The Gambia
India
Nepal
Romania
Thailand
Uganda
Margaret Mead
Our Trips
Below is a sample of our trips with scheduled dates. All trips belowed can be arranged on different dates on request.
We also tailor make trips for groups and individual. Contact us for more information.
THE GAMBIA:
Footsteps in Gunjur
Date: One week on request, available through the whole year.
Duration: Eight days and seven nights.
Group size: From two to twelve people.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: Gunjur is located on the coast about 45 minutes drive from central Gambia. You will stay at Footsteps Eco-Lodge, a lodge that cares about the local community and surrounding environment and have taken responsibility thereafter. You will learn about community involvement, environment development and protection and poverty reduction through tourism. Experience how tourism can have an impact on local communities and how important it is for tourists to supports these projects.Footsteps is one of the few lodges in The Gambia which is open throughout the year.
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THE GAMBIA:
Responsible Tourism in The Gambia - Myth or Reality?
Date: One week on request, available through the whole year.
Duration: Eight days and seven nights.
Group size: From four to twelve people.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: Since responsible tourism was implemented in The Gambia the country has shown increased social and economic growth. The impressive engagement to the local people and the commitment among the small scale enterprises have been strengthen in partnership. Join this trip and you will meet passionate people; from the people behind responsible tourism in The Gambia to the small scale producers willing to share their experiences.
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THE GAMBIA:
Community Excursions Folder
Date: Every day through the whole year. Arranged on request.
Duration: From one to six days. The days can be booked separately.
Group size: From one to twelve people.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: Are you going to The Gambia? Take a few days off the tourist track to experience small scale projects in The Gambia. Community Excursions Folder consist of six different excursions which can all be booked separately of each other, from one to six days full of local experiences. Learn how tourism can have an impact on a local community and how important it is for tourists to supports these projects. The excursions varies from “Catch your own lunch”, “Drumming and Dancing” lessons, Storytelling and Paper Recycling Skills Project, Solar Cooking, Tie & Dye and the women project BAFROW.
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INDIA, River Nila:
Experience Responsible Tourism Initiatives along River Nila
Date: Arranged on request.
Duration: 14 days and 13 nights.
Group size: From two to twelve people.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: Enjoy the local atmosphere and experience responsible tourism along River Nila in Kerala, Southern India. This area is an outstanding prove how tourism can contribute to the better. You will be accompanied with local natural and cultural interpreters and story tellers who will take you through traditions, culture, folklore and way of living. You will learn from local experts how responsible tourism is benefiting the local communities along the river.
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NEPAL, Kathmandu and Chitwan National Park:
A Responsible Peek in to Nepal
Date: 25th September to 9th October 2010 and on individual request.
Duration: 14 days and 13 nights.
Group size: From two to six.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: This trip combines the best that Nepal has to offer – a deep cultural immersion and soft adventure with education on responsible travel, as it is practiced in the ground. The trip consists of two parts, a basic shell which focuses on the cultural immersion, environment protection, philanthropic activities and responsible shopping, and the second component which is an extension offering different levels of soft adventure activities.
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ROMANIA, Apuseni Mountains:
Cultural Immersion in The Apuseni Mountains
Date: 3rd to 9th July 2010 and on individual request.
Duration: Seven days and six nights.
Group size: From four to ten people.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: This trip introduces you to the unique nature of Apuseni Mountains and give you the opportunity to meet people and communities where old customs, traditions and crafts are still alive, despite the challenges of modern times. All designed as a learning experience in partnership with Apuseni Experience. The trails will take you through glades and forests, up to the mountains ridges or down to the caves and you will discover and learn about the nature wonders of karst world.
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THAILAND, North Andaman:
A Local Experience in Thailand
Date: 26th October to 4th November 2010 and on individual request.
Duration: Ten days and nine nights.
Group size: From four to eight people.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: This trip takes you off the beaten track in Thailand where you will do more than merely watch local people going about their daily lives. You will become part of it through various interactive activities. Engaging with youth at a local orphanage, bamboo rafting on the Naka, a sunset beach barbecue and a visit to the tsunami memorial park in Ban Nam Khem all offer a visitor a unique insight and knowledge of Thailand life.
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UGANDA, Rwenzori Mountains:
Responsible Tourism Initiatives at Mitandi
Date: Arranged on individual request.
Duration: Ten days and nine nights.
Group size: From two to nine people.
Price: Contact us for more details.
Description: Welcome to Mitandi to explore responsible tourism initiatives. Many projects in the community have been set up and visitors are encouraged to take part in the projects or do some voluntary work. Projects are tree planting, setting up library, renovating the clinic and you can even sponsor a child with education. Combined with cultural experience, stunning nature and wonderful people you will create memories for a lifetime.
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