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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
During the desert part of the tour Bedouin people are employed for their skills as guides, cooks and porters to create a Bedouin camp where the families spend a night. During the desert trek our passengers also have lunch in a Bedouin Oasis and are encouraged to interact with the local people. The families learn about the way of life in the desert, the need to value water and to respect local values.
Our astronomy guide will give a balanced view of both local as well as Western interpretations of the Universe.
At the coast the group stay in a small locally run hotel and take part in activities that employ local staff. Whilst snorkelling in the Red Sea the local guides teach the families about how they should treat the reef’s fragile ecosystem.
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 and South Africa, 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.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
