Your Child’s Safety in Nepal: What Sets Rustic Apart
Every Rustic Pathways program in Nepal operates under the same safety infrastructure we’ve built over 43 years across 38 countries.
On the ground with your child:
- Median students per staff member: 4.37:1 · Maximum students per staff member: 7:1 (56% fewer students per staff member than the ACA’s 10:1 teen overnight standard)
- Staff are 100% CPR/First Aid certified
- Each program has at least one leader with 3+ years of field experience
When something happens:
- 8 minutes to full crisis team activation
- 27 minutes average to parent notification
- Parents updated on an ongoing basis
- 24/7 emergency hotline
Medical oversight:
- Dedicated Medical Director Dr. William R. Smith, board-certified emergency physician, U.S. Army Colonel, 20+ years wilderness medicine
- Parents can contact Dr. Smith directly
Our track record:
- 55,702 travelers since 2014. 87.6% of all logged incidents are GREEN severity: headaches, scrapes, stomach bugs
- Only 9 in every 1,000 travelers experience anything beyond basic first aid
- We publish quarterly safety reports, the first teen travel company to do so
Read our full safety record, including 12 years of published incident data
