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We use locally run hotels in Darjeeling. We have a number of family run hotels we use and we try to rotate our business equally among them all. These hotels are full of character and the staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Staying is places like these ensures that money goes directly into the local economy.
We visit the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling. This institute has a museum dedicated the great mountaineers of the Himalaya, past and present. They also train local people in mountaineering and guiding to a high standard and have produced some of India’s finest climbers. The money you pay to visit the Institute helps to keep the school open and ensures that the high quality of guiding in India continues.
We also visit the Himalayan Zoo in Darjeeling. The entry fee to the zoo helps to keep the animals, pay for the zoo vet and funds research of rare Himalayan species.
We have a strong environmental policy, carrying all non-biodegradable produce off this trip with us and disposing of it in a responsible manner. We bury all organic matter deep in the ground, and this breaks it down over a short period of time.
We use eco-friendly toilets or pit toilets on this trip. This is essentially a pit dug in the ground where all waste is covered with a mixture of soil and lime, and no water is used. Furthermore, we source almost all of our drinking and cooking water from fresh water springs. If this is not possible, water from the river is filtered.
We have teamed up with an environmental organisation, Climate Care, that funds sustainable energy and forest restoration projects in India and all over the world. Climate Care facilitate us to offset or neutralise the harmful CO2 emissions caused by your flight. We offset your emissions on your internal flights, and we encourage you to offset the emissions on your international flights to and from India.
We sponsor Clean Himalaya, a recycling and waste management project, dedicated to maintaining the sanctity and beauty of the Ganges and Himalayas.
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