responsible trekking in Nepal
If you're heading on holiday to Nepal, and you plan to trek the Annapurnas or visit Everest Base Camp, you need to know about responsible and safe trekking in Nepal . Here's a handy guide about responsible trekking during your Nepal trip. Water - Nepal is trying to minimise the number of plastic water bottles that are littering and polluting the countryside and the cities too. To not add to this problem you can take your own water bottle with you and purification tablets during your Nepal trek. If you need to do some laundry then don't soap up and rinse your clothes in a stream or river as it is very likely to be a drinking supply for villagers and animals too. Use a bucket or bowl and then dispose of the dirty water away from the fresh water source. There is a government scheme set up in the Annapurna region that supplies purified water to trekkers at some of the stops on the popular Annapurna circuit trek. Take advantage of this scheme during your Nepal holiday. ...