Remote Nepal Sherpa Service Trek Overview

General overview

Trek to remote Nepal and deliver needed medicine and supplies, visit health clinics, schools, temples, explore beautiful forested valleys, and meet some of the charming local families. We trek through remote Nepal at low altitude on snow-free paths, up and down hills, through green terraced villages, over suspension bridges, ancient old-growth forests, and stay in rustic inns and camp in verdant meadows beneath towering peaks. There is ample time to experience the friendly and exotic culture, as we walk through some of the most spectacular natural settings and mountain scenery in the world.

Charity/Non-Profit. Please visit the sites of the groups who support our Service Trek, and help local people to help themselves:

• Mount Everest Foundation
• Deboche Nunnery Project
• Jonathan Peacock Memorial Fund

Itinerary

Day 1 – Arrive Kathmandu
Day 2 – Briefing, gear check, shopping, visit the famous Monkey Temple
Day 3 – Drive to Dhap, then Jamphre (2820 metres/9252 feet)
Day 4 – Trek to Patle Village
Day 5 – Puja ceremony in the morning. Medical professional members work in the health post,other members walk down to Maidane School and teach
Day 6 – Medical professional members work in the health post, other members walk to Dhaurakharkha School and teach there. In the afternoon, team volunteers in the health post. Ceremonies and a celebration that night
Day 7 – Say farewell to Patale, trek to Jamphre, and bus ride back to Kathmandu
Day 8 – Relax in Kathmandu. Last minute shopping, say goodbye to new friends
Day 9 – Fly back to your home country.

Good to know

Leadership

Organizer: Dan Mazur He has led and organized more than 25 treks and expeditions to Everest, AmaDablam, Pumori, Mount Kailash, Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and many others. He has led this remote service area numerous times and knows the local people who we shall be meeting.

Sherpas: We hire Sherpas and porters in a support capacity, and now have 23 of these very experienced, friendly, strong, helpful, and loyal people on our staff, including some of Nepal’s best climbers and some of Nepal’s only women Sherpas. Some of our Sherpas have been to the summit of Everest more than seven times and led treks to rural Nepal on our Service Trek, Everest Basecamp & up Island Peak countless times. One of our female Sherpas just became the first Nepalese woman to reach the summit of AmaDablam, Pumori, and Cho Oyu. Many of our Sherpas have personally assisted foreign climbers to the summits of more than ten of the highest peaks in the Himalayas.

Experience

It’s not necessary to be in extremely good shape to enjoy this trek. If you can have fun walking for 3-6 hours with a few 20-minute breaks mixed in, you can accomplish this trek.

Prior to joining our group, please see your doctor and obtain the necessary permission and advice, as well as medications for travel in extremes of altitude, and also for exotic locales