Trekking in October -advice?

My husband and I are planning an October treking trip in Nepal. We would like to arrange for a two to three week trek in a ';non-popular'; area (that is, we have no interest in Everest or Anapurna). We would like to camp rather than stay in tea houses and would like it to be a private trek (not a group tour).

Can anyone share suggestions or advice for arranging such a trek? We%26#39;d be grateful to hear of experiences (good or bad) with trekking companies who would arrange such a trip. (We will need a guide, porters, tents, etc. We will provide our own sleeping bags and personal gear.) Also, suggestions for great places to trek that are off the beaten track would be wonderful.

Thanks,

Holly

Trekking in October -advice?

There are a number of options available but the problem you may encounter is that most of these treks require 3 to 4 weeks. Some examples of ';off the beaten track'; treks are Kanchenjunga base camp, Makalu BC, Manaslu BC, Rolwalling valley and Dolpo.

Trekking in October -advice?

Hello

You might consider the Rolwaling - wild and fairly quiet (though if you intend to cross the Teshi Lapcha into the Khumbu it%26#39;s a bit technical) or Langtang, up to Kyangin, and then perhaps back-track to ascend to Thulo Syabru and thence via Singh Gompa and over the Laurebina La and down to Kathmandu. I trekked that route last year as a three week trip, and there weren%26#39;t many other trekkers about.

We did both the Rolwaling and the Langtang as private groups, five of us in the Rolwaling, two in Langtang. Both were camping treks, arranged through %26#39;Spirit of the Himalayas%26#39;, a nepali-owned Kathmandu-based trekking company who are very good, and provided excellent staff and equipment at reasonable prices: it might be worth checking out their website (find it via Google !) and dropping them an email to discuss what you want. They specialise in %26#39;tailor-made%26#39; trips

Hi Holly,

My husband and I did Annapurna last year with some extensions into other areas added on. This Oct we return to do Everest Base plus Goyko Lakes and Cho La Pass. I have heard the Ann. Sanctuary is an amazing trek and not so busy cos its a long one. Very beautiful too.

We got in touch witha local Nepalese company and organised our treks via email. Both our treks have been private, just us and a sherpa and porter. Our female sherpa was amazing and very caring for my needs(as a female) always caring I had enough dinner, had enough warmth at night etc. We loved her so much shell lead us again this year. And its great to employ a female as the male sherpas get the majority of the work.

We found booking direct saved us about half on booking in Australia as we cut out the middle man. Our company was very flexible and certainally we were in control, walking further some days etc with no strict rules as to where we must stay etc. That was the beauty of a tea house trek whereas camping porters must rush ahead of the trekkers to set up camp in a designated village.

Im new to trip advisor but I believe I cant give out the company name we used in this forum as its advertising so contact me for more info.

Cheers,

Donna

Thanks for your input, everyone!

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