About Three Jewels Adventures
Three Jewels Adventures is a family and friends run business established by Amber Tamang and his wife Sushma Tamang in 2001. Amber’s knowledge in trekking and adventure tourism in Nepal and Himalaya region dates back to 1993 when he started his career in this field as a trekking porter to support his education in law collage at the beginning. Later on, he advanced his academic qualification in Nepal’s History, Archaeology and Culture. Sushma Tamang in the other hand is one of the few females who take the role of tourism entrepreneure. Sushma is also a learned tour and heritage guide.
Three Jewels Adventures, takes its name from Buddhist faith inwhich the Three Jewels represnt the sublime jewels of The Buddha, The Dharma (teachings of Buddha) and Sangha (the Buddhist Spiritual community). Three Jewels also can represt Nepal’s three geographic sections as Nepal is geographically divided into three regions viz – High Himalaya or the Great Himalaya, middle hills, or lesser Himalaya, and Terai (Tarai) or the Southern flat land.
The Three Jewels logo entwines the cultural and geographical wonders of Nepal with the three layers rising to the top of the world, the Himalaya. In encouraging our clients to discover the Himalaya, we ask you to look beyond the dramatic mountain views to see the hidden beauties found in temples, monasteries, shrines, stones and the Nepali people that you’ll encounter on your journey with us.
Our Mission & Vision
At Three Jewels’ Team, our mission is to create unforgettable experiences for every guest, backed by over two decades of dedicated service and loyal support. Our commitment is to provide quality service without compromise.
Guided by the principles of sustainable tourism, our vision prioritizes experiences that minimize environmental impact and promote social and economic sustainability. We’re dedicated to responsible travel practices, preserving the environment, supporting local communities, and enriching the lives of our staff and their families.
Our goal is simple: to shape a better future for tourism, ensuring its vitality for future generations.”
Our Team
Amber Tamang
Three Jewels Adventures was founded and Managed by Amber Tamang and his wife Sushma Tamang. Amber is from southern Solukhumbu. He began as a trekking porter in 1993 to support himself through a college education in Kathmandu. In 1999 Sushma and Amber got married. Not long after that, in 2001, they formed Three Jewels Adventures as their family and team business with fellow guides. Amber specializes in guiding regular trekking to Buddhist cultural, archaeological and heritage sites. During the slow tourist season Amber helps his mother back in his native village in Solukhumbu and writes articles, blogs and sometimes works as instructor or resource person for new trainee guides. Amber, Sushma and their two lovely daughters live in Kathmandu.
Sushma Tamang
Co-Owner, Managing Director and Tour Guide
Sushma Tamang is from southern part of Nepal, a non tourist area called Udayapur, Gaighat. She moved to Kathmandu once married to her husband and helped her husband to establish and run Three Jewels Adventures. Sushma is graduate from PK College of Girls, Tribhuvan University. She is a trained heritage guide and one of the few female trekking entrepreneurs in Kathmandu. While in free times she contributes her time at Female Tourism Entrepreneurs’ Forum as a volunteer board member and secretary. She is a kind mother of her two daughters and a strong supporter of her husband in running their family’s business.
Mani Tamang
Manager/Tour Guide (Part-time)
Mani hails from Mountain district of Solukhumbu or Lower Everest region. He had moved to Kathmandu for higher education from his remote home. He has university graduation in Business Studies and Information Technology. He has been in the field for 15+ years. Mani handles the websites, Tour guide and also helping as part time manager for Three Jewels Adventure. While his coworkers work in the field in far trekking trails and mountains, Mani runs the office and makes sure everything is operated smoothly ensuring staff and client’s safety and other needs.
Karna B. Tamang ‘KB’
Climbing Guide
Karna B. Tamang ‘KB’, three times Everest summiteer, once solo from camp 4 to the summit, is one of the outstanding climbing guides in Nepal. Besides bagging Everest three times, he has climbed many peaks in the Himalayas like Amadablam, Himlung, ChoYou, Manaslu, and other peaks. KB was also a member of the rescue squad in the 2014 and 2015 Mt. Everest disasters KB now a days leads only limited treks and climbs to give more time to his young son and wife. He part of the year lives and works in the USA.
Lok Tamang (LOK)
Lok Tamang (LOK) is from Goli, Solukhumbu, in the lower Everest region. He guided several treks for Three Jewels prior to receiving a Trekking Guide Certificate in 2012 from the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM). His trekking experience includes the less traveled areas of Dolpo, Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Manaslu, Upper Mustang and Tamang Heritage Trail in Langtang National Park. Lok has also supported treks in frequently visited areas including Annapurna, Everest region, and Tibet. Lok was one of the Guides to successfully climb Lobuche Peak (6019m.) during the Covid pandemic when some of our clients came to climb the peak. Lok, along with other staff, is conscious of updating his skills and attended the ‘Trekking Guiding refreshment workshop’ conducted by the Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP), of which our agency is a member. He speaks good English and Tibetan as he has been to Tibet for treks many times.
Pema Lamu Tamang
Pema Lamu Tamang From mountain district Solukhumbu has gone to Cyprus for job purposes as many Nepali young people work abroad. She came back after covid from her hard job there. Now she is committed to pursuing her dream in trekking tourism. She has already gone through, Trekking guide, Rock Climbing, Recco rescue training and has undertaken trekking trips to Annapurna, Everest, Gyalzen Peak, Jugal Himal including Mt. Island Peak summit in 2023 May with clients as an assistant guide. She has also led a challenging trek over Three High Passes in Everest region. She is probably the first female guide to complete this trek from both side. She is one of the few female trekking guides who wish to stay in the industry inspiring many young people.
Pemba Bamjan Tamang
Pemba Bamjan Tamang is another young and energetic trekking guide at Three Jewels Adventures. He has successfully guided clients to challenging treks like Three High Passes in Mt. Everest region, Amphulapcha Pass, Dolpo, and Annapurna. He lives in Solukhumbu with his wife. During the tourist off season, Pemba does artistic carpentry including making beautiful Traditional furniture.
Nursang Sherpa
Nursang Sherpa is a freelance trekking guide who has been working with Three Jewels Adventures, also as a part time Trekking guide, depending on availability. He specializes in long and off-road trekking trails such as Upper Dolpa, Manaslu and even in Tibet. Nursang’s father is a Sherpa Buddhist priest, as a result Nursang has very good knowledge about local Buddhist tradition and culture.
Ang Phuri Sherpa
Ang Phuri Sherpa is from Tapting Solukhumbu and has experience of leading treks in remote areas such as Tilman’s Pass in the Langtang Valley and Upper Dolpo to Mustang, a restricted area in West Nepal and even the high-altitude pass of Tashi Lapcha. Ang Furi is fluent in English, Tibetan, Sherpa and he also knows some German. He has been an active member of our team in supporting those in remote areas affected by the earthquake of 2015 in Nepal. Besides trekking, he is also an experienced mountain guide for small to medium level peaks. He has successfully led our clients to Lobuche Peak, Islang Peak, Mera Peak and Chulu East. While not trekking he helps his family at his native home and is also in the role of good dad and husband as he has a new baby son!
Anjali Tamang
Anjali Tamang is the elder daughter of Three Jewels’ owners Amber and Sushma. She has completed bachelor’s in business marketing in college. She enjoys helping her parents and their team at their office while she has holidays like winter vacation. She is also an enthusiastic hiker as a result; she has already trekked to Lower Everest, Langtang Tamang Heritage, and Annapurna foothills.
Our Social Contribution
Tourism that is sustainable and eco-friendly is of paramount importance to the Three Jewels’ team. This extends to the care shown to those communities we visit whilst enabling our clients to enjoy experiences that are life-changing. Three Jewels is also responsive to meeting the social challenges faced by their people. For example, following the devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015, Three Jewels responded with heart and hand in areas including:
- Distribution of rice and other food items to at least 31 displaced families in Kathmandu. (Neighborhood of Amber and Sushma)
- Emergency shelter sheets to at least 500 families in affected districts including Amber’s home village in Solukhumbu, Lower Everest region.
- Stationery to more than 500 students in affected areas ( specially designed and printed exercise books with precautionary messages about earthquakes). It was greatly appreciated by the local students and their parents.
- Three Jewels’ clients and staff played a crucial role in producing a documentary ‘One year after the earthquake in Nepal’ to assist in fundraising efforts in the US by Nepali Association Oregon, USA. ‘One year after the earthquake in Nepal’ can be viewed here.
The above contributions were made with a leading role by Effie Fletcher, a veteran trekker in the Himalayas in the 1980s, and also the founder-owner of Himalayan High Treks, San Francisco, CA, USA and also with direct involvement of staff and clients. In the past, we were also able to help through our kind and generous clients, who wanted to build a library and girls’ hostel and some other meaningful social initiatives. You may contact us for further details.