A small Kathmandu studio. Twelve people. Thirty-two years.
Nepal Nexus is a small Kathmandu studio of twelve — guides, planners, porters — all Nepali, most raised in the valleys we walk. We don't sell trekking packages. We design journeys, by hand, for one party at a time.
Born in Khumjung, guiding since 1994.
Pema started as a porter at sixteen, became an assistant guide at twenty-one and earned her UIAGM certification in 2003 — one of the first Nepali women to do so. She has led twenty-eight expeditions to Everest Base Camp, every Annapurna Sanctuary trek the studio has run, and the first Manaslu Circuit we offered when the route opened in 2010.
The studio she built isn't a call centre or a booking agent. When you write to us, a planner reads your note personally and drafts a reply by hand. No templates. No commission-driven detours. Pace, altitude, lodges, rest days — adjusted for your body, your season, your story.
Thirty-two years on the trail. Numbers we keep an eye on.
Four things we will not compromise on.
A planner reads your note personally and drafts a reply by hand. Pace, altitude, lodges, rest days — adjusted for your body, your season, your story.
Every itinerary builds in conservative rest days. Zero altitude evacuations in 32 years is not luck — it is a refusal to push schedules that would compromise the science.
Every guide and porter on our payroll is Nepali, paid above the IPPG porter wage standard, with provided gear, insurance and on-trail accommodation.
Itemised proposals — permits, lodges, meals, guide and porter fees broken out line by line. No commission-driven detours, no surprise upgrades.
Registered, insured, audited by every body that matters.
A real planner replies, every time.
Two minutes of questions, no forms. We draft a tailored proposal — dates, lodges, daily plan, transparent pricing — within 48 hours.