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We are proud of our commitment to offset the carbon emissions that result from all of our office operations, trips, and staff air travel through Sustainable Travel International’s myclimate portfolio, thereby making us a carbon-neutral company. We also give you the option of purchasing offsets for your air travel.
By including locally-owned accommodation, restaurants, and outfitters for your custom itinerary, we are trying to ensure the community receives a direct economic benefit. Our guests are encouraged to buy locally produced products available from locally-owned shops, markets and artists, and we give you a list of where to find these places in Cairns.
We can arrange as part of your itinerary for you to join one of our indigenous Kuku Yalanji friends on an interpretive rainforest walk and didgeridoo performance, which will support the preservation of aboriginal culture and traditions.
As an organisation, we actively support cultural and environmental initiatives, such as Treeforce and The Aboriginal Children’s Advancement Society, through financial contributions and direct participatory involvement. We are active members of the International Ecotourism Society (TIES), Sustainable Travel International (STI), Ecotourism Australia, and the Cairns & Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC).
In all of our operations we aim to have as little impact as possible. We do not produce multi-page paper brochures and the majority of correspondence is done through email to reduce the need for paper. In our office we use energy efficient appliances and light bulbs, biodegradable and non-toxic cleaning products, and recycled paper. We also compost food scraps and lawn waste to limit our contribution to landfills.
On our trips, we encourage guests to abide by Leave No Trace environmental principles, and we will provide you with a copy of our Responsible Tourism Policy along with a Responsible Traveller’s Code of Conduct.
We also feel it is more responsible to organise you itinerary in a relatively small but diverse area, thus reducing the need for petrol and providing you with a more intimate and deeper travel experience.
You will be given your own reusable water bottle, cloth shopping bag, and thanks to our partner the Australian Rainforest Foundation (ARF), a native tree will be planted in your name. You will receive a certificate detailing where your tree has been planted and why this is such a special gift of life to the rainforest and to the health of our planet.
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!
