TID 8529 (31 Oct to Nov 15) 2014 – Blondel Group -Sandakphu trek (Guide Anthony)

After a former trip in the Annapurnas in Nepal, our group of 6 friends wanted to spend some time in discovering the Indian Himalaya. We have been travelling for a little more than a fortnight with your company, and we have achieved a nice trip at the nepalese boarder, nearby the majestuous Kanchenjunga.

Two parts had been pointed in the program we had dealt with you: one as trekking on Singalila range, the other as visiting the old buddhist temples of the former Sikkim kingdom. Actually we have travelled within this global feature and we have been spending a nice time in West Bengal and Sikkim, since we wanted first to be secure and in good health with your help.

8 months before our holidays, we had spent a few weeks in building with you, by e-mails, a specific program, that included the spots we intended to look at and the way we wanted to perform it. It’s because of your awareness of our wishes that we had chosen to deal with Windhorse. And we got a good satisfaction when regarding your attention.

As we feared for the cold of this period of November, we had ordered for the trek time a guide and a lot of twin rooms in lodges, that you had confirmed to be hired in your different mails and finally on March 17th (attached file). Every member of the group had prepared his equipment as for a semi cold trail, avoiding to carry too heavy bags.

We have been astonished as discovering on arrival in Darjeeling that we had to sleep under tents, and we have even thought of breaking our contract…

I must say that you have taken in charge two nights in lodges, in Sandakphu, the highest point of the trek and one very cosy in Rumbick. We have appreciated too the ability we have had to stay in lodges nearby our tents and have dinners inside in the evenings…and the last but not the least, to get footwarmers every night outside.

I must say that your guide and the whole team have taken care of us as friendly as possible, and we keep a real gratitude for their good and smart service. The very tasty and miscellaneous cooking has been really appreciated.

On the way to Sikkim (Pelling and Yuksom) and back to Bagdogra, all has been perfectly achieved, for the organization of the journey and for the hotels as well.

As things have occurred in the best manner, we still recommend you to keep in mind the agreements taken on their lodging…We have had the chance that everyone had a good experience of mountaining treks and kept smiling all over these holidays.

A special thank for Anthony who has been in charge of our group in these indian holidays, and stood friendly at our sides.

Greetings from France…