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This trip combines the best game viewing in Africa with plenty of cultural interaction. We spend half of the trip in National Parks and Conservation areas searching for big game such as lion, elephant, rhino and cheetah. We do not disturb the delicate eco-systems of the Mountain Gorillas in Uganda, Masai Mara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater as we camp in designated areas, and rigidly adhere to low impact camping guidelines.
The other half of the trip concentrates on local interaction. A highlight is our stay is a visit to the East Africa Mission Orphanage. We are proud to help support these efforts by enabling our travelers to have meaningful interaction with the kids at the orphanage. We have also donated a large part of the funding to build a new nursery, enabling the orphanage to provide care to abandoned babies.
We also join a specialist local guide to visit a very traditional Masai ‘manyatta’ (village) in northern Tanzania. Here we learn about this ancient culture first-hand. We shop at the local market, visit the village school, herd goats with the children, watch the women making handicrafts and eat a meal with the tribal elders.
This trip is focused on respecting and benefiting the local people and the environment of this country. On this trip you will be lead by an experienced local leader passionate about their country's history, heritage and natural beauty that will help you to get 'under the skin' of their country and see it through the eyes of a local. This trip stays at locally run accommodation; we eat at local restaurants and travel on local transport. This ensures the financial return to the local economy opens up training and employment opportunities - and allows for informal and meaningful interaction between our travellers and local people.
In 2009, we aim to neutralise all major emissions created by our trips, so that they can be offered as the best green alternative available. This means all greenhouse gases emitted by transport and accommodation during all of our trips will be balanced by an Australian-based ‘profit for purpose’ company that invests all funds into renewable energy and will invest in projects aimed at ‘neutralising’ your contribution to greenhouse gases.
The maximum group size on all of our adventures is 15 passengers – with exception of some African trips (24 max). Travelling in small groups ensures we make significantly less impact on the natural environment, as well as breaking down many of the communication barriers presented by a larger group.
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