There a couple of Dutch tour operators who offer a trekking to the Mount Everest Base Camp. I contacted the organization which had, for me, the most appealing program. The information I received looked good, but being an experienced traveler I like to know all the details in advance.

It took long to receive an answer on my more specific questions. The reason was that the Dutch travel agent could not answer the questions himselve but had to contact his agent in Nepal first. Knowing this I decided to look for a Nepal base trekking agency myself. On www.nepal.starpagina.nl I found several Nepal Trekking-buro’s. I first judged all their internet-sites and picked out 3 trekking-buro’s. I sent them an identical e-mail with questions about an itinerary for a individual trip, price, value for money, client care, environment, responsibility, staff/porters protection, on line booking, certified and affiliated with, etc.

The next day I received a personal telephone call from Naba who is working for Himalayan Glacier Trekking, one of the buro’s I sent an e-mail.

Doing business via the e-mail has to do with trust. This telephone call gave me a good feeling about the reliability of Himalayan Glacier Trekking. This in combination with the (fast and most suitable) answers to all my questions decided me to ask Himalayan Glacier Trekking to organize a Mount Everest Base Camp Trekking for me and my son.

Looking back to this trekking I must say that the organization of the trekking was perfect.

Logistics to and from the airport(s), briefing in their Kathmandu office, accommodation, gear (free sleeping bag, down jacket, trekbag), itinerary, excellent and very capable guide (Rishi) and porter, personal services, all meals during the trekking etc.

Our main objective was to reach the Mount Everest Base Camp and the top of the Kala Pattar. We succeeded in reaching both thanks to our guide. The itinerary, with two “acclimatization-days”, enabled us to acclimatize en route to the Mount Everest Base Camp. We reached our goals without any serious signs of AMS. While ”on the mountain” Naba of Himalayan Glacier Trekking took care of the confirmation of our return flights both from Lukla to Kathmandu as from Kathmandu to Amsterdam.

Returning in Kathmandu we were offered a couple of well deserved Everest-beers and a delicious farewell dinner in the popular Rum Doodle restaurant.

The main topic, for Himalayan Glacier, was to learn from our experiences. This for the continuous improvement of their programs.

It will be a pleasure for me to recommend Himalayan Glacier to anyone wishing to come to Nepal trekking and I am happy to correspond with any potential clients you may have who might wish to find out more about the experience.

Once again my sincere thanks and best wishes to all at Himalayan Glacier.