This year Gurkha Encounters
celebrates its 20th anniversary. So to celebrate this event we would like to share something
about our Managing Director, the driving force behind the company, and his love of both people
and travel.
With the establishment of Gurkha Encounters, Rajendra found a lot of young people from his home district
were coming to Kathmandu seeking vocational training and livelihood opportunities with him. In fact,
over 1,000 received training in trekking and tourism through Rajendra’s company, many going on to
establish their own business or become renowned in the travel industry.
Growing up in Gorkha District, Rajendra Bajgain had a lot of history all around him. A history, that started,
in fact, from Guru Gorkhanath, who gave the area its name. A name which has been adapted by the British to
Gurkha (hence Gurkha soldiers) but both, Gorkha and Gurkha are correct. It was also here in Gorkha that
Prithvi Narayan Shah was born; the last King of Gorkha and the person who went on to unit Nepal into its
current form, becoming King of Nepal in 1768.
In 2010, he and his company, Gurkha Encounters, was awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation by the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) for his services and contribution
in the UN supported discharge process of Maoist army personnel disqualified from joining the Nepal Army during the UN verification process.
