About Us

Your Melbourne Contacts : Steve and Ann Gaunt

Steve and Ann, confessed travel addicts, started their traveling adventures back in the 70s, with extended travel through Europe and just a touch of Asia. After taking time out to raise a family the couple returned to their passion about 10 years ago.

Travels over the past fifteen years have focused on Asia with Nepal and the surrounding area being the preferred destination, Steve and Ann fell in love with Nepal on their first trip there in 1999, and have been back many times since then, some of the highlights for Nepal, Tibet and India so far include traveling across the Tibetan plateau in a 4WD, sleeping at Everest Base Camp, going on safari in l Chitwan National Park on the border of Nepal and India, and cruising down the Ganges on a sunrise cruise at Varanasi.

Organizing many successful trips for friends and traveling with groups of different sizes, led to entering into the world of tour guiding on a professional basis. Both are qualified group leaders who have a particular interest in escorting groups from Australia in the 45 - 65 y.o. age bracket as they feel this is an age group often overlooked by some of the larger international tour operators, but will escort groups of 8 or more of any age. Steve and Ann are happy to tailor a holiday to suit any number of clients and to offer a convenient free slide/information night in Melbourne for small groups.  Advice on an appropriate training schedule and the right equipment is also available.

For those clients joining an escorted group, there is also the opportunity to join training walks in the months preceeding a trip as a chance to meet other prospective travelling companions, try out equipment and experience walking in a terrain similar to what will be encountered in Nepal.

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Your N.S.W. Contact : Dipak Dhamala

Dipak is proud to be associated with Himalayan Holidays Limited, an adventure travel operator with a passion for exploring the remote corners of the world. With twenty years adventure travel experience in Nepal behind Dipak, his extensive knowledge of the area, the landscapes, people and cultures adds a colour and dimension to your trip that cannot be compared. With this background and experience you can be secure in the knowledge that you are in the very best of hands.

Dipak's aim is to make the untamed land of the Himalayas and beyond accessible to other kindred spirits who share a passion for faraway destinations. Himalayan Holidays focus on small and specialized groups as well as individually tailored tours, giving customers an immediate and rare experience of these secluded sites. Himalayan Holidays tours are not exclusively for adventure travelers. Whether your interest is in trekking, sightseeing, bird watching, wildlife safaris, cultures and traditions, flamboyant festivals, spiritual temples and architecture or simply taking in the views and local scenes, we cater for all who wish to travel to these treasured and timeless parts of the world.

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Why travel with us?

Our motto is to provide " value for money ". After our clients go home, most of them start promoting our business for us through word of mouth. The companies we use have excellent record of customer satisfaction and continued success has led us to expand our range of services. As well as sightseeing, cultural tours, and a wide range of treks in Nepal, we now offer mountain biking tours, rafting expeditions, hotel reservations, Wildlife Safaris,and tours to Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim and India. In fact, we specialize in tailor-making your holiday to your requirements.

Our Nepalese based company has been committed to providing visitors with access to the remote areas of Nepal since its creation in 1985 with 10% repeated clients, 25% of recommended clients and 65% of overseas booking clients every year. As a member of the Trekking Agents Association of Nepal, the company provides organized treks that are the best value for money while preserving and respecting the environment. We are committed to keeping Nepal green by focusing on ecotourism and low-impact trekking, and preserving the local culture. With camping groups, the company supplies fuel so that no local wood is used for our cooking purposes and 10% of total profit is donated for forestation and education to villagers to teach about ecology and its effect on earth in order to protect nature, Himalayan Holidays offers a wide variety of different treks to suit both novices and experienced trekkers. Whether you have two days or two months to spend in the mountains, an interest in cultural heritage, mountaineering, trekking, we can arrange an itinerary to suit you. We have a team of experienced and dedicated staff including the director and office managers who arrange your trip, expert guides and porters, and cooks to prepare your food. Guides are accredited by the Hotel Management Technical Training Center and are fluent in English.

So what ever type of holiday you are looking for,
Himalayan Holidays can organise that special trip just for you.