Greg Hepple

My son and I completed the 13-day trek of the Manaslu circuit with thanks to our expert guide Surje-lama. It was a totally outstanding experience, trekking incredible river gorges, visiting traditional mountain villages, staying in comfortable but basic tea house accommodation, eating hearty serves of wonderful Nepalise meals all under and amongst the most dramatic and breath-taking mountains.
Surje and our porter Bishnu went out of their way to ensure we were enjoying each day, that we were well briefed and ready for each days trekking and that we were safe from dehydration, altitude sickness, muscle soreness and food poisoning. Surje was incredibly thoughtful in selecting the best guest houses, the best rooms, highlighting the best rest spots, times to start hiking and over-and-above services like finding some extra protein like fresh chicken and buffalo meat on the last few stops and a delicious cake to celebrate completion of our trek. The pre-trek briefing by Sandip was also reassuring and filled us with confidence on what we were about to undertake. I highly recommend Himalayan Masters and our guide Surje.