NOLS India

NOLS India Campus

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Welcome to India

Join us for an adventure in the Indian Himalaya, where you’ll discover new challenges and gain global perspective as you travel through soaring peaks. Backpack through alpine villages and practice your conversational Hindi with local community members. Develop mountaineering skills on high-altitude glaciers or navigate whitewater rapids while rafting on the Kali River. Learn one or more technical skills—backpacking, mountaineering, or whitewater rafting—in the highest mountain chain in the world. The Himalaya is inhabited as high as 10,000 feet and sometimes higher: NOLS India courses combine the physical challenges offered by mountain terrain with a window into the culture of Kumaon communities. Here, the traditional Indian greeting, namaste, is a word worth knowing and saying properly. Whether you’re attempting a peak ascent or traveling to a high-altitude glacier to practice mountaineering skills, you’ll encounter local community members along the way. On courses with a homestay, you’ll participate in your host family’s daily life and attend classes on local ecology and history. On a NOLS India course, your engagement with communities in the Himalaya will frame and inform your wilderness experience.

About NOLS India

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Founded:

1991

Address:

Vaniya Cottage Mall Road
Ranikhet 263645
India

Phone:

+91 5966 221428

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Fall Semester in India

Touch down in the ancient and mystical world of the Himalaya and prepare for a semester packed with unparalleled language and cultural opportunities.

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Spring Semester in India

Spend a semester immersing yourself in the culture and landscape of India’s Himalaya.

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Backpacking India's Ladakh Highlands - Alumni

Join us on this culturally rich, high-altitude, pilot hiking trip in northern India’s Ladakh region.

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India Trip Leader

This 21-day trip leader course is for Indians and those from neighboring countries.

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Himalaya Backpacking - Adult

Over 14 days, you’ll trek through ancient forests, high-altitude passes, and remote villages.

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Earth Day: Living Sustainably at NOLS India

Earth Day: Living Sustainably at NOLS India
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Dev Bhoomi, called “The Abode of the Gods,” is a land steeped in culture, history, and mythology. It is the setting for some of NOLS’ most advanced cultural adventures. You will explore the Kumaon and Garhwal regions of India–places of staggering beauty, high ranges, and ancient civilizations as you walk some of the oldest trade routes between India and Tibet alongside the birthplace of the sacred Ganga River.

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