Himlung

WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS’ PHILOSOPHY

WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS is focusing on group sizes of 4 to 6 participants only for its Himlung Expedition because our experience has found this to be the best way to have a successful trip while providing excellent services. Furthermore, it creates a pleasant ambiance within the Group, including an exchange of cultures and traditions with our local Team.

Last but not least, WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS’ focus on small groups permits more flexibility and support to the participants individually.

ACCOMMODATION & MEALS

Kathmandu: we stay at the famous 5-star Hyatt Regency on a sharing basis, including breakfasts, in order to optimize the preparation for this present Himlung Expedition. All dinners are served in excellent restaurants in town where you can enjoy various types of cuisine, from the typical Nepali, Thai, and even steaks and Italian meals. Each restaurant has been screened by WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS representatives to ensure that it is of suitable quality for our guests.

The individual beverages, except at Base Camp, are on each participant’s own charge.

During our Campsite Trekking: according to our itinerary, at some specific defined places, we settle a campsite and enjoy the meals prepared by our Kitchen Team. The tents are provided by WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS on a sharing basis. The single tent can be requested but are charged extra cost (upon request at your booking). Each member has to bring his/her own sleeping bag, we provide you a thick mattress with an extra thin isolation tent mattress.
Considering the roughness of the landscape and the hygienic conditions, WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS provides the Group with its own kitchen tent, sleeping tents, dining tent and toilet tent with the necessary staff to serve us delicious dishes and drinks. You can enjoy espresso coffee, a selection of teas, as well as Italian, Tibetan, and local cuisines. Packages lunch is given on some days.
For our clients’ convenience, considering the remoteness of the region, WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS provides the lighting for the dining and kitchen tents, and solar batteries charging facilities at disposal of the participants.

In some places, we stay in the lodges (small traditional mountain guesthouses) that are recommended by WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS as per defined itinerary destination. Please be aware that single rooms are not available.
Many lodges serve a variety of cuisines such as continental, Indian, Tibetan, and local cooking. Please note that the beverages are on each participant’s own charge, except coffee and the selection of teas that are served for breakfast and in the afternoons upon your arrival, as well as some special snacks provided by WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS.

Base Camp: WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS’ Base Camp is comfortable, warm, and well organized. Each participant has an individual extra double large tent. Light, insulation from the ground, and an extra-large thick mattress with a soft pillow are provided for each individual tent.

Our triple skin base Primaloft dining tent is heated in the evening and the ground is insulated. Our kitchen is hygienic, clean, and equipped with modern utensils and stoves. Likewise, the shower tent is facilitated with a hot gas system, shampoo, shower gel, body lotion, and mirror. The toilet tent is big enough to render a high altitude toilet comfortable, equipped with toilet paper and fresh Odinel. A water bucket with soap and hand sanitizer is at your disposal besides the dining tent. Similarly, a store tent and communication tent will be set up, depending on the number of participants.

During this Expedition, you can enjoy various kinds of food, from the typical Nepali food to all types of international cuisine (Tibetan, Continental, European, Indian, Japanese, etc.) You can also enjoy cakes and cookies, along with varieties of drinks, among others, hot chocolate, coffee, and fruit juice. Fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat are supplied as regularly as possible from our Kitchen Team. On request, for higher camps, a freshly cooked hygienic food or a packed food (as per condition) can be provided from our Kitchen Team as well as drinks and snacks.

Lights and Generator: Base Camp is equipped with a powerful generator and a solar recharge system.

SAFETY FEATURES

Your safety is of supreme concern while traveling with WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS. For safety our major aspects are:

• 1 Climbing Sherpa for 3 participants
• WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS’ Team consists of strong new generation climbing Sherpas who are highly trained and skilled in  mountaineering, educated, have numerous experiences of high altitude climbing, are fluent in various languages and last but not least, friendly and supportive
• Full-time Base Camp Manager for the logistic
• We are flexible and supportive being a small group of Mountaineers compared to other big outfitters which consist of more than 10 climbers in the team
• A radio set per 3 participants during the ascent
• First Aid medical box, including oxygen bottle with mask and regulator for emergency
• 24/24 hours high altitude consultant in case of emergency
• Satellite phone (personal communications on each participant’s own charge)
• A 24-hour service based radio station at Base Camp
• Weather forecast
• Fixing lines by the Sherpa Team, where necessary
• 1-day workshop at Base Camp
• 1-day workshop before going to the final Summit push which consists mainly of giving advice for the appropriate handling of the personal things which may be effective during the ascent and the way to cooperate with his/her own Sherpa on the ascending day
• WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS is associated with the local Helicopter Rescue companies
• Last but not least, pre-expedition meeting in Switzerland and advice on how to prepare a 7000-meter Expedition

OUR WILD YAK TEAM

The success of this Himlung Expedition depends on both the personal condition of each participant and the experience of our Team. WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS’ Team has been carefully selected according to their experience in the specific environment and personal aptitudes. Our Team is thus highly experienced, skilled, trained, courteous, and helpful.

WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS’ is proud to support our local staff by providing them with a fair salary, encouraging them to take mountaineering workshops, wilderness first aid training, environmental preservation courses, garbage management, team leadership, and language refreshers on a regular basis.

Our Climbing Sherpa Guides: the number of Climbing Sherpas is depending on the size of the group of participants to this Expedition. Our climbing Sherpa Team is a professionally qualified team with great experience in guiding at high altitudes in the Himalaya especially on numerous high mountains of the Himalaya and have deep knowledge about the culture and traditions of this part of the Himalaya. It is the Climbing Sherpas’ role to fix all the tents and the rope at the necessary part of the mountain and, assist you all the way to the Summit.

Our Kitchen Team: plays a vital role during the entire Expedition. WILD YAK EXPEDITIONS’ Cooks are specialized, experienced, and trained in outdoor cooking at high altitudes, respecting the fundamental principles of hygiene and proper management of the base camp and its surroundings. Cook’s role is also to manage the Base Camp in the absence of the Leader/Sherpa Team. Different types of cuisine and bakeries are served during the climbing period. Our Kitchen Team ensures also that the garbage is properly managed and the campsite is kept clean after its use.