Company Policies

Circuit Nepal Trek & Expedition’s main vision is to provide first class travel and holiday package through sustainable and responsible way. We are always careful to minimize the impacts of tourism in the local societies and natural environment and also maximize the positive impacts on local economy, culture and nature of tourism while operating tours and treks in our destinations. We apply following responsible tourism policy to make the tourism sustainable:

Economic Policy:

• We involve local guides and staffs to generate rural economics.
• We advise you to buy locally made crafts and goods to encourage the local trades and improve their skills.
• We serve you with local food as it is helpful to the local farmers as well as the local economy.

Environmental Policy:

• We try to minimize the consumption of natural firewood during our Camping with the use gas/kerosene for cooking and heating up.
• We try to reduce the usage of rubbish creating materials and try to create eco-friendly environment.
• We advise to our costumer/clients not to bring unnecessary packages and plastics in the trek/tour.
• We are conscious to minimize proper water consumption at our office and on tour and trek as well.
• We advise to our costumer/clients to bring water bottle that can be re-used for boiled/treated water instead of buying bottled water while trekking in the mountains to decrease the use of the plastic bottles.
• We advise to our clients not buy ancient artifacts or souvenirs made from endangered species.
• We advise to our staffs and clients not to touch, feed or disturb to the wild animals.
• We advise you to bring environmentally friendly detergents and shampoos and use as little as possible to keep fresh water supplies free from pollution.
• We advise to carry out non biodegradable products, if any is left behind in the morning, please bring to the guides attention.
• We advise to our staffs and clients not to prick or damage any plants on trekking trail.

Cultural Exchange and Respect:

• We do not discriminate the people in the name of the color, sex, religion, nationality and race or there is any age barrier and we ask you to do the same.
• Think carefully about giving money to beggars, it is often more effective to give money to local charities to reduce reliance and expectation.
• Activities that hampers in the social and cultural values (wearing off short clothes, kissing in public areas, using vulgar words, fighting and so on)  are not allowed.
• We advise you to ask for permission before taking photographs in temples, monasteries and even that of locals too to respect for the local people and preserve their uniqueness and identity.

Guide and Porter Policy:
Trekking Guides and porters are the backbone of the trekking industry so, we Circuit Nepal Trek & Expedition appreciate the hard work of our guides and porters and we follow the below Guide and Porter Policy to ensure that they are working in good condition and fair standard. And, all of us being a human, realizing the humanity we ask to our clients to behave the same and the following are the some policy that we follow:

• All our guides and porters receive medical coverage care when they are ill or injured.
• We provide basic accommodation to our guides and porters while they are on trek and tour.
• We don’t overload our porters; we limit the loads from 20-25 KG – According to the destinations.