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Founder & Managing Director

Mr. Raj Dhamala grew up in the Shankosh village of Dhading district in central Nepal. Being born and brought up in a village overlooking the mountains, he was very passionate about these white and blue peaks since childhood. Coming from a poor rural family & served as a domestic helper to someone’s house in early aged of 11/12 year, he worked his way into the bigger city of Kathmandu and it was this man’s love for mountain and the passion of sharing that love with travelers from all over the world that resulted in establishment of Himalayan Trekkers. Working in someone’s house as a domestic helper is not easy but he worked hard in search of education and to make his future bright. As a young boy, he started as a trekking and climbing porter exploring the remote Himalayas. He portered for a couple of years then slowly joined training for trekking, cooking, bartending, and many more. Then gradually, Mr. Dhamala upgraded himself as a helper, assistant guide, junior guide and then finally authorized guide after giving exams from Nepal Government. He then became a guide/ tour leader in Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and India. And in 2009, he established an agency and became the founder-director of a successful company and all was possible because of his hard work and dedication he has for the art of making people happy with their adventures.

Mr. Dhamala has been actively involved in the social activities mostly in his hometown contributing in scholarships for needy students, helping building infrastructures such as water supply and school buildings and many more. Raj managed to raise funds from all around the world from his well-wishers for the earthquake victims in Dhading & Gorkha district and provided with supplies to the earthquake victims.  He has been actively involved in helping the rehabilitation of the victims and providing them medical assistance.

Mr. Dhamala has been actively involved with social organizations and he has experiences Training and HR department of the Trekking agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN). Similarly, he was elected for Executive board member of Village tourism promotion Forum Nepal (VITOF-NEPAL) and likewise now is elected for the VITOF Nepal headquarter Treasurer

Mr. Yubraj Bhatta belongs to the Gorkha district of western Nepal and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Tokyo, Japan. He is an enthusiastic person willing to learn and experience new things as well as a highly-skilled employee. Mr. Bhatta worked with Himalayan trekkers from the establishment until 2013 as an operation and sales officer. He went to Japan in 2013, to complete his further education. He speaks good English, Nepali, Hindi and fluent in Japanese. He is working as a representative of Japan. He is doing effective marketing in Japan for Himalayan Trekkers and has been a valuable asset of the company even during his stay in Japan. You can contact him in Skype in his id Yubraj.bhatta. He looks forward to complete his studies in Japan and come back to Nepal to continue his work with Himalayan Trekkers. People living in Japan and surrounding can directly contact him especially if you are searching for information in Japanese.

Mr. Sadeep Dhungana was born and raised in Bhaktapur District with good schooling. He used to see tourists in Bhaktapur Durbar Square which made him passionate in Tourism. He used to collect many travel magazines before high school and Mr. Dhungana started his career as a ticketing officer and his deep interest regarding adventure tourism made him work with Himalayan Trekkers as an enthusiastic travel planner then he became Nepal Government Certified Cultural Tour Guide.

He is a specialist in cultural tours. Mr. Dhungana has deep knowledge about the prehistoric and sophisticated traditional culture of the diverse cultural groups of Nepal. He is the backbone of Himalayan Trekkers and his deep knowledge has helped Himalayan Trekkers to be what it is now. He had appeared his graduation from Tribhuvan University and post-graduation from Indira Gandhi University, India. He started to work from 2005 and after a decade of experience, he moved to Melbourne, Australia for business and Tourism studies. He is promoting Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, and India being the manager and representative of Himalayan trekkers from Melbourne. The people living in Oceanian can directly contact him.  

Mr. Dhungana has a Cambridge attested English Proficiency of 8 out of 9 and also speaks Chinese, English, Nepali, and Hindi fluently. He is a very multi-talented person who has knowledge about sports, history, politics, music, and many more. He has a Master's degree in Tourism Management and is a part-time teacher of Travel and tourism for High schools.

Mr. Shishir Bhatta is an energetic and enthusiastic bachelor who is leading and coordinating several tours and treks with Himalayan Trekkers for the last 6 years. He is sharing his experience with many interns in the field of managing tours and treks, web auditing and promotion and many other skills. He is also a good communicator who have well-developed skills in photo/videography too. Not only in official work, but he is also active in field duties and he is an enthusiastic traveler who prefers to guide in the Himalayas in his leisure time.

Anton is a passionate traveler and mountain lover. He has traveled worldwide in pursuit of the adrenaline rush, which he ultimately found in Nepal and its Himalayan adventures. Anton is a full time IT professional at home and quests his passion for traveling as a hobby. He was actively involved with social organizations in rural parts of Nepal to help people in need. After meeting with Raj in one of such trips, he became a part of Himalayan Trekkers team and is promoting the Himalayas in the Scandinavian region. He is one of the core people of Himalayan Trekkers. If anyone of the region is interested then you can directly contact him. He can be contacted at the following address.

Mr. Agi Kolletas is a professional Travel photographer from London, UK. He was born and raised in Greece and then he moved to Britain and has spent most of his life being a British citizen. He has extensively traveled parts of south Asia capturing the best moments during his journey. He is a spiritual soul with great interest in the philosophy of Hinduism and Buddhism. He fell in love with the mountains when traveling with Himalayan Trekkers in one of his trips and since then, he has visited Nepal several times.

Mr. Kolletas has been our advisor for business development and a representative from UK and surrounding and has helped promote Nepal Tourism with his wonderful skills. He is a very fun and meticulous person who works very hard for some time of year then he loves to travel around the world with the aim of learning and experiencing new things.

Ms. Shashi Bhatta was born and raised in a very remote Himalayan region of Nepal. She came to Kathmandu Valley in search of a good education to complete her higher studies. She then met the founder of Himalayan trekkers (Mr. Raj Dhamala) and got married. Mrs. Bhatta is a very capable lady and she has been handling our finance management since the first day of the formation of the agency. She is a passionate and hardworking woman having professional management skills and smiley behavior.