Ethical Holidays

Help with conservation project in the Azores

Do something different this year and head to islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to take part in a conservation project studying whales, dolphins and loggerhead turtles!

Unique Borneo trip aims to protect little known Sun Bear

The label reads, "Please look after this bear. Thank you." It worked for Paddington but can it work for the Sun Bear of Borneo?

Haven keeping it green

Haven Holidays' continued commitment to the environment has been rewarded with the news that three of its parks have achieved Special Distinction Awards in the 2011 David Bellamy Conservation Award Scheme.

Luxurious Green Eden accommodation is a hut above the rest

Three brand new holidaying accommodation concepts have been created to help celebrate Green Eden - a destination tourism campaign that places the spotlight on Eden in Cumbria - a land where the mystical meets the mountains and legend illuminates the lakes.

New Bamboo Travel trip to support the EAST project in Vietnam

Bamboo Travel has launched a new itinerary entitled Exotic Vietnam which includes a visit to the Dao Tien Endangered Primate Species Centre on Dao Tien Island.

UK travellers back on the road to Mandalay

With Burma having been voted “Top Emerging Destination” in Wanderlust’s Readers’ Travel Awards earlier this year, Imaginative Traveller reports that Brits are heeding Aung San Suu Kyi’s wishes to encourage ethical tourism to the country.

Sandals Resorts announces first voluntourism program

Sandals Resorts, in conjunction with The Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), has launched Reading Road Trip, the resort company’s first official voluntourism program.

Travel Bureau Gosforth supports Born Free Foundation

Travel Bureau Gosforth, the luxury holidays and honeymoons specialist, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Established in 1961 the company has long standing charitable connections, most recently via the Travel2Give scheme, encouraging travellers to donate by registering with the scheme, booking a holiday triggers a donation to one of several charity partners in the North East.

Blue Whales & Dolphins in Sri Lanka

Oceans Worldwide – the holiday company affiliated to WDCS (the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society) – has knocked a hefty £250 pp off its 12-night Blue Whales & Dolphins trip to Sri Lanka departing 3 December 2011.*

Gap teaching breaks to Sri Lanka

The Unique Travel Company is offering gap breaks teaching English in schools and orphanages on the tropical Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka from around £550 per person for four weeks or £1,020 for twelve weeks.

Branch out with Fairmont's eco-friendly holiday packages

As the summer months roll in across the Middle East, travelers can beat the heat with the wind in their face and the sun on their back as Fairmont invites guests to explore the world’s forests - from the mangroves of Abu Dhabi, to foothills of Mount Kenya’s National Park and the urban landscape of London’s Royal Parks.