Mali holidays, adventure tour

Environment
For you to have better knowledge of the trip we will provide you with accurate pre-trip information before the start of the tour. In order for you to have a good understanding of the places, the environment, and the local community we will supply you with our travellers' guidelines, which is also supplied to our staff and local suppliers. We do not produce brochures and all our messages are through email. As we know the danger that nature faces today we try to not use domestic flights in our trip, most of the travelling is done on ground.

During our trip we do lots of camping and staying in guesthouses in villages, because they have not got big hotels to waste water and some of them use solar energy.

The root cause of Global Warming is society's dependence on emission creating fossil fuel. Planting trees is not going to reverse this trend or cancel our carbon emissions very quickly or effectively. We believe the way to reduce these dependencies is to create clean energy production. Therefore, we support renewable energy projects like wind and solar power and the gold standard setter in effective, meaningful action addressing climate change. As a barren country we need a lot trees for our survival. So, while we believe that tree planting can play a small role in greenhouse gas abatement, we have gone the extra mile in promoting a longer term solution because our countries are deserted and planting trees will be good for the general population.

Much of the country was devastated by both man-made and natural disasters. We need to advise local people of the importance of planting trees and avoiding bushfires, which is all too common in our local community.

We also help a bee protection organization in Ségou named (GIPA). They try to advice local people not to use fire to have honey.We provide them vehicle during their trip to inform local people how they could get honey without killing bees, because in our society they use fire to kill bees and obtain their honey.

Community
This cultural trip, being tailor made express the very soul of a community of Mali, rooted as they are in local history and folklore. They’ll engage all your senses, with their crafts, colourful markets, historical sites and a beautiful nature – the sheer rawness and spontaneity of the whole experience. This is a fabulous way to learn about the local customs and traditions and get an authentic view of the cities you are passing.

Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world but by visiting and operating responsibly we are able to deliver economic benefits to a variety of local businesses. This means employing local guides in each town; using locally owned hotels, guesthouses and spreading our customers to small local restaurants and craft shops where possible. Even just stopping to buy fruit at a local market can really help supplement a family’s income.

Using local guides is also the best way to get in depth information on not only the historic and cultural aspects of villages but insider information on day to day life and learning to respect local traditions. Malians are very friendly and hospitable people and we try to find as many opportunities as possible for you to meet the people in a fun and positive way for both sides.

We support a charity project from a customer who wants to give school supplies, cow and chicken to ten villages in January 2010. Carbon offsets for all flights booked with us are included in the tour cost.