• Day Day 1:

  Bhulbhule Canyoning

  Day 1:  After breakfast, you will meet our team at your hotel and will drive from Kathmandu to  Bhulbhule- by private transportation. You will get at Bhulbhule sport after 2 hours drive and when you get there then after our guide and staff will fix all rope and Canyoning gears, they abseil from the extreme cliff. It is around 200m of the most exciting stretch of the waterfall and you will have the great experience their how your Bhulbhule Canyoning team can jump in challenging waterfall. We have lunch at bhulbhule after complete the Canyoning and about 2 to 3 p.m. back to Kathmandu. Our trip is over here.

Equipments

1. Equipment Check – List

What clothing and equipment to take is one of the things that people worry the most about!  We can advise you and help you and it does of course depend on the time of year, the area, the altitude and how many days you are trekking/climbing. When you arrive in Kathmandu we will go through all your equipment to ensure that it is correct for your trip. In Thamel (the tourist area of Kathmandu where you will be staying) there is an abundance of shops seeling equipment and clothing so if anything is forgotten it can easily be sourced.It is also possible to hire climbing equipment and also items such as down jackets, and sleeping bags saving you a large purchase.

The following equipment list is suggested and necessary for both camping and tea house  treks. Use this list as a guide line.The basic check list should help you with your packing for any of our trips. Please remember that you  should always try to keep the weight of your clothing equipment down to a minimum. Your packed trek bag,  should weight no more than 15kg. Please remember this is just a check list and you do not necessarily need to bring everything that is listed bellow.

2. GENERAL CHECK – LIST

The following  basic check list should help you with your packing for any of our trips. Please remember that you  should  always try to keep the weight of your clothing equipment down to a minimum. Your packed trek bag,  should weight no more than 15 kilograms. Please remember this is just a check list and you do not necessarily need to bring everything that is listed bellow. Use your own experience and judgment  to make your decision.

• • • Light and expedition weight thermal tops.
    • Fleece jacket or pullover.
    • fleece wind –stopper Jacket (optional)
    • Waterproof  sheel jacket (preferably breathable fabric)
    • Lightweight thermal gloves.
    • Underwear (4)
    • Shorts (2)
    • Lightweight cotton long trousers / pants .
    • Light and expedition  weight thermal bottoms.
    • Sun hat or Scarf.
    • Warm fleece hat or light balaclava.
    • T- shirt (2)
    • Thin, light weight (inner socks) (4).
    • Sunglasses with UV protection.
    • Sleeping bag rated to 0 degrees ¾ season
    • Head lamp (eg petzl) Spare bulbs and batteries.
    • Small padlock  to lock trek bag.
    • Basic first aid kit(see First aid medicine bellow)
    • Plastic bags –for keeping items dry inside trek bag.
    • Daypack ( 35 to 40 litters/ 2500 to 3000 cubic inches.)
    • Camping mattress, eg thermarest pad.
    • Water bottles.
    • Tolietries.
    • Small wash towel.
    • Footwear appropraite to the trip.
    • Waterproof  shell trousers / pants. (Preferably  berathable fabric)

3. TREKKING  CHECK LIST

In addition to the items listed in our general check list you will need to take the following on your trekking trip:

• • • Heavyweight gloves or mittens with a waterproof sheel  outer.
    • Down vest and/ or jacket (optional).
    • Fleece or wool trousers/ pants.
    • Trekking/ hiking boods with spare laces.
    • Thick, warm wool hiking socks (4)
    •  Footwear for around camp, eg running shoes and /or sandals.
    • Gaiters (optional).
    • Telescopic trekking/ ski poles (optional)

4. MOUNTAINERING / CLIMBING CHECK LIST

In addition to the checklists for general trekking equipment above, and depending  on the trip you have chosen, various items of mountaineering equipment may also be required, eg:

• • • Plastic boots and crampons (preferably step – in bindings ) with front points.
    • Mountaineering  Safety harness.
    • Mountaineering  Ice axe(60 to 75 cms long – depending on your height and personal  preference).
    • 120 cms (4ft) climbing sling and to locking and unlocking  caravines.
    • Telescopic ski – sticks (optional).
    • Prussik loops .
    • Climbing helmet (optional).
    • Jumer (Ascender & Descender).
    • Pocket Knife.
    • Head lamp.
    • Mattress.
    • Rope and Snow bars.
    • Ice crew.
    • High altimeter.

Most if not all of this equipment will be needed  for any  trip that  crosses steep, snow – covered  ground, or which includes sections  of glacier travel. Our recommendation that you take no more than fifteen kilos of trekking equipment dose not include your plastic boots, ice axe , Crampons ot herness/ carabiners . During the trek, climbing hard wear will be carried separately from your personal trek bag, in group bags untill needed.

5. EQUIPMENT  RENTAL

In order to minimize your expense outlay for trekking and climbing equipment you may never use  again, equipmeent rental and buying is possible in Kathmandu. You find them lot cheaper  than you find in europe and in Usa. Shops in Thamel offer a wide range of equipment available for rent and buy. Here is some cost which give you an aidea of the cost to rent in Kathmandu.

• • • Sleeping bags.
    • Down Jackets.
    • All purpose mountaineering Ice axe (60 – 70 cms)
    • Ice hummer.
    • Climbing Harness .
    • 2 looking Carabiners , Climbing Sling.
    • 12 – point Crampons.
    • Plastic Climbing boots.
    • Helmet.

6. FIRST AID MEDICINE

• • Bandage for Sprains.
  • Plaster/ Band- aids.
  • Iodine or Water filter(optional)
  • Moleskin/ Second skin – for blisters.
  • Antiseptic ointment for cuts.
  • Anti- bacterial throat lozenges (with antiseptic)
  • Aspirin/ paractamol- general painkiller.
  • Oral rehydration salts.
  • Broad – spectrum antibiotic (norfloxacin or ciprofloxin).
  • Anti  – diarrhea medication (antibiotic).
  • Diarrhea stopper (Imodium – optional)
  • Antibiotic for Giardia or similar microbe or bacteria.
  • Diamox  (Altitude sickness – can be  bought in Kathmandu.
  • Sterile Syringe set (anti-AIDS precaution).
  • For more details  please see our  staying healthy  topic.