Tripadvisor Reviews

  What a day we had with Thupten as our guide. He was very knowledgeable about Tibetan history and culture and his English is really very good.
During our visits... read more to Tibetan villages we had authentic Tibetan food and learned lots of fascinating facts. We were able to talk to a Tibetan Monk and asked him many questions that he was happy to answer.
We visited a Tibetan Doctor which was fascinating and finally had butter tea and Tsampa in a lovely welcoming family home.
We could write so much more but try it for yourselves. We highly recommend this fascinating look into Tibetan life.

  I had the good fortune to attend a full day tour with Tibetan Encouters in Pokhara on November 1, 2018, just before doing a trek with Three Sisters Adventure. I... read more booked the tour only the day before by visiting their storefront in Pokhara - even...More

  We throughly enjoyed our tour with Thupten. He is a fascinating and honest individual, with a passion to share his culture and the history of the Tibetan people and the... read more current situation in and outside of Tibet. We loved getting to tour two of the Tibetan settlements around Pokhara, and spending time with a monk and Tibetan doctor was a great addition. The food was great, the people were friendly and overall it was one of the best experiences we’ve had our entire trip.

  Tibetan Encounter also arrange customise trek in Nepal. I had the most amazing Poon Hill trek organised by Thupten, owner of Tibetan Encounter. I have heard about the traditional Tibetan... read more tour from Thupten who he will be the guide personally. I was very interested however I didn't have enough time to see it.

I contacted Thupten through email prior to my trip to Nepal, he was the most helpful and charge reasonable price for my Poon hill trek with guide+porter+acap+tims. He was really prompt in replying my inquiries and even went out of his way to look for trekking equipment and made my acap+tims beforehand. Everything was arranged perfectly when I arrived! I arrived the night before and he was already there to help me with accommodation and even brought me to rent the trekking equipments. I would like to thanks him for arranging my last minute request for paragliding, he was efficient and making sure that me and my friend could get a seat!

My guide Raj and porter Tezen were arranged by Thupten, whom both are amazing people to spend my trek with. Raj has been a trekking guide for 20 years, he knows the people and the mountains so well! Tezen would go out of his way to make sure you are being taken care of.

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  Thupten was an amazing guide. I learned a lot in a relatively short amount of time, as he is very informative. The tour included a sit down conversation with a... read more monk in his monastery, providing the opportunity for true insights. I highly recommend going with this operator.

  If you’re in Pokhara, take this tour, we recommend it 100%, it’s a very genuine and educational experience. Thupten is an amazing and very well informed guide. He... read more is super friendly and explains everything in a deep and engaging way that keeps you curious and want to know more about the fascinating Tibetan culture. One of the best guides we’ve ever met and definitely our favorite day in Nepal!

  This carefully designed tour has been one of the highlights of our stay in Pokhara. Thupten is a very friendly, knowledgeable and eloquent guide. We had the chance to learn... read more about Tibetan culture, gastronomy and Buddhism in an interactive way. We highly recommend this experience!

  Highly recommended half day tour. One of the highlights of our trip. Thupten was very engaging and friendly.

  We did the morning tour program with the tibetain encounter. We are very satisfied with the tour. The guide, Thupten Gyatso, was professional and he talked with conviction about the... read more tibetain culture. He was knowledgeable and he was very generous to share all of it with us. The talks about life values were inspiring. We visited 2 village and a monestary. We were able to speak with a monk which was nice. We thank him for those moments.

  We have no words to describe how amazing was the tour that Thupten offered us today! This is an amazing opportunity to get to know Tibetans history and Thupten is... read more explaining everything so well. We could have listened to him all day long. We definetely...More