Testimonials

Om namah sivaya
Highly comfortable and safe journey to Kailash Manasarovar with the Earthbound Expeditions team. The way they prepared me for Kailash parikrama was excellent. Thank you Rajan ji and the team in Nepal.

July 2024 Kailash Manasarovar Yatra experience with Earthbound services and hospitality
My wife and I took the Kailash manasarovar yatra on July 14-27, 2024 with an Earthbound tour led by Rajan Simkhada and his team. There were 30 tourists from the US. We started our tour from Kathmandu. This Kailash yatra is one of the best trips I have ever experienced. Rajan and earthbound crew took care of everyone’s needs professionally with extra touch of love and respect. From start to finish, every day services offered by the Earthbound team deserve 5 stars. I strongly recommend Earthbound tours for whoever is planning a Kailash trip in near future.

Kailash Mansarovar yatra and kora – August 2024
We did the Kailash- Mansarovar yatra as as a group of 9 couples starting in Lhasa and concluding in Kathmandu. Our ages were from the low 50’s to the high 60’s with several trekkers not having much experience at high altitude. Earthbound led by Mr Rajan were brilliant for a number of reasons:
– The team was responsive to our individual needs and catered to them with a smile often going beyond of what would be expected; They were particular in watching hydration levels and general well being
– The organisation was excellent and we knew of the forward plan clearly at all stages
– They were proactive in anticipating unexpected events. On the return circuit the road to Nepal from Saga was impacted by rain/floods Earthbound anticipated the likely delay and secured accommodation for us in good time. We were not inconvenienced at all and were aware of other groups that faced more challenges;
– Finally, Rajan and his team could accurately gauge which of us needed help and when. They all had a sense of humor and managed to keep everything “light” even during uncertain situations.
15 of us did the full Kora and the others did the half kora. Rajan also infused spiritualism which was welcomed as we were all of Indian ethnicity and the KMS trip was a combination of adventure with a spiritual bias.
Very grateful to Earthbound for such a memorable trip and will wholeheartedly recommend them to others considering this trek. As this is often a bucket list trip for many people and there are several questions that may come to mind, will be happy to share our experiences.

Memorable and exciting tour of Tibet and Nepal, and trek around mount Kailash
We went on the Kailash parikrama (trek) via Tibet and Mansarovar lake over 15 days, starting in Lhasa and finishing in Kathmandu. It was a fascinating experience and at times challenging. We received excellent and personalized service and care from Rajan ji and his team. They were knowledgeable, cheerful and always helpful. We will always remember the grandeur and beauty of the Himalayas, it’s mythological and spiritual context, and the people, culture and countryside of Tibet. It was a well-organized tour with gourmet Indian food, and great care for our safety and comfort.

Experience and memories of a lifetime with Earthbound expeditions
I cannot thank enough Rajan and his team for the success of our trip and experience of a lifetime! We completed Kailash Mansarovar yatra with a group of friends. This was preceeded by short stay in Chengdu, China. The logistics of the entire trip was seamlessly taken care of. Rajan and his team – from Nepal and Tibet were knowledgeable, warm, caring and funny. Even though the altitude and conditions were difficult they made the sure that the expedition was a success and an enjoyable, friendly and spiritual experience for each and everyone of us. Without a doubt they are THE TEAM for your trekking tour. I will not hesitate to recommend them to any of my friends.

We can only say good things as good things happened for us on our trip. Very thankful to Earthbound Expeditions.
In August 2024 we went with our friends to Kailash mansarover yatra. This we did with Earthbound Expeditions and we were taken care for every need of ours with lot of love and affection and sincerity from Rajan ji and his team. We were treated like family and we had a very successful journey. Already Missing our trip now, Wish it never ended. I really want to thank the Earthbound family to give us an experience of a lifetime. Really recommend them to everyone to book with them for your tour and travel needs. Hopefully one day we do the trek again with you Rajanji and team. We were served the most delicious meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also enjoyed our tea times with Masala chai and hot snacks. Thank you to their chef Narayan and sarke. Doctor Arjun always was there if any of us was not feeling well. Thanking Hari for his his very sweet smile and support and watching out for all of us. We are thankful to God for making us touch lives with very sweet Nepali family. Love you guys and missing you all.

Kailash Yatra: Yatris’ Returns & Earthbound Expedition’s Impact

Journey to the Sacred Mountain : Yatris’ Reviews & Earthbound Expedition’s Excellence

Yatris Discuss Their Sacred Experience & Expedition Service

Young yatris talking about Their Kailash Experience & Earthbound Expedition

Some few Special words from our satisfied yatri from holy Mt.kailash yatra 2024

The Divine experience at Lake Manosoravor on the auspicious day of Guru Purnima

Real Yatri giving Feedback about his divine journey & Earthbound Expedition Highlights!

Om Namah Shivaya
Om Namah Shivaya.
Rajan ji & his super crew members did fantastic & smooth tour every step of the way from picking up from airport to visiting holy Mt Kailash providing Seven star services. Starting from planning, listening with care and offering guidance and doing the best to accommodate everyone’s requests. Fantastic hospitality with best possible accommodations, sightseeings & freshly prepared tasty foods often with room service! We felt like we were wedding group going on Spiritual Blissful trip with highly cooperating weather. Extraordinary divine views of Manasasarovar & Mt Kailash. Rajanji’s team of support staffers were very, very helpful, kind respectful & caring, Kudos to you & your extraordinary team. We would highly recommend & wish you all the very best. May Lord Siva Baba bless you & your team all the best of Health, Happiness, Prosperity & Peace FOREVER!!
🙏🌹🌹🙏🌹🌹🙏

You guys did a fantastic job
Dear Rajanji,
You guys did a fantastic job/service for our Manasa – Mt.Kailash yatra. I could complete my Parikramana because of your support and encouragement by reducing the walking distance & providing the 4-wheeler for the remaining distance. That made us to reach a day earlier and escaped the landslide & border closure. By Siva’s grace the weather was great until we completed the yatra and reached Kathmandu safely. You have a wonderful team to keep us safe and happy. May God bless you all and your families.
🙏 Hari Om Namah Sivaya 🙏

Kailash Mansarover Tour from Kathmandu – August 2023
Rajan Ji runs his tour company Earthbound Expeditions not as a typical business for commercial benefits but from his heart and soul. So is his entire supporting team from beginning to end. I had a wonderful time with them right from the moment I crossed immigration at Nepal airport. Honestly – all along I felt that Bhagwan Shiva himself sent them personally to help us take this tour.
Undertaking this 10-day journey to seek blessings from Bhagwan Shiva at Kailash Mansarovar is deeply spiritual as well as adventurous. His team led by Arjun and assisted by a staff of 6 was an excellent support to our entire group. This team knew how to keep all of us protected from weather elements. They had the best of the cooks. We got piping hot / freshly prepared soups/ food all along even in difficult terrain conditions. The most impressive and compassionate actions I have seen from their team related to close monitoring of everyone’s health and how they helped out each and everyone with their heart and soul. Overall an extremely satisfying experience.

The Above and Beyond Earthbound Expeditions Team
We just returned from Manasa Sarovar and Mount Kailash trip to the US. The trip would not have been so successful without the loving care of Rajanji and his (Nine Jewels ) team. Narayanji the chief chef is better than the best. The hot food he server was nothing short of divine. We cannot forget Ram and his magic potion, the little secret of our health. All we can say is Annadatha Sukhi Bhava. The team monitored our health and oxygen levels and gave such revitalizing head massages that any fatigue and pain vanished in minutes. Arjunji’s mother like and tender attention was a major factor in 100% success of the trip. God knows when they would sleep and wake up and prepare hot food for us. Amrith, Gopal, Deepak, Ram, Sherpa, Arjun, and others watched our every step and made sure that every one of us was safe and doing good while hiking. Hats off to all of you sir. You gave us the best of service and have helped us have a lifetime experience and memories. Rajanji, a spiritual seeker and author of wonderful spiritual books, who shared his wisdom whenever opportunities arose. Traveling with him and discussing spiritual aspects during this journey was like the icing on the cake. The entire journey was a great learning and humbling experience. Given the time I would not hesitate to go on each and every trip The Earthbound Expeditions would offer. I would highly recommend Rajanji’s services and his Earthbound Expeditions team to all of my friends and family anytime.

Kailash Mansarovar yatra
Kailash Mansarovar, August 2012
We, a team of 10 like minded friends can never thank Rajan and his team at Earthbound for making our KMS yatra, a truly blessed and most memorable experience of our lives. We all completed our trip successfully on 3rd Sept, 2012. Some of us managed to do “Charan Sparsh -most wonderful experience” from the North Face of Kailash from Derapuk. A billion thanks to Sriram who helped us in our mission. Sri never let us us give up, gently prodding and encouraging us throughout the trek. This made us feel like seasoned trekkers giving us a lot of confidence. God Bless Sri and his wonderful attitude. Sri is indeed a great team leader . More thanks coming your way…… Arjun was a gentle and smiling human being who looked after us very well. Hari was a great entertainer and a good cook. His cooking constantly tickled our taste buds. The awesome trio of Sriram, Arjun & Hari met our countless demands with a smile. If the Great Lord wills it, we want to come back and do inner kora with you and the same team of Sri, Arjun n Hari Rajan who heads this team is a fantabulous person so simple, humble, and positive. More details & Photos on

Around Kailash and from there to Lhasa
This message is for those who are interested to join Kailash – Lhasa tour, Traveling with Earthbound Expeditions in (western) Tibet is traveling with a feeling of safety. Especially in that part of the world where they do not have all those safety services we western people are so common with. Earthbound Expedition is very keen on prevention for the food, drinking water, cars and also for the altitude sickness. Yes, it hit me and it hit everyone who is not used to travel on such altitude. But slowly I, and the others are used to it. They never forced a situation for the sake of their own. Speaking for my own, I could make it without taking drugs like Diamox. That brought me the feeling having a very relaxed time in this remote part of the world. Traveling western Tibet and climbing Mount Kailash ( Dolma – La) was a kind of adventure that makes me feel good because they saw it as their duty to guard us without overreacting. And although we were with a group of fourteen, which meant so many different people with all their different wishes, nevertheless everyone off us was satisfied about the quality of life. One thing you should know ! They know very interesting places even the well-known travel guides do not describe. That’s another reason for you to consider traveling with Earthbound Expeditions!
September 13, 2004 Teus Vertooren, Project-manager, Mental hospital Rotterdam / Holland

Mansarovar kailash yatra Absolutely wonderful from start to finish
Great attention to detail from Rajan, Badri and his wonderful team, working tirelessly to make our yatra a fantastic and spiritual but safe journey. Would recommend without hesitation and would travel again with Badri. Thank you Rajan, Badri and team Earthbound for way exceeding my expectations and all my co yatris for making our trip to Kailash the most memorable to cherish for ever! Love to all XX

Wonderful Kailash Manasarovar Yatra Incredible experience!!!
Our trip and trek to Mukhtinathin Nepal, Kailash and Manasarovar was wonderfully organised by Earthbound Expeditions led by Mr. Rajan Simkhada. The service and support by every member of the team was excellent, they ensured that our travel was comfortable, enjoyable and well advised. I would strongly recommend their services to all wishing to take this trip.

Blissful Kailash Manasarovar Yatra
Looking for an absolutely blissful and stress free trip to Manasarovar and Mt Kailash? Then Earthbound Expeditions under the leadership of Mr. Rajan Simkhada is the perfect travel agency for you. My husband and I are extensive travelers and we have used several travel agencies over the past 20 years. I must say that Rajan and his team are by far the best in all aspects – making group travel arrangements, providing crisp communication throughout the planning process, nailing down clear schedules, lining up local contacts, getting all the required permits and of course ensuring the comfort of travelers throughout the trip. The team always had a smile on their faces, were efficient and provided great personal service like providing delicious hot meals every day, monitoring our health daily, helping us pack up our duffle bags in the morning, ensuring we were warmly dressed and constantly reminding us to stay hydrated. It was truly a trip of a lifetime and Rajan and his team made it very easy for us to achieve it. I highly recommend them for your trip!

Amazing Earthbound Expeditions team
Manas Sarovar and Mt. Kailash Parikrama with the amazing Rajan Simkhada’s earthbound expeditions team! We are a group of 27 U.S. nationals, known friends and families with two doctors out of 27, who went on this trip. Rajan’s team lead by himself with his daily prayers in the morning and end of the day briefing in the evening took care of each of us with personalized care. Rajan’s right hand Dorjee handled all the security checkpoints and permit issues so smoothly that we felt like we are in the U.S. Rajan’s customer service team lead by Arjun, took care of each one of us, whether it is monitoring our oxyzen levels daily or offering medical care or providing head messages to get rid of minor headaches or what not. Rajan’s cook Narayanji is so special. His team paid personal attention and offered no onion and garlic food to some and all vegetarian food to others while providing hot food anywhere to our amazement. With limited guidance, he and his team learned some South Indian dishes and offered them as well. Rajan’s customer service team lead by Ramji gave us hot chai to hot breakfast and ensured that we do not carry any bags and retain our depleted oxygen levels to complete a successful trip. Sri Rajan surrounded us with positive energy and once we met Sri Rajan that we never had a doubt even once that we may not be able to complete such an amazing Mt. Kailash Parikrama. I personally would not hesitate to use their services again and highly recommend Earthbound Expeditions to any of my friends and family anytime.

Outstanding Mount Kailash experience with Earthbound Expeditions
Mr Rajan Simkhada is such a pious man that we were highly blessed to have him with us throughout our Manasarovar Mount Kailash trip. He was very professional and helpful right from the beginning. He dealt every single detail with so much ease and positive energy. Like many expressed, 5 stars are not enough to describe our experience with Earthbound Expeditions We were a team of 27 from USA and we were 200% taken care of by Mr. Rajan and his awesome crew. Every detail was taken care of from the moment we arrived Lhasa till we left Kathmandu. Entire Rajan’s crew including Arjun, Dorjee, Ram, Sargi, Gokul, Narayan and the rest were amazing in taking care of our team, exceptionally. Our kudos to them. Except for Parikrama lunch, we were served clean, hot, delicious meals throughout our trip! It was amazing to see such a positive attitude crew. The rest of the world has a lot to learn from that team – just like we did. Our guide Kumar in Nepal was very knowledgeable and did an excellent job explaining the sights to us. I highly recommend Earthbound Expeditions and I can not imagine any of our future arduous trips without them.

Wonderful Mansarovar Yatra and Kailash Parikrama
We recently completed this tour and trekking expedition in September 2019 with Mr. Rajan Simkhada and his team from Earthbound Expeditions. We were a group of 27 people and I have to say that this team surpassed all our expectations. Looking back, we couldn’t have asked for a better tour company for this mentally and physically challenging trekking expedition. Mr. Rajan and his team were very accommodating to individual group member’s needs and went above and beyond to cater to our comfort and convenience. They were flexible, personable and very attentive to the minutest and the biggest details of our travel. A bright smile on their faces and cheerful dispositions kept our spirits high all the time, but especially during the arduous ‘parikrama’ days. Food was amazingly delicious and was cooked fresh daily by Chef Narayan and his helpers. Crew members RAMJI, SHERPA TERKI, and GOKUL made sure that each person ate well and we were all well hydrated. Highlight of the day used to be head and neck massage by ARJUN every evening while checking our Oxygen levels. I am looking forward to doing future trips with Mr. Rajan and his team @ Earthbound Expeditions!! Thank you so much all for this wonderful experience and your commitment to giving your customers the best experience!!!