Small-group treks, volunteer placements and school expeditions across Nepal. Local guides, all-inclusive prices, groups of 4–14. From a 4-day Kathmandu cultural trip to a 12-month teaching placement.
Smaller groups. Guides from the valley you're trekking in. Teahouses owned by the communities you're visiting. Permits sorted. Pre-departure briefing that actually prepares you.
Every guide, cook and porter is local to the region you're trekking in — not a Kathmandu agency send-off.
Accommodation, meals, transport, permits, guides — in the number you see. No hidden costs, ever.
Small groups move differently. They get invited into homes. They find the unmarked trail.
A Kathmandu coordinator meets you at TIA and is on call for your entire trip.
Track rhino and tiger on foot. Canoe at dawn with a Tharu naturalist. Community jungle lodge.
Homestays in Annapurna villages the circuit doesn't go to. Off-grid, community-owned.
Lukla, Namche, EBC at 5,364m and Kala Patthar at 5,545m. The one you came for.
The forbidden kingdom. Cave monasteries, walled cities, the most intact Tibetan culture on earth.
Community-owned lodges, Tamang villages, glacial lakes — one hour from Kathmandu.
The cheapest way to properly understand Kathmandu. Four days with a local historian.
Teach English in community schools from Kathmandu to remote mountain villages.
Wildlife monitoring and anti-poaching patrol work in Chitwan, Bardia and Langtang.
Rural NGO support — health education, women's programmes, post-earthquake rebuilding.
Live with a vetted Nepali family. Childcare and English support in Kathmandu or Pokhara.
Three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, living Hindu and Buddhist traditions, curriculum links.
Genuine trekking expedition to altitude. Poon Hill sunrise. DofE qualifying.
Classroom building, library construction and a cultural exchange with Nepali students.
Full risk assessments, DBS-checked guides, 1:8 staff ratio and 1 free teacher place per 10 students.
Every itinerary was designed around a single question: does this leave the community better off than before we arrived?
Our responsible travel policy →"I have two weeks in October and £1,200" is genuinely enough. A person replies within 24 hours with honest advice.
WhatsApp us on +44 7446 621623 or ask for a call in the enquiry form.
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