As 2014 is coming to a close, we've been looking back over our highlights from last year and thought we'd share with you our top 10 of the year 2014!
1. Although we are a Rafting and Kayaking company, every now and then we like to mix things up a bit. In May, owners Chrissy & Maila ventured to Everest Base Camp with a group of trekkers. This is a 14 day trek taking you to an altitude of over 5000m! Not bad for people who spend most their life on the rivers!
2.Another highlight for us has to be having the Hereford Expedition Group with us over the monsoon. 30 under 20's came for a total of three weeks and did a variety of volunteering, homestay, trekking, rafting and safari. It was so great to organise their program for them and it was a really interesting trip for us to run, and have given us lots of new ideas for the future (stay tuned!)
3. This year has been an incredible year for GRG and we have run all time record amount of Expeditions. In the Autumn season alone we ran 6 Sun Kosi's, 1 Karnali and 2 Tamur's! We are very proud of our team for working so hard and making this possible, and are looking forward to breaking this record next year!
4. One of the biggest events for us this year was opening our own hotel. Located next to Nursingh Chowk, we are now running Hotel Prayer Flag which has 20 rooms and plenty of space for your kayaks. We had a really successful first season and were full nearly every day with kayakers, trekkers and bikers coming and going. We've had some great parties on our rooftop and are looking forward to more to come!
6. In the Spring we were joined by a group of trainee guides from Bhutan. Kali (Maila's brother) spends about 5 months of the year working in Bhutan running rafting trips for international companies, but he has also started training up the first Bhutanese guides. They then visited Maila to get more experience and training from Nepal. It's always nice to be able to pass on skills and knowledge and wonderful to see the industry growing in Bhutan. We hope to get there ourselves as soon as we can.
7. Always a highlight for us - the Himalayan Whitewater Challenge. Many of the staff from GRG entered (Maila, Tusc, Biki, Papu, Uttar, Jeevan & Shambhu as well as a raft team). For us it signifies the end of the season and it's a great party. We are always very proud of how well the guys do in the events and it's a chance for us all to get together and enjoy the rivers.
8. We've also been working hard on our yoga expeditions this year. Mahendra is now a fully fledged member of the GRG team and has joined us on the majority of our Sun Kosi and Tamur Expeditions this year. Waking up on multiday trips and doing yoga in front of the river is one of the highlights of these trips. We would like to say a massive thank you to Mahendra for all his hard work this year and we are hoping to introduce more yoga packages in 2015.
9. Although not trip related, a highlight for us is that we have been able to collect over 20 new kayaks this season, meaning that we now have the biggest kayak hire fleet available in Kathmandu. We have many brands and models and full paddling equipment. If your coming to Nepal next season, ask us about hire.
10. And the biggest highlight of all was when GRG won the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence 2014 for the third year running! This means the world to us and would not be possible without your support so we thank you from the bottoms of our hearts, and a thank you also has to go to our wonderful staff without who, we wouldn't get these fantastic reviews!
We hope your year was just as awesome and look forward to welcoming many of you on the rivers with us in 2015! Happy Holidays everyone.
If you fancy coming on a trip with us, please email Chrissy on info@grgadventurekayaking.com or check out our website www.grgadventurekayaking.com
1. Although we are a Rafting and Kayaking company, every now and then we like to mix things up a bit. In May, owners Chrissy & Maila ventured to Everest Base Camp with a group of trekkers. This is a 14 day trek taking you to an altitude of over 5000m! Not bad for people who spend most their life on the rivers!2.Another highlight for us has to be having the Hereford Expedition Group with us over the monsoon. 30 under 20's came for a total of three weeks and did a variety of volunteering, homestay, trekking, rafting and safari. It was so great to organise their program for them and it was a really interesting trip for us to run, and have given us lots of new ideas for the future (stay tuned!)
3. This year has been an incredible year for GRG and we have run all time record amount of Expeditions. In the Autumn season alone we ran 6 Sun Kosi's, 1 Karnali and 2 Tamur's! We are very proud of our team for working so hard and making this possible, and are looking forward to breaking this record next year!
4. One of the biggest events for us this year was opening our own hotel. Located next to Nursingh Chowk, we are now running Hotel Prayer Flag which has 20 rooms and plenty of space for your kayaks. We had a really successful first season and were full nearly every day with kayakers, trekkers and bikers coming and going. We've had some great parties on our rooftop and are looking forward to more to come!
6. In the Spring we were joined by a group of trainee guides from Bhutan. Kali (Maila's brother) spends about 5 months of the year working in Bhutan running rafting trips for international companies, but he has also started training up the first Bhutanese guides. They then visited Maila to get more experience and training from Nepal. It's always nice to be able to pass on skills and knowledge and wonderful to see the industry growing in Bhutan. We hope to get there ourselves as soon as we can.7. Always a highlight for us - the Himalayan Whitewater Challenge. Many of the staff from GRG entered (Maila, Tusc, Biki, Papu, Uttar, Jeevan & Shambhu as well as a raft team). For us it signifies the end of the season and it's a great party. We are always very proud of how well the guys do in the events and it's a chance for us all to get together and enjoy the rivers.
9. Although not trip related, a highlight for us is that we have been able to collect over 20 new kayaks this season, meaning that we now have the biggest kayak hire fleet available in Kathmandu. We have many brands and models and full paddling equipment. If your coming to Nepal next season, ask us about hire.
10. And the biggest highlight of all was when GRG won the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence 2014 for the third year running! This means the world to us and would not be possible without your support so we thank you from the bottoms of our hearts, and a thank you also has to go to our wonderful staff without who, we wouldn't get these fantastic reviews!We hope your year was just as awesome and look forward to welcoming many of you on the rivers with us in 2015! Happy Holidays everyone.
If you fancy coming on a trip with us, please email Chrissy on info@grgadventurekayaking.com or check out our website www.grgadventurekayaking.com
