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Ian and Beth from Shetland Islands
If you would like to explore Nepal and get off the beaten track without going to high altitude, meet the people and see the magnificent countryside and life as it really is without hordes of tourists then the Indigenous People's Trail organised by the Swi…
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Jenny and Francis, Switzerland
"The trip of our life"
When we got our visa at the Airport in February 2014, we realized that the adventure has just begun! A driver and a representative of the Swiss Family Treks awaited us with a big smile at the airport. They brought us safely to th…
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Rob Chad and Todd Bell, Canada
Hello Stephan, Ashta and DeepakThank you for the note and thanks to all of you for an exceptional experience in Nepal. Both Todd and I were absolutely overwhelmed by the beauty of the country and the culture. It has been sad to have left all that behind. Take …
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Judy, Thomas und Familie, Germany
Swiss Family Treks & Expedition haben zum Glück die richtige Region für unsern Trek gewählt (während des Monsun). Wir wanderten 11 Tage so gut wie ohne Regen durch Mustang im sogenannten Monsun-Schatten. Außerdem planten Sie 1 Tag Kathmandu nach Ankunft un…
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Stephanie and Hugo Family, France
As promised here is a blog retelling our adventure with Ashta, Ronik and the 2 others in lower mustang.They are chapter 14 and 15 of my blog. http://hugolalonde.wordpress.com/
You can use this link to inspire people that are interested in this particular itine…
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Ian Beckett and Family, Canada
Thank you for a wonderful trekking experience in Nepal. The trek you proposed was everything we had hoped for and very appropriate for our three young children. Your staff was execellent and made the trip one to remember. My seven year old even said at the en…
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Carla and Austin from Canada
Thank you Stephan and Ashta,We really did have such a fantastic time. Beautiful landscape, quiet trek and lovely people to spend the journey with. We are very thankful for your time to put this trip together so nicely for us. I will most definitely write a rev…
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Stephan and Natasha, Switzerland
Lieber Stephan, wir haben dank eurem Guide Birendra den Larkya-La Pass trotz Schneesturm überqueren können und so eine unvergessliche Umrundung des Manaslu erleben können! Birendra zeigte viel Einsatz und Willen während des ganzen Treks. Den Abstecher in das …
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Cornelia and Cedrec, Switzerland
We read about the Manaslu Trek and Swiss Family Treks in a local newspaper in Switzerland and we knew immediately that this would be our trek. During the planning phase, Stephan and his team replied patiently to all our questions and gave us some useful hints …
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Ryan and Family, USA
My family (daughters ages 10 & 13 ) did a 3 week trek, and 6 week overall Nepal trip, with Swiss Family. We trekked Manaslu and Tsum valley and toured Kathmandu, Pokhara and Pharping. Swiss Family took absolutely incredible care of us through some extremel…
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Thomas Beckmann and Family, Germany
Hallo Stephan,es hat ein wenig gedauert, da wir im Moment viel um die Ohren haben, aber nun endlich unser Bericht und ein paar Bilder zur Veröffentlichung:"Im August 2014 waren wir gemeinsam mit unserer 9-jährigen Tochter in Nepal. Wir hatten uns im Vorfel…
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Lucy, Alain and Family, Canada
In 2001, my husband and I visited Nepal to trek. We did not have children at that time, but we said that if we ever did have kids we wanted to come back as a family. In 2014, we decided to travel back to Nepal with our 11 year old and 8 year old sons. Travelli…
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Emily, Hugues and Family, France
Dear Stefan,First of all, thank you so much for organizing our Langtang trek at the beginning of this month...our experience was even better than expected in most ways.We particularly appreciated (in no particular order)- The Nirvana Garden hotel - ideally sit…
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Catherine and Louis, Austria
Dear Stephan, and SFT team,We enjoyed our trip to Langtang very much, even if it was raining a lot. Anyway, we had the possibility to see the mountains on one day and managed to climb the Kyanjin Ri.We enjoyed the company of our guide and porter, they were ver…
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Giovanni Pelloni, Switzerland
Lieber StephanDas Trekking in Langtang und zu den Gosainkund-Seen habe ich sehr genossen. Zum einen wegen der wunderschönen Landschaft mit den schneebedeckten Gipfeln, dem tosenden Langtang Khola, den freundlichen Menschen, meinen beiden Begleitern Nima und Ts…
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Elisabeth and Family, Germany
Hallo Stephan,Nun sind wir schon wieder einige Zeit in Deutschland, in unseren Gedanken sind wir aber oft noch in Nepal. Der Langtang-Trek war wirklich ein Erlebnis, auch für die Kinder. Wir haben uns mit unserer Trekkingmannschaft vom ersten Tag an gut aufgeh…
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Vlad and Elena Gabayduliny, Russia
"Nepal is well known in Russia as the best place for trekking. However, many people think such travel as extreme and dangerous enough to travel with the family. And your company reveals Nepal as the country is a perfect place for family holidays, including…
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Olivia and Luke, UK
Dear Stephan, I cannot thank you enough for the incredible experience we had in Nepal. I have been with many tour groups across the world and this trip was by far the best organised. Sonam was fantastic and gave us a great insight to Nepalese life, he was very…
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Mareike, Luisa and Rasmus, Germany
We had the great pleasure of traveling to Nepal organized by Swiss Family Treks and Expedition. From the first moment, everything was perfectly organized and people were very welcoming. We stayed two days first in Pharping, 1 hour away from the capital, where …
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Ronen Zaidel Bar and Family, Israel
We are back from Nepal.How was it? Incredible! Of course it was difficult, and we heard a lot of complaining, especially because of the cold. Everyone had their low points along the way, but we each had our highs too, and more than once all our spirits and bod…
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Dr. Shehla Alvi, Pakisthan
Dear Stephan I also have been thinking to write to you for some time to say thanks and also to express my gratitude to you all and your beautiful country. I was able to feel and realize what probably I came for At least to some extent. I really want to say, yo…
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Jolanda and Wil, Netherlands
Dear SFT FamilyA little story in Nepal.We went the third day after a warm welcome in Pharping, to the domestic airport. Lucky we , the weather was very good and the flight to Lukla amazing. We had a good landing with a beautiful view. Our guide was waiting for…
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Roswitha and Family, Germany
Guten Abend Stephan,zunächst nochmal vielen Dank für deine ganz sympathische Gastfreundschaft. Wir haben den Nachmittag und Abend im toskanischen „Nepal“ sehr genossen…Rückblickend können wir einstimmig sagen: suuuuper toll !!!Was für mich wirklich klasse ist:…
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Guido, Lucia mit Emia, Switzerland
Hallo Stephan,auf diesem Wege möchten wir noch einmal unseren ganz herzlichen Dank aussprechen, auch für die sehr sympathische Einladung bei dir zu Hause nach dem Trek.Die ganze Organisation hat jederzeit wunderbar geklappt, alle Übergaben und Termine klappten…
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Suzanne K, Swizerland
Hello again Stephan,In the spring of 2016 I traveled in Nepal through arrangements made by Swiss Family Treks and Expedition Nepal. A dedicated staff paid close attention to all details so that transportation, lodging and trekking and site seeing all ran very …
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Irmgard Maria Friedl, Austria
Hallo Stephan,ich bin heute zurück gekommen und wollte nur schnell Danke sagen. Es hat alles sehr gut geklappt und ich hatte eine sehr schöne Woche und wir hatten tolles Wetter. Mein Guide Sönam hat sich sehr gut um alles gekümmert. Herzliche Grüße aus Budhani…
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Helmut and Gabriele Ewinger, Germany
Sehr geehrter Herr Kocher,Ausser dass die Wanderschuhe meiner Frau schon am ersten Tag kaputt gingen, hat alles - auch Dank des Guides und Trägers - wunderbar geklappt. Obwohl wir oft die doppelte Zeit für die Tagesetappen benötigt haben, waren wir am Ende sto…
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Nicole and Lee, Canada
Dear Stephan,In November 2014, my partner and I (who are Canadian) enjoyed an amazing trek up to Tengboche, Nepal for the annual Mani Rimdu festival. Swiss Family Treks made all the difference in our experience while traveling Nepal. From the moment I first em…
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Lisa, Germany
Für mich war Nepal eine Wichtiges und lang erträumtes Ziel ,die größten Berge der Welt zu sehen! Ich war alleine unterwegs und wusste nicht genau welche Tour, wie lange und was ich alles brauche! Stephan und sein Team haben mit mir geduldig eine maßgeschneider…
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Heide Marie Puttinger and Son, Austria
Hallo Stephan! Nochmals wollte ich Dir für den schönen Nachmittag, den wir bei Dir verbracht haben, danken. Wir sind nun wieder in Wien in unseren Alltag eingebunden, aber selten habe ich von einer Reise so lang und intensiv gezehrt wie von dieser. Hoffentlich…
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Douglas and Leslie Knight, Canada
"Swiss Family Treks provided my wife and I with exceptional service and personal attention for a trek in the Everest region of Nepal. They arranged for us to be accompanied by one of the foremost Sherpa guides in the region, and porters who were exceptiona…
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Claudia and Daniel Hager, Switzerland
Dear Stephan, and TeamFirst of all we like to pay you a big compliment: because of external circumstances we had to completely change our program while on the trek already — and you still made everything work out perfectly. We started our originally planned tr…
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Cornelia and Cédric from Switzerland
Dear Stephan and SFT team,For the second time you’ve now organized a fantastic trek in the Himalaya for us, and we are glad to count on your reliable and professional services for our next trek in the area. Bhutan is a beautiful country and the combined 10 day…
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Heike Linhart and Family, Germany
von 0 auf 2.300mbeeindruckende Landung zwischen den Bergenwillkommenheißende Ankunft
farbenfrohe Holzfachwerkhäuser mit Innen- und Außenmalereienterrassenformige Dorfgestaltungnatürliche Landschaft - abwechslungsreiche Wälder.das Moderne ruft in den Städten
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Ian, Meagan, Isla and Theo, Canada
We stumbled upon the Swiss Family Treks website while researching family friendly Nepal holidays. We are so grateful that we chose them as our tour facilitators. Their friendly, prompt and detailed responses throughout our pre-trip communication was professio…
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Kate Sims and Family, South Africa
Dear StephanThank you so, so much for a wonderful holiday. We trekked the Poon Hill circuit with our two young children. It was so brilliant. Our guide, Modern, was very gentle and wonderful with the kids. Our daughter choose to walk with him every day, saying…
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Frank, Antonia und Kinder, Switzerland
Gerne denken wir zurück an unseren Nepal-Urlaub. Wir waren fasziniert von der Natur, der Kultur und den freundlichen Menschen. Dank der guten Organisation und Betreuung durch SFT haben wir uns von Anfang an wohl gefühlt. Dies gilt sowohl für das Sightseeing im…
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Jacoba Bolderhej and Family, Netherlands
Dear Stephan,We safely arrived home in Oman after a wonderful experience in Nepal. Thank you very much for the arrangements during our trip in the beautiful Annapurna region. It was truely great! Special thanks to your nice guys, Ashta Lama and Anik and the o…
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David Benjamin Ansbacher and Family, USA
Stephan,I'm sorry for the delay in responding to you. I've been working on updating our blog with photos as I thought I would just share this with you. We write this to keep up with our friends and family back home.So, a much belated thank you for y…
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Helge Siljan and Family, Norway
Dear Stephan,Thanks for interesting discussions, a Nice lunch and a well organized trek this week! All 6 of us arrived safely in Dubai yesterday.Kind regards,Helge
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Frank Maanen and Family, Netherlands
Hello,We had a really good holiday in Nepal. Thanks a lot for all your help. Especially the trekking with guide and porters was great. We would be more than happy to tell other people about our experience with your organisation in a personal email. For us it w…
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Louise, USA
Dear Ashta and StephanCurrently waiting at Kathmandu airport for my delayed flight to Dhaka so thought I would use the time and free wi-fi to send my feedback on the trip. Basically, really excellent, Ashta was a great guide especially in helping me to get my …
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Dagny Mjos and Family, Norway
Dear StephanWe had a great trek in Nepal thanks to your good team and organization. Lalu was a very good guide, and had done a great job getting us rooms with attached bathroom and hot water in all the lodges! We also really enjoyed the porters' company -…
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Kate and Family, UK
How disappointed I was when my Himalaya trek with an English company fell through. Googling ‘trekking in Nepal with kids’ bought me to the site of ‘Swiss Family Trekking’. What a great find and I am so glad the original holiday was cancelled. My 11 year old…
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Michael Borg-Laufs und Family, Germany
Lieber Stephan alles, was Sie für uns organisiert haben, war rundrum in Ordnung, die Tage haben uns außerordentlich gut gefallen. Zum Island Jungle Resort: Ambiente, Unterbringung und Personal sehr freundlich und gut. Dass einem die wilden (gefährlichen) Tiere…
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Katie, Matthew and Lily, USA
Hi Stephan,Yes, we are all home, still thinking about what a wonderful time we had in Nepal! We would be happy to provide a recommendation. "Matthew, Lily (2.5yrs) and I had a wonderful Trek to Poon Hill with the Swiss Family Trek team. Stephan also organ…
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Debray Family, France
Dear Stephan and SFT Team,Thank you again for your warm welcome. We were glad to meet you for Lunch at your place, It was really nice! This trip was a first family trekking with our 3 little children (9, 7 and 5 years old) for us. So, I was very worried about …
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Maria Saberi and Loay Qarooni, Bahrain
Dear Stephan,My husband and I would like to thank you for the amazing poonhill trekking experience. It was truly an achievement for us, sea level people, to climb the thousands of rocky slippery and steep mountain steps all the way to Poonhill and back. Specia…
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Jinou Park, Korea
The 7-day trekking course near Annapurna was a memorable time for Cass and I. I read about Stephan's tour operation in The Guradian, contacted them and everything since has been smooth and easy experience from getting detailed itinerary, pre-trip plannin…
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Simon, Vivion and Family, USA
Hi Stephan,We had a great 5-day trek with Swiss Family. Our two young children (1 and 4) really loved the experience and your guides and porters were really nice in the way that they were always ready to play with them and keep the whole trip very fun for them…
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Hunt Family, New Zealand
Reference for Swiss Family Trek and Expedition,We travelled in Nepal for 2 weeks. The entire itinerary was organised by Swiss Family Trek and Expedition (SFTE). We were met at the airport and taken to Stephan’s house. He and his daughter made our family (our c…
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Ursula, Marlene, Ella und Nici, Deutschland
Liebes Swiss Family team!Nochmals vielen vielen Dank, für die tolle Reise die ihr uns ermöglicht habt. Nepal ist atemberaubend und durch eure Hilfe war es uns möglich, stressfrei auch mit relativ kleinen Kindern einen Eindruck von diesem unglaublich Land im Hi…
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Blandine, Stephane and Zoé, France
Dear Stephan, Ashta and your team, You loved our trip in Nepal and especially the trekking. We spend a really good time in your beautiful mountains with your team. Actually, we would have loved to do a 5 days trekking !! Maybe, we will come back….We liked : - …
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Ana Bertelli and Family, Brazil
"Swiss Family Treks and Expedition was our partner for the trip to Nepal from the beginning. Their advice on where to go, how long to stay and the trek stays were invaluable. As was the service when we go to Nepal. From their driver, ever so patient and sm…
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Natasha Conlon and Family, Canada
With two young children (6 and 10 years old) the potential for a seven day trek in Nepal to go seriously wrong is fairly high. However, with Swiss-Nepal family organising the trek, our holiday in Nepal turned out to be a great outdoor adventure that our family…
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Jenty Kirswood and Family, Germany
Dear Steve,I enjoyed the trip a lot and next time we will be better prepared what to bring. We certainly look forward to using your services again. It was really fun. See you again.Jenty, Andreas, Jakob & Delphine
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Jerry, Gabrielle, Ted and Jan, USA
Let me start by mentioning an observation in a blog post by a young German couple we more or less trekked with, because they stayed at the same villages we did. They wrote that they didn't see the need for a guide on the trek to the ABC. I thought about h…
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Katrin und Familie, Switzerland
Meine Tochter (8) und ich hatten das Glück, einen ganzen Monat in Nepal verbringen zu dürfen. Swiss Family Treks hat unseren ganzen Aufenthalt perfekt organisiert. Mit Sunita hatten wir eine tolle Guidin und Anik hat nicht nur unseren Rucksack hochgetragen, so…
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Sandra Anna Scalfo, Switzerland
Dear Stephen,I am back in Switzerland and all this nice holidays is already over. I really had a great time during the 18 days organized with Swiss Family Treks. As already told you, I really would like to thank again Lalu and Anik who are 2 very nice guys, al…
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Heinz Egli and Friends, Swizterland (Live in Hong Kong)
Dear StephanThanks a lot to all! Just returned from an unforgettable trip to the mountains of the Himalayas. Greetings from Hong KongRetired..................tired yesterday and tired todayHeinz
Liebe Freunde!!Habe meine Nepal bilder nach tagen sortiert und u…
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Chris, Anja, Jakob und Levi, Germany
Hi Steve,ja, wir sind nach 24 Stunden Reisezeit wieder zu Hause angekommen und der Alltag hat uns seit heute wieder. Es bleiben die Erinnerungen an einen supertollen Trek (wir sind immer noch alle sehr stolz), an das Faulenzen und Reinigen im Begnas Resort und…
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Brigitte and Family, Switzerland
Die Reise ist immer noch in sehr guter Erinnerung und wir haben euch schon Freunden weiterempfohlen. Vielen Dank nochmal fuer alles. Lieber Gruss aus Singapur. Brigitte und Family
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Claire Barnsley and Family, Australia
Hi Stephan Thanks so much for organizing such a fantastic holiday - the Annapurna trek was amazing and Sarah loved the elephants at Chitwan. We will definitely be back.Claire, Phil and SarahPS : Ashta was such a great guide and always there when needed.
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Erik Moe and Family, USA
Gentlemen,We had a great trip with you so we'd be happy to act as a reference to a possible new client. Many thanks for a great all around experience.All the best, Erik