Our commitment to conservation informs all that we do, from who we work with overseas to the way we run our office systems and distribute our documentation.
Supporter of wildlife charities
We are passionate about conservation and support a number of hard-working charities in a variety of different ways. Founder Chris Breen’s love of wildlife was formed in Zambia's South Luangwa and as such this is a region close to our heart. Thanks to you, our wonderful clients, we are delighted in the last few years to have donated over £13,000 to Conservation South Luangwa - a fantastic charity devoted to saving the wildlife of this beautiful national park. The money goes towards supporting the remarkable detection dog unit.
For years we have worked with the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.
Several of our whale-watching tours in Europe, North America and Asia have included donations to Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC). As a result of our clients contributing a conservation donation when booking a wildlife holiday, we’re delighted to have also donated £4,000 to Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystems Science Program in Baja California. This money will directly support and protect San Ignacio Lagoon, an important breeding and aggregation site for grey whales. Watch grey whales on our tailor-made holiday.
Each of our Festivals of Wildlife has raised significant amounts for different wildlife charities operating in each of the destinations. Our Festival of Wildlife in Spitsbergen in 2022 raised over £10,000 for Seabird Watch, and in 2017 our Festival in Borneo raised £11,430 for World Land Trust. The Galapagos Conservation Trust was one of the key benefactors of our Festival of Wildlife in the Galapagos Islands, and we played an important part in helping raise money to translocate black rhinos to North Luangwa National Park, and protect India's one-horned rhinos in Kaziranga National Park. We're also delighted to support Save The Rhino and their Rhino Dog Squad project.
Leading our industry
Wildlife tourism has become a highly significant source of income in many developing countries, and we have seen a steady increase in the number of people travelling to enjoy wildlife in its natural habitat. Yet without control, rapid development has the potential to endanger wildlife and its environment.
We were honoured to chair a debate about the development of wildlife tourism at the World Travel Market in London. As part of World Responsible Tourism Day, panellists from Africa, India and the UK discussed how the industry can make a positive contribution towards educating visitors, funding the conservation of habitat and wildlife, and creating livelihoods for local people to achieve development goals.
Investor in local communities
We have provided tens of thousands of pounds of charitable support:
- Raincoast Conservation raises awareness to the plight of the Great Bear Rainforest and benefited through our Festival of Wildlife in 2007.
- The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Association Mitsinjo work to regenerate the decreasing Madagascan rainforest. Our Festival of Wildlife 2008 raised over £14,000 for them and the Madagascar projects of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
- We helped Yosefe Primary School in Zambia's Luangwa Valley build a comprehensive library for the school and the surrounding community, and we secured funding for the construction of a new classroom block. At Mkasanga School to the north we secured funding for desks, chairs, blackboards and even windows.
The most responsible overseas partners
For us, the face of Wildlife Worldwide on the ground has to be responsible in every sense of the word.
So we go to great lengths and take great pride in forging strong and lasting relationships with the very best and most responsible partners across the world. And we are in constant dialogue with them on how we can improve things even further.
We only work with those whose views on sustainability match ours.
