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Benjamin Wadsworth

United States Published: April 12, 2014

Manaslu Trek with Tsum Valley - A Great Trip!

Manaslu and Tsum Valley trek (and Langtang too), March–April 2014

My brother and I completed the Manaslu Circuit Trek with a side trekking to Tsum Valley Trek with Pradip in April. We found Guide in Himalaya (now he incorporated as Wilderness Excursion, a Kathmandu-based trekking agency) on the internet and took a gamble, as we knew nothing about this trekking company. Pradip, the founder manager and also a trekking guide, answered all our questions about the trek we required. It was a great gamble! Pradip was very well organized, knowledgeable about the area and a lot of fun to trek with. I can’t recommend him highly enough. The trek itself is phenomenal. The scenery is beautiful, and the area is still relatively less crowded, particularly in the Tsum Valley. I am generally not a big fan of being guided (I like to figure things out on my own), but Pradip added a great deal to the trip by serving as a translator and introducing us to people and cultural experiences that would not have been available otherwise. We liked Pradip so much that we hired him to guide us for two weeks in the Langtang Valley-Gosaikunda and concluded the trek at Sundarijal back to Kathmandu. I can recommend him to anyone doing trekking in Nepal.