Trekkers’ Comments

LHAKPA DORJEE SHERPA AND LHAKPA DOMA SHERPA
It gives me great pleasure to write a note in support of Khumbu Adventures.

I have Multiple Sclerosis and rely on a wheelchair. Trekking to Everest Base Camp has been a dream of mine for twenty years.
Lhakpa Dorjee Sherpa and Lhakpa Doma Sherpa had great courage in taking on our unusual expedition. To the best of our knowledge a trek to the Base Camp of Everest, using a Trail Rider, has never been attempted. Lhakpa put a great deal of thought into planning and implementing our trip. Every detail was meticulously thought through. The slightly longer 21 day trek gave us time to acclimatize to the altitude as we moved higher. We felt safe as soon as we arrived at Kathmandu Airport and were met by Doma. We had the added advantage of moving through her villages and staying in lodges run by some of her relatives, where we were welcomed and given the very best care.
For all 14 of our Rise Above Barriers Team to reach Everest Base Camp was a remarkable achievement considering the Team was transporting me in a Trail Rider. Thanks to Lhakpa, Doma, their guides and porters for taking such excellent care of all of us and for helping make our dream come true.
We cannot recommend Khumbu Adventures highly enough.
Pippa Black,
Victoria, BC, Canada

Lhakpa did a phenomenal job of organizing our trek and guiding us through this challenging experience. He accounted for the special needs of our group, ensuring we acclimatized while, we had the added physical stress of pulling the Trail Rider. Lhakpa, Doma + their team worked continually to ensure our good.
I would recommend Khumbu adventure of anyone without hesitation.
Robyn David
Victoria, BC, Canada

I am very impressed by the incredible job done by Lhakpa, Doma and their entire team. They were very kind and looking after all of our needs during the trek. Lhakpa’s skill and knowledge was amazing and Doma’s close ties to the local people made our experience both comfortable and educational. The food and accommodations provided where beyond my expectations.
I would recommend khumbu adventure to anyone planning to come to trek the wonderful Himalaya.
I love Nepal and hope to be back soon!
Jon Misovic

Victoria, BC, Canada

Dear Lhakpa
thank you for making this trip a success for me and the rest of the Group. Without your help and guidenee I would not have been able to make it through the trip. Your encouragement helped me propel me to a better trekker.
Shiven

Dear Lhakpa
Thank you so much for the most amazing experience we could ever have wished for. We could not have asked for a better Sherpa or friend to join us. Thank you fortaking good care of us. We look forward to joining you in Everest or Kashmir or maybe even Mongolia.

Wishing you all the best

Love Tove and Claudia

We got Lhapka recommended by another Danish

friend & choose him since he said he was one of the best guiding Sherpa’s in Nepal. Since this was our first trekking in Nepal we do not have so much to compare with, but it is not difficult to recognize nice people and good service. Lhapka and his wife Doma (and of course their son) are the nicest people.
After having spent 19 days with Lhapka we consider him a good friend today. He is one of the nicest people we have ever met. Besides this he is a really good trekking-guide. He knows all the trekking areas in the Khumbu area very, very well, the issues to be aware off with regards to altitude sickness and so on.
The service level while we were trekking was outstanding. All the time he made sure that we had everything we needed (tee, coffee, fresh water etc). Even when we were cold because our equipment was not sufficient he was able to help us out in the most fantastic way.
The trek itself was extremely nice, even though it was incredible cold in the evenings and nights. We started of in Lukla from where we wend to Namche and carried on towards the Everest Base Camp and Kallar Pattar. Everest Base Camp is not that interesting in itself, but it is of course a must for first time trekkers to visit it. After that we went to Gokyo. Gokyo is a very very nice valley with 5 legs. We liked it so much that we choose to stay there for another night and then skip one pass. In order to go from the Everest region to the Gokyo valley you have to go through the Chola pass. There is a bit of easy climbing here, but when you get up to the top and get to walk on the glacier it is worth all the effort.
Basically we had 19 beautiful and very nice days together with Lhapka and we can only recommend him as a trekking guide. So if you read this, go no further!! He is your man. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us on nicolai.lillesoe@hotmail.com

After we ended our trek, Doma and Lhapka has been so helpful in arranging trips for us to the Chitwan Resort. They have helped us getting plain tickets and so on. We have never met this good service before.
Rikke & Nicolai

Amazing: Sometimes standing on the edge of a path looking down….,down down it went, and it was like you were the only person in the world. The silence cant be describe. Its like watching a nature movie and having the sound turned off but instead of watching it, you are actually in it. Words fail me and I cant describe the feelings it gave me standing on the edge of a mountain (to me, probably to Lhakpa it would be a hill). Amazing because it toke my breath away looking at the mountains with the snowy tops and realizing that we had 10 more days of this wonder. At night when I couldn’t sleep I would step outside and look up into the sky, and those moments alone makes me want to do the trek again. The sky and the stars are so bright. You can see the edge of Ama Dablam and see the snowy top. Still its so dark, no city lights to obscure the scenery. I will remember the snowy tops, the silence along with those starry nights the most. Of course there are all the other things that makes this a must do trip.
Lhakpa to start off with, made sure we never missed out on anything, he lead with patience. I never felt unsafe or unsure of myself. He guided us on the tough spots and made sure we were well feed and warm at night. Make sure you play Uno with him it’s a must experience. His staff was always ahead of us and when we arrived to the teahouse our baggage was already there, so we never had to wait to slip into warm and dry clothes. It was extremely well organized. The teahouses were well picked although on some especially tough days we never could figure out why Lhapka picked the very last house. Well I understand now, because it was the best and it made the trip out the next day easier. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this trip to anyone.
Tough: There were days when all I could do was look at my feet and count to ten, then the next ten steps. I literally got off my office chair and decided to trek to Base Camp. When I wrote Lhapka asking him about the physical level the reply back was, “its easy enough” ha ha ha, I will say that if you like me have done little to no training prior this trip you’ll have a tough time. But I found its not always about the physical side, its also about the will, the will to succeed and the will to see it through to the end. For me it was a tough trek and if there will be a next time I will do more in the gym. It was worth every pain in my muscle….every effort of taken a breath of air. It was worth it, and on some days I couldn’t have done it without Lhapka making sure I would drink enough Chu Chu (I think that’s how its spelled)
Rereading this paragraph I feel its in adequate of the experience we had. I have seen and done things that I never thought possible. I have been to base camp WOW! The only thing left to say is, do it and make sure Lhakpa is your guide.
Hell B. Andersen
Danish

Dear Lhakpa & Doma,

Thank you very much for everything you’ve done for this Langtang Valley trek. You are a blessing to us, especially for my friends who are in Nepal trekking for the first time. We are very impressed by your very well-equipped & well-prepared attitude towards guiding. Hearing how far you’ve don from your childhood in Khumbu, & your diverse life expresses in Nepal & coverers,    I really respect & advise your tenacity & optimism. I’m sure you’ I go for in your cavers!
I wish you both all the best for your health, family life, person life & your business, should you visit Singapore, I’ll be most  happy to be your ‘guide’ … Haha!
Best Wishes Hwee Leng

“When planning our trip to Nepal, we were keen to employ the services of a local, Nepali trekking company. What impressed us about Khumbu Adventures was how the company’s owner Lhakpa Doma Sherpa had managed to get a woman, suffering from multiple sclerosis, to her dream destination – Everest Base Camp. While we’re not immobile, we’re a couple of older fellas who had time to smell the rhodendrons, so to speak.
Lhakpa and his wife Doma visited us while we were staying in Kathmandu. Over tea and much laughter, he ascertained our fitness levels and needs, suggesting routes with side trips that we could comfortably manage in the two weeks of trekking available. He was also conscious of the importance of rest days so that we could acclimatize. And to kick start each day, he would supply us with fresh tasty organic Nepali coffee! He arranged everything from flights to permits to gear we could hire from him. We were comfortable in the knowledge that we were in safe hands.
Each day was a glorious day’s trekking where we savored the sights, smells and sounds of our trek, at a relaxing pace. On our rest days, we could choose to be challenged by trekking an adjacent mountain or pass, or simply sit in a lodge, baking in the sun, reading a book. I’m sure he even organized the blue skies each day and that special snow fall in Namche Bazaar was spectacular!
Lhakpa also invited us into the lodges and homes of many of his relatives and friends along the way. We learned about local culture, picked up expressions such as ‘bistari, bistari’ (to walk, ‘slowly, slowly’), and were often treated to typical Sherpa foods.
Not only is he an excellent guide but he was also very sensitive to our needs and his words of encouragement and patience together with his infectious smile and laugh made this journey one of the most memorable experiences in our lives.
I can’t wait to take my young family on a trip – this time to the Annapurna – with Lhakpa as our trusted guide and friend.”
Ron Krueger
Writing and communications specialist

Hi Doma and Lhakpa,….Nameste!!!
I referred Sigi White to you and hope you can help her. (a solid skier, hiker year round in Canadian Rockies)

(thank you) I have to give Ang Nuru credit for being so kind and helpful to me. He even carried me a little up the Chukhung pass…Luckily, I emptied my stomach (nothing much in it) and felt soo much better…
YES, I am slow. Yes, I was told to be slow by other trekkers I have known in Canada to avoid AMS. (mostly I avoided it..few!!!) This may have been the annoying thing to the group, but I needed to be “well” and enjoy the scenery/take photos and absorb your wonderful countryside.
The tea houses were better than I expected. Though we brought sheets to put our sleeping bags on, I believe we would have NOT picked up bed bugs. (we didn’t).. I feel the lodge owners do a good job in looking after the rooms/fleeces, etc. By airing them out.
Mostly, I feel the tourists are the problem….in not being very clean at the toilet scene…but thats life!!!….(I liked the compost toilets the best..)
I have to say…that your efficiency, excellent organization and action to help us get out of Lukla, …and get to the jungle was so more than I expected. AND to see and have tea in your home was great. (not to mention the special fossil I have coveted and will always love!!)…Thank you Lhakpa!….and Doma, thank you for your bracelet. My arms and body are so thin and scrawny that the poor bracelet looked unloved!!!
Anyway, whenever I can, I shall recommend your services to future Nepal visitors.
I hope you have a good few months before the season starts once again!
(We are having a wet May/June…but that is fine…I have grass seed planted…and it will grow well)…
If you ever think of coming to Western Canada, I would pick you up in Vancouver and show you around.
Until then, All the best,
Chris Farah