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Responsible mission: As adventure travellers we relish and celebrate the diversity of the world. We also recognise our obligation to protect the environments that we explore. Our aim is to tread lightly, whilst contributing to maintain the world’s culture and nature, and most importantly to engage the help of all our customers to utilise the potential of tourism as a tool to aid sustainable development. We believe that responsible travellers are welcome in the places that they visit.
On this trip: We travel in small family groups (max 16 people) so have a minimal impact on the environment as we go. We employ a local group leader and guides to give you a genuine insight into this exciting island that has experienced something of a turbulent history.
Our foundation supports the Trees for Life Project in Sri Lanka. With donations received from our passengers we provided and education program and tree planting campaign for 2000 school children in the district of Galle. This has made a real difference to these children’s lives and future prospects.
You will visit the elephant transit home which is sponsored by the Born Free Trust, baby elephants who are injured or orphaned in the wild are brought here where they are cared for and rehabilitated in a natural setting. Once old enough they are radio collared and released into the National Park. Your trip contributes USD$5 per person to the project.
Responsible code: Being Responsible is at the heart of everything our company does - full details of our code can be found on our website. The local supplier for this trip will promote our responsible travel code throughout your adventure. You will also receive specific information on this trip’s responsibility in your trip notes.
Helping to minimise negative impact: All of our customers are invited to offset their international flight emissions. Contributions go to the Blue Ventures Carbon Offset program, a non-profit organisation which provides solar stoves for subsistence communities in Madagascar, benefiting the people and protecting the environment. We also contribute £2 per person towards offsetting of your in-country travel. We fully offset all emissions from our staff travel and run an energy efficient office.
Giving something back: We have a foundation that collects the funds that you donate to us to support our projects. All our customers are invited to make a £1 per person contribution to the foundation at the time of booking. We will match every contribution that you make with our own £1. You as a customer choose where these funds are used from a shortlist of nominated projects – so it really is YOUR foundation.
Partnerships: As a company we support The Travel Foundation, a UK charity that has been established to promote responsible travel practises throughout the whole of the travel industry. We also work with a number of charity partners who work in the destinations that we visit; including Friends of Conservation and Born Free Foundation. We partner with many small grassroots projects throughout the destinations that we visit - they all share our responsible vision.
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| Date | Prices (Adult,pp) | Basis | Status | |
| 19 Jul 2013 | £ 2119 | inc UK flights | Departure Guaranteed |  |
| 25 Jul 2013 | £ 2119 | inc UK flights | Departure Guaranteed | |
| 01 Aug 2013 | £ 2119 | inc UK flights | 7 spaces left | |
