How three sisters changed the face of the ‘sexist’ trekking industry in Nepal’s tourism capital

When three sisters–Lucky, Dicky and Nicky Chhetri– ran a lodge in Pokhara, Nepal’s tourism capital , in the early 90s, they started to get similar complaints from female trekkers visiting the Annapurna Base Camp or the Annapurna Circuit . These complaints would mostly be about how male guides misbehaved with them during the trek. It was something female tourists faced in most parts of South Asia and that gave the three sisters an idea.

“We felt that we could do something about it and with it create change which could benefit Nepal’s society and the tourism sector,” says Lucky.