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Selous safari & Zanzibar holiday

COUNTRY:
Tanzania
LOCATION:
Selous Game Reserve, Zanzibar
DEPARTURES:
2012: 17 Jun, 24 Jun, 8 Jul, 22 Jul, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 2 Sep, 16 Sep, 30 Sep, 14 Oct, 16 Dec
2013: 13 Jan, 16 Jun, 23 Jun, 7 Jul, 21 Jul, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 1 Sep, 15 Sep, 29 Sep, 13 Oct, 15 Dec
PRICE:
From £2399 - £3169 (14 days ) including UK flights
MORE INFO:
From £1699 - £1979 excluding flights.
VOUCHERS:
Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday
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Selous safari & Zanzibar holiday

Selous safari & Zanzibar holiday

Small group adventure holiday
Typically you will be sharing your experiences with between 4-20 like minded travellers (depending on the trip, operator and how many others are booked on the trip) and you'll have a group leader with you. Whether you are travelling alone or with friends its good value, and a great way to meet new people! While itineraries are pre-planned there is some flexibility and you'll have plenty of privacy. This trip will appeal to travellers of all ages who enjoy meeting new people as well as seeing new places.

How this holiday makes a difference

Environment

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 groups (max 16 people) so have a minimal impact on the environment as we go. We employ a local group leader and stay in locally owned hotels - this benefits the local people by providing valuable employment.

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.

Community

For every person who books this trip we will pay US$5 towards the Kerege Orphanage. The Orphanage is home to around 20 children, half of whom have HIV and are on the WHO HIV programme. The money that we raise for them goes towards solar panels that power their water pump.

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Selous safari & Zanzibar holiday

Reviewed 05 Nov 2010 by Gordon Needham5 star rating

Safari at the Lodge and drives to see game plus snorkel for day and bbq at mneba island off Zanzibar were most memorable...Excellent. (read full review)

Reviewed 05 Sep 2010 by Brian Davies4 star rating

Brilliant - probably the best we've been on for organisation and experiences...Safari in Selous out of the mountain lodge and visit to Kisake school were highlights. (read full review)

Reviewed 06 Aug 2008 by Ken Godbert4 star rating

Selous is a fantastic place for Safari. It feels very individual, and the foot & boat safaris were exciting, getting very close to animals & feeling so different to spotting them in a jeep.(read full review)

Reviewed 03 Aug 2008 by Rosanna Ellis4 star rating

The whole trip was wonderful but the magic moments have to be seeing all the wildlife, especially the elephants, lions and a leopard getting ready to attack.(read full review)

Reviewed 10 Nov 2008 by Fiona Rowland3 star rating

Most memorable? The safari. We had some good animal sightings. The guide was excellant and very knowledgable.(read full review)

Reviewed 16 Sep 2006 by Jennifer Martin4 star rating

The safari in Selous in particular was amazing and exactly how it was described in the itinerary – a wilderness area where the animals are not used to people and you need to be alert to find them camouflaged in their natural habitat. (read full review)
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