Countries Visited: Nepal
The highest trekking peak in Nepal with views of four of the world's five highest mountains
This superb trek takes us away from the busy trails leading to Everest Base Camp, and over a little-used pass into the sparsely-inhabited Hinku Valley.
From here we walk through a beautiful high alpine environment, where Mera Peak, the highest trekking peak in Nepal at 6476m, towers over the valley.
Traversing around to the north we find a softer side to the mountain, and from here it is a non-technical climb which anyone with ice-axe and crampon experience can attempt. If you've acclimatised well, have strong lungs and plenty of willpower, you can reach the summit of this beautiful Himalayan peak.
A tough but rewarding expedition.
Adventure Pioneers - This trip gets our vote!
Each year we run a competition that challenges you to design a trip for our Adventure Pioneers range. Out of the entries received we choose the most inspiring, sustainable and appealing to launch as an Exodus trip. They are pioneering. They are different. They are the very best of Exodus Travels. This trip breaks the mould and extends the boundaries of adventure travel.
What makes this trip responsible?
EXODUS PROJECTS
Over the last few years we have set up many projects in Nepal. Details of all the projects can be found here on our website
Your leader will have up to date information in Kathmandu so please do ask him if you would like more information. We also have printed copies of our newsletter available in Kathmandu.
Please see our Responsible Tourism Policy page for full details
Click on the title below for more information about our projects in Nepal.
EXODUS HIMALAYAN COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROJECTS
Over the last few years we have set up many projects in Nepal. Details of all the projects can be found here on our website
Your leader will have up to date information in Kathmandu so please do ask him if you would like more information. We also have printed copies of our newsletter available in Kathmandu.
Please see our Responsible Tourism Policy page for full details
Click on the title below for more information about our projects in Nepal.
Some of our most important projects are:
Nava Kiran Orphanage Kathmandu
In March 2006 we opened a new home, which we built for the children. Since then we have been paying for the children's educational
needs (school fees, books, uniforms etc). Although we will still continue to monitor the children's educational needs we are
gradually reducing our involvement there, only providing extra support where needed. If you are travelling with Exodus to Nepal and
would like to see the orphanage, please ask your leader who will be delighted to organise a visit.
Esther Benjamins Trust
The Esther Benjamins Trust focuses on improving the lives of Nepal's most vulnerable children and young people. The Trust provides
full time care for children who are 'at risk' of being trafficked or of domestic or sexual abuse - an indispensable safety net. The
facilities cater for 140 children (boys and girls) at three centres; Kathmandu, Hetauda and Bhairahawa, south Nepal. From 2010 we
will be helping them raise money for the full time care and education of their children.
Solar Cookers and Smokeless Stoves
Our solar cooker project is now up and running in the Everest region. By spring 2010 we had installed 30 solar cookers in the Everest
region in the lodges we use and have another 30 waiting to be installed in autumn 2010. If you are trekking in the Everest region you
will see these in most of the lodges where you stay. Your leader will have details of how to sponsor a cooker.
In 2010 Exodus donated 28 smokeless stoves to Thulopatel village. These stoves use less wood but more importantly, they provide a
safer and healthier alternative for the women to cook on. The smoke leaves the kitchen through a chimney thus preventing eye and lung problems caused by a smoky fire.
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Images from MERA PEAK EXPEDITION
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Approaching summit of Mera at sunrise
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