Transformative Journey into the Nepal Himalayas

Upon Arrival into Nepal, met by a representative of the company and transferred to the hotel. Time permitting, a Sunset Walk to the famous Soyambhunath Stupa, perched on a hill with views of the valley and the mountains beyond. A perfect place to start your transformational journey is to start engaging with the space, and this starts with an understanding of the history of the valley, best conducted from this ancient site.

Post that, a Traditional Welcome Dinner will complete the first days engagement with the place you have come to.

You have arrived!

After a long journey to get to Kathmandu, the ideal thing to do is to relax a bit, to get over the jetlag, and prepare for the journey. A good way to do this, is to easy cultural experiences targetted to get one to understand how Kathmandu and Nepal ticks. Informed tours can help that a lot. This is also a time to understand the individual transformation goals so that the program can be fine-tuned to help that journey.

Some of the tours that really help this process of understanding and self-reflection are

Sunset Walk to Soyambhunath Stupa - ideally done on the first day, this two hours gives you a deeper understanding of the valley and a prespective of where you have arrived.

The Kathmandu Food Trail - a full day tour that provides insights into the lifestyle in Kathmandu and broader Nepal through food - the most common denominator in humans.

Hinduism & Buddhism in practice - A half day tour to understand the two biggest philosophies guiding Nepal - Hinduism and Buddhism

Debate Buddhism with a Monk - A chance to meet a buddhist monk and discuss Buddhism, and try to understand it deeper. This can be combined with even a visit to a local astrologer, to get a chance to self-reflect, and get the Nepali equivalent of a life coach experience.

Detailed trip briefing - going over the trip in detail, checking expectations, and starting the process of reflection - also a chance to understand the transformational travel principles!

Now that we have engaged with the culture and are ready for the AWARENESS to creep in, we challenge ourselves on a multi-day trek in Nepal, led by professionals. For this particular itinerary, we have chosen a combination of popular and offbeat trekking experience in the Annapurna Region of Nepal, which will give us enough topics to discuss during the reflection sessions, as well as take us to newer heights and majestic views.

This part of the journey will help us understand ourselves, what our bodies are capable of, understand cultures that live up here, their traditions, living in harsh environments so beautiful they take our breath away, but mostly it will give us a perspective on how we relate to the world, and how blessed we might be. 

Days will consist of about four to six hours of walking, and free time on reflections, and conversations.

4th Mar: Fly to Pokhara, drive to Nayapul and start trekking to Tirkhedhunga

5th Mar: Trek to Ghorepani

6th Mar: Poon Hill for sunrise and continue to Mohare Danda Community Lodge.

7th Mar: Trek down to Nagi after Breakfast

8th Mar: Trek down to the community Homestay in Bas Kharka

9th Mar: Trek down to Roadhead and catch a vehicle back to the lake town of Pokhara for a well-derserved break.

Max Altitude: 3300m at Mohare Danda
Views: Of the Annapurna Massif, Dhaulagiri and the deepest gorge in the world
Culture: Gurung, Magar and Pun cultures
Stays: Private Lodges, Community Lodges and Homestay

Pokhara is a lively lake town, considered to be the adventure capital of Nepal. We can opt to just relax and read a book, shop a bit, or take a kayak or a paddleboard and go on the lake, go mountain biking, Paragliding, a half day rafting, or hiking a bit to the Peace Stupa.

A day of optional activities

In the southern plains of Nepal, the National Parks have been immensely successful. Nepal boasts zero poachings of Rhino, and the tiger population has almost doubled. A lot of this has to do with tourism and the money that comes from it, but this does not come without collateral problems like human-animal conflict and over-tourism. A visit here in a well-designed itinerary brings out the best of this understanding and our relation to wildlife. Here we go with the most responsible of operators and the highly acclaimed Tiger Tops, and conduct experiences like Walking with Elephants, a Jeep Safari to search for the elusive Tiger, and also punctuate it with village walks to meet the amazing Tharu, the only ethnic group in the world immune to malaria. We also hold a discussion on this conflict.

11th Mar: Fly / Drive to Tiger Tops. Sundowners at the river

12th Mar: Jungle activities

13th Mar: Fly back to Kathmandu. Farewell dinner and a final reflection to bring it all together

Free till departure