ADVENTURE
THAT GIVES
BACK TO
COMMUNITIES

Every step you take funds real change in vulnerable communities.

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Why travel with Empact Adventures?

Every trek you take with Empact changes a livelihood and fights exploitation one step at a time.

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15 years guiding

Every detail is sorted before you land, so each day is yours to enjoy.

Local guides

Your guide knows the trails and the people, and opens doors others walk past.

Your trip impacts

Your trip supports the villages on your route, so your money does real good.

Fair to everyone

Your hosts and guides are paid fairly, so you travel with a clear conscience.

Village homestays

Stay with Tamang families and see village life from the inside, as a guest.

Empact Originals.

Ten routes Empact designed itself, beyond the classic trails.

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A long suspension bridge through green fields

Village & Homestay

Homestay Trek

9 days 5,988 ft / 1,825 m

Village to village through the Gyangphedi hills, sleeping in Tamang homes.

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Village houses below steep green hills

Village & Homestay

Gyangphedi Homestay Trek

8 days 5,249 ft / 1,600 m Tamang families

Stay with a Tamang family in Gyangphedi, far from any tourist trail.

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Village & Homestay

Badi Homestay

8 days Lowlands

Live with the Badi community and go on safari in Bardiya.

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A snow peak above the clouds

Village & Homestay

Helambu Trek

12 days 11,975 ft / 3,650 m

Sherpa and Tamang villages close to Kathmandu, no extreme altitude.

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A stone house on a hilltop above the clouds at sunrise

Village & Homestay

Jumla Trek

11 days 10,023 ft / 3,055 m

Remote western Nepal, where few trekkers ever go.

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A long mani stone wall beside the trail, with snow peaks ahead

Himalayan Treks

Langtang & Gosainkunda

20 days 15,659 ft / 4,773 m

Langtang Valley and the sacred lakes in one trip.

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A dark mountain lake below rocky slopes

Himalayan Treks

Gosainkunda Trek

14 days 14,370 ft / 4,380 m

Forest trails up to the sacred alpine lakes.

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Wildlife & Jungle

Red Panda Trek

13 days 11,155 ft / 3,400 m

Track wild red pandas and stay in mountain homestays.

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Wildlife & Jungle

Bardiya Fly Fishing

10 days Lowlands

Fly fish for golden mahseer in Bardiya's rivers.

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A village in a valley in the evening light

Short Trips

Motorbike to Gyangphedi

7 days 5,249 ft / 1,600 m

An off-road ride from Kathmandu to village homestays.

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Big mountains, real villages.

Walk to Everest, climb a Himalayan peak or spend a week in a Tamang village. Your fare keeps working in the villages long after you fly home.

Routes designed by Empact
10
Highest summit on offer
8,849 m
Villages we work in
10+
Running since
2011

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