Are you in search of the best travel agency in Nepal that offers more than just sightseeing, but a transformative and responsible travel experience? Look no further than The Explore Nepal Group, a company that has been pioneering sustainable and responsible tourism in Nepal since 1988. With their commitment to offering unique adventures, cultural insights, […]

Due to rising death and illness of the Vulture population in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve where our Camp is located, we organized a Vulture Conservation and Awareness Program through Drama, Speech and Theatre performance for students and locals of the area. The reserve is one of the last refuge of Vultures in Nepal and […]

Our company’s founder Mr. Bharat Basnet along with other environmental activists and civil society members launched a campaign to stop government construction of Nijgadh airport encroaching forest land that could have led to felling of 2.2 million trees and signal an environmental disaster for the diversity and wildlife of the area and wider ecosystem. The […]

Bagmati river constitutes the main feature of Kathmandu supporting the natural as well as cultural eco-system of the Kathmanduities. Unfortunately, lack of planning and haphazard urbanization on the part of government and the public has made it a wasteland for household, industrial waste and sewer. Hence, The Explore Nepal in partnership with others took the […]

An example in sustainable design and construction of buildings for local communities, companies and other entities alike, this is a model home. The goal is to aware people to use environmentally friendly products like compressed earth mud instead of cement and other products that constitute a heavy carbon footprint and to build sustainable houses. We […]

We took the initiative to create a green park in the heart of Kathmandu along with the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and the local development community. The park has become the lungs of the area and has helped people to breathe fresh air at times of hazardous levels of air pollution and respiratory illnesses in […]

All of our restaurants and kitchens (at our hotels for example) provide great tasting food freshly prepared using organic ingredients*. Many of these ingredients (rice, seasonal vegetables, flour) come from our own farm at Gundu Farm House. Others are sourced from our sister company Kheti Bazaar (a Kathmandu-based organic farm shop) who in turn source […]

The Explore Nepal Group is partnering with local waste management service provider “Doko Recyclers” to ensure all the non-bio degradable waste produced is recycled and not carelessly discarded. We strive to be plastic-free but since it is unrealistic in the current context, we try to keep its use minimal and ensure whatever remains is recycled […]

The Explore Nepal Group believes in an environment friendly approach, keeping in mind our activities have no negative impact on our community and nature. So we started a no plastic campaign in the 1990’s to bring awareness regarding the harmful effects of non-biodegradable waste. We have strictly followed this philosophy till today and banned the […]

Some of our Taiwanese guests having been very impressed with our sustainability efforts in Gundu, Bhaktapur and wanted to visit and volunteer to help build our “Eco-home” which will act as a resource centre (library for kids of the village and an organic farming training centre). The project is on the verge of completion requiring […]