Testimonials
It is one thing to toot your own horn, but something else when someone speaks for you.
It is our main endeavor to make sure that each of our guests has the best time, irrespective of the trip one chooses; so that we have a lasting relationship.
Jon Sanderson
April 25 - May 05, 2024Introduction to Bhutan & Stopover Nepal tour for Jon & Jim
Hi Anand, We had a wonderful trip. We just wish we’d been able to stay in Bhutan longer. Wangchuk was incredible. I can’t say enough good things about him. He made accommodations for me when I was not able to do certain things. He also helped me surprise Jon for his birthday which was very
Derek
27th April-4th May, 2024Well managed and organized Trek in Langtang Valley
A group of 8 us, completed the Langtang Valley trek, towards the end of April 2024. The trip was arranged with Wind Horse Tours, and very well organized and planned by Heera Lama, in the Kathmandu office. We decided on doing the trek over 5 days, against the advice of Heera, who recommended 6. He
Astrid
July, 1st - 7th, 2023Highlights of Nepal
Nepal, Great experience with our nice Guide Dipesh, great places and beautiful landscapes. It is a country full of history, nice people and food, definitely a Place to come back.
Megan
Oct, 20th - Nov, 6th 2023Manaslu Circuit Trek
We had an amazing trip on the Manaslu Circuit. Heera arranged everything, with our guide Shiva, and our 2 porters made the journey even more spectacular. I’d definitely recommend this company to anyone considering this adventure. Nepal was amazing. We will be back again!
Stephanie
10th - 26th October, 2022Trip of a lifetime
The planning and execution of this trip by Heera and my guide Samjhana was excellent. All accommodations were clean and comfortable with delicious food. My drivers were safe and professional. I was able to see and experience so much of Nepal in just two weeks. They took good care of me as a solo female
Lucie
Nov 21 - 27, 2019HillTop Village Tour of Nepal
Hello Anand, Sorry for the delay to answer. I was out of Montreal. We are glad to share with you our thoughts about our trips in Nepal and Bhutan. Some of the feedbacks have already been given verbally to Jambay when we met him in Thimphu. Overall, we are very pleased of our experience. ;o)
Margaret Milne
Oct 17 - Nov 02. 2018Bhutan Customised Tour – West, Central & Eastern Bhutan and Nepal.
Firstly, many apologies for not being in touch before now. I have been meaning to write to thank you and Windhorse for organising such a fantastic trip for Gavin and I. We had a truly wonderful month in Bhutan and Nepal. Kadinche-la! You asked for feedback, so here’s my comments below. A rather long email,
Nancy T Goyle
Oct 22 - 07 Nov, 2018India, Nepal & Bhutan Odyssey (Oct – Nov, 2018)
Good morning Ugen! Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Diwali and Happy Black Neck Crane Festival! I wanted to let you know that Bill and I had an unforgettable trip with Windhorse! The guides, Hemant in India and Kenchu in Bhutan, were such kind men, knowledgable, flexible, personable and we felt so safe in their care. The others
Karen E Mudd
05 -20 Oct,2018Three Himalayan Kingdom, Oct, 2018
Dear Ugen, Jambay, and all Windhorse staff, Thank you so much for everything you did to make our tour the trip of a lifetime! The only thing that I would have changed would have been to arrive a week later, as we did not know that the first week of October is National Holiday in
John
08 - 22 Sept, 2018Three Himalayan Kingdom Fall 2018
TID 9203 These guys are the experts to turn to if you what to go to Bhutan. They choose the best guides, drivers and hotels for the price point, which is very reasonable given the quality delivered across the board. Expect local hotels with good character. By example, we had individual chalets built for the
Sherry M Miller
Feb 18 -March 03, 2018Bhutan & Nepal Customised Tour for Dale & Sherry
Dear Anand, I am sorry for getting back to you so late. I started typing something up then never got back to it. Our trip was great. Everything went as planned. The weather was a little cold and overcast at first, in Bhutan, but then warmed up as our trip went on. The Dzongs, temple
Diane
12 - 29 Jan, 2018A Beautiful and Lasting Experience
Our group of 4 recently returned from a trip through Wind Horse Tours. Ugen helped us for months with all the details of the trip, answering our questions and arranging personalised custom changes for us. We visited Northern India and Nepal. All of us have traveled quite a bit, but none of us had been
jackie
Jan,12-29, 2018Customized tour for 4 of India and Nepal TID 9142
I am a member of the group that Diane wrote a previous review about. I agree with everything she said. This trip exceeded my expectations. The guides, in particular, were excellent! We stayed in wonderful hotels. The possible exception to that was our hotel in Varanasi, but the fact that it was about 1 block
Diane
12/1/2018Customized Tour of Northern India & Nepal for Jackie x 4 TID: 9142
A Beautiful and Lasting Experience Our group of 4 recently returned from a trip through Windhorse Tours. Ugen helped us for months with all the details of the trip, answering our questions and arranging personalized custom changes for us.We visited Northern India and Nepal. All of us have traveled quite a bit, but none of
Mary Pisaturo McGlynn
Sept 22- Oct 06,2017Three Himalayan Kingdom (Autumn 2017)
Dear Anand, Jambay and Ugen, I have been meaning to send a note, but life gets in the way when you return from extensive travel. Thank you all for putting together a very professional and well organized program. The guides were a thoughtful group of individuals and their flexibility and good humor was a real
Shelly Lou Merriam
Sept 22 - Oct 06, 2017Three Himalayan Kingdom (Fall, 2017)
Anand Just a note to let you know that our trip with Wind Horse Travel and your incredible guides on the Himalayan Tour 9/22-10-7 2017, was just spectacular in every way. We are still digesting it all, the history, traditions, people, sights, smells, sounds…and going through 1774 photos. We want to reply with kudos for
Jennifer
May 14 - 28,2017Three Himalayan Kingdom May, 2017
We planned a trip with Wind Horse for Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan, traveling for approximately 2.5 weeks, with a local guide and driver in each of the three destinations. We opted for the Three Kingdoms Tour. Wind Horse has many different pre-packaged tours to choose from, from challenging, lengthy treks, to horseback riding adventures, to
Dianne
March 26-April 18,2017Dream Trip to Nepal
I was fortunate enough to book a last-minute trip to Nepal through Wind Horse for March/April 2017. I had confidence in them because I had a wonderful experience with them in Bhutan. Ugen and his team are really great at putting custom trips together. I was interested in wildlife and trekking, and seeing the Himalayas,
Beata
April 1-16,2017Unforgetable trip
I am impressed how well organized was our trip ! And I didn’t make it easy ! We had a little bit of everything : Varanasi in India, Kathmandu, Pukhara and tiger in Chitwan in Nepal, and the top – Bhutan with Tiger Nest and Festival ! All the guides are excellent, transportation great and we liked all
Dr Bradford Davey
Oct 4-18,2016Tour of Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan
We recently had the pleasure of traveling through Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan with Wind Horse Tours. They offer a number of different options and have expert guides in each country. They worked very hard to develop an itinerary that worked for everyone in the group (6 of us total) and made adjustments on the fly
Nisantha M.B.
Oct 04 -18,2016Three Himalayan Kingdom Trip
Hi Ugen and Jambay, We reached home yesterday , with no problems. The trip was very memorable. Except for the minor mishaps which gave us a scare of our lives everything worked out fine in the end. Tibet , and Bhutan were both fantastic. The guides , drivers were very good. The sight seeing that
William McComas
May 21- June 06,2016Bhutan Tour and Nepal Trek
Bhutan Tour and Nepal Trek (Spring 2016) Ugen and Jambey, Michel and I want to thank you for the amazing job your team did in organizing our recent tour to Nepal and Bhutan. Every detail was perfectly arranged and exceeded our expectations. Our guides in Bhutan and Nepal were very knowledgeable and very pleasant and
Bonnie V.S
March 4-13,2016Nepal Trek & Tour
We were delighted to find a Bhutanese company with an office in the States that could help us plan trips to both Nepal and Bhutan. The fact that Ugen , a partner in the business and our stateside contact made the trip to both countries himself a month before our trip, gave us current updates
Sean
Sept 17-30, 2015Review of Bhutan Trip.
Review of Bhutan Trip Hey Everyone, I recently returned from a 6 day tour in Bhutan with Windhorse Tours. This was actually part of a larger itinerary that included Nepal, Beijing, and Tibet as well, but since this is the Bhutan forum I guess I’m only supposed to write about Bhutan. To start, I found
Pamela J
August 13 - 26, 2015Three Himalayan Kingdom review (August, 2015)
Three Himalayan Kingdom – Aug 13 – 26, 2015 Anand -We have been very, very busy catching up and have been unable to respond. We enjoyed the trip very much, including Nepal. The quality of the guides and drivers was very high. In particular, we liked the Yak & Yedi and Osel Hotel/Resorts.
Laurie S. J
Aug 13 - 26,2015Unfortunate that there was so much damage to the historical sights, but there was still a lot to see.
Three Himalayan Kingdom (Aug 13 -26,2015) Namgay (Bhutan Portion) Dawa (Tibet Portion) Lhasa (Tibet) Dawa was an outstanding tour guide. He encouraged questions and was always happy to answer. Liked that we stayed at a Tibetan owned and operated hotel near the center of old Lhasa. We found Lhasa fascinating. Loved Yamdrok Lake and the
Eve & Alan Lowson
Sept 18 - Oct 05, 2014We were very grateful for the treatment we received and how Neyma went out of his way to help us.
Three Himalayan Kingdom Tracy Cooke & Group. TID 8523 Dear Anand, Thank you for your request of a review for our tour with Wind horse that Tracy put together with you for us.First up the tour leaders were wonderful. Special thanks to Neyma in who took care of us in Tibet. He took me and
Ms Dianne S
Sept 25 - Oct 08, 2014I especially appreciated the opportunity to have a meal with a Bhutanese family
Three Himalayas Kingdom, TID 780, Sept 25 – Oct 08, 2014 We had wonderful guides who went out of their way to see to our every need.One thing that I would really have appreciated would have been the Festival information that we discovered on your website when we returned. This information listed all of the
Ellen V
Sept 25 - Oct 08, 2014Bhutan in particular is a beautiful country to which I would like to return in the future.
Three Himalayan Kingdom TID 780 Sept 25 – Oct08, 2014 Thanks to Wind Horse for arranging such an incredible trip! We had a great group of people and wonderful guides and drivers who went out of their way to accommodate our needs. I enjoyed everything…the hotels, the food, the people, and the unique character of
Gerhard H
Nov 23 - Dec 06, 2014Your guides and drivers were very professional.
TID 8682 Darjeeling, Sikkim and Bhutan Tour – Extension to West Sikkim. (Nov 23 – Dec 06, 2014) Dear Anand, We arrived 3 hours ago in Vienna, because after finishing your tour we travelled 13 days across West Bengal. Your guides and drivers were very professional. We can recommend these gentlemen for further tours. That
Kathleen W
Oct 06 - 25, 2014He really made our trip fun, informative, even exciting, and it was great meeting him
TID 8575 India, Bhutan & Nepal Trip (Nepal Portion) Dear Rashmila Shingkhawal,I wanted to let you know how much we were awed by Nepal, and how much we appreciated all the arrangements that were made for us to make sure that we had a wonderful time and saw and did as much as we could
Isabella & Bernard J
Oct 27 -Nov 12, 2014My wife and I would like to thank Wind Horse for organizing an awesome trip through Nepal, Bhutan, n Sikkim and Darjeeling
Bhutan Festival & Sikkim -Extension tour in Nepal (27th Oct- 12th Nov 2014) TID My wife and I would like to thank Wind Horse for organizing an awesome trip through Nepal, Bhutan, n Sikkim and Darjeeling. (Bhutan Festival – 24.10 – 11.11). We found this tour operator through internet and Wind horse reacted immediately to
Tracy C
Sept 18 - Oct 05, 2014Thank you for such an amazing journey
TID 8523 (Three Himalayas Kingdom) – 18 Sept – 05 Oct, 2014 Good morning! Sorry to take so long to write a review for you. I am just starting to get well again and back to normal.I hope some of the others in the group have written also.Well what a journey we had with Wind
Ellen V
Sept 25-Oct 08, 2014Bhutan in particular is a beautiful country to which I would like to return in the future.
Three Himalayan Kingdom TID 780 Sept 25 – Oct08, 2014 Thanks to Wind Horse for arranging such an incredible trip! We had a great group of people and wonderful guides and drivers who went out of their way to accommodate our needs. I enjoyed everything…the hotels, the food, the people, and the unique character of
Ms Dianne S
Sept 25 – Oct 08, 2014I especially appreciated the opportunity to have a meal with a Bhutanese family.
Three Himalayas Kingdom, TID 780, Sept 25 – Oct 08, 2014 We had wonderful guides who went out of their way to see to our every need.One thing that I would really have appreciated would have been the Festival information that we discovered on your website when we returned. This information listed all of the
Ms Jennifer M V
Sept 25 to Oct 08,2014I cannot properly express in words how much I enjoyed my introduction to Bhutan
Three Himalayan Kingdom TID 780, (Sept 25 to Oct 08,2014) Dear Anand, – It was a pleasure to provide initial comments on our tour by phone and I am happy to expand upon them in writing. I found the Three Himalayan Kingdom tour to be a truly fascinating experience. Visiting Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan on the
Eve & Alan Lowson
Sept 18-Oct 05,2014The archery caught everyone’s attention!
Dear Anand, Thank you for your request of a review for our tour with Wind horse that Tracy put together with you for us.First up the tour leaders were wonderful. Special thanks to Neyma in who took care of us in Tibet. He took me and another friend to Lhasa hospital the day after we
Marie P
Sept 13 to Oct 03,14This trip was truly remarkable, and my mother-in-law and I had the experience of a lifetime.
Petrie’s India,Nepal & Bhutan Private Tour. TID -753 (Sep 13 – Oct 03, 2014) Dear Anand and team, Namaste! Thank you for your follow up message! My apologies for the delay in response. It would be my pleasure to provide feedback and any endorsements that would be useful to you in future planning and for
Rebel A.C.
Aug 05 - 07, 2014We can’t say enough good things about his service as our guide.
Window to Bhutan tour for Lee & Cole TID: 8604 Dear Anand, It all seems to have happened a long time ago, as we are in Phuket packing for our long trip home to Chicago later today (via BKK and NRT). Our two days with Yeshi were wonderful; we can’t say enough good things about
Thomas P
June 01 - 26, 2014Seeing the Dalai Lama in Ladakh was an unexpected bonus.
TID 757 – June 01 – 26, 2014 Ugen, I am writing to let you know that Robert, Isaac and I were very pleased with the arrangements Wind Horse Tours made for our trip. With eight legs, seven internal flights and the road trips, there was always someone waiting for us at each destination. We
Sandy L
June 12-25,2014The culture of both counties was amazing.
Three Himalayan Kingdoms, TID 8513 ( 12.0614 to 25.06.14) Trip was wonderful. All hotels had shampoo and soap so it would be better weight wise not to advise people to take their own. Food at Thimphu hotel was not good. Moldy bread etc. The hotel it’s self was nice. All of our guides and drivers
Ngai So Chu
Oct 07-20 2013.All in the entire trip was a pleasant, memorable experience that we really enjoyed.
Three Himalayan Kingdom TID:663 (Oct 07-20 2013) Hi Anand, We would like to make a few comments. The room we stayed at Kyichu Hotel in Lhasa, China was the worst in the trip. Maybe we were just unlucky. The bathroom was dirty with molds. The water temperature of the shower was hard to control and
Nancy R
Oct 7-20, 2013IT WAS A MARVELOUS ADVENTURE.
Three Himalayan Kingdom TID 663:Oct. 07-20,2013 I RECENTLY RETURNED HOME FROM A TRIP I TOOK WITH YOUR COMPANY TO TIBET, NEPAL, AND BHUTAN WHICH LEFT ON OCTOBER 5, 2013. IT WAS A MARVELOUS ADVENTURE. OUR GROUP OF 8 WERE TRAVELERS FROM CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES – 5 AND 3 RESPECTIVELY. WE WERE VERY COMPATIBLE
Olga k & Mikhail P
Oct 7 - 20,2013And all our requests were promptly addressed and answered.
TID 663 Three Himalayan Kingdom Our general view is that our trip was great and exceeded our expectations in terms of sightseeing and accommodation. The trip was also flexible enough, and the guides were trying to do their best in showing us their respective countries and organizing our daily activities. There was also a lot
Nithya S
Oct 6 -21,2013The tour was well organized and our guides and drivers were all great
TID 720 Nithya & group tour to Bhutan and Nepal (6.10.13-21.10.13) Thank you for your email. We had a great time in both locations (although all of us felt that 8 days in Bhutan was beyond what was necessary- perhaps 4 or 5 days was closer to what we needed). The tour was well organized
Shirely S. R
March 17, 2013Our main goal was the circumambulation of Mt. Kailash–success!
Over a year ago we planned a trip with Wind Horse Tours, Treks & Travel to China and Tibet, ending in Nepal. Our group of seven was glad to have someone who could get us through all the red tape of traveling in these areas and could share the cultures, natural beauties, and national treasures.
John M
Sept 24- Oct 7, 2012They are excellent at what they do, accommodating and consistently pleasant.
I believe it is important that all members of a tour get the same treatment. It is only fair. Several times, on my recent Drukyul Walking Tour, I found myself in rooms that were by far a lower standard or location than other members of my group. It does not seem equitable when I paid
Jeremy S & Katalin T
Nov 10,2012A magical vacation, extremely well planned and organised by Wind horse.
A magical vacation, extremely well planned and organised by Windhorse, with perfect logistics, excellent guides/drivers and a wonderful caring atmosphere – our guide Leki Dorji was delightful, knowldgeable, kind and extremely hospitable. Thank you Katalin & Jeremy – Kolkata-Darjeeling-Bhutan & Nepal
Eve W.
Nov 16 –30, 2011Bhutan was amazing and our guide (Ugyen) was also wonderful…very fun and full of knowledge
Three Himalayan Kingdom for Eve & Tooby Nov 16 – Nov 30 2011 Hello Ugen! Sorry I haven’t had a chance to write a review yet of our experience with Wind Horse, but we had a wonderful time. Bhutan was amazing and our guide (Ugyen) was also wonderful…very fun and full of knowledge. Since we
John L
Oct. 17-30,2011So we had a good trip, and we thank you for your assistance and for the arrangements.
John & Susan Pvt. Tour (Oct. 17-Oct.30,2011) Dear Ugen, We had a very good trip and were pleased with how well it all worked. If there was anything negative, I think it’s that we believe it could have been a couple days shorter. But that may be at least partly personal and reflect the fact