Borderlands Nepal participated in the inaugural of the annual Bagmati River Festival held at holy site of Pashupatinath temple. This annual festival organized by NRCT, Nepal River Conservation Trust is the festival of the 21st century aimed at the preservation, increasing awareness and support for the Bagmati River.

Bagmati River is sacred river to all religions and has acted as a cohesive force for the community of Kathmandu valley helping to sustain and support its inhabitants. The influx of the increased population coupled with drastic changes in climate has turned this sacred river into nothing more than a drain. It is time for all of us to come forward to save this river, it’s our responsibility to make sure that this river does not become a part of history lesson taught to our future generation.

As an effort to contribute back to our communities, Borderlands has been actively involved in support and organizing of this annual festival since its inception in 2001. We realize the importance of the role that the rivers play in our society and its cultural value. We like to appeal to all concerned to join hands for this noble cause in order to prevent further environmental damage and loss of natural habitat along the Bagmati River.

Ultimate Descents Nepal, a sister concern of Borderlands participated in the WTM 2012 in London. We sincerely thank the organizers to let us be part of this international event. We feel proud to represent Nepal in the Global Travel Show and hope that our effort and participation will leave footprint in the tourism industry of Nepal.

WTM is the leading global event for the travel industry to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business. All sectors of the travel industry are represented including Tourist Boards, Airlines, Cruise, Hotels, Luxury, and Responsible Tourism to Travel Technology (source: WTM website). It was organized on   5^th to 8^th November 2012.

Dashain being the most awaited and anticipated festival of all year was celebrated at the Borderlands Corporate office in presence of all its employees. The festival was marked with the worship of Durga, Goddess of power. It is believed that Rama, the human incarnation of Hindu God Bishnu, worshipped goddess Durga for nine days for power and defeated the demon king, Ravan on tenth day. These Nine days are considered auspicious and celebrated with joy and source of power. In those nine days, nine different goddesses are worshiped as different forms of Durga. It is a strong belief among Nepalese that source of power is the goddess, the women. Therefore, it is the celebration to respect women for empowering the men.

The seventh day of the occasion was marked with special PUJA at the office. The celebration was initiated by Megh Ale, Founder Director of the Company. People bring in different plants and flowers into their houses on this day called ‘PhulPati’ which gave the same name to the day. These plants are kept in the sacred place and worshipped for three more days.  The celebration is not just worshipping goddesses; it worships the nature as well. Therefore, Dashain is the festival of celebrating the power of life in the form of women and nature.  Nepal Army marks this day with special firings at Tudikhel.

It was a great chance to bring all the employees together in one single platform irrespective of their designation giving them the feeling that we all are together and is a family. The celebration included the directors, managers and all other staffs and guides. It was an ideal occasion to show their passion and respect for their profession as well. All of them pay their respect for a prosperous year and better business. Everyone showed their commitment for better operation and customer experience.

The celebration was an opportunity to relax and enjoy each other’s company at Borderlands Office brainstorming for better operations and customer satisfaction.

We wish a prosperous and happy Dashain to all.

Feet were busy tapping on the ground, bodies were moving along with the rhythm of music, colorful lights, Cameras, foods and drinks….. Yes we are talking about the “New Year Spring Blast at Borderlands Eco -Adventure Resort”

Borderlands eco-adventure resort in close collaboration with Kathmanducraze.com organized the New Year gala to celebrate Nepali New Year 2069. Image FM and Kantipur T V played important role of media support whereas Romanov played a role of key sponsor and Sanmiguel as co-sponsor. Live performance of Dhermendra Sewan and DJ Nadim was a bonus and added an additional punch to the party.

Indeed, The New Year 2069 Spring Blast at Borderlands was a huge success overall. We encourage our valued clients to take benefits by participating in the events like this in days to come.

Once again, we would like to wish a very happy, joyful and prosperous New Year to all…….

On 1st October 2011, Borderlands participated in a day long Shuvatara

Dashain Mela at Lamatar to provide the information of Borderlands adventure

services. A rafting boat, kayak, tent and the gears required for rafting and

kayaking were demonstrated on the event. Borderlands Team was quite busy on

providing information to visitors.

A line up of b-boying, slam poetry, BMX bike stunts as well as musical

performances, food stalls and game and outdoor activities stalls were set to

entertain visitors at the Dashain Mela. Visitors enjoyed an adventurous

pre-Dashain celebration with lots of fun under the sun with three-on-three

basketball games, quizzes, kite flying, bingo and much more. The main

objective of the program was to raise funds for the government school

students by providing fun and entertainment to visitors. Borderlands had

sponsored a door prize for a couple for stay at Borderlands Eco Adventure

Resort.

27th Sep 2011 Kathmandu; Borderlands Group Celebrated 32nd World Tourism Day by actively participating in a “Morning Rally” and “Evening Thamel Street Carnival” organized by Thamel Tourism Development Committee in associate with Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA), Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), Lions Clubs and various tourism related organizations including Nepal Association of Rafting Agents (NARA).
The rally started from Thamel and went through different parts of the city with various cultural and musical fanfare converging at Basantapur(Old Durbar Square). Representatives of various tourism-related organizations and students carried national flags, banners with slogans (Tourism for together) for tourism promotion and hospitality, in the rally.
Nepal celebrated the World Tourism Day amid fanfare across the country under the theme ‘Tourism—Linking Cultures’ highlighting the role of tourism in bringing together cultures around the world and promoting global understanding through travel.

Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima is marked as the most important day, commemorating the three most significant events in the life of Gautama Buddha that occurred on the same day. His birth, enlightenment and death (nirvana), all happened on a full moon night in April/May.

Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini in the central plains of Nepal some 2500 years ago and is also considered as the ninth avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu. Thus, this makes the day – called Buddha Purnima Festival or Buddha Jayanti Festival- all the more sacred for Buddhists and Hindus.

Borderlands Group also organized a program to mark Buddha Jayanti on May 17- 18, 2011 at the Borderlands Eco Adventure Resort, with the motto of peace and prosperity. Around 44 participants including guests and media personnel were at the Resort to observe the festival. The peaceful ambience at the riverside resort, peaceful chatting by the Monks and soothing music by Kutumba, the famous Nepali Folk musical group were the main highlights of the program.

Ultimate Descents Nepal organized a private Seti-Karnali fishing trip in west Nepal. The Karnali River is also known for Masheer fishing in west Nepal. This remote region far removed from urban influence is known for frequent sighting of diverse wildlife.

This 14 days trip guided by Mr. Megh Ale, the Managing Director of Borderlands Group was highly successful in Masheer sighting and paves way for Nepal as commercial fishing destination.

The Borderlands PDP organized two days Retreat Program for staffs of UNHCR Nepal at Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu from 31^st Jan to 1^st Feb. There were a total of 161participants from both Kathmandu and Damak offices. This two-day program saw active and equal participation from all UNHCR staffs. The participants enthusiastically participated in the various games and initiatives.

Speaking during and after the program, the participants said that the program was a fun-filled event yet it also focused on experiential learning. They further said that they understood each other better and also felt that the retreat was successful in enhancing their trust amongst each other, verbal and non-verbal communication, team work, leadership skills, planning and implementation and coordination among other things.

UNHCR country Representative Mr. StÉphane JAQUEMETA appreciated the efforts of the Borderlands team and said that the retreat was a good one. The participants said that they learned a lot of things that would better assist them to carry out their day –to day work.