World Bear Safaris

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World Bear Safaris offers unique wildlife safaris to a variety of destinations some of which include British Columbia, Manitoba, Svalbard and Alaska. Our specialist safaris concentrate on the bears of each destination. However we also try to incorporate other wildlife and cultural aspects of your destination of choice into your trip. A number of our destinations are up and coming travel destinations and it is therefore essential that we set a responsible precedent from the start so that others may follow in our footsteps. Responsible travel is essential in the planning of our safaris.
Member since: 12 May 2011

How the minimum criteria of the responsible travel standard was met...

Economic responsibility

- A contribution from each safari sold is made to the conservation and preservation of the bears in the destination of choice
- We encourage the use of local guides in every destination and with every local agent. We do not believe in taking jobs from local populations in order to provide for western needs
- Where possible we will always use local suppliers in preference to others whether this is in the purchase of provisions, accommodation, transport or equipment

Environmental responsibility

- We make every effort to use responsible and eco-friendly local agents in each destination
- Wherever possible we use environmentally friendly local accommodation. If this is not possible we make every effort to alert the management of the accommodation in question to ways of improving their service with the environment in mind
- We aim to minimise our impact on the environment as much in the UK as we would do in any of our destination countries. We do this through recycling of any office waste including, paper, plastic, cans, glass, refuse, in partnership with the Borough of Brighton & Hove

Social responsibility

- The purpose of our safaris is to contribute to local populations, communities and projects. We give our travellers advice on how to interact with the local population, flora and fauna in order to minimise any negative impact
- We advise people not to bargain just for the sake of it and because it is the “thing to do”; you should pay what you feel the object is worth to yourself and the vendor, bearing in mind local cultures, society and standard of living
- Our local guides advise on how to respond to begging. Often if you want to donate some items it is best done through your local guide in combination with a local body such as a school or local community leader

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