Live Support: Asian Himalaya

Reducing Pollution and Environmental Impacts:

  • Don’t defecate near water sources use as temp toilets
  • Dump garbage only at proper rubbish bins or  pits
  • Stay eat in lodges that cook on gas/kerosene and have solar showers, while you are doing tea house trek.
  • Burry/empty your toilets in non polluted sites while you are doing camping trek using with own sleeping or toilets tents.
  • Wear warm clothes rather than having the rooms heated
  • Keep 10% opened window at night in your sleeping room to supply fresh oxygen in higher elevation, where less vegetation are above 4000m. 
  • On high altitudes (4000m) do not even throw away biodegradable junk
  • Carry out what u carry in
  • Take your empty batteries home
  • Do not disturb wildlife
  • Do not hurt or remove animals and plants
  • Do not buy items made from wildlife parts skins or boons.
  • Don’t accept “free” plastic bags

Important to take along:

  • Copy of passport, travel insurance
  • Credit card (in case of emergency or evacuation)
  • Iodine tablets, water bottle, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, hats for sun or cold lip balm, insect repellent etc.
  • Warm clothes, thermal underwear, gloves, good boots, trekking pole (optional) gears for comfort walk etc.