Our Team

Kumar Karki is one of the founder members of Tailored Treks and Expeditions. He entered the tourism industry as a porter in 1991. He has extensive experience of being a cook, a sherpa and assistant trekking guide. He firstly worked with Annapurna Mountaineering and Trekking (P.) Ltd. Between 1995 to 1998. He then worked for a British NGO, The Nepal Trust, starting as a cook and then progressing on to 1999-2002 being in charge of trekking.

He achieved his license as a trekking cook in 2000 and then worked hard to achieve his trekking guide licence in 2004 from Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management. He then trained further by attendance at a Professional Development Program (with Borderlands) in 2003. While he was with Nepal Trust, he led and organized several treks to Nepal and Tibet. Alongside, he also assisted in Humla Eco-tourism and Trekking Promotion Project during 2003-2007 as Trekking Consultant. The project was implemented by Nepal Trust with support from UNESCO. Impressively he was heavily involved in organising and assisting in Rosie Swale Pope’s Speed Trek across Nepal. This was a walk from West to East Nepal in 2003 organised by the Nepal Trust in association with the British Embassy and the Nepal Tourism Board.

In 2010, Kumar also helped organize and guided ultra-adventure athlete Sean Burch on his World Record Trek across Great Himalaya Trail of Nepal. Burch ran and trekked high altitude peaks across 18 districts from Pashupatinagar near to Ilam in the east to Hilsa in Humla in the far north-west of Nepal, all in order to promote the much talked about Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) and socio-economic development along the trail in partnership with Nepal Trust, and Rotary Intl. District 3292 Nepal. The 1,250 miles trail was completed in 49 days.

With over 15 years of experience in traveling and trekking extensively in all major trekking area in Nepal, Tibet and India Kumar was inspired to start Tailored Treks and Expeditions with the support of his friends and colleagues. He wanted to offer a new dimension to the trekking industry of Nepal.