Ethiopia holidays

As a part of our continued commitment to responsible tourism, we operate this trip in a way that aims to reduce impacts and to give as much back as possible to the local communities. We visit several cultural attractions where the fees we pay goes to help conservation and preservation. The group size is kept at a maximum of 16 to keep the impacts on the local infrastructure at a minimum.

We support the Gondar Eye Surgery. Dr Sandy Holt a retired ophthalmologist, works with the Gondar University Eye Unit and we help his work by supporting training for local nurses, help to support education initiatives for local people about better hygiene standards and to perform cataract and other eye operations in outreach clinics. We work with a local operator and leaders plus we use local staff to support the trip. We have worked with our operator to help train staff, so helping to invest in the people to help improve their knowledge and future prospects. This included Responsible Tourism training.

We use all locally owned and run accommodation on this trip and this contributes directly to the local communities as local staff are employed and locally produced and sourced goods are bought for the accommodation. We have at our offices worked to reduce our carbon footprint through a reduction of energy use and energy conservation measures. We also actively reduce the waste produced by having active reduction and recycling policies in place. We run annual staff workshops on Responsible Tourism.

Global warming is a reality and to help you make a difference by reducing the carbon dioxide that is produced when you travel we offer a chance to carbon balance your flights. We encourage all our clients to do this and do so for all our staff travel.