South Africa walking adventure, tailor made

Planet

Our ethical South African Walking Adventure has been carefully designed to minimize environmental impact in a meaningful way.
All our hiking routes on this trip take place in national parks land (for which a maintenance and conservation fee is paid). In keeping with our conservation policy, we encourage our visitors to take only photos and leave only footprints. Our walking guides are not only knowledgeable about the flora, fauna and landscapes you walk through but are personally involved in conservation in the areas through which you walk.
All the accommodation on this trip is fully accredited by Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa. This international accrediting body requires establishments to go through a rigorous 12-month audit of every aspect of their business cycle, including water and waste management and ethical procurement of supplies. As such, you can be assured that waste and water is managed to the highest international standards and supplies such as food and linen are ethically sourced from local companies.
All waste created during the journey itself (e.g. water bottles, food packaging and so on) are all collected in the van and recycled responsibly).

People

Our Ethical South African Walking Adventure has been carefully designed maximize benefits to local people in a meaningful way.
Your driver and vehicle guide on this trip is Chris Hannival who is a self-employed qualified and registered tour guide and driver. He grew up in apartheid-era South Africa in District Six, an area which was razed by the government and all the families forcibly removed to desolate locations outside the city. Despite this difficult start, Chris has built up his company to be the sole supplier to our travel planning company and receives rave reviews from his clients.
Your walking guide on this trip is Dominic Chadbon who is a registered, qualified and insured tour guide. He grew up in the UK but has been living in South Africa his entire adult life, teaching and learning about the wealth that nature provides in our national parks, particularly birds and plants. He’s very highly rated on TripAdvisor for Table Mountain hikes but offers many more routes.

All the accommodation on this trip is fully accredited by Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa. This international accrediting body requires establishments to go through a rigorous 12-month audit of every aspect of their business cycle including HR policy. As such, you can be assured that all staff at your accommodation venues are paid a decent, living wage (not a minimum wage) and hold detailed, negotiated contracts in line with international best practice.
We’ve also made a special effort in this journey to include off-the-beaten track national parks or natural attractions located on state land (such as the Harold Porter Botanical Garden or Kogelberg Biosphere). The lesser-known places desperately need larger visitor numbers to keep their conservation efforts alive and to this end, we include them here.