Small groups. Expert Sherpa guides. Routes that give back to the communities that make them possible. Trekking with purpose, since 1989.
Community Action Treks takes adventurers to the world’s greatest mountain range — small groups, expert Sherpa guides, and routes that go deeper than the crowds. Whether you’re standing at the foot of Everest, crossing the Larkya La on the Manaslu Circuit, or threading through the hidden valleys of Langtang, every step combines extraordinary landscape with warm hospitality, genuine community connection, and memories that last a lifetime.
Everything taken care of. This is the CAT way — since 1989.
18 days. 5,160m Larkya La. Ancient Buddhist villages on the Tibetan border. Nepal’s most remote high-altitude circuit — without the crowds of Annapurna or EBC.
16 days inside the world’s greatest mountain amphitheatre. Poon Hill at dawn, Machhapuchhare towering above, two nights at base camp surrounded by nine peaks above 6,000m.
Stand at base camp. Then climb higher — to Kala Pattar at 5,623m, where Everest’s southwest face fills the sky. Three nights at Gorak Shep. The complete experience, done properly.
Nepal’s hidden Himalaya — an hour from Kathmandu, a world away. Six routes from 10 to 19 days, all abilities, Tibetan villages, sacred lakes and snow leopard country.
Doug Scott CBE founded Community Action Treks in 1989 on a simple principle: the people who make Himalayan trekking possible — the Sherpa guides, the porters, the village communities — should be the primary beneficiaries of it. Thirty-five years later, that principle is still the operating model. Fair wages. Local sourcing. Surplus to Community Action Nepal. Every booking, every time.
Read our story →Founded by Doug Scott CBE in 1989. Deeper roots in the Himalaya than any other UK trekking operator. This isn’t a recent discovery — it’s a lifetime of knowledge.
Maximum 12 guests per departure. You’ll know your fellow trekkers by name before day two. That’s not a policy — it’s a philosophy.
Expert local guides who have lived these mountains their entire lives. Not a freelancer hired for the season. Someone who knows every ridge, every village, every story.
Surplus funds support 40+ Community Action Nepal projects — schools, health posts, clean water. When you trek with us, Nepal benefits. That’s not marketing. It’s how we were built.
“Right from arriving in Kathmandu the welcome, organisation and attention to detail was outstanding. Our guide was so much more than a guide — wildlife spotter, cultural expert, and a genuine friend. I’ve been to Nepal four times with CAT and wouldn’t go any other way.”
“Knowing that our booking directly supports CAN health posts in the villages we passed through made the whole experience feel different. We walked past one in Samagaon and our guide explained everything it does. This is how travel should work. I cannot recommend CAT highly enough.”
“Standing at Kala Pattar with Everest filling the entire sky. Our Sherpa guide had been to that spot hundreds of times and still looked at it like it was the first. That told me everything I needed to know about trekking with the right people. Extraordinary in every way.”
First Briton to summit Everest via the Southwest Face, 1975. Over 40 Himalayan expeditions. Founder of Community Action Treks and Community Action Nepal. The values he wrote into this company in 1989 are unchanged. Read his story.
Not a vague promise about surplus profits. A stated, transparent contribution on every booking confirmation. Schools, health posts, clean water, porter welfare. Since 1994.
With 35 years of in-country relationships, we can take your group somewhere no catalogue ever could. Your dates, your route, your budget.
