Educate the Children Nepal

Working with women and children in Nepal to improve health, welfare, and self-sufficiency by building skills that families can pass down to later generations

Travel with ETC in December 2025

Because our 2023 and 2024 trips were so popular and successful, ETC is once again offering a travel and trekking opportunity specially created to provide an experience that cannot be found on traditional tours of Nepal.

The dates are December 4th through 17th, 2025.

You will have a chance to experience the incredible variety of Nepal:

  • two ancient cities in the Kathmandu Valley,
  • a nature preserve and bird sanctuary in Sunsari in the southern part of the country (Tarai),
  • villages in Sunsari where ETC currently works with women and children, and
  • a five day, four night trek along a beautiful ridge top in Eastern Nepal.

The trip will take you to areas rarely visited by tourists and will reveal in unique ways the history and complexity that is Nepal.

You will be accompanied by knowledgeable guides and experienced Nepal travelers able to interpret the cultural and social events that you will be witnessing. The trip will be organized for ETC by Nepal Sanctuary Treks, one of Nepal’s leading trek outfitting companies, with whom we have worked for the 2023 and 2024 trips.

This is a fundraising activity, as indicated in the pricing given below.

See bottom of this page for a photo gallery from the first trip in November 2023!

Click here for a detailed itinerary and cost inclusion/exclusion information.

Basic itinerary:

Day 1: Arrive in Kathmandu and spend the first night in Bhaktapur.

Day 2: Tour Bhaktapur in the morning/afternoon. In the evening, meet key ETC staff and learn more about the project over dinner.

Day 3: Fly to Biratnagar, in the eastern Tarai, and travel by road to the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve. Stay at Koshi Tappu Camp, experience local village life, and view beautiful birds.

Day 4: Visit the villages where ETC is currently working. The focus this day will be on women – their meetings, loan projects, and kitchen gardens. In the evening, have dinner with the ETC staff.

Day 5: Today the focus will be on ETC’s education work, with visits to schools and early childhood programs to see classes, meet teachers, and talk with scholarship recipients. Drive to Dharan at the base of the hills.

Day 6: Drive to Bhojpur, a beautiful old hill town known for making kukhuris, and enjoy visiting the bazaar.

Days 7 through 10: Trek portion of trip

Day 7: Drive an hour up the hill, to begin the trek. A full staff will set up tents, cook our food, and carry our luggage.

Days 8 through 10: The trek takes us along a beautiful ridge with views of the Himalayas. The altitude ranges from about 8,000 feet to a high point of almost 11,000 feet, where we can watch the sunrise on Everest.

Day 11: Drive to the old hill town of Dhankuta by way of Taksar, an ancient town that was once the center of brass making.

Day 12: Fly from Biratnagar to Kathmandu and stay in the center of the old city of Patan. A time for resting, touring the city, or shopping.

Day 13: Visit a women’s cooperative, launched with the support of ETC and now self-managed, at the edge of the Kathmandu Valley. Farewell dinner.

Day 14: Depart Kathmandu for home OR, if you prefer, make separate arrangements to stay longer on your own.

Cost per person, based on double occupancy and including donation:

  • For 11-12 guests: US$4,565 per person (of which $2,500 is a donation to ETC, tax deductible to the extent permitted by law).
  • For 9-10 guests: US$4,635 per person (of which $2,500 is a donation to ETC, tax deductible to the extent permitted by law).
  • For 6-8 guests: US$4,710 per person (of which $2,500 is a donation to ETC, tax deductible to the extent permitted by law).
  • Single room/tent supplement: US$450 per person.
  • See detailed itinerary for cost inclusion/exclusion information.
  • Please note that there is a maximum of 12 guests, not including trip leaders, for this trip.

Next steps:

If you would like to be placed on the list of interested people, please e-mail Lisa Lyons at director@etc-nepal.org. There is no obligation to participate merely by expressing interest at this time. We will have a first come, first served policy when it is time to make a down payment: the people who have expressed interest will have the chance to commit first, and then we’ll open it up to others.

Photo gallery from the November 2023 trip. All photos by L. Hochman, used with permission. Click on any photo to see a larger version.