Puskar’s Travelography

Responsible Treks is one of the best travel companies of Nepal. I embarked upon a very unique wildlife photography expedition along with them and they have not only met my requirements to the best of my satisfaction but also took all necessary and added measures to meet unforeseen situations. They helped me in finding and photographing Wild Yak which is considered to be one of the rarest mammals of the region. The expedition took us to the remotest corner of Nepal at Limi Valley in Humla district. Mr Chhewang Lama left no stones unturned in making life comfortable from receiving me at Kathmandu airport till the time I reached Simikot and provided me with all possible assistances at every point which included my stay and excursions at Kathmandu, boarding various flights as well as deplaning.

Finally, at Simikot I met Rinzin Phunjok Lama who is a Wildlife Biologist and is a Rolex awardee. An extremely talented and dedicated conservationist who runs Project Ukali to save the unique biodiversity of the region. He and his team conducted the expedition which included tracking Wild Yaks through extreme terrain and all logistics associated with it. I must make special mention of Phurbu who walked and scanned tirelessly to materialize my dream. Chhang Lama also deserves special mention as he and his ponies kept us alive through those arduous days by preparing the best of the foods and carrying all necessary stuff. Abinash Lama and Kamal Sahi were great assets with their scanning and photography skills. Even at the end of the expedition, when the weather turned bad, the team went out of their way to evacuate from Limi Valley and finally helped me board the first flight which touched Simikot.

I am simply overwhelmed with the professionalism, human touch and added efforts of Responsible Treks without which this expedition could never had been successful. I bet that I will home on to them whenever I visit Nepal for my future expeditions.

Tashi Delek