Menno De Vries

Menno has worked in hospitality for more than 30 years. Before starting in Asia, he worked in tourism across the Middle East The tour company he built there reached the top of Tripadvisor’s rankings. It has won eight Travellers’ Choice awards and five Best of the Best awards for the Middle East.

Menno founded Amazing Kathmandu Tours to bring the same guide-first approach to Nepal: small groups, no commission stops and a guide who contacts every guest personally before the tour. A keen golfer, he has played Nepal’s golf courses.

Menno runs Amazing Kathmandu Tours together with Santosh Prashad Rimal. It’s a guide-run company where every team member is a licensed professional guide with real on-the-ground experience and a shared commitment to honest, high-quality travel across Nepal.

From Sagarmatha to the Sea, the Himalayas Should Be Disaster-Free

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Mount Cholatse above the Ngozumpa Glacier at night in the Gokyo valley, Everest region of Nepal

“In early minutes of disaster, our early warning system sent millions of SMS and downstream community did receive localized warnings, but it wasn’t enough.” Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said this at a side event on early warnings at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, this week. The day before, … Read more