Pokhara Cultural, religious and historic sites Tours 2019/2020

“Good trekking service provided by Green Valley Nepal Treks .
Nice view from Australia Camp and Sarangkok Viewing tower.
Beautiful view of Lake Phewa.”

“Nice trek, with beautiful views! Quit hard with the snow, but the guide was a great help! It was really good, distances per day was enough if you never do treks, well balanced. But a pity we didn’t see much from ghandruk, we hadn’t the time to look around because we had to go to the bus. And there was said that ghandruk was beautiful to walm around and see the culture, so that was a pity. But overall really well balanced and Nice trip!! With a kind and helpfull guide.”

“I did the poon hill trek with guide Nikesh and had a very good time! He did everything possible to make me comfortable. The trek itself was very good, although day 4 was a bit of a tough one. Views where amaaaaaaaazing, food was good, rooms usually had a mild to warm shower and were clean.

Unfortunately like all over nepal, there is also a lot of garbage on and next to the trail.”

“Excellent trip! My wife and I identified the itinerary that we wanted for our trip to Nepal (Poon Hill trek, rafting and Chitwan safari with New Year´s Eve in Kathmandu) and we searched various travel companies to help make the itinerary work for us. We found Nepal Lion Tours and Treks Pvt Ltd via Bookmundi. The boss, Shiva, responded quickly and arranged the itinerary that we wanted with some extras that we hadn´t considered all for a reasonable price. After a few emails back and forth with Shiva to confirm all the details we were ready, happy and confident that the trip would be great.
After arriving in Kathmandu, everything was arranged for us, and we were assigned Prakash as our guide for the week along with a porter for the trek. Prakash was talkative and funny, and looked after us greatly. He was happy to share many things about his culture and we enjoyed his company. He has been doing many treks in Nepal for the past 7 years, so he knows his stuff and we knew we were in capable hands. Also, he understands a lot of foreign cultures and knows what we are looking for in with our time in Nepal.
The trek was fabulous with beautiful views and we were lucky to have such great weather in December (sunny, 15C in the day and less than 5C at night). The tea houses that you stay in are basic, most had hot water for a shower (but maybe try and be the first or second one in the shower so the hot water doesn´t run out!), and the food was decent. Note that any drinks (including teas and water) are to be paid for yourself, but everything else is included (i.e. accommodation and food). Day 1 lasts around 4 hours hike all uphill, Day 2 is 7 hours hike all uphill, Day 3 is 7 hours hike uphill and downhill, and Day 4 is 4 hours all downhill. The paths are well maintained (some of the steps are quite big!), lots of tea houses to stop off at along the way (usually every hour or so) and they have a lot of supplies.
The rafting on the Trisuli River was fun. It is around 20km which takes around 3 hours and there were 9 of us in the rafting boat. The water is cold, and depending on the company you go with you need to check whether there are showers at the end, or at least how you will get to warm clothing / shower.
The Chitwan safari was good experience. We stayed in a nice lodge (Hermitage) and went on a boat, walk and jeep safari. The vegetation was very high in December making it more difficult to view the animals, but we still hit lucky and saw a lot. You can do elephant riding and there are other ´tricks´ that the elephants can do. We chose not to go with these as we were sceptical about their training.
We used a private car to get from Pokhara to the rafting, then to Chitwan, then back to Kathmandu. For us we felt it was worth doing and Shiva booked it all for us, and Prakash was with us to make sure it all went smoothly. When we were back in Kathmandu, Shiva took us to a lovely local restaurant with dancing to see how the trip went for us. Both Shiva and Prakash really looked after us and made sure everything went to plan. Great trip, thoroughly enjoyed, thank you to both of them!”

“I wanted to do a bit of trekking and sightseeing, so they prepared an itinerary for me according to my needs. My guides were really helpful, and nice. Thanks for the good trip!”

“This was a very enjoyable five days. Prakash is a very friendly, able and experienced guide - who really made the whole experience special. Many thanks to Shiva for putting all the arrangements in place, and even making sure I got my plane to Kathmandu on the last day (there was fog at the airport). Overall, this was an excellent trek - I can't wait for the next one.”

“Very Good”

“I booked this 5-days trekking trip to Poonhill through bookmundi the day before departure. It was kind of a rush but everything turns out very smooth and the trek was just amazing. The weather was so nice and comfortable around this time in Nepal (Oct/Nov), you can see lots of nice views and animals throughout the journey. It was not easy to do the trek in 5-days, including transporting for the first and last day, but it's totally worth it.

Big shout out to the guide Bishnu, who is a very heart-warming, experienced and responsible guide who took care almost everything in the trip for me. He let you walk in your pace and would not hesitate to help if you have any difficulties. I had lots of questions about the trek and Nepal, he got answers to most of them! The porter "Pikas"(I don't know how to spell this name) was also nice and very responsible and offered help when it's needed.

The organizer Shiva was very accomodating and making sure everything runs smoothly behind too! They prepared sleeping bags and down jacket for you so you don't have to worry about the cold at nights in the mountain. He also recommended me to take the flight from Pokhara to Kathmandu and it was definitely a better alternative comparing to 7-8hours local bus ride. You can see all the mountains in that area on flight and it's just around 30mins flight.”

“It was amazing! The guides were all very nice and spoke good english. The camping on the riverside was really special and the food was really good aswell. Would definetly recommend it! And the guide had a gopro, after the trip we all got the video of the trip”