- We stay in local accommodation and visit local restaurants, generating both economic and employment opportunities.
- Where possible, our trips visit and support community-owned cooperatives and local social enterprises.
- We pursue gender equality and the protection of human rights across all of our trips and have high standards of welfare for guides and porters.
- We avoid contrived cultural experiences that are not respectful of people. Instead, we actively seek to support the preservation of cultural and traditional heritage, using the knowledge of our local guides.
- Our child protection policy does not allow orphanage tourism or school visits
The Exodus Adventure Travels Foundation is a vehicle for us to improve lives for people in our destination communities. Here are just some of the ways in which we have supported local people:
- Trained 30 female mountain guides to lead groups up Mount Kilimanjaro
- Promoted peaceful coexistence between humans and wildlife in a remote national park in Kenya, allowing the community to live sustainably off their land
- Distributed over 1000 Freedom Kit Bags to improve the health and wellbeing of women in rural Nepal and break the stigma around menstruation
- Taken students in Zambia on an educational trip in their home region to connect with the nature, wildlife and the cultures on their doorstep
- Enabled porters in Peru to visit Machu Picchu for the first time
- Provided disaster relief for those most vulnerable in times of crisis
Read more about how our Foundation uplifts communities here.
Exodus Adventure Travels is a founding sponsor for wmnsWORK, a global organisation designed to enable women and non-binary individuals to build and grow tourism businesses. Even though woman make up the majority of the travel industry, there is a vast disparity of representation in leadership and ownership positions. wmnsWORK serves as an entrepreneurial ecosystem of encouragement, anti-oppressive support and applicable education for those in the early stage of development.
Exodus Adventure Travels’ sponsorship allows individuals who identifies as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or disabled to join a special training, mentoring and peer support program. This important program has enabled woman and non-binary individuals around the world have the support they need to thrive as entrepreneurs.
The Exodus Exploration Without Boundaries Grants help to fund projects that advance the global understanding of the social and natural world through cultural, scientific, and conservation fieldwork. The work is led by explorers who may have taken alternative routes to acquire the skills necessary to conduct their research. We believe that explorers are extraordinary individuals who set themselves apart in the pursuit of knowledge. We also believe that explorers come from all backgrounds and walks of life. Read more about these research projects here.
