Supporting our planet

Throttle the Bottle

Plastic is not bio-degradable. It just breaks down into smaller pieces, battered by the sun, rain and waves, leaching toxins into the environment. This threatens the health of humans and wildlife.  Birds, animals and marine creatures get caught up in this waste or try eating it and many die as a result . The plastic bottles you use today will still be around, in some form, 450 years from now.

Many plastics do not recycle successfully. Unlike glass, which can be recycled an infinite number of times, plastic bottles can only be recycled once. Recycling plastic is a short-term solution. Only a tiny portion of the world‘s plastic is actually recycled. Reducing our use is the only long-term solution.

We started our campaign to reduce plastic waste on safari by giving our adventurers a stainless steel reusable water bottle. We put pressure on camps, lodges, guides and other operators to provide safe, bulk drinking water and reduce plastic waste. Through our social media, we aim to inform and inspire with regard to the importance of clean water, reducing plastic and waste. Step by step we can all make a difference

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If you are looking for up-close-and-personal experiences with wild animals such as walking with elephants or lions, handling and feeding wild animals, then we are not the company for you. We feel strongly that these experiences are ethically flawed, are often purely for commercial gain and do not take the long-term future and welfare of the animals into consideration.

On the other hand, we emphatically support the work of organisations working to rehabilitate animals who have been victims of poaching or human wildlife conflict such as the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary  the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and others that work towards ending the exploitation of wild animals, such as Blood Lions and Wild Aid .

Kuru the Conservation Dog trains conservation dogs to protect Africa’s precious wild places by tracking down poachers, sniffing out trafficked animal products, putting a stop to wildlife crime.

Pflaster fur Tansania is an NGO that funds Meserani Snake Bite Clinic and provides training, expertise and free treatment for snake bite victims: a life line for rural communities. They are aiming to expand their services to other areas of Tanzania. Snake Bite Treatment is not readily available and is not funded by the national health service.

A big thumbs up to organisations that seek to educate and encourage understanding of under-appreciated key species such as stingless and solitary bees Beetopia, insects, amphibians and snakes or ones that entice you into the wonderful world of responsible citizen science: ebird and Merlin Bird ID ,  pl@ntNet and  inaturalist . Start a voyage of discovery and download the apps onto your phone, march out to your wilder spaces. Explore and learn to your heart’s content.