Every year, more people walk Nepal’s trails. That brings jobs and opportunity, but also rubbish, pressure on firewood and changing village life. The good news is that a few simple choices make a real difference.
- Carry out what you carry in. Take batteries and plastic back to the city.
- Refill, don’t buy. Use a filter bottle or purification tablets.
- Hire local guides and porters, pay fairly and make sure porters have proper gear.
- Eat local food that doesn’t need to be carried up from the city.
- Respect sacred sites — walk clockwise around chortens and mani walls.
- Ask before photographing people and homes.
