3 Sisters Adventure Trekking

Dawa Kippa

Guide

Dawa Kippa Tamang joined 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking in 2012. She loves being a guide as it allows her to see the beautiful mountains, beautiful places, people and interact with different cultures. She has guided many treks in the Annapurna Region, Helambu, Manaslu, Langtang and Jomsom. She loves to see the nature and be in nature.

Danu Gurung

Guide

Danu Kumari Gurung from Dulegauda ,Tanahu which is located in the western part of Nepal. Her favorite food is Nepali style food. Pokhara is the best place that she had ever visited. She has 8 year experience in the field of trekking. She likes trekking sites Ghorepani ,Poon Hill and Ghandruk treks because she likes beautiful views of these sites and learns about many different Nepali cultures.

Laxmi Sunar

Guide

Laxmi Sunar is from Jumla, remote area of west of Nepal. In 2006, she participated in the Eco-tourism training program organized by Empowering Women of Nepal and was selected to follow the Female trekking guide training program in Pokhara. Since then she has gained lots of experience and knowledge about trekking in the himalayas. She loves being a guide as it takes her to many places in Nepal and she has greatly improved her English.

Indra Kala Rai

Guide

Indra Kala Rai is from Solukhumbu district, which is in the eastern part of Nepal. She is been working at 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking since 2010. She has guided in the Annapurna areas, including Annapurna Base camp, Annapurna Circuit and Panchase area. She is always happy to trek and enjoy the nature. She is also a Rock climbing guide.

Gum Maya Pun

Guide

Gum Maya is from Myagdi district and now living in Pokhara. Her hobbies are dancing, singing, playing badminton and visiting new places . She can speak Nepali, English and Hindi. She has been working as a guide for the 3 sisters adventure trekking company since 2011 and she had done many treks in the mountains and her favourites trekking areas are Ghorepani, Ghandruk, and Khopra as she loves beautiful views from there. Besides trekking guide, she also do rock climbing instructor at EWN. She enjoys this job because it has allowed her to earn money and at the same time learn many things. her favorite food is rice pudding.

Manu Gurung

Guide

Muna Gurung, comes from a very remote mountainous district Manang. She comes from poor family and has seen many hardships in life. She was young when her father passed away and being the eldest daughter she had to help her mother in sharing the responsibility of the family of 5 members. Even with her hard work she was not able to fulfill the basic needs of the family. Also, she was not even able to complete her secondary school. Later at the age of 16 she was married in hope that her life would be better. But to her dismay her husband did not turn to be a good person. He had external affair. However, she tried to hide her sorrows and lived with him despite the hardships. After a year she gave birth to girl and hoped that her husband would come back to her for the sake of daughter. As time passed her grief grew more and more, and she was betrayed again. Her husband not only divorced her but also took away her daughter, which then was the only reason for to live. Her life was miserable and she sometimes thought of giving up her life. Later, she heard about 3 Sisters and EWN, which were working for empowering women. The life had given her enough hardships and this had turned her into stronger women. She was now determined to get her daughter back and so upon hearing about the 3 Sisters she immediately came to Pokhara. She joined Basic Female Trekking Guide Training in 2007 and after the completion of the training started working as assistant in 3 Sisters. Due to her determination, confidence and sincerity she was gradually promoted to assistant guide. Later in the year 2010 she was able to become a permanent guide in 3 Sisters. She not only works as trekking guide but is also a Rock Climbing and Peak Climbing Guide. She was very enthusiastic and learnt things quickly, so together with trekking she practiced rock climbing and peak climbing. Through the 3 Sisters she was able to take training not only in Nepal but also in other parts of the world. She has been to Italy, France and Poland for rock climbing and ice climbing training. Also, she had the opportunity to go to the Netherlands and Kenya for leadership training. Apart from the training she has successfully climbed Tent peak in 2008 and Chulu West in 2009. In 2011 she together with 3 other guides from 3 Sisters were able to summit Mt. Annapurna, becoming the first female summiteers in Nepal. At the recent years she has been living an independent life and has been able to get reunited with her daughter. This has been the most important achievement in life. She continues to work with 3 Sisters and enjoys sharing her knowledge about Nepal. She is friendly, cheerful and very calm person thereby making her favorite among the trekkers.

Mana Kuwar

Guide

She joined 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking to become a trekking guide. She has been to many Himalayan region of Nepal. She is very active, dedicated, and knowledgeable in her profession. Also she is a mother of a lovely daughter.

Shanti Rai

Guide

Muna Gurung, comes from a very remote mountainous district Manang. She comes from poor family and has seen many hardships in life. She was young when her father passed away and being the eldest daughter she had to help her mother in sharing the responsibility of the family of 5 members. Even with her hard work she was not able to fulfill the basic needs of the family. Also, she was not even able to complete her secondary school. Later at the age of 16 she was married in hope that her life would be better. But to her dismay her husband did not turn to be a good person. He had external affair. However, she tried to hide her sorrows and lived with him despite the hardships. After a year she gave birth to girl and hoped that her husband would come back to her for the sake of daughter. As time passed her grief grew more and more, and she was betrayed again. Her husband not only divorced her but also took away her daughter, which then was the only reason for to live. Her life was miserable and she sometimes thought of giving up her life. Later, she heard about 3 Sisters and EWN, which were working for empowering women. The life had given her enough hardships and this had turned her into stronger women. She was now determined to get her daughter back and so upon hearing about the 3 Sisters she immediately came to Pokhara. She joined Basic Female Trekking Guide Training in 2007 and after the completion of the training started working as assistant in 3 Sisters. Due to her determination, confidence and sincerity she was gradually promoted to assistant guide. Later in the year 2010 she was able to become a permanent guide in 3 Sisters. She not only works as trekking guide but is also a Rock Climbing and Peak Climbing Guide. She was very enthusiastic and learnt things quickly, so together with trekking she practiced rock climbing and peak climbing. Through the 3 Sisters she was able to take training not only in Nepal but also in other parts of the world. She has been to Italy, France and Poland for rock climbing and ice climbing training. Also, she had the opportunity to go to the Netherlands and Kenya for leadership training. Apart from the training she has successfully climbed Tent peak in 2008 and Chulu West in 2009. In 2011 she together with 3 other guides from 3 Sisters were able to summit Mt. Annapurna, becoming the first female summiteers in Nepal. At the recent years she has been living an independent life and has been able to get reunited with her daughter. This has been the most important achievement in life. She continues to work with 3 Sisters and enjoys sharing her knowledge about Nepal. She is friendly, cheerful and very calm person thereby making her favorite among the trekkers.

Tila Roka

Guide

Tila Roka comes from Syangja District. She have been working at 3 Sisters Adventure trekking since 2011. She has been guided mostly in the Annapurna Region. She loves to trek as it has helped her to learn and build up her self-esteem. She enjoys every trek and is always learning new things.

Puspa Pun

Guide

Puspa Pun is from Myagdi district of Nepal and currently live in Pokhara. She received Female Trekking Guide training with certified Government trekking guide license and works guide at 3 Sisters Trekking company. She loves Empowering Women of Nepal (EWN) and the people around here very much.

Nar Bahadur Rai

Senior Guide

He comes from Solukhumbu district. He is very knowledgeable, efficient and good walker. He enjoys trekking and good trek companion. He loves to laugh and share cultural and historical stories.

Laxmi Bharati

Guide

Laxmi Bharati comes from the Parbat district in Nepal. She joined EWN in 2009 and has followed two female trekking guide training programmes. Additionally, she has taken the Government of Nepal guide license. Laxmi is a student at the Prithivi Narayan Campus. She is a bright young woman with great passion for learning. She speaks Korean and understands basic Japanese. She loves to interact with people, travel and read books. Laxmi’s area of expertise include the Annapurna Base Camp, Lantang and the Millenium treks.

Khim Kumari

Guide

Khim Kumari Thapa is from the Tanahun district, close to Annapurna region. She has been working as a guide at 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking since 2012. She has guided treks in many different areas, like the Annapurna round, Annapurna Base Camp, Nangi village and Khora, Langtang and Gosaikunda.

Durga Rawal

Guide

I am Durga Laxmi Rawal. I come from Western part of Nepal from the Mugu district. Even though we have many tourism products and places, I had no idea about trekking and tourism. After training at Empowering Women of Nepal (EWN), I joined 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking in 2007. I enjoy guiding. I learn many things every time I go on a trek. I am happy and very satisfied because I get to travel to new places in Nepal and also make an income. When I joined EWN, I could hardly speak English, but now I am confident, can communicate with clients and am leading treks all over Nepal. My favorite trek is Everest Base Camp Trek. Please come visit Nepal and trek with us.

Bagwati Pun

Guide

She comes from the Terai region of Nepal. Its been more that 10 years that she is working with us. She is one of our active guide. She has been to Everest, Langtang and Annapurna region. She loves hiking in the higher elevation and apart from hiking, she likes to bike.