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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Nepali New Year at Rainbow Children’s Home

April 30, 2011

Recently another email from Goma at the Rainbow Children’s Home reached us: “On 14. April 2011 of your calendar we celebrated our Nepali New Year’s Day. Happy New Year 2068 to you! Rainbow Children’s Home celebrated this day with various … Continue reading →

Tiger on Scarecrow Duty

April 28, 2011

The human-wildlife conflict is a big issue in conservation. Wildlife predating on lifestock and herbivores raiding fields are causing huge economic losses to farmers, which has especially severe consequences for subsistance farmers in developing countries. Farmers in eastern Bhutan have … Continue reading →

Lessons in Politeness

April 26, 2011

Kathmandu’s streets are home to more than half a million vehicles. 800 traffic police daily try to control the resulting traffic – on all major junctions of the city. The fact that many drivers did not receive proper training and … Continue reading →

Good News for the Asiatic Lion

April 23, 2011

The Asiatic lion that is roaming the Gir Forest of India is a subspecies of the modern African lion. And for once it tells an impressive story of conservation, a story that gives hope for other large carnivores on the … Continue reading →

Giving Something Back!

April 21, 2011

When travelling to developing countries many people want to give gifts to kids and people in need. But what best to bring? Not everything you give is suitable and some things can be harmful or even offensive to local customs, … Continue reading →

Planting Trees with Trees4Scotland

April 19, 2011

As an ethical tour operator we are trying to be as green as possible. As long haul flights to our destinations create great emissions we work together with Trees4Scotland, to offset all the flights sold with out holidays. Recently we … Continue reading →

Black Carbon Melting the Himalayas

April 17, 2011

Around the world glaciers are melting due to global warming, and so are some in the Himalaya. On Mount Everest, for example, the trail to the summit used to be covered with ice only 20 years ago. Now it is … Continue reading →

Grant for Conservation Purposes for Nepal

April 16, 2011

The World Bank approved a $3 million grant to Nepal for the ‘Adaptable Program Loan on Strenthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection in Asia’. The project is meant to assist the government building or enhancing shared capacity, institutions, knowledge and … Continue reading →

Return of the Yeti Hand

April 15, 2011

What sounds like the title for a splatter film is actually happening in Nepal. For a long time the pride and source of income for 1000-year old Pangboche Monastery in Nepal was a skull and skeletal hand, believed to be … Continue reading →

Himalayan Footsteps in Adventure Travel

April 13, 2011

Our Beginner’s Guide to Trekking in the Himalayas is featured in the latest issue of Adventure Travel Magazine, along with plenty of other interesting bits! Make sure to get your copy before heading out to real adventures!

Archaeology in Nepal

April 13, 2011

Excavations in Jhapa district, Nepal, revealed ruins of 2000 year old buildings. Bricks measuring 36cm long, 26cm wide and 5cm thick have been unearthed from just one metre below the surface. An ancient lamp and urn have also been found … Continue reading →

Ecofusion – A Great Day Out

April 12, 2011

Last Sunday the second annual Ecofusion event was held in Inverleith Gardens, Edinburgh. The sun seemed to love the idea of this festival and was out with us all day, making it feel like a hot summer day in the … Continue reading →

Nepali New Year

April 10, 2011

We are already past the first quarter of this year, so time to have a look at what happened to your New Year’s resolutions. In case you have alreadydropped them all, here’s another chance for you: On 13. April it … Continue reading →

Altitude Sickness

April 9, 2011

The facts Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), can occur in some people as low as 2,500m but serious symptoms do not usually occur until over 3,600m, even then it is not the height that is important, … Continue reading →

Snow Leopard Conservation in Nepal

April 7, 2011

Northern Nepal is home to around 500 of the endangered snow leopards. There are an estimated 3,000 to 7,500 snow leopards still around all across central Asia. These numbers, however, are only a very rough guess. The animals are legally … Continue reading →

Himalayan Footsteps at Ecofusion!

April 6, 2011

On Sunday, 10. April between 11am – 5pm Inverleith Park will host the Ecofusion festival! Ecofusion is a multi cultural environmental and family-friendly festival which aims to encourage more people to enjoy the outdoors. The event is hosted within 5 … Continue reading →

Spring cleaning Mount Everest

April 5, 2011

Starting this April Nepal is running a project to clean Mt. Everest. Ever since the first attempts to conquer the mountain in the early 1920s the peak has inspired and attracted people from all over the world. What they leave … Continue reading →

Nepal’s Community Forest Policy Nominated for International Award

April 3, 2011

Nepal’s community forest policy, which they adopted in 1993, has been nominated for the international “Forest Future Policy Award 2011″. It is awarded by the World Future Council (WFC), an international policy research body. 16 policies have been nominated, three … Continue reading →

Counting Rhinos

April 2, 2011

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in Nepal is about to conduct a rhino census. Every two to three years the population of endangered one-horned rhinos is counted. In 2008 there were 408 rhinos in Chitwan National Park, … Continue reading →

Tiger Population in India Rising

April 1, 2011

The latest census in India shows that tiger population numbers have risen by 20% since the last census in 2007. Only partly is this due to the fact that for the first time tigers were counted in all of India, … Continue reading →


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