Unique Gap Years

South Asia · Treks, culture & wildlife

Nepal, past the point the guidebook stops.

Himalayan treks, jungle safari, sacred plains and villages that see fewer than fifty visitors a year.

Sunrise over Annapurna I and Annapurna South in Nepal
Annapurna range, Nepal

Go past the postcard.

Himalayan treks, jungle safari, sacred plains and villages that see fewer than fifty visitors a year. Every route is shaped with people who live there, not assembled from a distance.

Treks, culture & wildlife

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Boudhanath Stupa and surrounding streets in Kathmandu, Nepal
Boudhanath, Kathmandu

Cheapest way in

Kathmandu Deep Dive

Skip the tourist circuit and spend four days with a local historian, artisan families and community leaders — understanding Kathmandu from the inside out.

4 daysCulture
Maya Devi Temple beside the sacred garden in Lumbini, Nepal
Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini

Buddha’s birthplace

Lumbini Sacred Pilgrimage

Walk the sacred garden, Maya Devi Temple and monastery zone with a resident guide at one of the world’s most significant Buddhist sites.

5 daysCulture
One-horned rhinoceros in the grass at Chitwan National Park, Nepal
Chitwan National Park

Rhino on foot

Chitwan Jungle Safari

Canoe Chitwan’s river channels, track rhino with a Tharu guide and stay in a community-owned jungle lodge.

5 daysWildlife
Sunrise over Annapurna I and Annapurna South in Nepal
Annapurna range, Nepal

Fewer than 50 visitors a year

Annapurna Hidden Villages Trek

Leave the circuit behind for village homestays, forest trails and Himalayan viewpoints guided by people from the valley.

8 daysTrekking
Snow-covered peaks in the Langtang region of Nepal
Langtang, Nepal

Rebuilt with resilience

Langtang Valley Eco-Trek

Trek through Langtang National Park and stay with Tamang communities rebuilding through low-impact travel.

9 daysTrekking
Sunrise over Annapurna I and Annapurna South in Nepal
Annapurna range, Nepal

Sanctuary + hot springs

Annapurna Base Camp Trek

Trek through Ghandruk and Chhomrong to the Annapurna Sanctuary at 4,130m, then recover in natural hot springs.

10 daysTrekking
Everest Base Camp panorama above Gorak Shep in Nepal
Everest region, Nepal

The one you came for

Everest Base Camp Trek

Trek through Namche and Tengboche to Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar with licensed local guides.

13 daysTrekking
One-horned rhinoceros in Chitwan National Park, one of the regions on the Nepal Complete itinerary
Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Five regions, one break

Nepal Complete

Chitwan, Pokhara, Annapurna villages, Mustang, Lumbini and Kathmandu in one student edition.

21 daysMulti-Region

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