Rift valley camping safari, Tanzania

COUNTRY:
Tanzania
LOCATION:
Rift Valley, Serengeti National Park
HOLIDAY TYPE:
A small group adventure
DEPARTURES:
CHECK AVAILABILITY2013: 6 Sep, 4 Oct, 11 Oct
2014: 30 May, 25 Jul, 5 Sep, 10 Oct, 26 Dec
PRICE:
From £2109 - £2599 (9 days ) including UK flights
MORE INFO:
From £1339 - £1449 excluding flights.
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Rift valley camping safari, Tanzania

Rift valley camping safari, Tanzania

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 Rift valley camping safari, Tanzania 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. On this trip we use a local agent from Tanzania, locally owned hotels, local leaders. Not only does this mean that more of the money we generate stays within the community, but their local knowledge and expertise helps us to better understand the environment in which we are travelling, whilst reinforcing within the local community that preserving this environment is both important and worthwhile.

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

We actively supports the Arusha Children’s Trust, donating $5 per person travelling, which is dedicated to improving rural education.

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Rift valley camping safari, Tanzania

Reviewed 07 Oct 2009 by Joe Quinn5 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


The number of animals we saw was amazing. All so close as well.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


Pack more batteries / memory cards for camera but don't forget to put the camera down sometimes to just enjoy watching the animals

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


Yes, absolutely. No rubbish left behind anywhere and plenty of things bought from local traders.

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?


The holiday was simply amazing. Good company, amazing sights and terrific tour guides.

Reviewed 18 Jul 2007 by David Rabinowitz4 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


We did the Serengeti/Ngorongro camping safari, plus the Zanzibar extension. It is hard to single out an outstanding event, because everything was so good...the vacation lived up to your descriptions and our expectations in every respect.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


Be prepared for somewhat sub-par toilet facilities in the public campsites.
If you are going to Zanzibar or will visit any villages, bring basic suplies to give to the schools and school children - things we take for granted are luxuries there. Pencils, paper, pads, balloons, wall maps...all would be enormously valued.

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


I am not sure how much local people benefited......environmental impact hard to assess. I think we did no harm , but cannot positively say we did any good!!

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?


Top rate.......

Read the operator's response here:

We work closely with our agents who are firmly committed to sustainable and responsible tourism. In addition we support the Arusha Children's Trust, a fund that aims to develop sustainable ways of assisting communities in this area, without creating a dependence on tourism revenue or diluting the cultural heritage of rural communities. The focus of the ACT is a community centre designed for the education and healthcare of both children and adults. Rural communities that are too small to have their own educational and healthcare facilities use the ACT to help them both by providing a space for such learning and healthcare. They also use it as a focal point for all of the communities in the area to keep in contact about issues that might affect them as a whole such as tourism. We encourage our clients to visit the Trust to see the important work that it does.

Also, through our quarterly donations, we are contributing to updating the children's playground at the trust. At the end of July we will collect the donations that our clients have made and will be presenting them to the Trust. This sum currently stands at well over £1500 and I am sure that it will go a long way to making many of the local Arusha children smile more than usual
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