An escorted trek involves going with a group. The experience can be very rewarding. Ideally, there should be no more than 20 trekkers in a group, and preferably less. Trekking companies in Kathmandu and Pokhara will organize treks for a fee and provide all guides,porters, cooks, food and equpments. But it also requires efforts and careful thought on your part.
Independent trek is cheap, it requires little equpment, but facilities are basic.
This is probably most suited to those who have trek in Nepal before. This approach brings you into closere contact with local people, the limiting factor being the routes where accomodation is available. Back to Top Equipment and Clothing If you have good equipment, it is worth taking it even though the good quality equipment can be bought or hired from a variety of trekking shops in Kathamandu and to a lesser extent in Pokhara. On the Everest trek ,Namche Bazaar also has shops selling clothing and equipment. The daily hire charges are usually quite small.