Your Journey Should Fit You – Not the Other Way Around

There is a strange thing about booking a trip to Nepal. You start by looking for something you would like to experience. Then you find a package. Then you find a number of days, a fixed itinerary and a price. And before long, you are trying to fit yourself into somebody else’s plan. We think it should be the other way around. Your time is different. Your interests are different. Your fitness is different. Your idea of adventure is different. So why should your Nepal journey look exactly like everyone else’s? Maybe You Don’t Actually Want a 14-Day Trek. Perhaps you have always dreamed of seeing Everest, but spending twelve or fourteen days walking to Base Camp is not for you. That’s okay. You can fly over the Everest region and see some of the world’s highest mountains from the air. Perhaps you want to walk in the Himalaya, but only for three or four days. That’s okay too. You might combine a short trek with Pokhara, rafting, paragliding or a few peaceful days in the mountains. Perhaps you would rather spend a night in a mountain lodge at the foot of Annapurna than spend two weeks on a trekking trail. There is no rule saying that you have to trek a certain number of days to experience the Himalaya. Perhaps Your Nepal Is About Something Else. For some people, Nepal is not primarily about trekking. It is about faith. It is about temples, pilgrimage and spirituality. It might mean spending time around Pashupatinath and the ancient temples of Kathmandu Valley, travelling to Janakpur and the Janaki Temple, visiting Muktinath, or going deeper into the country to places such as Halesi Maratika and Dolakha. For others, it is about culture. They want to sit with a local family, eat together, learn how people live and spend a few days experiencing Nepalese life rather than simply taking photographs of it.

For some, it is wildlife. A journey through the Himalaya can eventually lead to the jungles of Chitwan or Bardia, perhaps with time to meet the Tharu people and experience their hospitality. And for others, adventure is the reason to come. Rafting. Paragliding. Ziplining. Bungee jumping. Or perhaps travelling across Nepal on a motorcycle, from the Terai to the hills and towards places such as Ilam and Dhankuta in eastern Nepal. Nepal can be experienced in many different ways.

One Journey Can Become Many Experiences:

This is perhaps one of the things we love most about travelling in Nepal. You don’t necessarily have to choose one thing. A short Himalayan trek can become part of a longer journey. You could walk in the mountains, continue to Pokhara, spend a day rafting on the Seti River, fly over the lake by paraglider and then travel south into Chitwan. A pilgrimage journey can include ancient cities, Himalayan scenery, local villages and wildlife. A cultural journey can include a homestay, a mountain lodge and time with local communities. A motorcycle journey can take you away from the well-known tourist routes and into parts of Nepal that many visitors never see.

Nepal Can Surprise You. The journey can change as you travel. And sometimes that is exactly what makes it memorable.

Recently, we have been travelling with a couple whose journey is a good example of this. They came to Nepal with plans to continue to Mount Kailash in Tibet. When the flash floods at the Nepal–Tibet border disrupted their plans, their Kailash journey had to be cancelled. They could have simply ended their trip. Instead, they stayed in Nepal. And Nepal kept giving them reasons to continue. They have already travelled to Pokhara, Jomsom and Muktinath. They have explored temples across Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur and visited the Kumari traditions of the Kathmandu Valley. They travelled to Janakpur and spent two nights there around the Janaki Temple. Their journey is still continuing, with Halesi Maratika Mahadev and Dolakha Bhimsen among their next experiences. This was not a 10-day package that happened to become 35 days.

It became a journey: And that is the difference. Nepal is a country where one experience can lead naturally to another. You may come for the mountains and discover the culture. You may come for pilgrimage and discover the Himalaya. You may come for adventure and discover village life. You may come for a short holiday and find yourself wishing you had stayed longer.

So, What Kind of Traveller Are You?: Maybe you are the trekker who wants to challenge yourself. Maybe you are travelling with children and want a mixture of culture, nature and easy adventure. Maybe you are older and want to see the Himalaya without a demanding trek. Maybe you are deeply interested in Hindu or Buddhist traditions. Maybe you want to experience village life. Maybe you want wildlife. Maybe you want to ride a motorcycle through Nepal. Maybe you have only a week. Maybe you have a month. Or maybe you simply know that you want to come to Nepal, but you don’t yet know exactly what you want to do.

That’s a good place to start. You don’t need to arrive with a finished itinerary. This Is Where Red Reach Himalaya Comes In. At Red Reach Himalaya, we work with private travellers, small groups and international travel partners. We don’t believe every traveller needs the same Nepal. Our job is to listen first. How much time do you have? What interests you? How active do you want to be? What kind of accommodation are you comfortable with? What have you always wanted to see? And perhaps most importantly:

What would make your time in Nepal memorable?

From there, we can put the journey together. It might be a trek. It might be a pilgrimage. It might be a short Himalayan experience followed by adventure and wildlife. It might be a cultural journey through villages and ancient cities. Or it might be something that doesn’t fit neatly into any category. That’s perfectly fine.

Not every good journey fits into a package. Your Nepal journey Should Be Yours. There are famous trails in Nepal, famous mountains and famous itineraries. They are famous for good reasons. But you don’t have to follow somebody else’s Nepal. Your journey can be slower. It can be shorter. It can be more adventurous. It can be more spiritual. It can be more cultural. It can be more comfortable. It can be completely different.

You don’t have to see all of Nepal. But Nepal should give you the opportunity to experience the parts that matter to you. So tell us what brings you to Nepal, how you like to travel and how much time you have? We’ll help you build the journey around you.

Get to Know Red Reach Himalaya:

Choosing a local company to look after your journey is a matter of trust. We understand that. At Red Reach Himalaya, we don’t expect you to simply take our word for it. You can read what our past travellers have said about their experiences with us on Tripadvisor and Google. And if you are still not convinced, we are happy to connect you with some of our past clients so you can hear about their experience directly. For us, travel is personal. We don’t just sell tours and treks.

We create meaningful experiences for people visiting Nepal—and we stay involved in making sure those experiences are the ones they came here to have.

Whether you come to Nepal for the Himalaya, a pilgrimage, culture, adventure, wildlife, local life or simply to discover something new, you can talk to us about it. Come with an idea. Come with a dream. Or simply come with a little curiosity about Nepal.

We’ll take it from there. Red Reach Himalaya – Personal journeys. Local experience. Nepal, your way.