Laos and Cambodia tailor made tour

Planet

Our local team in South Asia including in Laos and Cambodia are taking environmental responsibility very seriously. There is a growing availability of properties now in South East Asia actively seeking to reduce waste by offering water to guests in glass bottles or by offering filtered tap water to their guests. Our local team supports TAP Travelers Against Plastic – a United States based non-profit organization. TAP aims to educate travellers on the importance of using reusable water containers instead of buying and using plastic bottles. It is better for the traveller, the people they visit and for the planet. Our local team also support Plant A Tree Today (PATT) is a UK registered charity and a foundation operating throughout the Southeast Asia region. PATT initiates, develops and manages large-scale reforestation projects countering deforestation and climate change.

Our local team also follow ‘best practices’ aligned with PATA guidelines and ACES, Asian Captive Elephant Standards with regard to the use of elephants four tourism related purposes in South Asia.

Our local team are travel life certified throughout all operations in South and South East Asia clearly demonstrating the commitment to sustainability.

People

Our local team also operates an independent charity arm founded as far back as 2007, set up in order to help conservation efforts and disadvantaged communities in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Cambodia in a responsible way. There are ongoing People and Planet projects in each individual country managed by local ambassadors collaborating with international partners, NGOs and local project coordinators and all donations go to beneficiary project.

Our tours in Laos and Cambodia operate solely with local guides providing a vital source of revenue for local people. Many experiences on tour also provide revenue for local people such as meals in local homes which is a great way to learn about the local culture through the medium of food.

This tour is operated only on a private basis and we do not send large groups into the countries we operate in keeping our local impact as low as possible.

Our local team also are heavily involved in the Child Safe Tourism campaign which aims to empower travellers with knowledge and information on the simple actions to protect children and young people from danger and abuse in tourism areas. The Child Safe Tourism campaign seeks to combat the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in travel activities in developing countries, particularly in South East Asia.