Sustainability

We're committed to doing everything we can to make your trip to Nepal as sustainable as possible.

Here's some important points to remember when you spend time in Nepal. Please print this page out and bring it with you to Nepal to refer to so that you can keep your visit as positive and enjoyable as possible.

• Don't damage, disturb or remove any plants, animals, animal remains or religious artifacts.
  
• Keep on the main trail while trekking.
  
• Respect Nepali custum in your dress & behaviour. Don't wear revealing clothes and avoid outward displays of physical affection. Don't bathe naked.
  
• Respect privacy. Ask permission to photograph people and religious sites. Don't enter houses uninvited.
  
• Discourage begging and encourage businesses that are environmentally sound and who follow local design and style.
  
• Carry out what you carry in, especially items such as batteries that are environmentally damaging and can't be treated in Nepal.
  
• Burn used toilet paper. Bury biodegradable waste.
  
• Avoid buying items that are non-biodegradable, especially mineral water. Use iodine instead.
  
• Use available toilet facilities. If none exist, make sure you are 50 metres away from any water source. Bury your waste after relieving yourself.
  
• Don't pollute water sources (springs, hot springs, rivers, lakes) with soaps and shampoos.
  
• Dependence on wood fuel means deforestation and damaged landscapes. Therefore, use kerosene if you are camping. Take enough warm clothes to keep yourself and your trekking staff warm.
  
• Stay at lodges that use kerosene or fuel efficient stoves.
  
• Do not make open fire. Order simple meals, and if possible the same items, together with fellow trekkers.
  
• Limit hot showers, and take them only at lodges that heat water with alternative energy sources and devices.
  
• Do not bargain. Within an area, prices for food and lodging are standardized by Tourism (Lodge) Management Sub-committees. This ensures a fair return for their efforts.
  
• Use local services and buy local goods. Try to distribute benefits more evenly in the community by buying goods from several shops rather than just from one.
  

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