Since 1986, Sojourn Nepal has been based in Kathmandu, Nepal, creating trips in the Himalayan region designed to place students in a safe yet challenging setting away from the center of their known world. We have expanded and developed our offering of programs to include summer programs, adult programs, programs designed specifically for prep schools, and programs that focus on medicinal plants and healing, film or photography. In order to reflect Sojourn's broadening scope in experiential education programs in Asia, we have changed our name to Sojourn Asia. Sojourn's directors and coordinators are Nepalis, Tibetans, Mongolians, Indians and Americans living in their respective regions of Asia, which makes our collective knowledge and experience in this region vast.

Over 350 Sojourners have participated in Sojourn programs since its inception in 1986.

Our programs are created for students taking a break from busy lives in their home countries who have a sincere desire to experience and learn from a foreign culture. It is vital that students come to Asia sensitive to others' beliefs and with a willingness to temporarily live by Asian ways. Our guiding credo is "comprehension of the self through detour of the other". The most important luggage a Sojourn student can bring is an open heart, one that is open to learning from new experiences. We believe there is an enormous amount that one can learn by immersing oneself in an unfamiliar culture. Our commitment to experiential education has helped many students reassess their goals and values and allowed them to return to a formal educational setting with renewed interest and energy.

Many of the activities that take place during the program will call for the entire group to be together. During these times a strong emphasis is placed on group process. As a balance to this, students are given a great deal of unstructured time. We believe that the best way for us to help students to come to know the region is by providing opportunities for direct contact and close interaction with the people while allowing participants the freedom to pursue their personal interests.