Upper Sepi - Community Managed Eco-tourism

12/02/2023

15/07/2021

राष्टृय मोथ सप्ताहमा भाग लिनुहोस। इच्छुक व्यक्तिहरुले सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस: ९६१४९४७९२९; ९९३३४७२००८; ७००१९४२६११

20/11/2020

A friendly football match was arranged and hosted in Sepi during the Dusshera/Diwali festive season wherein youngsters and players from the neighbouring villages participated in the match. Make shift stalls for local food like Momos and aloo dum were put for the audiences and the players to relish and enjoy during the match. An effort by local youth like Rai of Sepi and his friends.

03/11/2020

Preparing seed beds to sow peas by community members in Upper Sepi. This particular land belongs to Laxmi Rai a single mother and a resident of Sepi. With the help of community members she has just managed to sow few plots of her farming land. The agrarian community is Sepi mostly grow and produce organic crops and follow climate smart agricultural practices. Visitors are welcome to be a part of the community and experience rural living.

13/10/2020

Polyhouse is a house or a structure made of translucent material like polyethylene where plants basically grow and develop under naturally controlled ventilated climate and are protected from any harm by wild animals. Construction of a polyhouse/greenhouse was recently completed in Upper Sepi. The polyhouse belonged to Mr. B.C.Rai however, community members pitched in to help complete the structure. This is how "living in a community" in Sepi feels like. We invite visitors to be a part of our Community and experience rural living.

05/10/2020

A day to day life of the people of Sepi begins with shared responsibilites as depicted in the images, while women mostly tend to household tasks men mostly tend to other activites... Visitors are welcome to be a part of the community and experience the rural living in Upper Sepi.

25/09/2020

In the midst of the pandemic when schools and colleges are shut and online classes initiated it is quite a task for students in the rural areas to get hold of any internet connectivity or mobile services. There are a lot many ways to spend your time productively and one of the young girl in Sepi (Shristika Rai) has being doing so by monitoring and documenting the flora and fauna around her surroundings. The biodiversity of Sepi has been beautifully captured in this video by one young student
in Upper Sepi. Nature enthusiast and visitors could be a part of this experience too.

18/09/2020

Upper Sepi comprises of diverse ethnic groups with the Rai as the predominant ethnic community. The community performs and celebrates the annual festivities of "Ubhauli" around the Rimbick Lodhima area every year. One of the prime custodians of the Rai culture and heritage Mr. MC Rai has been curating and documenting various items and literature in his modest and compact Library in Sepi. Visitors are welcome to visit and experience and indulge in this cultural wisdom.

04/09/2020

A moonsoon hike from Rimbick to Upper Sepi through the black forest trail is a must. It is one of the less travelled routes to Sepi. A paradise for nature lovers and bird watchers. Visitors are welcome to stay with the community run homestays after a days hike through the enchanted forest.

28/08/2020

After last week's harvest, farmers in Sepi have cleaned, stored, stocked and packed up potatoes to be sold off to the market. Upper Sepi being one of the organic villages in the Singalila Landscape area the farm produces are ecologically friendly, safe, nutritious and healthy. Visitors can participate and be a part of the farming community during their stop over in Upper Sepi.

21/08/2020

Late into the harvest season - potatoes being harvested at Sepi with the help of perma wherein a farmer receives help from other farmers in his/her community for the entire day or two into the process and later extends a helping hand in return for the same. A practise that has remained for centuries in our villages.
After a long day into the harvest you are welcomed with the produce you harvested with a mouth smacking "timbur ko achar"