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•  Thinking of you Alan - (11/05/2007)
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• Discover more of the real Europe with Intrepid - (06/10/2004)
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Intrepid Travel has pushed the boundaries north, south, east and west, to create a bigger and better Intrepid Europe program for 2005. Highlights include European capitals, medieval castles, an Italian Family Adventure and France Gourmet Tour. Visit the website to order the new Intrepid Europe brochure.
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• Setting an example - (31/08/2004)
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and helping their country - [Click for full story]
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• Swimming with whales - (05/03/2004)
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Fancy swimming with whales to collect skin samples for DNA analysis? Biosphere Expeditions have a few last minute places available on their April/May 2004 expedition to the Azores. Expedition contribution down to GBP999 (ca. EUR1400 / USD1600) from GPB1250. Visit www.biosphere-expeditions.org/azores
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• Intrepid to Fiji - (03/03/2004)
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The South Pacific lures Intrepid to Fiji - [Click for full story]
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• Travel - let the games begin! - (25/02/2004)
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Interactive travel with Intrepid - [Click for full story]
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• What the wider industry is saying - (29/05/2003)
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Report on the recent WTTC Summit - [Click for full story]
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• Just what we all need! - (20/03/2003)
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Empowering local communities and creating understanding and tolerance between cultures are high on the agenda of new Greenstop member Travelbag Adventures. Click on the link and take a look at their destinations and Responsible travel policy.
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• Papua New Guinea Adventure - (20/03/2003)
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Intrepid Travel announces its first ever trip to the wild and wonderful country of Papua New Guinea. This trip is wild, varied and without doubt a true adventure!
Papua New Guinea Adventure
15 days ex Port Moresby
Kokoda trail trekking, tropical islands, highland villages and markets, abundant wildlife, the last frontier
Price: GBP 850
The trip Includes five days trekking in the extraordinary world of the Kokoda Trail - traversing mountains, crossing rivers and exploring remote valleys, we follow the foot steps of the Anzacs. There's also three days of immersion into the highland Papuan culture with its colorful markets and evocative 'sing sings'. And to top it all off, we can relax on the beautiful beaches of Madang while enjoying the hospitality of the local people. If you're ready for a challenge, thrive on the unexpected and seek an insight into an ancient culture - this Papua New Guinea Adventure has it all!!
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• Biosphere success - (19/03/2003)
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Biosphere Expeditions reports great demand this year for its conservation holidays. Says Matthias Hammer “It's great to be popular, but this year we definitely underestimated demand. By February we were already full on most expeditions. So we have added quite a few new slots, including PERU: Surveying monkeys, macaws and other wildlife of the Peru Amazon: Dates: 15 - 27 Jun | 29 Jun - 11 Jul 2003 | 13 - 25 Jul (new slot). However, if current demand is anything to go by, we will be completely full by springtime with little capacity of adding further slots, so if you are thinking of joining an expedition, please get in touch sooner, rather than later”.
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• Eco-resorts competition - (18/03/2003)
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Congratulations go to Katharine Kinney from Belfast who won the fabulous eight day safari courtesy of Eco-resorts.com in conjunction with Greenstop and Global magazine. Katharine has promised to write to us once the holiday is over. We look forward to her account of the trip. The Kumuka competition is still running and will be drawn in May. See details below.
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• Safari competition - (05/02/2003)
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This competition in conjunction with Global Adventure magazine and Eco-resorts.com is now closed. The winner will be announced in the next issue of Global Adventure, which is available from March 3 2003. The Kumuka competition is still running and will not close until April so if you have missed this competition try for three weeks in South America!
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• Andean Trails expands its itinerary - (19/11/2002)
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New adventures to explore! - [Click for full story]
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• British favour responsible travel - (19/11/2002)
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Positive response to environmental initiatives&nbs - [Click for full story]
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• UK company can offset carbon emission risks - (05/11/2002)
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Help for tourism industry - [Click for full story]
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• The ESOK eco-rating scheme - (04/11/2002)
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Kenyan Certification scheme - [Click for full story]
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• India one of the best - (04/11/2002)
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a top holiday destination! - [Click for full story]
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• New Bradt edition on Peru and Bolivia - (17/10/2002)
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Kathy Jarvis, partner in Andean Trails, has recently completed updating the 8th Edition of Peru and Bolivia The Bradt Trekking Guide. This book is packed full of useful information, practical advice and good maps. Copies of this book and a good selection of other Andean books and maps are available from the Andean Trails office. Click on the link above fro their website and contact details.
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• Porter Campaign - (17/10/2002)
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Porters Campaign
Andean Trails have been actively involved in a campaign organized by Tourism Concern, for fair working conditions for trekking porters around the world.
Vist the Tourism Concern website for details of the campaign and check out the Andean Trails website for details of their commitment to improving the working conditions of porters.
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• Snow Leopards - (17/10/2002)
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Snow Leopards are the latest addition to the Biosphere Expeditions
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• News for teachers! - (17/10/2002)
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Did you know that Earthwatch has new information regarding fully
funded teacher programmes with Earthwatch? Many teachers (this can include all conservation educators such as information officers in zoos, wildlife trusts, field centres. etc) don't know about this fantastic fully funded opportunity. Contact community@earthwatch.org.uk for full information.
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• Grand Slam for Percy's - (17/10/2002)
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Award after Award for green hotel - [Click for full story]
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• Patagonia special offer - (17/10/2002)
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Devaluation of the Argentine peso has enabled Andean Trails to cut by 25% the price of both our Patagonian Milodon and Patagonian Ice Cap trips, making Patagonia more affordable than ever this year. Keep in touch for news of our winter Patagonia programme, with an exploratory visit planned for July 2003.
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• Unknown disease attacks coral - (27/09/2002)
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Concern for Barrier Reef - [Click for full story]
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• Rajasthan contest - (27/09/2002)
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The Deoartment of Tourism India is one of the sponsors of this contest. Just answer 6 easy questions and you could win a holiday to India’s vibrant state of Rajasthan. The package consists of a week’s free stay for 2 at WelcomHeritage hotels like Balsamand Palace, Umaid Bhawan Palace and Khimsar Fort, with breakfast and return airfare in case of foreign nationals.Click her for further details
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• Responsible Tourism.. Reality or Talk? - (26/09/2002)
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Our article for the Earth Summit - [Click for full story]
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• Vietnam's environment deteriorating - (21/09/2002)
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World Bank reports - [Click for full story]
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• Peru - (06/09/2002)
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Comment taken from an Andean Trails client questionnaire: "The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu have to be the best aspects of the trip. The scenery was amazing and the transitions between the different microclimates were great. Plus our guide, Max, was excellent –very well informed and very friendly.
Manu had to come a close second though. The rainforest was an altogether different experience."
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• The Maya City of Tikal - (06/09/2002)
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Read about the famed ruins of Tikal in Guatemala in this Adventure Life Journeys newsletter
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• Land of legends is one to conquer! - (06/09/2002)
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Corinne Hitching writes about Kyrgyzstan
Fancy an adventure? Read the article and then visit the Kyryzstan page by clicking on the country name above.
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• Holidays with a future - (06/09/2002)
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Holiday companies make a difference - [Click for full story]
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• A land to conquer - (06/09/2002)
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or so Corinne Hitching thinks! - [Click for full story]
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• Surprise yourself! - (06/09/2002)
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Companies you do better than you think!... &nbs - [Click for full story]
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• Indians and Pakistanis fly flag together! - (02/09/2002)
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A Summit on a Summit! - [Click for full story]
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• Win a holiday and it's easy! - (11/08/2002)
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Win a holiday in Asia courtesy of Greenstop.Net and Intrepid Travel and take 11 pals with you! It could not be easier. Click here for details. Competition ends today 11 August 2002 but take a look at Intrepid's current offers on the Intrepid Travel website.
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• Ibex Expeditions - (11/08/2002)
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Ibex Expeditions has been listed this month as the India Ministry of Tourism's featured tour operator for India.
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• Rewarded - (01/08/2002)
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for saying what you think! - [Click for full story]
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• South Africa using up resources - (19/07/2002)
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Sustainable action required - [Click for full story]
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• Victoria Falls - (15/07/2002)
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Nature at its best... - [Click for full story]
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• Destination Zimbawe - (12/07/2002)
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Report from Victoria Falls - [Click for full story]
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• More accolades for Biosphere Expeditions - (12/07/2002)
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This time from Germany - [Click for full story]
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• Adventures with a conscience - (12/07/2002)
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Click here to read more
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• Want to work in hotels? - (02/07/2002)
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Train under one of the South West's top chefs &nb - [Click for full story]
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• Is this really what we want? - (07/06/2002)
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Click here to read Sue Wheat's article for the Guardian.
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• Holidays with a future - (06/06/2002)
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Read the article Greenstop wrote for Sustainable Development about holidays with a future
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• Awarding stops - (09/05/2002)
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How do we allocate the “stops” for hotels? - [Click for full story]
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• Helping the porters - (12/04/2002)
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Trekkers should read the alarming report from Tourism Concern concerning the plight of porters particularly in Nepal, Peru and Tanzania.
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• Press release - (07/04/2002)
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International Year of Ecotourism - [Click for full story]
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• Responsible Tourism - (25/03/2002)
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Travelwise - advice from Corinne Hitching - [Click for full story]
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• Fancy jungle treks and wildlife? - (18/03/2002)
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visit the South America Destination page or the Central America page.
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• Victoria Falls Safari Lodge - (25/02/2002)
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Best seventh time running! - [Click for full story]
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• Greenstop Site of True Conservation - (21/02/2002)
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Read the article which appears in this month's Manchester Chamber of Commerce Magazine on the News page of the Eye on the Wild website.
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• Strattons leads the way - (21/02/2002)
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Congratulation to Country Living Magazine and to Global Adventure Magazine, who are leading the way in covering environmentallly and socially responsible issues.
This month's Country Living features Strattons, a unique and luxurious hotel in Swaffham, Norfolk, which combines the highest standards in accommodation and cuisine with an award winning environmental management policy. Vanessa Scott of Srattons has been at the forefront of environmental initiatives in the UK in the independent hotels sector.
Global Adventure has done a two page feature on Greenstop.Net in its March 2002 edition and intends to do more to promote the cause. It is good news that both Susy Smith (editor: Country Living) and Dominic Tombs (editor: Global Adventure) have started the trend to support such initiatives. Call +44 (0)1454 642456 to subscribe to Global Adventure and click on the link above to subscribe to Country Living.
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• A site of true conservation - (21/02/2002)
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so says Manchester Chamber of Commerce magazine&n - [Click for full story]
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• AWARDS GALORE - (18/02/2002)
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AT BIOSPHERE EXPEDITIONS - [Click for full story]
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• PRESS R E L E A S E - (18/02/2002)
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POOL HOUSE WINS TOP AWARD - [Click for full story]
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• Press release - (18/02/2002)
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POLISH WOLVES SAVED FROM CULL - [Click for full story]
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• We challenge all tourism providers - (30/01/2002)
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Our guest editorial for Travelmole - [Click for full story]
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• Press release - (30/01/2002)
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Greenstop.Net response to Tearfund Report - [Click for full story]
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• Tourism Concern - (29/01/2002)
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Tourism Concern asks "What is ecotourism?" Read the Travelmole article
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• What needs to be done - (21/01/2002)
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Greenstop alerts Travel and Tour Operators! - [Click for full story]
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• Corinne Hitching amazed by the Galapagos - (17/01/2002)
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Purely by chance, free-lance travel writer and GreenStop.net consultant, Corinne Hitching, found herself on a trip to the Galapagos organised by GreenStop.net client Angermeyer's Enchanted Expeditions. Read the article she wrote for TNT magazine after the trip on the South America Destination page.
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• Horseriding in Rajasthan - (15/01/2002)
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Nicky Ellison of Unicorn Trails recently went on a horseback safari to Rajasthan. Read her account on Greenstop News
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• GreenStop clients commended! - (10/01/2002)
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Read about what they have achieved - [Click for full story]
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• Top award for Scotland Hotel - (10/01/2002)
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Greenstop.Net congratulates Pool House Hotel on being nominated AA Hotel of the year 2002 for Scotland.
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• Horseback safari and conservation - (05/12/2001)
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Thrills plus conservation - [Click for full story]
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• Ecotourism in the Americas - (05/12/2001)
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Read the results of an online debate hosted by Planeta.com
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• A bath with a view! - (04/12/2001)
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and a rural African insight - [Click for full story]
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• A holiday bath with a view - (04/12/2001)
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Check it out on African Destination news
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• GREENSTOP LINKS UP WITH EYE ON THE WILD - (12/11/2001)
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PRESS RELEASE - [Click for full story]
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• Greenstop.Net leading the way - (12/11/2001)
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PRESS RELEASE - [Click for full story]
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• A Land of Legends.... - (11/11/2001)
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but where?
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• A Land of Legends - (11/11/2001)
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Kyrgyzstan is said to be the Switzerland of the East and it certainly lives up to that image as 94 per cent is composed of beautiful snow-clad mountains, mysteriously known as the Celestial Mountains, complete with glaciers, mountain lakes and steppes.
This is the land of Alexander the Great, the Great Silk Route, charging hoards of Genghis Khan and many more legends and sagas. Independent from the Soviet Union since 1991, Kyrgyzstan is a multiethnic nation of nomads who have traditionally carved out a living in their mountainous land by living in felt yurts and tending sheep, goats and cows. They are a nation of horse-lovers with small babies learning to ride before they can even walk.
Here you can spend several wonderful days trekking in the mountains, riding their sturdy horses which scramble up the mountain paths like goats providing the opportunity to see the country in all its glory. The national game is Ulak Tartysh, a strange kind of polo with a headless goat!
The people of Kyrgyzstan are wonderfully warm and welcoming and long to have more tourists visit their beautiful country. Here adventure travel comes to life with opportunities for heli-skiing, white water rafting, trekking and riding amongst others. A different destination and one ready to welcome you!
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• New Hide for Victoria Falls Lodge - (11/11/2001)
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To enable its guests to enjoy even closer contact with wildlife, the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge has constructed a viewing Hide just five metres away from its natural waterhole.
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• New Hide for Victoria Falls Lodge - (11/11/2001)
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To enable its guests to enjoy even closer contact with wildlife, the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge has constructed a viewing Hide just five metres away from its natural waterhole.
Located only 100 metres in front of the Lodge, the waterhole is the focal point of the resort and enjoys regular visits from a wide variety of wildlife including elephants, herds of up to 200 buffalo, many kind of antelope, lions, hyenas, warthogs, banded mongoose and baboons. The waterhole also attracts numerous species of bird life.
Now guests can really get up close and personal with these animals during guided ‘sits’ at the aptly named Siduli Hide. (Siduli means anthill in Ndebele and the Hide has been built to resemble a natural anthill). Holding a maximum of five people, including the Guide, the Hide is south facing and downwind of the animals. The Lodge’s resident professional Guides are always on hand to escort guests to the Hide for two-hour sundowner sits.
A unique experience in Victoria Falls, guests have been treated to incredible sightings of game kills as well as unusual animal behaviour and activity.
The Siduli Hide is part of the Victoria Fall Safari Lodge’s ambitious product enhancement plan - which this year alone has seen the inclusion of a new Safari Spa and Nature Centre as well as substantial upgrades to its conference rooms and ongoing upgrades and refurbishment of guest rooms and public areas.
The Safari Lodge’s outstanding contribution to Zimbabwean tourism has been recognised with numerous awards and accolades. It has been voted Zimbabwe’s ‘Best Safari Lodge’ for six consecutive years by the Association of Zimbabwe Travel Agents and won the Green Globe Distinction Award for Outstanding Environmental Performance, presented at I.T.B. 2000.
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• Still moving forward... - (10/11/2001)
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The Caribbean is a region dedicated to the protection of the environment. The Cariibbean Hotel Association has the sustainable growth of tourism as one of its main priorities. However, the Caribbean has been hit drastically by the aftermath of September 11.
In a region four more times as dependent on Tourism than any other in the world, hotels are recording lower occupancies and some properties have even been forced to close. This has resulted in job losses, lay-offs and reduced hours and salary cuts as well as anegative impact on government revenues.
According to World Travel and Tourism Council statistics, travel and tourism account for 11.9 % of world GDP while the industry is the primary engine of economic growth in the Caribbean. Tourism generates around US $16 billion in foreign exchange in the Caribbean region and accounts for 3.6 million jobs or 35% of all employment in the wider Caribbean.
Even more commendable therefore are the efforts of the Bajan community and local companies and other companies to set up a new project, initiated by Coconut Court Beach Resort.
Coconut Court is
extremely active in the Marine protection area and the Directors of the
hotel were instrumental in setting up the Barbados Marine Trust.
There are thise who claim that hotels are only interested in environmental certification because they are thinking only of saving costs and increasing profits. This must be a major reason for many companies so it is good to see that some go beyond that and are genuinely committed to the good of the environmnent.
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