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Indigenous Peoples' Trail Home-Stay Lodge Trek 12 Days, 6 November to 17 November 2014
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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Chitwan and Lumbini Tour 6 Days, 14 February to 21 February 2014
Mrs. Jenny and Mr. Francis
2 Adults (2pax)
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 wit…
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The Forbidden Kingdom Upper Mustang, Lodge Trek 8 Days flight back by Heli 25 Aug to 31 Aug 2013
Rob Chad and Todd Bell
2 Adults
Canadian
Hello Stephan, Ashta and Deepak
Thank 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 …
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Lower Mustang Family Lodge Trek 9 Days, 01 March to 09 March 2014
Stephanie and Hugo Family
4 Persons (2 Adults and 2 Children)
France
Hello,
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 ca…
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Jomsom-Muktinath Family Lodge Trek 9 Days, 7 June to 15 June 2014
Ian Beckett and Family
5 Persons (2 Adults and 3 Children)
Canadian
Good day,
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 exe…
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Horse Riding Trek to Upper Mustang, 15 Days March 2019
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 re…
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Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit Lodge Trek 15 Days, 07 Oct to 21 Oct 2013
Stephan and Natasha
(2 Adults)
Swiss
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 d…
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Manaslu Circuit Camping Trek, 16 Days and Chitwan National Park, March 23 - April 14, 2013
Cornelia and Cedrec (2 Adults)
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 …
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Incredible at every turn - Ryan and Family, USA
Review at TripAdvisor on April 2020
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 incred…
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Yolmoland Family Lodge Trek and Chitwan Tour, 14 Day 9 August to 22 August 2014
Thomas Beckmann and Family
3 Persons (2 Adults and 1 Child)
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 g…
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Langtang Classic Family Lodge Trek, Kathmandu Valley Hiking and Chitwan Tour, 28 Days 11 April to 08 May 2014
Lucy and Alain Family
4 persons (2 Adults and 2 Children)
Canadian
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 tra…
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Langtang Classic Family Lodge Trek, 9 Days 29 March to 06 April 2014
Hugues and Family
2 Adults and 3 Children (5pax)
French
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 (…
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Langtang Classic Family Lodge Trek 8 Days, 12 Oct to 19 Oct 2013
Mrs. Catherine Isabel Aglibut and Family
1 Adult and 1 Child (2pax)
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 cl…
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Gosaikund Lake and Helambu Lodge Trek including Chitwan Tour 29 Days, 9 Nov to 7 Dec 2013
Giovanni Pelloni (1 Adult)
Swiss
Lieber Stephan
Das 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, …
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Classic Langtang Family Lodge Trek 13 Days, 06 Oct to 18 Oct 2012
Elisabeth and Family
2 Adults and 2 Children
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…
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Classic Langtang Family Lodge Trek 13 Days, 02 Dec to 14 Dec 2012
"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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Short Trek to Namche Bazaar 8 Days 7th April to 14th April 2018
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 …
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Once in a lifetime unique experience!
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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North of Namche Bazzar and Renjo-La Pass Family Lodge Trek 14 Days, 21 Oct to 04 Nov 2012
Ronen Zaidel Bar and Family
2 Adults and 4 Children (6Pax)
Israeli
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 …
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Lower Sherpaland (Solu Region) Lodge Trek, 6 Days 28 March to 02 April 2014
Dr. Shehla Alvi
1 Adult (1pax)
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 l…
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From Lukla to Maratika Cave via Pike Peak 4065m Basic Lodge Trek and voluntary work, 30 Days 29 Sep to 28th Oct 2015
Jolanda and Wil
2 persons (2Adults)
Nederland
Dear SFT Family
A 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 l…
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Everest Panorama (Lukla to Tengboche) Lodge Trek for Families, 10 Days 12 April to 21 April 2014
Roswitha and Family
3 Persons (2 Adults and 1 Child)
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 …
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Everest Panorama (Lukla bis Tengboche) Lodge Trek für Familie, 12 Tage, 21. Oktober bis 31. Oktober 2016
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 klapp…
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Everest Panorama Lodge Trek and Chitwan Tour and Nagarkot Tour 21 Days ,from 22 April to 20 May 2016
Hello again Stephan,
Some comments:
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 seei…
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Everest Panorama Horse Riding Lodge Trek 7 Days, 21 Oct to 27 Oct 2013
Mrs. Irmgard Maria Friedl
1 Adult
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 a…
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Everest Mani Rimdu Festival Lodge Trek 13 Days, 24 Oct to 05 Nov 2012
Helmut and Gabriele Ewinger
2 Adults
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 …
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Everest Mani Rimdu Festival Lodge Trek 12 Days, 1 November to 12 November 2014
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 …
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EBC Lodge Family Trek and Kathmandu Tour 21 Days, 15 Sep to 05 Oct 2013
Mrs. Heide Marie Puttinger and Son
1 Adult and 1 Child (2pax)
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 …
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Buddhist Sacred Site Trail of Khumbhu Region Lodge Trek, September 2011
Douglas and Leslie Knight
A Couple
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 …
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Dolpo and Rara Lake Camping Trek April 29 — May 22, 2013
Rara Lake, April 29 — May 22, 20133 Adults from Switzerland
Dear Stephan, and Team
First 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 everyt…
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Jomolhari combined with Druk Path Trek and Tour 13 Days, 9 November to 21 November 2014
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 d…
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Trek Family Day Hiking Trip around Pokhara Valley from Himalayan Deurali Resort (Nagdanda) with Chitwan Tour and Half Day River Rafting , 9 Days
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…
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Poon Hill-Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit Family Lodge Trek, 9 Days, From 21-December to 29-December -2016
Dear Stephan
Thank 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, sayi…
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Poon Hill Family Lodge Trek October 2012
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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Poon Hill Family Lodge Trek 4 Days, 27 Oct to 30 Oct 2012
Jacoba Bolderhej and Family
2 Adults and 2 Children
Nederland
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 grea…
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Ponn Hill-Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit Family Horse Riding Lodge Trek 8 Days, 13 Oct to 20 Oct 2013
David Benjamin Ansbacher and Family
2 Adults and 3 Children (5pax)
United States of America
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 …
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Ponn Hill-Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit Family Horse Riding Lodge Trek 8 Days, 11 Oct to 18 Oct 2013
Mr. Helge Siljan and Family
2 Adults and 2 Children (4pax)
Norway (Living in Dubai)
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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Long Version of Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Trek, 14 Days 18 Dec to 31 Dec 2015
Frank Maanen and Family
4 Persons (2 Adults and 2 Children)
Nederland 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…
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Kathmandu, Chitwan, Pokhara and Australian Camp Family Lodge Trek 9 Days, 11 Oct to 19 Oct 2013
French Family of 5 living in Dubai
Hello !
General comment: great welcome, perfect organization and flexibility, trustable, expectations met despite unforeseen (and unusual at this time of the year) heavy rain !
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Jomsom-Muktinath Lodge Trek 7 Days, August 2011
Dear Ashta and Stephan
Currently 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 …
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Horse-Riding in Ghandruk Circuit Family Lodge Trek, 9 Days 27 Oct to 04 Nov 2012
Dagny Mjos and Family
2 Adults and 1 Child
Norway
Dear Stephan
We 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 lodge…
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Ghorepani-Poon Hill Family Lodge Trek and Chitwan Tour, March-April 2013
Kate and Family
1 Adult and 1 Child
British Citizen
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 g…
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Ghorepani-Poon Hill Family Lodge Trek and Chitwan Tour 7 Days, 20 April to 26 April 2011
Michael Borg-Laufs and Family
3 Adults and 1 Child
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…
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Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Trek and Chitwan National Park Tour, 11 Days, from 16 June to 27 June 2016
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 orga…
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Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Trek and Chitwan National Park Tour, 11 Days Arriving 21 October to 31 October 2016
Namaste...
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 …
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Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Trek, 9 Days ,From 5th August and 13th August 2016
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.
Spe…
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Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Trek, 7 Days, From 7 August to 13 August 2016 ,2Pax)
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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Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Trek, 5 Days 21st Oct to 25th Oct 2015
Simon Family and Vivion Family
8 persons (4 Adults and 4 Children)
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 w…
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Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Tour & Trek and Chitwan Tour, 13 Days, 7th Dec to 19th Dec 2015
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 famil…
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Ghorepani-Ghandruk Circuit (Poon Hill) Family Lodge Tour & Trek, 10 Days, 6 March to 15 March 2016
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 H…
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Ghandruk Loop Trek for Families 3 Days October 2019
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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Ghandruk Circuit (Loop) Family Lodge Trek and Chitwan Tour, 10 Days 28 December 2013 to 06 January 2014
Ana Bertelli and Family
2 Adults and 1 Child (3 pax)
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 …
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Ghandruk Circuit Family Lodge Trek 6 Days 15 May to 20 May 2014
Natasha Conlon and Family
4 persons (2 Adults and 2 Children)
Canadian
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 h…
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Dhampus-Australian Camp Family Lodge Trek 5 Days, April 2011
Jenty Kirswood and Family
4 Adults and 4 Children
Germany and American
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.
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Annapurna Sanctuary Lodge Trek Arriving Friday September 24 2016, departing October 8, 2016
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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ABC Lodge Trek and Chitwan National Park Tour, 18 Days 3rd Oct to 20th Oct 2015
Sandra Anna Scalfo
Swiss (1 Adult)
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 ag…
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ABC Lodge Trek 12 Days, 01 Nov to 12 Nov 2012
Heinz Egli and Friends (Swiss-Hong Kong Group)
6 Adults
Swizterland (Live in Hong Kong)
Dear Stephan
here some pictures for your file.
Thanks a lot to all!
Just returned from an unforgettable trip to the mountains of the Himalayas
Greetings from Ho…
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ABC Family Lodge Trek April 2011
Christopher Frim and Family
3 Adults and 2 Children
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 …
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ABC Challenging Family Lodge Trek, March-April 2013
Brigitte and Family
2 Adults and 2 Children
Swiss
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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ABC Challenging Family Lodge Trek and Chitwan Tour 25 Days, 21 Sep to 15 Oct 2012
Claire Barnsley and Family
2 Adults and 1 Child
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 Sarah
PS :…
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ABC Challenging Family Lodge Trek 11 Days, 02 April to 11 April 2012
Erik Moe and Family
2 Adults and 2 Children
USA (Living in Thailand)
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
