacted the hotel staff and got an extension on my check out time, which shortened the wait time at the airport. In summary, I would highly recommend Access Nepal.

jfann USA Reviews from

Annapurna Base Camp Trek
Oct 2017 • Couples
Absolutely loved every minute of our Annapurna Trek. Our Access Nepal Guide, Puru looked after us so well and changed the pace of the trek as we went along to suit our fitness level and did a great job arranging everything seamlessly. I would recommend Access Nepal for your trekking adventure and look forward to going back again. Lots of pre-trek advice is available and I advise people to ask lots of questions, especially when packing as the time of year you go affects what you really need. We went in early October and it was surprisingly hot. I also recommend flying into Pokhara instead of taking the bus from Kathmandu, even if it is one way as the journey can be very long.

JoS11211 Australia Reviews from

Fantastic tour of Nepal
Oct 2014 • Solo
One of the main things that attracted me to Access Nepal, was the reasonable cost and the fact that they were flexible on dates. When you only have a week off finding a tour can be quite difficult. The only thing I was slightly wary of before booking was the lack of reviews on trip advisor. I think, as most people do, that trip advisor is great for getting a real idea of what a tour company are like, they currently have three outstanding reviews and these people were not wrong.

I had a great experience with them and would highly recommend them. As mentioned before the cost and timings were deciding factors for me. However they also provided me with a private driver for a reasonable cost. This was one of the best things about the tour. The hotel which they booked me into in Kathmandu was good. I wasn’t expecting luxury, but it was clean, quiet and everyone was very friendly. Even though on the edge of the thamel district it was very close to walk into the center.

Sadhana, who was the lady who I booked it through, was great. Very polite and welcoming and she came and met me on arrival at the hotel tO go through everything on the tour. So I was well informed and knew what to expect. The complimentary traditional dinner on the first night was delicious and a good way to start the adventure.

The tour around Kathmandu was amazing, the tour guide was fantastic. He was incredibly knowledgeable about everything and it was a real pleasure to talk to him about the history and culture of Nepal. When you have someone who has a lot of passion about their job and is proud of their city it makes a real difference.

The drive down to chitwan was beautiful, the driver was fantastic. If you ever make a trip to Nepal you will notice as soon as you leave the airport how mad it is on the roads. There are no rules, so I felt lucky to have a driver who knew exactly how to drive these roads and he made me very feel comfortable. He looked after me throughout the whole tour and even when I got ill a couple of days in took me to the pharmacy to get some medicine.

The only thing that I felt was a bit too touristy was chitwan national park. I felt like you were on a bit of conveyor belt been shown the sites, there was always people everywhere. It was beautiful but I have been to a lot of nature reserves and this was the only thing that didn’t really do anything for me. This is a personal thing and not anything against the tour itself. If you are an animal lover you will love it. The hotel there was clean and friendly, food was included and was fine.

The drive to Pokhara was again amazing. Pokhara is brilliant, loved every minute there. The lake is stunning and very calming and I would highly recommend going to the Tibetan refugee camp to see a Buddhist ceremony which takes places between 3-5pm every day. Its a got a great vibe in Pokhara and I will definitely be going back. Again having the driver was good as I got to pick and choose where to I wanted to go. The hotel was very central, right next to the lake, no lake view though and clean.

Overall if you are looking for a good value tour, flexible with timings, trusted and knowledgeable guides then I would recommend going with Access Nepal. I would certainly use them again. Thank you for your time and hospitality and will hopefully see you soon.

Robert M UK Reviews from

Annapurna Base Camp – Excellent service
Nov 2018 • Family
My son and I took an Access Nepal trek to ABC, and the whole experience was handled very professionally and extremely well organised. Everything went very smoothly and our guide and porters did a great job for us over the 10 days. We extended our stay to include Chitwan National Park, again booked through Access, and these 3 days were also enjoyable and well organised. Why pay thousands to Western tour companies when there are excellent local Nepalese options where the money stays in Nepal and support the local economy?

Bryan v USA Reviews from

Apr 2024 • Friends
Me, my husband and 2 other friends had amazing 17 day trek to EBC, Gokyo Ri via Chola pass in April-May 2024 through Access Nepal. Sadhana was very helpful with smoothly organising all our trek itinerary from day 1 to the end. She kept us motivated and encouraged us to be positive which helped us in accomplishing our dream trek. We heartily thank Sadhana and Access Nepal for their great service.

Our guide Subodh Tamang was incredibly helpful, supportive and had local knowledge and was well known in every tea house which made us feel comfortable and enjoy the stay. Thank you Subodh bhai!!
Also, 2 incredible porters Padam and Birkha were so kind and lots of fun to trek with, we enjoyed walking together as a group and we felt like a family at the end.

We would highly recommend Access Nepal and would like to thank Shadhana and Subodh for their incredible service and making our trek a wonderful lifetime experience! Thank you!!🙏
Sanu & Tanka

Sanu G USA Reviews from

3 week Annapurna Circuit trek
Oct 2019
We did the Annapurna Circuit trek in October and loved it, Access Nepal were great right from the beginning actually booking the trek through to the lift back to the airport at the end. Pratap was very helpful, always responded quickly and made the trip seamless. We had a few extra days in Kathmandu at the end of our tour and Pratap still arranged the transfer back to the airport.

Kumar was our guide for the actual trek and along with our porters, they made the trek so memorable. Kumar was very knowledgeable, helpful, friendly and picked great tea houses for us. He went the extra mile supplying a fruit platter after every meal – one of the team overheard us saying on the first night that I hadn’t eaten apples in 18 months because of braces and the skin getting stuck – so they then peeled the apples every night from then on in. We had a great time playing cards every night with Kumar and the porters as well, there were 4 of us on the trek which meant we could be a bit flexible and Kumar worked to our strengths meaning we could go a bit further when we wanted to and change up lunch spots if we weren’t yet hungry.

We would definitely recommend Access Nepal!

Laura C Newcastle, Australia Reviews from