Everest & climbing
Six wayfinders
The people who
make it possible.
Every Aroha guide is Nepal-based, employed year-round rather than per trip, insured to the altitude they work at, and paid above the national association rate. Between them they cover all eight regions.
Culture & slow travel
Anisha Gurung
11 years guiding · Patan, Kathmandu Valley
Mustang & Annapurna
Pasang Lama
14 years guiding · Jomsom, Mustang
Langtang & community trails
Dawa Tamang
9 years guiding · Briddim, Rasuwa
Eastern Nepal, rivers & remote routes
Sunita Rai
12 years guiding · Dhankuta, Koshi
Dolpo & camping expeditions
Karma Bhote
16 years guiding · Dunai, DolpaGuide profiles are fictional. The photographs beside them show the terrain each guide works in — they do not depict the people described.
What we commit to
Guiding standards.
The parts of a trekking company you cannot see from a brochure, written down.
Year-round employment
Guides are salaried, in season and out of it, with insurance that does not lapse between departures.
25 kg porter limit
Enforced by weighing loads at every trailhead. Porters are insured to the same altitude as the group they carry for.
Turn-around authority
Any guide can turn any individual around, at any point, without calling the office first.
Current medical training
Every guide holds a wilderness first-aid qualification as a minimum, refreshed before each season.
Guide-led
Ask for someone by name.
If a profile here matches what you want from a trip, say so when you enquire. On private departures we will build the dates around that guide's calendar.