Responsible travel
There is no logo in the footer and no carbon figure, because none has been measured. Instead, six practices hold, and you can check each one on the day: four on every journey, two wherever there are wild animals.
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One
The drivers, guides and cooks on your journey live where they work, from the Darjeeling hills to Paro and Kathmandu, so their fee stays in their valley rather than going to a booking platform in another country.
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Two
The rule is broken only for a border or a night on a trail. It means fewer checkouts, less fuel burned on transfer days, and enough time to walk the same lane twice and be recognized the second time.
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Three
Refillable water rides in every car, and no single-use plastic bottles are handed out. On a trail it matters more: there is no collection above the road head, so whatever a picnic or a camp leaves comes back down the hill.
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Four
A factory morning, a tasting or time inside a monastery is paid to the estate or the gompa at the rate it sets, on its own line in your quote. Nothing is slipped to a gatekeeper as a tip, which is how access quietly becomes a private toll.
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Five
The forest department at Jaldapara still offers elephant rides, and the team does not book them. You enter the park in an open jeep with a forest guide, on the park's own routes and time slots, which is also the better way to see a rhino.
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Six
In Phobjikha the black-necked cranes are watched from behind the fences and along the paths, voices low and flash off, with a scope set up before sunrise. No drones fly over the valley, and guests are asked not to fly them either.
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Hold us to it
Before you travel, ask your designer where each one will show on your route; two are visible on the first afternoon, in the car and at the first house. If one fails while you are out here, ring the number in the footer and say so.
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