Summary:

RiverIndia's bamboo eco-lodge in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh has provided the basis for our operations since 2005. Working in cooperation with a local tribal family, we built a bamboo safari lodge that serves as a model for future eco-tourism operators. With an emphasis on ecological conservation and providing jobs in a region of high unemployment, the lodge also serves as a base for RiverIndia's SARSI school- a free river skills training for interested locals that teaches skills from guiding and rowing, to leave-no-trace ethics and food-handling. We actively encourage students and employees alike to start their own rafting companies, and even provide equipment procurement assistance, ...