Are you seeking a travelling adventure, a challenge, a meaningful experience to enhance your life and the lives of those in some of the poorest and most disadvantaged communities in the world?
United Mission To Develop Nepal (UMD-Nepal) can offer you exactly that, whether you come from abroad or from Nepal itself.
Your small contribution can make a big difference to the development of entire communities. Together we can truly create real and lasting change.
Special Starting dates:
1st of August 2018
15th of August 2018
30th of August 2018
Welcome to Nepal, a land of stunning nature and rich diverse culture!!!
Economically, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and yet one of the richest in landscape, wildlife and culture. Nepal has been one of the top 10 destinations for the adventurers. Year upon year volunteers and trekkers come here to give their time and to experience all that Nepal has to offer. At UMD-NEPAL, we recognize that your time is precious and while you want to give it to help developing Nepal, you also do not want to miss the chance to explore. In response, we have designed the Adventure and Volunteer Programs, allowing you to volunteer and explore and trek safe in the knowledge that the staff at UMD-NEPAL have carefully arranged the details.
Adventure with Volunteering Program is a three weeks volunteer and travel experience in this ancient Himalayan kingdom. United Mission to Develop Nepal’s volunteer program gives you an opportunity to explore three different regions of the country and to engage in the most spectacular natural, cultural, and wildlife experiences Nepal has to offer. It helps you in healthy character development and self-discovery through challenge and adventure. So, you will be giving back to the community in need while exploring the natural beauty of the country.
This remarkable trip will allow you to discover as much as possible in your short time, while giving back to the local Nepali communities around you. Whether your dream is to watch basking Gharial/Marsh crocodiles, to splash with an elephant in a jungle river, to stroll in the medieval streets of Kathmandu or to relax on a boat in Fewa Lake with mirror images of Annapurna Himalayan ranges – we will make it real.
Where will you be going?
The tour starts in the Kathmandu Valley, with its UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site cities of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur, and then takes you south to Chitwan to explore a National Wildlife Park famed for its unique and endangered floras and faunas. From there the journey heads north to the fantastic Lake City of Pokhara. Your cultural journey through Nepal is enriched by opportunities to volunteer at one or more of United Mission to Develop Nepal’s projects across the country: teaching English, sports, or IT in schools; working in an after-school child care center, helping the children with intellectual disability at its care center, or with women’s groups, or taking part in construction.
What is include?
- Food and accommodation from the moment of landing at the airport to the final day of your placement
- In depth cultural and language training
- Guided sightseeing
- Fully trained host families
- 24hr availability of UMD-Nepal staff for emergencies
- Airport collection and drop off
- Support in booking any further travel in Nepal
- 9 nights in a guesthouse / volunteer house in Kathmandu
- 3 nights in a tourist hotel in Pokhara
- 2 nights in lodge in Chitwan
- Entrance fees to the main cultural and Heritage sites total approximately 50 euro or 60 USD (Entry Fees to Heritage Sites, Museums and Others).
- Breakfast during stay in Pokhara
- Full board during stay in Chitwan
- Farewell dinner
- Excursion to Swoyambhunath (monkey temple), Pashupatinath & Bhaktapur
- Visit around Pokhara, Sarangkot tour including walk
- 3-day visit to Chitwan NAtional Park including visits to traditional Tharu village, visiting elephant breeding center and elephant bath (weather permitting), tour offices including bird watching, tribal dance etc
- English speaking guide during the excursions and tours.
What is not included?
- Visa fee
- Vaccinations
- Travel insurance
- Sundries such as personal items, extra beverages and entertainment (approx. 50 euro per week)
- Domestic flight costs
- Flight to Nepal and vice versa
- Extra meals
- Personal expenses
- Some entrance fees for the excursions
- Insurance.
