Heading to Nangma Valley with 5 friends, need advice + local guide contacts
Hey everyone, a group of 6 of us from Karachi are planning a trek to Nangma Valley this season.
We haven't booked any tour operator and honestly don't plan to either ,we're carrying our own food, tents, and all the essential gear. What we do need is a local village guide for the trek itself, mainly for navigating the route and just having someone around in case of an emergency. If anyone here has done this trek before and worked with a guide they trusted, I'd really appreciate if you could share their contact. Also curious what a fair budget for a guide like this looks like these days, since we don't want to overpay but also don't want to lowball someone doing a genuinely important job.
If you've actually done the trek yourself, I'd love to hear how tough it really is. We're reasonably fit but none of us are seasoned mountaineers, so any honest take on the difficulty would help us prepare better.
Second question once we're at the basecamp, what would you suggest next? Is push onward to K6 basecamp worth it for a group like ours, or is there another extension/side trek from there that's more realistic? If anyone has an itinerary from their own trip (days, distances, camping spots, that sort of thing), please share it would save us a lot of guesswork.
Really appreciate any help, even small tips. Thanks in advance.