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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 is 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.
Staying in somebody’s home, experiencing their way of life, is undoubtedly the best way to view any country in the world. The kitchen is the hub of all activity in these houses. Watching your food being prepared over an open fire is always after a days trekking 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, 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.
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!
