Experience - Safety - Adventure - Challenge - Local Knowledge - Fun

Kamzang Journeys is a small, experienced mountain-based trekking and adventure travel company with an infectious enthusiasm for trekking, adventure travel and living. Based in the Shangri-La of Kathmandu, Nepal (although somewhat more tainted than it was when trekking and mountaineering first 'discovered' it), the Kamzang staff divides much of its time between the mountains of Nepal & India.

Kamzang Journeys specializes in 'off the map' treks & travels in the Himalaya - Nepal, Tibet, the Indian Himalaya & Bhutan - and other nearby destinations - Rajasthan, the Indian Subcontinent & Mongolia. We also venture across the 'Silk Route' countries and sometimes wander through other continents in search of adventure (and new designs for the 'Kamzang World Design' collection) ...

Kim Bannister, an American rarely in her home country, is a veteran Himalayan trekker and the founder of the Kamzang World (Kamzang Journeys, Kamzang World Design & the Kamzang Fund). She works closely with her trekking partner Lhakpa Dorji Sherpa, who now lives in Kathmandu but hails from the Solo Khumbu (Everest) region of the Nepal Himalaya. Kim & Lhakpa lead their own treks with the help their invaluable permanent & local staff ...

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Trekking & Adventure Travel
Kamzang Style ...

Pictures often say volumes more than words ...

Kamzang style, loving life in the Everest region ...

Sharing an afternoon with local Mustangi woman, Upper Mustang, Nepal.

Cresting high passes in style (Everest region, Nepal).

Trekkers and staff bonding and enjoying another wonderful dayof trekking in Ladakh (Indian Himalalyas).

Photographing the wildlife and sublime beauty of the nomadic region of Ladakh (Indian Himalaya).

Happy to reach the spectacular summit of the Renjo La pass (Everest region, Nepal).

Lama dance on the High Manaslu trek in Lho, Manaslu region (Nepal) ...

Cultural exchanges?

Sharing a local meal of potato pancakes with a sherpa family(Everest region, Nepal).

Kamzang trekking in Kharta Valley, Tibet. Crossing a 5000+ meter snowy pass ...

Sharing the gompa kora with pilgrimages in Tibet ...

Kamzang trekking at sublime Phoksumdo Lake, heading into the remote regions of Upper Dolpo, Nepal.

Kamzang Style!

A June trek in Ladakh, India ...

Exploring the furthest reaches of Upper Mustang, Nepal.

Sublime views of Makalu on the Kharta Valley Trek (Tibet)

Exploring the Tibetan region of  Mustang, Nepal

Cresting high Himalayan passes in Upper Dolpo, Nepal.

Himalayan Veterans, Kamzang Style!

Exploring some of the most remote parts of the Himalaya. Kyunglung, ancient Kingdom of Zhangzhung (Western Tibet).

Visiting the gompas (monasteries) of the Indus Valley, Ladakh ...

En route to the Kangshung Face (Kharta Valley trek, eastern Tibet).

The Saga Dawa festival at Mount Kailash, remote western Tibet, after trekking into Tibet from Humla, Nepal.

Broad Himalayan vistas after a high pass in Upper Dolpo, Nepal.

Lots of local shopping with Kim in Lhasa ,Tibet.

The Kamzang Style of Camping

Just take a look at our campsites and try to resist signing up for our next trek!

We give everyone new, roomy Big Agnes (Steamboat, Colorado) tents, 2-man for singles, 3-man for couples. And our wonderful 'Central Asian' style dining tents are renown throughout the Himalaya. 'Heaven', one trekker described one of them! Many a lazy afternoon is spent lounging on the rugs or sitting in camp chairs with a good book, looking at the day's photos and watching the world go by ...

Our food is gourmet and diverse, and our kitchen clean; the best eating experience you'll find on any trek in the Himalaya! Our services and staff are top notch.We bring maps and a small 'library' of relevant books on every trek, and carry full medical kits including a PAC bag (altitude chamber) when necessary. We have at least on satellite phone on every trek. Safety is our number one priority, and a close second is your experience in the Himalaya. All of this, along with no huge groups, and personalized attention are what make trekkers come back year after year to trek and travel with us.

Camping and trekking at its best ...

Kamzang Style camping (Dolpo, Nepal)

Another perfect campsite in Ladakh ...

Kamzang dining tent in the nomadic regions of Ladakh ...

Kamzang Style trekking (Ladakh, the Indian Himalaya)

Kamzang Dining Tent

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Idyllic campsite in the nomadic region of Ladakh ...

Kamzang Style trekking (Ladakh, the Indian Himalaya)

Having a local cleansing 'puja' or blessing at a Manaslu campsite after a team clean-up ...

Samdo, Upper Dolpo (Nepal)

Set up by the river, Zangla, Ladakh (Indian Himalaya)

Kamzang Dining Tent & Maitre D ...

Our Tibetan festival tent on a grassyriverside campsite below the ancient Kingdom of Zangla, Ladakh. (Indian Himalaya)

Riverside campground in the high grazing plateau of Nyimaling, the Markha Valley, Ladakh. (Indian Himalaya)

Another campsite by the river, overlooking the picturesque Photoskar village, Ladakh. (Indian Himalaya)

Grassy paradise in Ladakh. (Indian Himalaya)

And Travel ...

Wedding season in Rajasthan, India.

Camel safaris in the expansive desertf of Rajasthan, India.

Sharing the lives of local Rajasthanis in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Tented desert camps in Rajasthan, India.

Exploring the neighborhood of the rajas (Rajasthan, India).

Breakfast with palace views in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Sublime Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Ancient knowledge from a saddhu, Pashupatinath, Nepal.

Exploring the old capitals of the Kathmandu Valley (Patan Durbar Square, Kathmandu Valley).

Vising remote Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh, India.

Our favorite fresh juice bar (New Delhi, India).

Local street-side vegetable shopping (Leh, Ladakh, India).

Sharing an afternoon with a village elder (Panauti, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal).

Never underestimate the power of the Gods in Nepal, especially from the front of a Russian helicopter in remote Dolp, Nepal! Om namaya Shiva ...