Sanjib Gurung

Sanjib Gurung
Mountain guide & Founder President of MoGAN

Sanjib Gurung is originally from Makalu-5, Sangkhuwasabha. He was born in a remote village of Himalaya which is close to Mount Makalu eastern part of Nepal. He completed his high school level, after high school, he came to Katmandu. And his interest in travel, mountains, adventure, culture and peoples so he starts work in the tourism sector since 2006. His first trekking was Chulu Far East peak as a Porter.

He worked as Porter, Kitchen staff, Assistant Guide, Porter Guide and now he is certified Trekking & Mountain Guide in Trip Himalaya Trek & Expedition (P) LTD. He is also a Mountain Biking Guide and canyoning Guide too. He obtained a Trekking Guide license, Basic Mountaineering Training, Rock Climbing Course Level one and Advance Mountaineering Training. He has successfully guided hundreds of western trekkers from Europe and America to all the popular Trekking regions of Nepal. He had completed the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) upper route in 89 Days with Swiss Client Maria Theresia Zwyssig in 2019.

He is associated with Trip Himalayas Treks and expeditions as a Guide and Mountain guide for over decades. He is a Central Executive Board Member (2017-2020) of the Nepal Mountaineering Association (www.nepalmountaineering.org). And he is also the Founder president of the Mountain Guide Association of Nepal (MoGAN) (www.mogan.org.np)