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RESPONSIBLE ADVENTURES Kathmandu, Naya Bazaar Nepal www.responsibleadventures.com
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Overview

Responsible Adventures was created and developed by a group of young environmentally and culturally conscious former trek leaders with more than 18 years of experience each in leading treks throughout the Himalaya, the Alps, Australia and the Rockies. All of the founding members worked for some of the biggest and reputed adventure travel companies throughout their professional careers.

All employees of Responsible Adventures have many years of trekking and mountaineering experience and actively promote the protection and ecological use of the fragile environment of the Himalaya. The Himalaya is home to most of Responsible Adventures’ team and they wish to share its natural beauty and culture with trekkers and other guests. They strive to instill respect to these sacred mountain ranges, while helping to preserve their historic surroundings, people and culture. Responsible Adventures aims to make a difference.

Why Responsible Adventures is Different
Responsible Adventures is among the first trekking companies to design treks in the Himalaya where all refuse resulting from trekking is ecologically disposed of or pact-returned to centers where it can be properly dealt with. Biodegradable rubbish is burned to facilitate quick disintegration. Plastics and other synthetic materials will be returned to base for recycling. They request each trekker to ensure that this practice is strictly observed.

Responsible Adventures is a pioneer in the just treatment of all its employees. They actively work on abolishing the mistreatment and ill payment of trek leaders, local guides, and porters. Their employees are assured proper wages and receive benefits that are among the best in the Himalaya. Sharing bonuses and profits between all employees is one the many important aspects of Responsible Adventures' policies.

Walk in the Spirit
Responsible Adventures invites open-minded and perceptive people to feel the Buddha within while trekking from lush tropical forests to the arid high plateaus. Rise above the earthly pleasures and perceive the beauty of nature whilst trekking past steep monastic walls, across high passes and into thin air. Experience the openness and connection between man and nature, which is only available in the lofty heights of the Himalaya.

Responsible Adventures' Mission
To share the essence of the Himalaya - its vastness, timelessness, culture and humanity - and to provide customers with the highest quality travel experience available in this extraordinary part of the world.

Responsible Adventures' Commitment
To enchant customers and exceed their expectations.

Responsible Adventures' Guarantee
Responsible Adventures guarantees to provide customers with a successful and adventurous journey. If you are unsatisfied with any element that is within their control, let Responsible Adventures know and they'll do everything possible to make it right for you.

Responsible Tourism
Responsible Adventures is committed to responsible tourism, through its policies and practices that permeate all aspects of its business. The company's policies aim to ensure that Responsible Adventures and its clients act in a way that is socially, environmentally, and culturally sound. Responsible Adventures feels strongly that all holidays should benefit the local communities, protect the environment by minimizing pollution, and respect local traditions, religion and heritage. They tread lightly - low volume, low impact trekking/touring is the best way of preserving the beautiful and fragile places visited.

Responsible Adventures is an adventure travel company with a real difference. They cater to all ages and any group size, ranging from family trekking holidays to school educational trips. They can tailor make your holiday and can take care of everything for you. You can be assured of an upgraded service with the utmost attention to detail... a step above from a normal adventure holiday. Responsible Adventures’ team has many years experience and are highly trained by founder Raj Tamang. They have such a good reputation in their field that most Sherpa and Porters long to work with them.

Responsible Adventures Journeys
At Responsible Adventures, their focus is in combining excellent logistical preparation with companionable and highly skilled leaders/guides, to offer you trekking expeditions that are completed in style. Their reputation is based on the number of well-run trekking expeditions they have completed and the fact is proven by the number of clients who keep coming back to adventure with Responsible Adventures.

Their extensive experience and scientific approach minimizes unnecessary hardship, giving you the benefit of a more certain outcome. If you share a love for the mountains and remote places and want to achieve your exploratory goals in an environment with the most dedicated team, then Responsible Adventures welcomes you to join one of their trekking expeditions.

To further help you choose the very best adventure, Responsible Adventures uses a comprehensive Grading System, which identifies an individual trip's level of difficulty and enables you to easily compare the difficulty of two or more trips. Additionally, the When to Go chart on their website shows you the best time of year to visit each destination.

Hand-Crafted and Artfully Designed Itineraries
Itinerary design, done well, is an art form, and it makes all of the difference to your experience. Each journey is carefully designed to capture the very best of that particular destination. You travel at an appropriate pace, stay in the most charming, well-located inns or most spectacular camping sites, enjoy introductions to fascinating local people, and make discoveries of off-the-beaten-path gems… hidden villages, secret footpaths, special little cafes… that only an "insider" could know about.

No Matter How Remote the Destination, Responsible Adventures Brings the Good Life
Even though some trips go to very remote places and include camping, Responsible Adventures makes sure you enjoy plenty of home comforts. On the camping treks, you have a full camp staff at your service and camp amenities like dining tents and hot coffee or tea, brought to your tent each morning and supplementary snacks during the walk.

Small Group Travel Means Traveling with Friends
Who goes on Responsible Adventures trips? Friends, couples, singles-all people who are active, enthusiastic, and share a great curiosity about the world. They love to set off on a great hike, learn new things, and meet local people. Most folks who join trips are already very well-traveled, and many have traveled with Responsible Adventures before. Their wonderful Trip Leaders add to the convivial atmosphere, as do evenings of laughter and conversation over a good meal with fellow trip members who often become lifelong friends.

Responsible Adventures Handles All Your Travel Details
Area Managers specialize in a particular part of the world and they possess a wealth of knowledge about the destinations. That means they can answer your questions frankly and promptly and help you choose a trip that's right for you. The Detailed Daily Itinerary for each trip provides helpful preparation information, and they are happy to put you in contact with previous trip members who have been on the trip you're interested in so you can ask them about their experience. When you sign up, which you can do by phone with a credit card deposit, the Area Manager is usually your single point of contact, taking care of trip details, air ticketing and trip extensions, and providing you with specifics on everything from clothing to visas to immunizations. Responsible Adventures also provides a reading list to spark your imagination for the journey ahead. In short, they take care of every detail so you can just pack your duffel and set off on the adventure of a lifetime. In the field, this high level of service continues in the good hands of world-class Trip Leaders.

The Experience
A good trekking expedition is one completed in style. The participants have a passion for the great outdoor and the mountain environment bears minimal impact from the passing of the group. When all the factors are favorable the group will reach the height of their destination and return home enriched from discovery of self and new places.

Part and parcel of a trekking holiday is the raw excitement of the atmosphere, sights and sounds of ancient capital cities. Their very name fire the imagination: Kathmandu, Lhasa, Thimpu, Gantok and the like. In cities, two to three-star hotels of character are used - the best available. Responsible Adventures has found that a little luxury before and after the trek is always welcome. The history and religions are an important facet of your trek; they certainly recommend plenty of reading beforehand.

Trekking is a wonderfully relaxing pursuit in the company of like-minded people. It gives you a chance to make new friends, and enables you to interact with local people, who will surely invite you into their houses for yak-butter tea, or Chang (barley beer). Himalayan tribes-people are open hearted, generous and often display a mischievous sense of humor - time in their company is often one of the fondest memories you carry home.

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