Guerrilla Treks in Nepal

GUERRILLA TREK – A by-product of the Maoist insurgency from 1996 to 2006

The Guerrilla trek is a completely new trekking route. It is a by-product of a 10-year-long Maoist insurgency in Nepal. In other words, the route was used by the Maoist guerillas in fighting against the govt. forces during the Civil War.  

In curiosity, it clicked the trekking entrepreneurs like us with an idea why not use one one-time deadly Maoist guerilla trail for tourism purposes. The idea fascinated us and strongly motivated us to make a recce in this route. After the completion of the recce, our multi-media presentation of the trail turned out to be highly impressive to the concerned authorities and many trekking entrepreneurs. All of them unanimously declared that the trial was worth promoting. This is how the new trail has been discovered for the trekkers. 

In fact, the region was the epicenter of the People’s Revolution (1996-2006) that claimed more than 16,000 lives. Thus, it could be an interesting tourism product that would attract researchers, historians, students, and special interest tourists from around the world eventually enabling them to discover the people’s real story behind the revolution and their hardship. The Guerrilla trail could offer many more possibilities for rural tourism development as well.

The Guerilla trek has now become a new tourist attraction in Nepal. The route begins from Beni of the Maygdi district goes around Baglung passes through the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve and continues to Rukum and Rolpa districts (home village of the majority of the guerillas). The trek passes through more than 30 undisturbed villages with unique cultures living in harmony for ages. This trekking route provides an opportunity to explore the villages and people completely untouched by modern development. Diverse ethnicities like the Brahmins, Kshetris, Dalits, Gurungs, Magars, Newars, and Thakuris enrich the route. You will be stunned by the changing culture and lifestyle from one ethnicity to the other from village to village. 

This region is blessed with a wide range of natural resources and biodiversity. Captivating waterfalls, rivers, caves, and lakes like Kamal Daha (Lotus Lake) and Sun Daha and enchanting views of the high Himalayas like Mt. Dhaulagiri to the north are some of its main attractions.

With a view to enabling our trekkers along this route to retrace the footsteps of the Maoist guerrillas and imagine how they hiked and fought the battle in such a hilly and challenging terrain, A1 Excursions Adventure presents the long-awaited new trekking trail ‘ Guerrilla Trail’