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During this tour we utilise a wide variety of local transport, from sailing boats to trains and rickshaws. As well as minimising our impact on the environment by reducing fuel consumption, using local transport enables travellers to experience cultures at first hand, offering greater opportunity for cross-cultural understanding.
During our unique Ganges Sailing trip we glide downstream on small craft owned by the boat captains with whom we travel and a local crew provide backup for our beach camping, thus ensuring a direct financial contribution to the rural communities through which we travel.
A contribution will be made from any booking on this tour to the Kutch Yuvak Sangh Trust, a community based organisation engaged in reconstructing homes and restoring vital infrastructure, such as schools and water supply, damaged in the 2001 earthquake which devastated a huge part of Gujarat. We have already helped a school in the village of Bidada, near Bhuj, where our funds allowed the construction of an assembly hall. Continuing support, from ourselves and our clients is furthering the development of the school.
As well as the above, we support a variety of charities and projects worldwide which support vulnerable communities and habitats including Friends of Conservation, Hope Worldwide and Send A Cow. We are also actively engaged with UK travel industry bodies which promote best practice in responsible tourism, such as Tourism Concern, The Travel Foundation and AITO. Our commitment to responsible tourism is not limited to our overseas operation and we have measures to ensure our UK office operates according to our responsible tourism policy. Carbon offsets for all flights booked with us are included in the tour cost.
This small group operator is just celebrating its 30th year and was originally set up to enrich people’s lives through adventure travel. The directors have roots in overland trucking and are determined to keep a pioneering spirit alive. They believe what sets them apart is the strong relationships they’ve developed with local suppliers and tour guides over the years. A tour leader who thinks creatively can turn a good experience into a fantastic one and open up a place so that travellers gain insight into a completely different way of life. They operate in many different countries and try to avoid a blanket approach – their aim is to get customers involved in the projects they visit and to forge lifelong friendships.
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