Nepal Jungle Lodge
Placement number: 0054
Location: Nepal
Preferred Languages: English and Nepali
Date:
Contact September to December or February to May
Minimum Period: 3
weeks
This Nepal Jungle Lodge was established in 1965 by Mr. Jim
Edwards in the heart of tropical jungle of lowlands of Terai - Chitwan, which
was later transformed into a National Park and declared as a
World Heritage Site by UNESCO is the pioneer jungle lodge in
Asia. The lodge has been practicing Ecotourism since its inception
not only as the ?buzz word? but is indeed working for the conservation
of wildlife and sustainable development of the local community.
Local materials have been used to build the lodge to
keep up with the jungle ambience. Also, though it falls under the premium
category of jungle lodge in Nepal, it has always used simple facilities to
help sustain the environment of the national park. Solar energy has been
utilized for electricity, kerosene heaters and gas stove for kitchen. Also
to blend with the entire environment of the jungle colors such as green,
beige, brown and black has been mostly used for the bungalows, rooms and
dining hall of the lodge.
Apart from blending the lodge with the natural
environment, we send our naturalists almost every year for training
sessions on bio-diversity and conservation. We possess the most experienced
naturalists with more than 40 years of experience in
wildlife. Having the experienced naturalists, skilled staff and ample of
experience on conservation and ecotourism, we also support King
Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation and Department of National Park and
Wildlife Conservation by submitting a count on wildlife and reporting to
the park authorities about any interesting facts. The lodge also possesses a
land outside the national park where our Mountain Lodge has been
established. This lodge looks after a community school established in collaboration with Swiss Air. This
school has been established and operated by us for the local
unprivileged children. It has 25 students till grade 2. The school takes
care of all education expenses and provides uniform and 2meals a day to
the students. The school has a library, which is open to all village
children on Saturday. Near the school there is an organic farm. Most of the
vegetables and fruits for the lodges come from the farm. The farm also
helps local community by giving them courses on organic farming and
cultivation of new vegetables or fruits to which they are not aware. The
farm also produces bio-gas. It has already trained the locals about
utilizing bio-gas and now many villagers use bio-gas for cooking rather
than firewood, which is indeed helping to protect forest. The lodge also
has a trained medical officer and provides services and facilities of the
small clinic to the locals for free of cost. Apart from training on
farming, the lodge also provides training to the local women on weaving
hammocks. Also, the lodges
has employed all local people to help boost the local economy by
floating the income of tourism amongst the locals itself till the
grass-root level.
Role of Volunteer
General help with the running of the lodge and the community projects plus helping as a host towards tourists. We are also looking for teachers to help teach in the local schools.
We will adapt your stay to suit your skills and
expectations
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