An Invitation to Nepal
May 2026. A Seat on the Expedition.
Beyond the Boardroom
You're invited.
Some places cannot be reached casually. Relationships built over thirty years open doors that money alone cannot. Treks and climbs through high mountain valleys. Iconic mountain guides. Helicopter flights over Everest. Coffee farms in the clouds. Villages where few outsiders are ever welcomed.
This expedition offers your most valued clients, partners, or executives something no agency can provide. Genuine access to an extraordinary corner of the world, alongside a professional crew documenting a story of global significance.
The difference between telling a story and being part of one.
The Next Great Coffee Origin
Nepal. Before the world knows.
Ethiopia. Colombia. Kenya. The great origins are established. The stories have been told.
Nepal is different. Farms at 1,400 to 2,100 meters. Himalayan microclimates. Soil and altitude that rival the best single origins on earth. And almost no one outside the specialty world knows it yet.
This expedition documents the origin before it becomes famous. The farmers. The process. The mountains that make it possible. But the story isn't complete without the peaks themselves, the source of the water, weather, and rhythm that sustains everything below.
A story that will be told. The question is whether you're there when it begins.
May 2026. Fourteen Days. Remote Nepal.
A maximum of ten participants. A professional documentary crew.
Your participants join a small expedition moving from Kathmandu through the coffee farms of Nuwakot, into the Lang Tang and Sagarmatha National Parks. Helicopters will link sections and ultimately provide fly over views of Everest basecamp and the Khumbu Glacier.
Sherpa Communities
MEET THE PEOPLE
Coffee at Altitude
TASTE THE ORIGIN
Himalayan Landscapes
WITNESS THE PEAKS
They will return with a perspective that boardroom presentations cannot provide.
14 Days in Nepal
Where every step tells the story.
Kathmandu to Nuwakot. Experience coffee farms and the Langtang. Along high mountain paths, Sherpa villages and high passes of the Khumbu. Fourteen days of coffee, culture, helicopters and the highest mountains in the world.
Days 1–2
Terraces & Wildlife Corridor
Arrive Kathmandu. Helicopter to Terraces. Welcome dinner. Wildlife corridor helicopter exploration.
Days 3–7
Nuwa Coffee & Langtang Trek
Fly to Nuwa Coffee farm. Coffee terraces, production, school, and village visit. Langtang trek with mobile camp; three days and nights of walking. Final night at base camp on a lake.
Days 8–13
Khumbu Loop
Fly to Hotel Everest View Hotel for one night. Trek four days and nights to Phortse, then Gokyo. Cross Chola Pass. Final camp at Pheriche. Everest flight and one final night in Kathmandu.
Day 14
Depart Kathmandu
Includes
- Round-trip helicopter flights
- 2 nights Hotel Terraces Hotel, Kathmandu
- 1 night Everest View Hotel, Namche
- 1 night Dwarika Hotel, Kathmandu
- Selected Kathmandu sightseeing
- Guided camping trek, Langtang and Khumbu (tents, meals, porters)
- Experienced guides and porters
- All trek accommodation, meals, permits
- Airport transfers
- Professional photography and video documentation
Excludes
- International airfare
- Trip cancellation insurance
- Medical and emergency rescue insurance
- Select meals in Kathmandu
- Nepal entry visa, USD $50
While the expedition is fully guided by professional alpine guides, this expedition is physically demanding with sustained trekking at altitudes above 4,000 meters. Prior hiking and camping experience is strongly recommended. Acclimatization time is built into the schedule.
Four Ways to Use This Opportunity
This expedition serves organizations looking to invest in their most important relationships.
Client Hospitality
Give your most important client relationship an experience that demonstrates extraordinary care.
Executive Recognition
Reward a partner or leader who has delivered exceptional results.
Leadership Retreat
Remove your team from familiar environments entirely. Let the mountains provide the perspective.
Top Performer Award
Create an aspirational incentive employees will work toward and remember for a lifetime.
Give your most valued relationships an experience they could never access themselves.
Why This Expedition Exists
Planet 5 is a fine art and specialty coffee company built on preservation and a legacy of content creation. We document the mountains, landscapes, and communities where these worlds collide. This expedition is part of that work.
We're opening a limited number of seats to brand partners who want to be part of the story, not just associated with it.
Your executive doesn't watch from the sidelines. They walk the same paths, meet the same people, experience the same moments. When they return, the story they tell is theirs because they lived it.
Participation, not sponsorship.
Preservation Through Partnership
This expedition documents coffee, people, and landscapes connecting three national parks, including Everest. Farmers choosing high-altitude coffee as a livelihood. Communities building economic opportunity through preservation.
This is not charity. It is a business model that works. Your participation connects directly to the Himalayan Coffee and Wildlife Corridor initiative.
Three Ways to Join
Each designed for different goals and relationship investments.
Limited availability. Your brand owns the space.
- Full expedition access: helicopters, coffee farms, high villages, Everest region
- Professional photography of your participant throughout
- Curated content package delivered post-expedition
- Connection to the Himalayan Coffee and Wildlife Corridor story
- Accommodation, meals, and in-country logistics included
- Three participant seats for executives, clients, or partners
- Group photography and branded content package
- Brand acknowledgment in expedition materials
- Option to host a small gathering during the expedition
- Extended content rights for internal and external use
- All logistics, accommodation, and meals for three participants
- Up to ten participants from your organization
- Exclusive brand association with the entire expedition
- Custom documentary content created for your company
- Full content library with perpetual usage rights
- Your brand woven into the Nepal coffee origin story
- Executive interviews and branded storytelling
- First right of refusal for future expeditions
- * Minimum 400K buyout price to be determined after personalization
Dirk Collins & Team
Founder and CEO of Planet 5 Media. Emmy-nominated filmmaker. Co-founder of Teton Gravity Research. Producer, director, and content strategist behind campaigns for Red Bull, The North Face, and the most iconic outdoor brands on the planet.
Expedition producer on two Everest expeditions for National Geographic. Aerial producer for Wild Life, the Tompkins Conservation story for Disney and National Geographic.
A lifetime spent skiing, climbing, and exploring the wilder places of the world. 15 years filming in the Himalayas. Relationships with mountain communities, guides, and expedition fixers built over decades. Access that takes a lifetime to earn.
"Dirk is always my first call for the world's most complex and remote expeditions."Jimmy Chin, Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker
From Commitment to Expedition
February 2026
Partnership confirmed. Onboarding begins. Travel and logistics coordination.
March - April 2026
Pre-expedition preparation. Background on the region, the story, the people you'll meet.
May 17-31, 2026
The expedition. Two weeks in Nepal. Your executive embedded with the crew.
June 2026
Content delivered. Photography and footage from your journey. Ready for your channels.
August 2026+
Your story. Deployed on your timeline. Across your channels.
The window is brief. The story lasts.
Limited Seats Available
The story will be told. The expedition will happen. The only question is whether your brand is part of how it begins.
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