Some of our happy clients showing off a nice Newari style carved wooden door.
View from trek
Happy clients like this American luthier jamming with local Gandharba musicians often occurs.
Our friend and master woodcarver Shanta Tuladhar.
Client walking under the rhododendron
A view from trek with rhododendron forests
Tara welcomes you to the mountains
Tara at Paper Factory
Performing with The Mountain Music Project and Prem Raja Mahat at National Geographic
Performing small concert for village kids in the Terai region, Nepal
Views from our treks
Newari artist painting walls in Buddhist temple, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Village women singing in Palpa, Nepal
The stages of making a sarangi
Mountain view
Mohan Gandharba, traditional musician and shaman
Mohan Gandharba, traditional musician and shaman at his house with his wife
Newari festival dance, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
The making of a sarangi.
Making a sarangi in Lamjung, Nepal
Making a sarangi in Lamjung, Nepal
Making a sarangi
Making a sarangi
Teaching traditional music
Gandharba children
Mohan Gandharba, village musician and shaman
Mohan Gandharba, village musician and shaman
Mohan Gandharba, village musician and shaman
Tara and musician friends
Little concert for village kids
Newari woodcarving
Newari woodcarving
Moonshine making
Moonshine making in a village in the Kathmandu Valley
Making traditional crafts, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Making traditional crafts, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
In Newari village with friends
Heading to a jam in a village, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Newari Festival time
Newari Festival time Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Jamming in a village in the Kathmandu Valley
Newari Festival time
Setting out for an adventure on a cycle rickshaw
Newari Festival Time dance
Newari Festival time
Newari Festival Time dance
Nepali drum making
Rooftop dining, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Tea break from Nepali drum making
Nepali handmade textiles
Making Nepali drums
Woodcarvings
Nepali drum making
Newari handcarved temple
Dorje
Tour group in a village making woodcarver friends.
Temple in Kathmandu
Newari woodcarving
Newari woodcarvings
Recording traditional Nepali music
Performing with The Mountain Music Project and Prem Raja Mahat at National Geographic, Washington, DC
heading out to make a documentary film on traditional Nepali music
Sarangi
Buddhist Stupa
Tour member with new friend in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Tour member in an in progress Newari window
Fields with farmers in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal
Monks at a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Yak butter candles at a Buddhist temple, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
in the Boudha area, Kathmandu, Nepal
Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple
The Boudha Stupa
Children at an orphanage where the Mountain Music Project started a music education program in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Temple art at Buddhist temple
children at an orphanage where the Mountain Music Project started a music education program in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
with local well respected Tibetan lute maker
dranyan freshly made
Tour member jamming with local traditional musicians
Tour members performing some tunes for young monks at a monastery
Tour members performing some tunes for young monks at a monastery
eesaraj player
Thanka painter
Thanka painter
Monk walking kora
Himalayan waisted lutes
Boudha Stupa
Arboj player Anil.
Newly made Newari windows
Jamming with local traditional musicians
Newari men in a village, Kathmandu Valley of Nepal
Temple in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Kids at an orphanage in the Kathmandu Valley explaining traditional Asian instruments to tour members
Tour participant trying out making some local crafts
Farms in the Kathmandu Valley
Yak butter temple lamps
Tour group exploring temple
Boudha Stupa
Master Woodcarver at work
Gandharba musicians in Kathmandu, Nepal
Traditional Nepali musicians jamming
Very friendly local people
Kathmandu Valley is full of life, art, and religions
Kathmandu Valley is full of life, art, and religions
The Five Story Temple in Bhaktapur
Traditional Newari (Newa) music and dance
at The Monkey Temple, Syambunath
The ancients Krishna Narayan Temple in Patan, Nepal
Silver langur monkeys can sometimes be seen on our Nepal treks.
Views from our treks with yak
In the Langtang area in Rasuwa District on one of our treks
Views from our treks in Nepal
Views from our treks
Views from our treks
Views from our treks
View from our trek in the hills
In pottery square families have been making pottery for at least 11 generations.
along one of our trekking routes.
We provide a number of options during our tours. This is the group in 2023 who opted for paragliding in Pokhara. Some others relaxed or did kayaking or shopping. We like to give options.
Notice the wonderful woodcarving on the ancient temples of Nepal like this one.
Gandharba (musician caste) jam session.
One can take a tutorial in Tibetan or Nepali music. Dranyen lessons is a traditional Tibetan instrument one may study.
One may learn about traditional paper making from the lokta plant as well as learning about traditional dyes or printing techniques.
Various Nepali arts can be observed or studied depending on one's interests.
Nepal is full of all sorts of beautiful flora and fauna. One can also schedule nature or birding walks in addition to the ones we see in our regular activities.
Getting to try out Himalayan instruments
monks readying the drums
Himalayan spotted deer herd
wild rhinoceros relaxing in water hyacinths
wild rhinoceros relaxing in water hyacinths
open-billed storks
wild peacock in the forest
Depending on our trek route sometimes we build in a day for options like kayaking or paragliding.
5 Kumaris, lots of Newari drums and dancers at a Kathmandu Festival.
Backstrap Looms are common in the rural Himalayas making beautiful textiles.
Traditional Newari celebration in Kathmandu at a beautiful historic temple
One of our clients who is a luthier looking at the construction of a Tibetan Dranyen.
A Newari celebration in Bhaktapur.
Newari waiters jamming some fun songs.
One of our clients trying out some traditional Nepali horns.
Tara and Ian inspecting a friend's recently made Newari window in a village.
Lovely spot along one of our Treks.
One of our clients trying out some traditional Nepali horns.
Tara and Ian inspecting a friend's recently made Newari window in a village.
A Newari celebration in Bhaktapur.
A Newari celebration in Bhaktapur.
Newari waiters jamming some fun songs.
One of our clients who is a luthier looking at the construction of a Tibetan Dranyen.
Traditional Newari celebration in Kathmandu at a beautiful historic temple
Backstrap Looms are common in the rural Himalayas making beautiful textiles.
Happy clients like this American luthier jamming with local Gandharba musicians often occurs.
5 Kumaris, lots of Newari drums and dancers at a Bhaktapur Festival.
Tara has made friends old and young throughout Nepal and can bring you to meet them and enjoy their insights as well.
We can lead Trekking focused tours as well.
Come adventure with us for your most magical vacation ever!