Tanzania family wildlife holiday
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
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: We travel in small groups (max 16 people) so have a minimal impact on the environment as we go. On this trip we use a local agent from Tanzania, locally owned hotels, local leaders. Not only does this mean that more of the money we generate stays within the community, but their local knowledge and expertise helps us to better understand the environment in which we are travelling, whilst reinforcing within the local community that preserving this environment is both important and worthwhile.
This tour is Hands On and support actively from the field, the elephant conservation from Saadani National Park, by introducing families to the work being done locally on elephants and the threats and issues dealt with. Our local project manager is a senior researcher from the collaring team. You will get close to the elephant conservation project, meet the collaring team, and make your part through games and data collecting and role plays. Learn, play and support! If you travel during July and September you may even be lucky enough to witness the green turtle hatching on the beach before to race to the ocean!
Responsible code: Being Responsible is at the heart of everything our company does - full details of our policy 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, 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.
Community
During your stay in Bagamoyo, you will visit the Kerege Orphanage. For every person who books this trip we will pay US$5 to the Kerege Orphanage in Bagamayo. The Orphanage is home to around 20 children, half of whom have HIV and are on the WHO HIV programme. The money that we raise for them goes towards solar panels that power their water pump. You will visit this orphanage on Day 2 of your tour, any presents your children would like to share such as clothes, pencils, toys, are always welcome.
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