Hello,
My trek to Annapurna took place in April 2017. It was a wonderful time and I was lucky to see even more, than I expected. The trip was very well organized thanks to my trekking guide Ramkumar Bhatta.
He helped me with everything. At that time the route was unexpectedly overcrowded and there were more people, than beds to sleep. It was really hard to find a place to stay. Some people slept in dining halls, some even outside in tents, but I had my bed in every place, where we stopped for the night.
And thanks to him I was lucky to spend the night at ABC. Very few people did and many came to the camp from down, missing beautiful sunrise.
I recommend Ramkumar and this company to everyone, who decides to go trekking in Nepal.
We (group of three) met Prakash at the airport via a referral from his friend at the pre paid taxi counter. Usually I don't like or accept this tactic, but I'm glad we made an exception on this occasion. Prakash travelled with us in our taxi to our hotel and we chatted about our trekking plans. Prakash was extremely polite and informative, and is very proud of Himalaya Hub. The next morning we met Prakash at his office, discussed our options and prices and booked the ABC trek for 11 days (including Poon Hill).
Our guide was Nirmal (Babu!) and he was fantastic. All we had to do each day was pack our bags and walk. Nirmal looked after our accommodation, our permits, he took our food orders, he was our waiter, he refilled our water bottles, he sought extra blankets (I'm a soft touch in the cold), he was our photographer/videographer and he is a great dancer, singer and riddle master.*
As for the trek itself, it is all at your own pace. That said, be prepared for a tough but rewarding slog to ABC and back. We are all fit by Australian standards, however add a 12kg pack, mountains, stairs (so many stairs...) and a little altitude to the mix and your body doesn't know what's hit it. The good news is that you adjust well after a few days, and calf soreness becomes a natural state. Our longest day of walking was 7 hours (including an hour lunch break), on average we did 5 hours a day. I do not recommended this trek for anyone with dodgy knees.
TIP: take extra cash for snacks, treats and entry fees (eg Poon Hill and the Jindhu Hot Springs)
*not actually a good singer
Me and my boyfriend did the Annapurna ABC Base Camp for 9 days with our nice guide Kapil. After arriving to Kathmandu we got offer a package that provided us with hotel in Pokhara, busses and guiding etc. Kapil was meeting up with us the morning after to take us to the bus that took us to Phokara (a very bumpy and interesting ride). He made sure that we got everything for trekking and then we started walking. 9 days later and Kapil did a very good job with keeping a good tempo, feeding us well and smiled a lot. Next time we will guide him through Sweden! Thank u for a good experience Himalaya Hub Adventure.
Had a super nice 9 days trekking. Our guide kapir was helping us with everything! He was really kind and we had a awesome time with him. The trek was also really beautiful in all ways :)
884derek
05/12/2026
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my trip with the guide Kupal from Himalaya Hub Agency to the Annapurna Base Camp
Hello, following my recent tri^p to Kathmandu, to Pokhara and the Annapurna Camp Base I would like to leave that in guise of my very positive feedback concerning the quality service provided by Himalaya Hub Agency, and in particular the guide Kupal. First things first, I had to shorten at the last minute my stay in Nepal, by about 2-3 days and that made doubtfull the capacity for me to do the ABCamp, which takes more or less 7-9 days. I wasn't really what to do. The governement tourist official at the airport brought me directly to that agency, which in itself is a token of recommendation. There I had a good talk with somone in charge and he indeed carved a tour at my pace, within my time limits to the ABC and given that I liked also much to see the Pokahara lakes, he was also able to fit somehow the lakes too. Another thing of which I was very pleased, retropsepctively even more than before hand, is that the itinerary to the ABC was set up in the way to include a much more scenic afterall variant, from Phedi via Tolka to Landruk. As a guide I had Kupal. The guy was very nice, very forthcoming and took really care of things. He was really an asset, insofar as at this time of the year, even before the official beginnigs of the high season (in mid November), the ABC trail was much like a ZOO, too many people, overcrowded with a progressivelly dimininshing number of tea houses and increasing difficulties to find a bed and a blanket. People coming before us slept simply in tents outside. In the most difficult place - the ABCamp itself, where there were only 4 tea houses, he managed to find either a bed for me as well as a blanket. Another thing, given that I had had no experience in trekking in the Himalayas, even if I had had a good experience of trekking, I had hard time to find proper markings at crossroads, as in many cases there was nothing and the map was inaccurate, In this respect his presence was precious. In any case, he assisted me way back to Pokhara, and then to back to Kathmandu. The last day alone would be a very good pretext to put a good word for him, insofar as I had left on the bus from Pokhara back to Kathmandu a bag with the boots and some other things. After 8.5 h trip I simply forgot. He somehow was able to find a bus depot where the bus was serviced and we found the bag. It was hard, but it is only because of my guide that I have still those things with me. Overall I was very pleased, so this recommendation. best regards Derek A., Montreal
Wonderful trekking in Nepal