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- There will be time to visit various galleries of genuine Aboriginal Art in the central town of Alice Springs. We also visit and support with entry fees other outback institutions such as the Royal Flying Doctor , the Long Distance School of the Air in which medical and emergency services are provided to remote outback properties, and children are educated in their homes on the fringes of the desert.
- We’ll visit the sites of the Hermannsburg Mission and Titjikala Community where indigenous families live today and reflect on some of the contemporary challenges now facing these peoples. It is our endeavour here not to invade or intrude but to visit the fringes, observe from an understanding aspect and to shop and create community revenue.
- You will have the opportunity to browse and shop at the Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Uluru and enjoy first hand the art and culture of the desert people thereby creating economic benefit for the Centre.
- We’ll engage the interpretive services of local indigenous rangers and take time to reflect on the plight of a whole generation of stolen children.
- All our guests receive a written brief, pre-tour, in which they are referred to our Travel Ethic, minimising the tour impact on the environments we visit.
- Compliance with the Travel Ethic and the values of Responsible Travel form part of the Terms and Conditions, when booking.
- You will also receive a questionnaire, pre-tour, in which you can profile your expectations of the tour, your special interests and declare the importance of sustainable tourism and the environment to you.
- Our pre-tour “meet and greet” briefing includes references to the Travel Ethic and Responsible Travel and values are highlighted spontaneously throughout the tour.
- Your tour is extensively researched for local content and “authenticity” and where available local guides are engaged in support. In addition your tour leader imparts a much broader study of Australia’s evolution, land management and conservation issues and knowledge drawn from research on other tours, by the company.
- Our tours also provide an extensive library of nature based field reference books, background information on local features, indigenous culture, conservation and history plus select DVD’s on these subjects for special viewings.
- Glaringly orchestrated and themed, mainstream tourist traps are not featured or included in our tours.
- Through annual and access fees to national park authorities we provide revenue essential to the protection and maintenance of the parks we visit. We comply with the management plans of each park and assist by reporting adverse events or special findings to the park management.
- We collect and thoughtfully dispose of any rubbish sighted in the parks visited. We retain and dispose of our own rubbish in a similar manner.
- We minimise the use of disposable packaging and recycle all catering items where possible.
- We conduct limited departures to any one tour or destination so minimising our impact on any one pristine environment.
- All catering is arranged or purchased locally or home made.
- In most instances quality accommodation is chosen on the basis of local family ownership and small business management and with added practices in place, particularly saving of water and energy.
- Our tour group sizes are limited to 8 to 15 people maximum, to minimise any negative impact on the environment, the enjoyment of other people, the capacity of community services, the safety and stress of wildlife. We encourage the practice of low noise bushwalking and special solo activities making our guests at one with the environment.
- We minimise the use of our tour vehicle in preference for walking, travelling only on formed roads and tracks, applying the annual recorded mileage to a carbon offset program.
- Vehicle fuel and service requirements are purchased locally.
- We conduct our operations from a minimalist city office under a policy of recycling paper and clerical supplies, minimising power and water usage in a current drought affected environment and engaging a network of expert small business services as required.
- Our operation is working toward a carbon neutral status with some proceeds from each tour directed to accredited tree planting programs to offset unavoidable CO2 emissions as well as the regeneration of degraded lands and enhancement of wildlife habitats
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