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We have teamed up with Ecosphere, an NGO developing alternate and sustainable livelihoods for the local community that link to the development and conservation of the region’s culture and nature. Ecosphere ensures that the local community receives a fair price for their services and has developed mechanisms that ensure equitable benefit sharing in the local community.
Staying in somebody’s home, experiencing their way of life, is undoubtedly the best way to view any country in the world. Traditional Spiti homes are made of mud and stone to ensure that they are warm in the winters and cool in the summers.
The kitchen is the hub of all activity in these houses. Traditional cuisine in Spiti is similar to Tibetan cuisine of noodles, thukpa, momos and bread. A real delicacy is a dish called Skew, which consists of wheat dumplings in a tasty gravy of vegetables & potato. And of course, one couldn’t visit a home-stay without getting a taste of the famous Butter Tea, which incidentally is salty.
Something that one would never forget are the traditional toilets. The good thing about them is that they are environmentally friendly, use limited resources and in fact ensure you contribute to the region.
We have teamed up with an environmental organisation, Climate Care, to help you to repair the impact of your flights on the global climate. Climate Care funds sustainable energy and forest restoration projects in India and all over the world that reduce carbon dioxide on your behalf, by the same amount as your share of the plane’s emissions.
We sponsor Clean Himalaya, a recycling and waste management project, dedicated to maintaining the sanctity and beauty of the Ganges and Himalayas.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
