Aboriginal art tour in Australia
How this vacation makes a difference
Environment
On this Aboriginal art tour in Australia, the two operators that are utilised in the experience are both accredited Eco Tourism Australia and accredited Tourism Business Australia. The Helicopter company has been awarded the Advanced Eco Accreditation status, and are the only helicopter provider in Australia with this status. To be granted Advanced Status means that your company is one of Australia's leading and most innovative ecotourism products, providing an opportunity to learn about the environment with an operator who is committed to achieving best practice when using resources wisely, contributing to the conservation of the environment and helping local communities.
The accommodation provider during this visit has just been awarded the “Best Environmental Practice for 2009”. They have a ground-breaking $3.3 million PV installation has reduced the hotel’s energy consumption by 40-80 percent. The solar installation provides the greatest overall energy saving and reduce the hotel’s annual carbon footprint by 420 tonnes of CO2. The system generates over 530,000 kWh per year, which is enough to power a further 60 family homes.
Community
Both the Arrente Discovery Tour and 1 Day Larapinta Experience are operated by Aboriginal Guides from the Arrente Community and Alice Springs. As quoted from one of the guides “Its time Aboriginal people determine who benefits from their culture. The future is in our hands, our destiny is where we decide to take it” Through these experiences, you are supporting income immediately towards local indigenous communities – this directly provides economic benefits as well as social benefits through supporting local communities, education of the local culture helps keep the culture alive.
Helicopter into Ltyentye Apurte Community at Santa Teresa. Through meeting with the desert artisits and having the ability to purchase artwork directly from the artisit. All moneys flow directly into the community – and this is often one of the primary source of incomes. Keringke Aboriginal Arts Centre is Aboriginal owned and operated with all the profits going back to the community via the Artists. By buying from Keringke Aboriginal Arts Centre you are guaranteed the art is authentic Central Australian Eastern Arrernte Aboriginal Art.
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