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Not only can participants enjoy the magnificent scenery of the stunning Everest range, they can also rest assured the trip is operated to the highest responsible environmental standards. Before we leave for our Everest base camp tour our guide will brief group members on the importance of conservation in the environment as part of our responsible tourism efforts.
All our guides are English speaking and have years of experience as they lived locally, displaying a wealth of knowledge in the Everest Region with local people and customs. Each guide comes fully equipped and supported by us, having obtained the training in the related tourism sectors including Ministry of Tourism in Nepal, High Altitude First Aid and environmental issues for Nepal.
The hotel in Kathmandu has notices in the bathrooms about saving water and towel usage. These lodges minimize the impact on the environment by boiling all drinking water instead of using bottled water, use kerosene/gas fuel instead of fire wood and disposing of their rubbish appropriately. Along this trek we use stainless mugs for tea and coffee to reduce paper wastage. We protect natural aspects and avoid creating new trails across switchbacks, fields and in high fragile areas.
We choose our transportation suppliers on a rotational basis and use different ones in each area to ensure that the money we bring in is distributed evenly throughout the community. All local vehicles used for transportation are serviced frequently in addition we fully comply with Government Road Worthy standards. This ensures minimal gas emissions are lost from our vehicles, poorly maintained or malfunctioning vehicles can release as much as 10 times the emissions of a well-maintained vehicle.
We are dedicated to giving something back to the local community the Sambhav Nepal Foundation is a registered Nepalese charity we are associated with. With the foundation our aim is to offer English medium schooling and health services for a remote isolated region of Gorkha.
We understand and appreciate the hard work the guides and porters perform. Therefore we treat and obey the following Guide and Porter Policy to ensure the conditions for our guides and porters are of a humane standard. We work towards eliminating avoidable illness, injury and death.
- All our guides and porters receive medical care when ill or injured.
- We provide basic accommodation for our guides and porters or tent with sleeping gear, and they are provided food and warm drinks.
- We have insurance policies for each of our employees.
- We provide appropriate clothing for each season and altitude, ensuring protection from cold, rain and snow. This means windproof jackets, trousers, fleece jacket, long johns, suitable footwear, socks, hat, gloves and sunglasses.
- We never overload our porters for us it’s not all about making money we strive on being able to employ local people; we respect and treat each and every one of our employees with the up most respect.
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