Carbon neutral safaris in Africa

Two companies have joined forces to provide environmentally sustainable safari adventures in Africa. The TravelGreen program is an initiative produced by Sustainable Travel international, which will be implemented into the tours offered by Africa Adventure Consultants. AAC is the first company in the safari business to take on the challenge put forth by STI and now offers the program on every one of its safari tours.

To be classified as carbon neutral, all carbon emissions on a trek must be identified, reduced or cut out, and where this is not possible, the emissions are calculated and money is put into renewable energy sources or research.

President of Africa Adventure Consultants Kent Redding says, ‘We’ve found that our clients not only appreciate our initiative to protect and preserve the delicate ecosystems of Africa, but appreciate being given the voluntary opportunity to contribute directly as well.

Earlier this year we worked to make our Denver office 100% carbon neutral, we continue to carefully select game areas in Africa that operate under sensitive environmental standards and now feel that Carbon Neutral travel is the next logical step. What does this mean for our clients? We are providing a way to travel to Africa with a limited negative impact on the environment.’

www.travel-green.org