Fitness holiday in the French Alps
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
Our philosophy is to run trips and holidays that are sustainable and create no impact on the mountain environment that we use. We do everything we can to reduce our environmental impact. For example, we encourage travel by shared car and train, and once in the village, we travel everywhere by foot. If people do travel by plane to Geneva Airport, which is 1 hour away, we organize a group transfer and charge a supplement. All guests are requested to arrive at a similar time.
We choose accommodation that is very close to the village centre so that it is easy to walk everywhere rather than driving. Our activities are all human powered such as running, hiking, biking, swimming, etc..
We teach our guests about low impact living and travel. We ask guests to be aware of their water and electricity consumption in the chalet and we teach no impact travel in the wilderness. We pack everything out.
We work with our partners Respect the Mountain and run a 'keep the mountains' clean awareness event annually.
We recycle glass, metal, plastics and compost.
Community
We run our weeks in communities that we know very well. We speak to local language and all of our hosts have all lived in Samoens and are on great terms with the local community.
We know a lot of the shop and adventure support suppliers and work with the ones who also work to protect the environment and have a similar philosophy to us.
We use local suppliers for our accommodation, food, equipment hire, transport, and guiding if applicable. There are many additional local activities available on all of our trips and we encourage our guests to be adventurous. We charge no mark up on guiding and equipment hire. Our guests pay the suppliers directly.
We serve largely organic, vegetarian food sourced from local farmers and suppliers. We encourage our guests to buy their lunch picnics from the local weekly farmers market and local shops.
In Samoens, we encourage our guests to have 2 dinners a week in local restaurants and encourage guests to visit the farmers market and village shops for picnics.
One of the special thing about our trips is that we create a community amongst our guests. We began as a 'commune' of like minded people living and working together and we continue that theme on our courses. The Outdoor Fitness week runs alongside a Multi-Adventure, Family and Yoga Adventure. All of our guests eat together in a dedicated Marquee. We promote a very warm communal atmosphere and attract a wonderful international and inspiring crowd.
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