Sustainability and Responsible Travel
True Adventure is committed to ensuring our UK and international operations are sustainable and dedicated to generating positive impacts in host countries, communities, and the natural world. We continue to strive towards best practices within the travel industry and actively seek pioneering approaches in the field of sustainable travel, whilst driving sustainable development, encouraging our teams, in-country agents, and suppliers to do the same.
We try to support local livelihoods so that the community significantly benefits from our stay.
- Wherever possible we use local in-country agents, trek guides and crews. Who better to show you their country than people who have a real passion and understanding of their home?
- We always employ local tradespeople to support our project team.
- We always buy as much as we can locally, from food and tools to accommodation.
We ensure our community-based projects are just that, and always meet three important tests:
- The project idea comes from the community itself.
- It is sustainable so that it will be useful in the long term and can be maintained locally.
- It can be completed in the time we are there. We never leave something behind that is half finished!
We are passionate about the fight against plastic pollution
- We are proud members of Travelers Against Plastic (TAP) and promote their work and pledge to schools, travellers and the wider travel industry.
- We encourage schools and students not to use single-use plastic when they travel. A water purification system and their own reusable bottle ensures that their water is always safe to drink AND protects the environment.
We try to choose the most sustainable accommodation, transport and travel options
- Wherever possible we find accommodation that follows sustainable practices.
- Driving and flying is an inevitable part of what we do. We will always try to use public transport, or transport appropriate for the number of people travelling.
- We are working with ClimateCare to offset all of our travel, both at home and away. All our expeditions are carbon offset.
We fundamentally believe in the benefits of using environmental projects to educate on important issues
We are very proud of the part we are playing to support young people to learn about the big issues facing our planet through our projects. These include:
- Beach clean-ups in Borneo and Indonesia
- Organic farming in Peru, Cambodia and Tanzania
- Water collection and conservation in Lesotho
Child protection is an absolute priority
- We never use child guides or work with companies or groups that have inappropriately aged children on their staff. We believe the best place for a child is in school so we work on projects to support this – such as ‘food for education’ programmes.
- We agree with the UN that a child is best cared for in a family home, so we do not support or work with orphanages.
Animal protection is never compromised
- We never participate in activities that involve animals kept in captivity, unless part of an accredited rehabilitation programme.
- All animals we work with must be treated fairly and well looked after. We are a World Animal Protection signatory and are proud of the efforts being made to ensure local muleteers continue to treat animals well when we are trekking
We do try to do our best at home too!
- Our office electricity comes the greenest energy sources currently available to us and we look towards using 100% green energy as soon as possible.
- We have electric car charging stations at our office.
- We work with Refill to encourage businesses around the world to offer a place to refill water bottles for free. You’ll find True Adventure HQ on the app - please pop in and fill up your water bottle while your car charges!
The below are just some of the programmes we are working with and are committed to supporting!
Our full Sustainability and Responsible Travel policy is available here.
