Offset your carbon emissions

After your payment

As soon as we receive your payment, you become a contributor of our reforestation program. We will acknowledge your payment and send the details of your offset – i.e. the number of trees to be planted and the surface area to be protected - to your email.
This is to mark the beginning of 20 years of work on your behalf. Be aware that we plant the trees only during Jul-Aug (monsoon) and in Jan-Feb (winter).
You can follow up the progress of the plantation and the growth of the trees by visiting this section.

Plantation and protection of trees

According to the amount you offset, trees are being planted on barren lands, near selected villages in the Himalayas. The trees and their natural surrounding will be protected over the next 20 years. After the 20 years of protection they will continue to grow naturally.

We make sure that the planted tree species are indigenous and beneficial for the local ecology and the villagers (fruits, fodder, medicinal properties, etc.).

You can learn more about our reforestation program here.

Community program

Your contribution will also support our social program with the local people :

    Involvement of the villagers in the protection of the newly planted forests,
    Women empowerment by helping them to set up their micro-enterprise,
    Improving the education of the children by teaching English and computer,
    Creating opportunities to initiate new income generating activities that are sustainable (beekeeping and handicraft).

For any carbon offset above 4000 INR (50 EUR or 60 USD), we will send you a carbon offset certificate with your name, the number of trees being planted and protected on your behalf and the reference number & geolocation of the plot of land on which the trees are being planted.

Photos of the reforested lands with their reference number are available here below. Photos will be added twice in a year so that you can see the development of the reforested area.

Trust and transparency

With Himalayan Ecotourism you are sure to put your money in a reliable project that really impacts positively the environment and the local community.
We have been awarded internationally for the relevance and fairness of our social enterprise model.

Along with the drone shots of the planted areas that allow you to verify the progress of the reforestation, a database about the status of the work is available.
You can always communicate with us to enquire about any details of the program.

How much do you reforest ?

The above calculator is based on the following factors.

    Average sequestration of atmospheric carbon per tree per annum : 15 kg
    Your offset is calculated understanding that the trees planted on your behalf will sequestrate carbon for a period of 40 years.
    The average density of the plantation is 1000 trees per hectare.
    The cost of the program per tree is 455 INR, this include the growth of the sapling in our nursery, the plantation the tree, its protection for 20 years, the social activities attached to the reforestation program, all reporting and government taxes.

You have offset some of your carbon emissions with Himalayan Ecotourism ?
Come to visit this below section from time to time, you will get the latest update of the status of the reforestation program.
How does it work ? It depends on the level of your contribution.

For all contributors

Soon after we receive your payment, we send you an email with the details of your offset – i.e. the number of trees to be planted and the surface area to be protected on your behalf.

For Silver contributors

For any carbon offset higher than or equal to 4,000 INR (50 EUR or 60 USD), you become a Silver contributor. Hence you will also receive a carbon offset certificate with your name, the number of trees being planted & protected on your behalf, and the reference number & geolocation of the plot of land on which the trees are being planted.

For Gold contributors

For any carbon offset higher than or equal to 10,000 INR (120 EUR or 140 USD), you become a Gold contributor. Not only you receive you certificate, but you also get a unique reference number of the surface area that is reforested on your behalf.
The plot of land will be marked on a drone photo of the zone so that you can see by yourself the progress of the reforestation on the land that you support.

The photos are available in the next section.