Serengeti, Selous and Zanzibar small group holiday

Environment

Wildlife
Designated protected areas make up 14% of Tanzania and by travelling on the Serengeti, Selous and Zanzibar trip, visiting the national parks, your money is supporting the conservation of wildlife, biodiversity and traditional communities. Conservation programmes within the Serengeti and Selous include anti-poaching initiatives and maintenance of park grounds and visitor centres. Perhaps, most importantly, there is also a lot work going into projects to educate and train local communities, helping them to understand what precious resource they live within, and their vital role in protecting what is around them whilst making a fair and safe living.

Energy and community
The SSZ trip stays away from the well-beaten track of the normal safari circuit and instead stays in small properties all run with ethics at the mind’s forefront. The camps are solar powered conserving energy wherever possible, and are run by friendly, welcoming staff from the local areas.

Community

Our operating partners for the Serengeti, Selous and Zanzibar trip pride themselves in working ethically, and improving the standards of living for their surrounding communities. Initiatives include gathering medical supplies from UK universities to give to small communities who do not access. Another project is based on funding dental training, focusing on emergent tooth extraction or pain-relieving procedures, to clinical officers in rural areas where dental care is absent.

In addition to the above, we are continually looking for ways to improve and are proud to be ‘Responsible in everything we do’. Education is key and so all staff, Tour leaders and partnering suppliers are trained in responsible and sustainable tourism. At our UK Head Office, we continually strive towards a sustainable and planet-friendly working environment, including having solar panels installed and a company commitment to reducing our plastic usage. As well as this, we have valuable and longstanding partnerships with UK charities Toilet Twinning and Send a Cow, plus many smaller initiatives and projects around the world. We’re members of UK travel industry bodies Tourism Concern and AITO because we believe it’s important to share our knowledge and experience, as well as learn from other operators. We acknowledge that air travel has a negative impact on our environment, so we work together with Cool Earth to offset carbon and protect our important rainforests.