Nepal Environmental Trekking has been operating village tourism since the beginning of its establishment. We cherish the belief that village tourism offers a unique opportunity for comfortable cultural immersion. During your village tour, you will travel to places where the way of life has not changed for centuries and where everything is still built by hand, made by hand and created by hand. Here, you will visit people untouched by western ideals, computers or modern "necessities".
Our company contracts with a whole village to accommodate and entertain guests. Rooms are provided in local houses which are fitted with bathrooms and a few tourist-style comforts and host families are trained to prepare meals hygienically. A guide will also accompany the guests mainly to provide interpretation skills and to educate about the surroundings. Participating villages tend to be located a couple of hours' walk from the nearest road. Close enough to be easily accessible for less-than-fit visitors, yet far enough to be culturally intact and shielded from outside influences.
We take our guests to unspoiled villages where they spend a few days living with the local people and are treated as honored family guests. Each village is connected through a variety of crucial horizontal linkages with other villages and with urban areas both near and far. Most villages are characterized by a multiplicity of economic, caste, kinship, occupational, and even religious groups linked vertically within each settlement. While staying in the villages, guests enjoy comfortable accommodations, delicious local food and drink and a welcome that will remain a happy memory for a lifetime. While with us, our guests can rest assured that they are always in a secure and safe environment.
Local attractions, both scenic and cultural, are shown to our guests by our well trained ethnic guides who always do their utmost to make the guest’s stay a memorable experience. Many of our villages are close to unspoiled natural areas where wildlife may be seen undisturbed. This can be a feature of our packages for special interest groups.
The traditional culture of the different ethnic groups is a highlight of all of our village visits. These warm and friendly people are always ready to perform their music and dance and to give an insight into their religion. Examples of local handicrafts will be on display, and for sale, to guests.
The aim of operating this kind of tourism is to help the participating villages to greatly improve their communities. 10 % of our net profit goes directly into their tourism venture.
Our company mainly focuses on these areas as models of village tourism.
