Our leader received the Janasewa Shree Award from the President of Nepal.
Whenever you consider exploring Nepal for its natural beauty, cultural riches or adventure activities, we encourage you to select us for a seamless and memorable travel experience. Our proprietor Mr. Rishi Nepal is a pioneer in the tourism industry and has successfully established EncountersNepal as a well-trusted and highly-ranked travel company. This is possible because of his extreme passion, dedication, genuine ethos and commitment in promoting his land and uplifting his people.
Rishi grew up in remote mountains where life was full of hardships hence great resilience, unflagging determination and mindfulness were the key to survival. Being a part of a large peasant family, where each day welcomed new challenges, overcoming and evolving from them shaped him into a persistent, goal-driven, warm-hearted, and charismatic individual. When your family has to rely on limited cultivated goods, when shoes are a rare commodity, when attending school demands a two hour hike through mountainous terrain each way, when only medical facility available is the use of herbs and roots believed to relieve pain from injury or illness, you develop a deep respect for each other, empathy, sense of togetherness and great optimism for survival. Consequently moulding yourself into a patron, nurturing your family, community, and land that fed and provided you during your formative years.
Rishi`s psyche is inextricably attached to his land and people which drives all his passion and ventures. He is an active-member of award-winning environment friendly institution KEEP (Kathmandu Environmental Education Project) over a decade and currently serves as a treasurer of this prestigious organization. He is highly committed towards protection of his homeland and extensively focuses on removal of all rubbish generated by his group on all the trekking areas, so that the environment remains serene and appealing as before. He is seriously concerned about the quality and safety of drinking water in the mountainous region, and gladly assists you with all procedures of water purification during the trek.
Rishi has a firm dedication towards the fair remuneration and working conditions of all guides, porters, and other staff he engages with, making him desirable and popular as an employer. Based on his past experiences, he understands one has to showcase honesty, responsibility, reliability, physical endurance, and sound health for being able to constantly guide, trek or carry luggage and other equipment throughout the mountainous terrain. Therefore, Rishi shows great regards for individuals able to undertake these responsibilities for making seamless, hassle-free, and safe travel experiences for our esteemed clients. He also ensures employee satisfaction by timely payment of the salary with satisfactory allowances, for their loyal and steadfast service to the guests. He also encourages his guests to express their personal gratitude for the contribution of the staff. Meeting your expectations, Rishi prefers to employ service-oriented people, who genuinely love and enjoy their work as well as place client safety and satisfaction at their utmost priority. Rishi has been an active member of TAAN (Trekking Agencies`Association of Nepal) for over 2 decades. Therefore, he is well-informed and updated on all the policies and procedures to elevate the trekker`s comfort, pleasure and welfare. Moreover, he is aware of all possible challenges and demands of major trekking routes and effortlessly provides genuine suggestions on the category of routes in accordance with your interests, fitness level, and the time at your disposal.
Being an empath, Rishi`s involvement in social welfare of his people and community is pre-eminent and this also extends to the international guests of his esteemed travel company. Deeply concerned about educational opportunities for all children and youth, Rishi has extended full-support in his village Phulkarka`s school, where he received his primary education and has also served various executive roles in the student alumni club association. Moreover, he is a chairman of a very prominent school which offers classes from pre-school to grade 10 in a suburb of Kathmandu. Rishi also plays a pro-active role in the Phulkarka Welfare Society and has assisted in the infrastructure development of the area. The village of Phulkarka was devastated in the catastrophic earthquake of April 2015 and has significantly recovered and regenerated over the years. In the immediate wake of the disaster and the pandemic, Rishi did not spare a coin to help recover his society and country. Rishi is also an active member of Lion`s club and has been involved in community service through this distinguished organization.
In addition, Rishi spares no effort to promote sustainable tourism in Nepal. He played a paramount role in establishing Homestay services in Phulkarka. Recently, he has inaugurated “Stupa View Inn”, which offers flawless, comfortable yet affordable accommodation in the vicinity of the well-known Swayambhunath Stupa. Rishi is a young entrepreneur with great charisma and huge social conscience who works meticulously to provide delightful and memorable experiences to the visitors of his country.
