Chitwan safari & rafting in Nepal

COUNTRY:
Nepal
LOCATION:
Chitwan
DEPARTURES:
This trip can be tailormade at a time to suit you and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary. Up to 3 small group departures per month Sep-Apr
PRICE:
From US $385 (8 days) excluding flights
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Chitwan safari & rafting in Nepal

Chitwan safari & rafting in Nepal

Traveling with a local operator
This vacation is operated by a company based in the vacation destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your vacation to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.

How this vacation makes a difference

Our trekking company is wholly committed to responsible tourism. On our treks & tours, tourism helps improve the standard of living for the local people by generating income for the local community through purchasing of local products such as fresh fruits, handloom products, meat, drinks, and fresh vegetables and providing job opportunities.

We employ well-trained & experienced local tour guides. Our guides will give a briefing about responsible tourism e.g. rubbish disposal, giving food scraps to domestic animals, paying the porters to carry out trash, using a fire pit when camping, not picking flowers, using kerosene instead of firewood, avoiding bathing/washing clothes in streams, using local tea houses or camping sites. In addition the small group size of 4-10 people helps to minimise the impact on the environment.

On this tour, we stay at hotel / Jungle Resort operated by local communities such as 3* hotel or similar in city areas and Island Jungle Resort or similar in Chitwan Park. The resort manages garbage properly; minimize using fire-wood, arrangement comfort accommodation for visitors.

Our trekking company supports a local school & health post by financial donations and educational and medical materials.

We also support the Kvresthali Women society with financial donations which provides goat farming and adult literacy for women. On this trip, our guests will have the opportunity to give donations to these causes, and visit the Kavresthali Women Society to observe their activities.

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Chitwan safari & rafting in Nepal

Reviewed 27 Oct 2011 by Titus Powell5 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?


The whole trip was amazing. We covered a range of environments within Nepal -bustling Kathmandu, the exotic Chitwan jungle resort, Pokhara and the beautiful (and sometimes scary) mountain roads in between.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?


It was a lot hotter than we had expected. Although we weren't doing any mountain trekking, we had anticipated chilly nights. We were wrong, it was hot every day and you rarely needed more than a t-shirt even outside at night. (This was mid October.)

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


Yes, I thought the tour was very well constructed and local people seemed genuinely pleased to see us (not just the ones selling 'singing bowls')!

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?


First class; we really enjoyed ourselves and all agreed it couldn't have been better. Thanks to an excellent tour with a local company, run by the wonderful Achut. He and his team went beyond our expectations.

Reviewed 13 Apr 2009 by Emma Reynolds4 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?


All of it!

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?


Definitely use this operator as they were superb. Thoroughly organised. We were very well looked after. They gave us lots of local information. They were brilliant.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


Yes I do.

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?


Absolutely brilliant we can't wait to go back.

Reviewed 06 Nov 2008 by Nicole Babyak5 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?


There were too many! Staying in Chitwan National Park, going on the elephant back safaris and being a part of the elephant bathing there were definitely highlights of the trip. Seeing the rhinos, crocodile and monkeys were a lot of fun, and so was seeing Mt. Everest (we did the 1 hour flight). Our nature guide at the Island Jungle Resort--Bhatta--really knew about Chitwan and everything there and taught us a lot. Keshave--our main tour guide for the rest of the trip--was wonderful, showed us around Kathmandu and Pokhara and really made us feel at home in Nepal. He and Achut (our other guide) really made our trip a once-in-a-lifetime experience and gave us fantastic one-on-one service. We will be using the tour operator when we return someday because they really made this trip unforgettable!

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?


We only had 8 days in Nepal, and I really wish we'd had more time. Don't miss Pokhara or Chitwan because they are absolutely stunning places to see. Try and stay there longer and do some trekking. Everyone we met over there had done one of the too-numerous-to-count treks and we're going to have to go back to do one in the future.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


I do. Wherever we stayed, and the activities we participated in, were all through local people and companies. We tried to conserve where we could and minimize the impact we had while on our vacation.

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?


A once-in-a-lifetime experience. We haven't travelled to many places in our lives yet, but this experience is one that we will never forget, and will never have again (even when we do return). We're telling everyone we know they need to visit Nepal!
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