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Our Tibetan tours are designed to introduce our travellers as much as possible to the people, culture and country of Tibet, and travelling in small groups or on private tours can help with this.
We take responsible travel very seriously, and have given some details below of how this is implemented on this tour. Note: There are restrictions on how and when we can run tours in Tibet, and we do have to make some compromises here that we wouldn’t need to in other countries.
Local People:
- Most of our Tibet tours start and finish in Nepal, and may include some time travelling in Nepal as well. Our local operations in Nepal are run by a former employee whom we have supported over the years as we have worked and grown together, and who now has his own professional family run agency. In Tibet we try to use locally owned operators wherever possible.
- We use fully-trained Nepalese & Tibetan tour leaders, guides and reps, rather than flying in Western leaders whose knowledge and love of the country will never be as full or passionate.
- We use smaller locally owned and operated hotels & lodges as much as possible. This means your stay can directly benefit small families and village communities.
- We give information and advice to our travellers on how to respect local customs and religious practices, giving them a greater understanding of the local people and culture.
Environment:
- Explanations are given when staying in remote hotels and lodges about how we can help to conserve scarce fuel resources, as well as reducing litter & waste production (for example by not ordering numerous different items from trekking lodge menus, and by treating water rather than buying numerous mineral water bottles).
- We have a recycling policy in our UK and local offices and re-use or recycle the information booklets we provide to every client on arrival wherever possible.
- We do not produce a glossy brochure, concentrating on a comprehensive website, and providing as much information to our travellers as possible electronically, reducing the use of paper and inks.
Local Projects & Charity Support:
- We donate £2 for every person travelling on this tour towards local projects – one supporting a small school in rural Nepal, as well as supporting the International Porter Protection Group, the Kathmandu Environmental Protection Project, and the Himalayan Rescue Association.
- Our travellers are welcome to visit these projects and support them personally if they wish.
- The company also supports further projects and charities internationally. Responsible Tourism:
- We send all our travellers a copy of our responsible tourism policy before their holiday, and encourage them to read it and join us in following the ideas and suggestions contained within it.
A little local knowledge goes a long way. It turns a good holiday into a truly memorable one. We choose tour operators with a deep connection with special places - people who live and work in the destination and who have fallen in love with it.
So travelling with them is not just a brief stay somewhere, it's a real connection with the people, the landscape, the culture and the environment. It's like really living somewhere and enjoying the peace and quiet or the pace and excitement of the place as much as the people who live there do.
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