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Each travel experience comes with the promise that we have fostered relationships with local communities and suppliers whilst maintaining an utmost respect for nature and its surroundings. We are constantly working to deepen and enhance our practices.
Conscious Travel
Everyone knows environment need to be protected. The problem is that usually we are waiting for something or someone who could fix this problem for us. The government, some organizations or even volunteers. But we forget the most important thing – we also make a great impact on the environment. It counts every day of what we do and how we live. So our goal is to start with ourselves. We believe that the smallest changes in everyday habits have a huge positive environmental effect. So we not just recycle, save energy and water – we remind each other to be responsible every day. To us, the environment is already priceless.
OUR POLICY
- Local crafters. We spent a lot of time trying to find local crafters, to get to know them, their stories, traditions and work specifics. Now we are glad to say we know a lot of wonderful people who can share their own experiences in Sri Lanka. Local crafts men, fishermen, local chefs and guides. Everywhere it’s possible we try to include locals’ services – from homemade traditional meals and drinks to various experiences. We believe that no one could tell the stories better than locals and working with them is the best way to show the traveller an authentic insight of our everyday life.
- Wildlife. We believe that wild animals should live in their natural surroundings, not in the zoo, so we never go there or recommend it to our guests. However, we love nature and enjoy every possibility to know it. That’s why we cherish a responsible tourism.
- Local community. It is the heart of our operation. We have no doubt that local sight is the best perspective to see the culture. If you really want to see new country, it’s not enough to go there and see all must-sees. That’s why our tours aren’t about visiting all popular shiny places and temples you can see in every flyer about Sri Lanka. It’s about to get to know local people, craftsmen who can show you the real face of our beautiful country. We always keep in touch with local neighbourhoods and try to combine local projects to our tours itinerary. Of course, we always give tips for our travellers to visit as many as possible small boutiques where they can find souvenirs handmade by locals.
Proactive Action
We partnered with forest department in 2021 to offer our clients the opportunity to offset their carbon footprint from travelling to our destinations by buying a native tree for one of their re-wilding schemes.
Policy Aims
Our vision is to become a major player in the evolution of year round sustainable tourism as an alternative to the traditional travel industry in Sri Lanka & Maldives
Our mission is to work with local partners to develop sustainable and commercially attractive tours, trips and other travel products, to provide year round, fairly paid work and employment, whilst respecting the environment and encouraging eco-responsible behavior from both our suppliers and our clients.
As such we abide by and support local conservation projects and policies for the continued evolution and protection of the mountain environment and its inhabitants. We choose to work with guides, companies and accommodation who share the same values.
Economic Responsibility
All our guides and accommodation providers are local to the area. We priorities small independent accommodation providers especially those who themselves promote and use local products and / or homegrown food. For activities we don’t import foreign guides or instructors, preferring to use local guides and instructors who have obtained the relevant qualifications and who are dedicated to their chosen activity.
We believe that using local people who are passionate about the area they live in and the activities available ensures a high quality of service and a real insight into their lives, which we believe is a valuable experience for our clients.
We pay all our suppliers the going rate to ensure they are fairly paid.
Environmental Responsibility
All our guides are fully trained in environmental sustainability as a part of their trainings and they educate our clients about the natural habitat during the activities.
We don’t print brochures and keep paper use to a minimum in the office preferring electronic distribution as our main means of communication with clients.
From 2020 we have introduced a responsible environmentally ethical commitment to all our supplier contracts asking accommodation providers to reduce single plastic use in food and toiletries.