About Us

Get ready for a vegan adventure!

Celebrating over 19 years of vegan adventure tours! Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages offers off-the-beaten-path experiences focused on cultural immersion, meaningful local interactions, and, of course, indulging in mouthwatering local vegan cuisines along the way. Our team of five friends, hailing from four different countries and diverse faiths, combines their rich backgrounds and shared passion for people, animals, history, cultures, and veganism to create unforgettable adventures like no other!

VegVoyages is expanding!

To meet the growing demand for our vegan experiences in Asia, and the increase of our foundation’s projects and programs in the region, VegVoyages Vegan Adventure Tours is now, Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages. Our grassroots foundation projects and programs will continue under the VegVoyages Foundation banner, and all our vegan adventure tours will be under our Vegan Travel Asia banner.

Be on the lookout for new destinations and new vegan experiences coming soon!

At Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages, we want you to leave your adventure with more than just a few snapshots. We aim to immerse you in the destination, giving you a deeper understanding of its people, culture, history—and, of course, its fantastic food!

Our off-the-beaten-path tours focus on cultural immersion, local interactions, and, naturally, savoring mouthwatering local vegan cuisine. Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages is a team of five close friends from four different countries and faiths. We’ve combined our diverse backgrounds and mutual passion for people, animals, veganism, cultures, and history to create one-of-a-kind adventures.

Our guests go beyond simply visiting a country and admiring its sights. They truly immerse themselves in communities, learning about local traditions, customs, and lifestyles, all while enjoying 100% local vegan food. From our humble beginnings with three trips in one country in 2004, we now organize and lead up to 27 vegan cultural adventure tours each year across nine countries: Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Bali, and Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Before founding Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages, our team spent over 15 years coordinating film and media projects across Southeast and South Asia. United by our shared passion for animal rights, veganism, environmentalism, and cultural unity—and drawing on our extensive experience in logistics and coordination—Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages was born.

We work closely with local communities to create immersive stories that our guests “live” for 8 to 16 days. Through these stories, guests gain a deeper understanding of the countries they visit and the people and cultures they encounter. We are passionate about sharing our excitement and love for the countries where our adventures take place—many of which we are proud to call home (India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Nepal). We only create tours in countries where we have lived and worked extensively, allowing us to share firsthand knowledge of the region, its people, their way of life, and of course, the local cuisine.

PLEASE NOTE – All VEGAN TRAVEL ASIA by VEGVOYAGES ADVENTURES ARE 100% VEGAN in every sense of the word:

For us being vegan is much more than just about what we eat. It is about not doing anything that exploits any living beings – meaning both animals and humans alike. Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages is against the exploitation of animals in any form. We do not use animals on our tours in any way for rides or safaris and NO visit to zoos or “animal parks”. Our founding principle was and is to create 100% cruelty-free travel experiences in which no living beings are exploited in any way. We aim to provide you with exciting and unique off-the-beaten-track cruelty-free vegan adventures.

Responsible travel and giving back to the communities we visit is a founding principle and philosophy at VegVoyages. We are keen on making travel beneficial for our guests as well as the people and places we visit. For this reason, we launched the VegVoyages Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charity. From the very beginning, we have been incorporating social and charitable activities as part of our adventures. This includes helping out at local grassroots animal sanctuaries and marine conservation and protection projects, community recycling programs and beach cleanups, providing school supplies at village schools and helping build village libraries, helping educational-based programs for disadvantaged communities, and serving up nutritious vegan lunches at children’s homes. We also help to sustain rural schools by providing books and other materials and assist with funding for grassroots social welfare, animal rights, and care organizations. From day one, we have made it our responsibility to assist wherever we can, helping communities that have welcomed us into their hearts and homes. For us, travel is much more than a business, it is a way to do something – to help communities, people, animals, and other causes we believe in.

An adventure with Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages is not your typical holiday or package tour, and we don’t hand your trip off to agents. Instead, every one of the adventures we oversee personally to ensure that you get the best adventure we possibly can offer.

Our accommodations vary depending on where we are. We may stay in a centuries-old Royal Mansion or Private Palace in the badlands of Rajasthan, or at a peaceful Eco-Retreat nestled among some of the oldest mountains in all of Asia. We may stay in a wood Beachfront Cabana on a tropical island, at a charming Bed and Breakfast in a Colonial-era Villa, or a Balinese-style villa overlooking the paddy fields.

With Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages, vegans are no longer the odd ones out. No more having to go hungry and subsist on salads and side dishes. We love to eat, and we know you do too. That’s why food plays an important part in all of our adventures! Tasty, spicy, sweet, or sour – our pure vegan food highlights the culinary traditions of our destinations. Every one of our adventures is designed to introduce you to some of the tastiest local and regional vegan food. From market stalls, local cafes, private home-cooked meals, and popular neighborhood restaurants – you’ll be sure to enjoy the gastronomic delights of each country you visit. All our adventures also include cooking classes, offering you the opportunity to learn to make some of these delicacies!

The aim of every one of our adventures is to offer you a lived experience of your chosen region’s rich heritage, history, culture, way of life, and cuisines – and we look forward to sharing it with you!

Meet Our Teams

Zac Lovas

Zac Lovas: Co-founder of VegVoyages and the VegVoyages Foundation, Zac spends his time sharing his passion for animals, traveling, local vegan food and bringing people together by bridging cultural gaps throughout the 8 different countries Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages trips go to every year. Originally from America, in 1990 Zac came to work on a film in Asia where he has lived and worked ever since involved in film and media productions and distribution up until co-founding VegVoyages in 2004. Currently based out of Jakarta (Indonesia), Zac spends most of the year living out of his suitcase while coordinating Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages cultural exchange groups and promoting vegan activism and community-based programs in Asia, his home for the past 3 decades.

RK Singh Chauhan

RK Singh Chauhan: Co-founder of VegVoyages, Singhji (as he is affectionately called) grew up in Rajasthan, India. After graduating with a degree in hotel management, Singhji went on to manage several of Rajasthan’s most recognized hotels including the world famous Lake Palace Hotel in Udaipur, before becoming operations manager at one of the region’s prestigious tour management companies, which also coordinated for film units shooting in the area. In 1990, he and Zac met on a film they worked on together and they have been close friends and colleagues ever since. When not on tour and coordinating for Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages trips in India, Singhji enjoys doing yoga, veganizing traditional Rajasthani recipes, and spreading the word on veganism as Chairperson of the Indian Chapter of the World Vegan Organisation. Singhji also chaired the Vegan India Conference – WVO 4th International Conference in Delhi.

Sunita Devi

Sunita Devi: Before joining Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages as Chief Coordinator of Himalayan Operations, Sunita worked for over a decade overseeing logistics for specialty groups and film units shooting in Nepal. Speaking four languages, English, Mandarin (Chinese), Nepali and Hindi, she loves making friends and interacting with guests, which as she says is “my best way to stay happy”. Growing up in a small village in the shadows of the Himalayas, she moved to Chitwan (home of Nepal’s famous wild Rhinos) before shifting to Kathmandu. In her free time, Sunita loves to cook vegan “dal bhat” meals, make “pickle” from veggies she harvests from the farm and her backyard, visit adventurous places as well as share her happiness and warm hospitality to travelers from around the world.

Suresh Sharma

Suresh Sharma: Nepalese vegan and animal rights activist Suresh Sharma is Director of Himalayan Operations for Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages. Growing up in the foothills of the Himalayas in rural Nepal, Suresh went on to earn his Master’s Degree in Sanskrit and Oriental Philosophy, which he achieved the prestigious Gold Medal and Nepal Bidhya Bhushand Padak Award felicitated to him by the first President of Nepal. An avid practitioner of meditation and yoga, and an expert of Vastu Shasthra, before joining VegVoyages Suresh travelled extensively for over 12 years leading hundreds of spiritual and holistic based tours in Nepal and India, instilling in him his love of travel. Suresh actively campaigns against animal exploitation and hopes to encourage a non-violence-based society in Nepal by promoting veganism throughout the country. Suresh also dreams to turn Nepal into one of the world’s best vegan destinations.

Dhairyasheel Singh Devra

Dhairya: Born and brought up in India’s famous “City of Lakes”, Udaipur, India, Dhairya has worked in different iconic five-star hotels ( Taj Group of Hotels, The Lalit, ITC luxury hotels, etc.) in different cities and states of India before joining the family business of travel agency. He loves playing cricket, cooking, and traveling around India. He is passionate about sharing his country’s culture, traditions and history with the guests who came from around the world. With his love of travel and cultures, traditions and cuisines, Dhairya joined Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages and has become the youngest members of the Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages family.

Paul Eyers

Director of Operations, Cambodia & Vietnam

Paul has been traveling and living in Asia for over 2 decades. Finally settling down 8 years ago in his adopted home of Siem Reap, Cambodia, Paul joined the team at Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages as Director of Operations in Cambodia and Vietnam, where he shares his passion for the people, cultures, communities, and of course, cuisines of the region. An expert at ‘veganizing’ menus, when he is not busy coordinating for the next Vegan Travel Asia by VegVoyages adventure, he consults and offers training to F&B teams, hotels, and restaurants throughout Cambodia and the region to assist them on their journey to becoming ‘vegan-friendly’. He has helped many hotels, resorts and understand and meet the demand from the ever-growing number of vegan travelers, and shares his experiences including vegan travel guides and vegan-friendly hotel and resort reviews on Vegan Food Quest, the blog he co-created with his wife, Caryl.

Garima Gurung

Garima Gurung has been a vegetarian since birth and has transitioned to a vegan for almost a decade, motivated by her deep compassion for animals. With a background in law, she initially aimed to advocate for animal rights through the legal system but soon found her passion in social media management. Today, she plays a key role in creating engaging content to promote our tours and share our project updates. While working with us, Garima is also pursuing a master’s degree in law, dreaming of contributing to animal rights in any capacity.

Bishnu Prasad Acharya

Bishnu Prasad Acharya has been working in the tourism industry in Nepal.Originally from Chitwan, he combines his passion for travel with his deep knowledge as a tourism expert, offering insightful, insider perspectives on Nepal’s rich culture, landscapes, and wildlife. Since joining the Vegan Travel Asia team in 2018, Bishnu has been an invaluable asset, bringing his expertise and dedication to creating unforgettable, ethical travel experiences. His commitment to sustainable tourism and his local insights make him a key figure in ensuring that each traveler leaves with a meaningful connection to Nepal.

Mahadev Sharma

Mahadev Sharma is the co-director of Himalayan Operations at VegVoyages, with over three decades of experience managing logistics for specialty groups and film productions in Nepal. He also serves as a field co-coordinator for our Bhutan vegan adventures, working closely with his longtime colleague and friend, Tshethem Norbu, whose company, Sacred Himalaya Travel, handles programs and ground operations for VegVoyages in Bhutan.

Born and raised in a small village nestled in the shadows of the Himalayas, Mahadev later moved to Kathmandu, where he discovered a deep passion for sharing the rich culture, breathtaking landscapes, and spirit of the Himalayas with travelers from around the world.