Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure    

Address (incl. Phone, Fax, website)
    Amrit Marg, Bhagwan Bahal, Thamel
    P O Box: 4902, Kathmandu, Nepal
    Phone: +977-1-4418100/4418400
    Fax: +977-1-4412888

Website:www.explorehimalaya.com

Representative in the STN
 Name: Mr. Suman Pandey
 Designation: President
 E-mail: suman@explorehimalaya.com  

Year of establishment/_1997_

Short description or profile of the Organization
Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure, one of the renowned & established names in the Himalayan tourism industry. We have been successfully organizing tours across four Himalayan nations: Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan & India for more than 12 years.  We provide fixed departure, customized & tailor made programs to suit the needs our valuable customers. Keeping abreast with a highly competitive tourism market, we follow an aggressive marketing strategy. This has made us one of the biggest wholesale tour operators in Nepal. Being an adventure travel company, Explore Himalaya is all for exploring and innovating new tourism products that offer a unique experience to the intrepid traveler or adventurer. The company has successfully organized trips for such high profile clients like Bear Grylls (of GKN Everest Paramotors 2007 fame), David Hempleman Adams, Karma Trekkers (Canadian TV Show) etc. We are creator of unique aerial adventure sport i.e. Everest Skydive (www.everest-skydive.com) for 2008, 2009 and setting up from 2010 May & October. Some of our unique products include Everest Skydive, High altitude Heli tours, Nepali traditional marriage events etc. Beside these we operate: Mountaineering Expeditions, Trekking Adventures, Cultural Tours, Heli Tours & Treks, Incentives & Special Events(MICE , Filming/ Photographic Tours etc), Everest Skydive, Mountain biking, Rafting & Wildlife Safari, Volunteering / Gap Year Holidays. Explore Himalaya, in keeping up with the spirit of adventure, has never lost an opportunity to explore new grounds to innovate new products, to try out new ventures. We are one of the founder members of “Asian Connections Alliance “a powerful new marketing alliance of Asia’s best independent inbound travel operators (www.asian-connections.net). We run our services in eco-friendly way being close to nature and local people following the norms of sustainable tourism. In our quest for the ultimate adventure, we continue to blaze new trails and ventures where no one dares. Explore Himalaya was one the key organizers for well- known Everest Cabinet meeting at Kalapatter (5242 meters).

Explore Himalaya has recently become member of Adventure Travel and Trade Association (ATTA).

Primary Focus
Research
Project implementation
Tourism Policy development
Strategic planning
Institutional Development Human Resource Development
Sustainable Tourism Development
Financial support/ Fundraising 

Marketing & Promotion
Product development and sales
Teaching
Technical Support


Ongoing activities related to sustainable tourism
Explore Himalaya, is helping local villagers and youth of Nuwakot district for social & cultural development, education, environment and health etc. At present we are training 15 college students at Himalaya Academy of Travel & Tourism (HATT) similarly they are doing internship at Explore Himalaya and get pay for their work. We send our staffs for guide training, climbing courses, languages classes & cooking training both at private and government institutions. We carry our trekking equipments, foods, gasoline from Kathmandu; use recycle & eco-friendly materials. Our clients have involved in economic & socio-cultural works as well as various community projects through our Volunteering & GAP Year programs.   

Geographic areas location (DDC/VDC) of ongoing activities
    At present in Samari village at Nuwakot district.

Planned activities related to sustainable tourism
We are developing home stay at Samari village in Nuwakot. This home stay facility will start from Nuwakot to Gorkaha for tourist and helps to generate income for local villagers. Soon, we will develop this module at various parts of Nepal.

Geographic areas location (DDC/VDC) of planned activities
    Planning to cover most of the places of Nepal


Past activities related to sustainable tourism
Explore Himalaya, is helping local villagers and youth of Nuwakot district for social development, education, environment and health etc. At present we are training 15 college students at Himalaya Academy of Travel & Tourism (HATT) similarly they are doing internship at Explore Himalaya and get pay for their work. We send our staffs on guide training, climbing courses, languages classes & cooking training both at private and government institutions.  

Geographic areas location (DDC/VDC) of past activities
    Nuwakot District


Strengths of your organization
Tourism Plans and reviews
Tourism infrastructure development
Capacity building
Research & Publications
Cooperation/ networking with other partners
Trainings

Social mobilization
Marketing & Promotion
PPP (public private partnership)
Awareness building
Technical advises
Fundraising
Environmental awareness/ preservation
Culture and Heritage conservation
Forward/backward linkages in local economy
Monitoring & Evaluation
Rural tourism development
Conservation and preservation
Corporate social responsibility
Social inclusion & gender
SME development
Participatory methods
Tourism curriculum development
Project management