Flaka Cruising
Sea, sun and wind… Our hospitable captains and their crew will keep their weather eyes open for you during these packaged sailing trips. On board, you will be pampered whilst sailing from bay to bay. Sailing along beautiful, rocky coastlines, you will have the opportunity to visit remote bays with inclines, covered with pine trees and colourful little fishing villages. Many visitors come for years for a land holiday but being on a boat gives a complete new perspective of Turkey!
Imagine yourself having a drink on the back-deck or on the sun-deck. It's a great way to relax and with great memories which lasts longer!
Member since: 26 Feb 2008
How the minimum criteria of the responsible travel standard was met...
Economic responsibility
- We buy local produce and organic produce when available. We visit lots of small villages as we travel and restock on route, using markets wherever possible, benefiting the local economy. We prefer small shops to large chains. Trying local goods is part of the experience on our holidays.
- We use local suppliers for goods required on route. We use local shops for buying spare parts on route and for maintenance on route.
- We are a season related business however we do not lay off staff in the winter time. All our employees have, company-payed, third party and medical insurance. We encourage development; Staff are educated by a specialist in the field of interest.
Environmental responsibility
- We travel by wind power! Therefore we can still travel and see our fantastic world without emitting harmful emissions. Our guests are encouraged not to collect any corals or shells from the sea or beach. They are encouraged though to help us clean any garbage that they see in the water or on the beach.
- We often see dolphins on our trips and this is a great way to encourage interest in our environment and the fragileness of the sea! We do not visit turtle-beach in the season when the turtles laying their eggs.
- We do not have any printed glossy brochure to minimize paper usage. We have a pdf that can be emailed to potential clients. Our only printed literature is an flyer and a business card -both printed on paper from sustainable forests. We do all our customer and business correspondence by email.
Social responsibility
- We visit small villages as we travel and restock on route, using markets wherever possible, benefiting the local economy. We prefer small shops. Trying local goods is part of the experience with Flaka Cruising.
- We support a underwater and beach clean ups in Turkey.
- We provide cultural/social guidance for guests: We have (language) books on board to encourage our guests to speak the language when on land. We do trips to land to visit local markets especially to give our guests the opportunity to support them. When guests who extend their holiday on land are advised not to go to a All Inclusive Hotel but encouraged to book local small hotel and buy locally.
